ProNovos Launches Operations-Focused Platform for Construction Biz
ATLANTA, Oct. 23, 2018 - Construction tech startup ProNovos today announced the launch of Operations Manager—software that ramps up contractors' profitability in groundbreaking ways. The cloud-based platform empowers contractors to track and manage bids, crews, equipment, punch lists, blueprints, requests for information and more in an easy-to-use interface. The software owes its origins to extensive contractor surveys conducted by Pronovos in 2017, said Bruce Orr, founder and Chief Data Scie...
New Standard on Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavements from ASCE
Reston, Va. – ASCE’s newest standard, Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavement, ASCE/T&DI/ICPI 68-18, provides design, construction, and maintenance guidance for permeable interlocking concrete pavement (PICP) to achieve stormwater management goals while providing a structurally adequate pavement section to accommodate the anticipated vehicular loading in a cost-efficient manner. Covering common terms, structural and hydrologic design methods, the standard construction, inspection and mainten...
HDR Expands Aviation Practice with Promotion, Key Hire
(OMAHA, Neb.) -- HDR is expanding its growing aviation practice with a promotion and key hire. The firm promoted Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Tim Fish, P.E., to East region aviation manager, and Kevin Ashton joined the firm’s transportation architecture practice as an aviation architecture principal based in New York City. Fish will lead development of the firm’s aviation practice focusing on expanding full service capabilities to aviation clients in the region. He will continue to provide...
Developer, an Affiliate of Silver Star Motors, Montroy DeMarco Architecture, and 1 Oak Contracting Complete 10-story, 135,000-square foot Mixed-use Residential/Mercedes-Benz Dealership Silver Star Building in Popular Long Island City Neighborhood of New York City’s Borough of Queens
The Silver Star is the first new high-rise mixed-use retail/residential building in Long Island City’s Dutch Kills section Queens, NY – The developer, an affiliate of Silver Star Motors, the architectural firm of Montroy DeMarco Architecture LLP (MDALLP), and builder 1 Oak Contracting have completed 37-14 36th Street, a ground-up, mixed-use development in Long Island City, a section of Queens, NY. The 10-story property, known as The Silver Star, houses a Silver Star Motors Mercedes-Benz...
Bentley Systems Announces Year in Infrastructure 2018 Awards Winners
Winners of Bentley Systems Year in Infrastructure 2018 awards Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, has announced the winners of the Year in Infrastructure 2018 Awards. The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley users advancing design, construction, and operations of infrastructure throughout the world. Twelve independent jury...
September - October 2018 TRENDS
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Spencer Franklin Selected HNTB Carolinas Office Leader
RALEIGH, N.C. – Spencer Franklin, PE, vice president, was named HNTB Corporation’s Carolinas office leader based in the firm’s Raleigh office. He previously served as HNTB’s mid-Atlantic division delivery officer. “Spencer’s past Carolinas experience as a department manager and leader of HNTB’s service to North Carolina DOT and North Carolina Turnpike Authority affords him a unique ability to understand and address the most challenging mobility needs in the region,” said Diana Mendes, AICP,...
MARS Company Announces Compliance to ANSI/AWWA C715-18
Water Industry's First Test Bench & Software Solution to be Compliance with Technology Standard OCALA, Fla., Oct. 22, 2018 - MARS Company, a global leader in water meter testing and technology solutions, announced today that it is compliant with the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) /American Water Works Association (AWWA) C715-18 standard for "Cold-Water Meters-Electromagnetic and Ultrasonic Type, for Revenue Application." The purpose of the C715-18 Standard is to provide the minim...
New Open Applications Advance Comprehensive Modeling Environment for Multidiscipline Collaboration
LONDON, U.K. – The Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today launched OpenSite Designer, a built-for-purpose application for the design and construction of civil site projects. It also launched OpenBuildings, bringing together its AECOsim building design and Speedikon factory and industrial design applications; and announce...
USDOT Tallies its FY 2018 Transportation Disbursements
By the end of this year, USDOT said in a statement on Oct. 10 that it will have made more than $63.9 billion in fiscal year 2018 available in multi-modal discretionary and formula transportation investments, along with $1.6 billion in fiscal year 2017 discretionary funds – dollars the agency views as “seed money” to encourage additional infrastructure investment by states, localities, and private sector partners. USDOT said it has released Notices of Funding Opportunity for nearly 90 percent...
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