IMAGINiT Technologies Launches Ultimate eLearning Experience for CAD Users and Managers
BALTIMORE, MD — Improved ability to search content, increased reporting, learning path assignment capability with due dates and client branding opportunities are a few of the features of the new ProductivityNOW eLearning platform from IMAGINiT Technologies. Through a new partnership with Eagle Point, IMAGINiT’s ProductivityNOW eLearning offering is now built upon the powerful Pinnacle Series engine giving customers access to the precise Autodesk software eLearning courses they require so they ca...
Renewable Energy Set for Boost in Spain As Government Suspends Controversial 7% Solar Power Tax
The recently elected Spanish government is set to suspend the country’s controversial 7% solar tax, as it seeks to move towards renewables and lower the cost of electricity bills for families with solar panels fitted to their homes. The ‘sun tax’ is one of the most controversial laws in Spain and was implemented by the previous government of Mariano Rajoy in 2012. It has drawn criticism because it charges Spanish homes fitted with solar panels with an additional tax of 7% to remain conne...
WaterStep Provides Water and Disinfectant for Desperate Rural Communities in North Carolina
Louisville, KY - Louisville-based non-profit WaterStep has returned from a week-long trip to aid those affected by Hurricane Florence in North Carolina. Five members from the organization left Louisville on Sunday, Sept. 23 in trucks packed with ten disaster relief kits that were able to purify water, and generate chlorine and bleach for disinfection and sanitation. They set up base at First Baptist Church in Willington, N.C., and then traveled into surrounding rural areas each day. Many of thes...
Three Pickard Chilton-Designed Projects Awarded with 2018 Americas Property Awards for Commercial High-Rise Architecture
(New Haven, Conn.) – Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, announced that three of its recent projects each received a 2018 Americas Property Award for Commercial High-Rise Architecture. The three office towers, all developed by Hines, include 609 Main at Texas in Houston, Texas; River Point in Chicago, Illinois; and Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Northwes...
Sakata Seed America Unveils its new Woodland Innovation Center
Sacramento, CA, NYSE, TSX:STN: Sakata Seed America celebrated its new Woodland Innovation Center with a grand opening on Thursday, September 13. The innovation center, in the works since 2016, is a culmination of infrastructure and land enabling Sakata Seed America to consolidate and expand both research and development and production in a single campus that is flexible for future expansion. Stantec’s Sacramento office led the architectural design of the project and also provided interior design...
Las Vegas-Based Architecture and Design Firm Punch Architecture Completes Extensive Makeover of High-End Boston Hotel Lounge
LAS VEGAS, NEV. (Oct. 4, 2018) — When Boston’s award-winning hotel Kimpton Nine Zero embarked on its bold, top-to-bottom transformation last year, they also wanted to take its on-site bar/restaurant Highball Lounge and undergo an extensive makeover to better reflect the hotel’s traditional-meets-contemporary transformation. Enter up-and-coming Las Vegas-based (with offices in Denver, Los Angeles, and New York City) design and architecture firm Punch Architecture, which was tasked with th...
Jason Mayfield Joins WSP Transportation Facilities Team in St. Louis
LOUIS, Mo. — Jason Mayfield has been named to a lead architect position working on transportation facilities in the St. Louis office of WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy. In his new position, Mayfield will be responsible for working on numerous projects with WSP’s transportation facilities group, including the Texas Bullet Train, where WSP is providing engineering support for the high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas. He was previously with the fir...
WSP’s Julie D’Orazio Elected to APTA Board of Directors
NEW YORK, NY — Julie D’Orazio, senior vice president and national market leader for transit and rail for WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, has been elected to the board of directors of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) as a business member at-large. D’Orazio has been active within APTA since 2010 and is currently serving on several committees. D’Orazio is focused on three key areas that align with APTA’s mission. These are safety and s...
ARTBA Announces 2018 Division Award Winners
WASHINGTON - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Oct. 1 recognized transportation design and construction industry leaders with division awards at the association’s National Convention in New York City. The association announced the following honorees: Nello L. Teer, Jr.: John McCaskie, chief engineer (retired), Swank Construction Company, LLC, New Kensington, Pa. Created in 1988 as a tribute to contractor and Past ARTBA Chairman (1959-61) Nello L. Teer, Jr....
Acrow’s Bridge Structures Support Renovation of Historic Covered Bridge in Québec
(Bolton, Ontario) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, announced that it has recently completed the installation of a temporary modular steel truss system to enable the renovation of the historic Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge in Mansfield et Pontefract, a municipality of Western Québec. The Marchand Bridge spans the Coulonge River and was built in 1898. It is Québec’s longest covered road bridge and among the longest in the world. It is notable for it...