Dewberry Conducting Steam Tunnel Repairs on North Carolina State University Campus
Dewberry is conducting steam tunnel repairs located around the Yarborough Heat Plant on North Carolina State University's (NCSU) campus. The firm is providing structural and site/civil engineering design services. Work includes repairs of spalls, delaminations, corroded reinforcing steel, exposed reinforcing steel, crack sealing, and reinforcements. Additional repair work includes excavation to replace eight linear feet of tunnel top slab along with site restoration, excavation of 115 linear...
ARTBA Foundation Announces 2018 Transportation Development Hall of Fame Inductees
WASHINGTON — The Vecellio family, Charles F. Potts and Thomas N. Iovino are the 2018 inductees to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation’s Transportation Development Hall of Fame. The group was honored, along with the 2016 and 2017 class inductees, at a May 14 dinner in the Nation’s Capital. Launched in 2010, the Hall “honors individuals or families from the public and private sectors who have made extraordinary contributions to U.S. transportation develo...
AASHTO Mourns Loss of Former Colleague Dr. Anthony R. (Tony) Kane
WASHINGTON – Staff and members of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials this week mourned the passing of their former colleague, Director of Engineering and Technical Services Dr. Anthony R. (Tony) Kane. A highly distinguished administrator and national transportation safety advocate, Kane died this week after battling a long-standing illness. He was 72. Kane served as AASHTO's Director of Engineering and Technical Services from 2001 to 2013. His tenure at AAS...
Siemens to Give University of Maryland’s Research Institute Boost towards Carbon Reduction Goals
Facility Improvement Measures to Help Reduce Energy, Track Energy Usage Onsite Micro Combined Heat and Power Systems to Generate Reheat Water Maryland Clean Energy Center Facilitated Project Finance and Performance Contract Siemens has begun working on infrastructure improvements for the University of Maryland’s Institute for Bioscience & Biotechnology Research (IBBR) campus in Rockville. Valued at more than $6 million, the 14-year performance contract is projected to generate annu...
LocoMobi Releases 2.0 License Plate Recognition With Actual Vehicle DNA at Super High Data Speed
TORONTO - LocoMobi is pleased to announce version 2.0 adding more than just plate numbers to the DNA of the vehicle. Full support for CUDA-based GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) technology Best in Class reads through Machine Learning Technology Ultra-fast recognition times -- under 15 milliseconds per image Processes incoming images at over 150 FPS (frames per second) Enables full-stream recognition applications like triggerless installs, mobile LPR and high-speed applica...
Woolpert Awarded $2M PennDOT Photogrammetry Contract
HARRISBURG, Pa.- The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has signed Woolpert to one of three statewide photogrammetry contracts. The five-year, $2 million contract is for geodetic survey and photogrammetric mapping, including stereo-compliant aerial and mobile lidar collections. Mike Zoltek, Woolpert project manager, said that the services requested under this contract include, but are not limited to, vertical and oblique aerial photography acquisition, aeri...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $75 Million Grant Agreement for Bus Rapid Transit Project in Indianapolis, Indiana
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a $75 million grant agreement with the Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation (IndyGo) for a new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line. The IndyGo Red Line Rapid Transit project will provide quick, reliable and convenient service to downtown Indianapolis. “Residents and visitors in Indianapolis can now look forward to faster and more convenient transit service as they travel to work, schoo...
FRA Issues $250 Million Notice of Funding Opportunity for PTC Projects
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $250 million in Positive Train Control (PTC) Systems Grants. “These funds are part of the Department’s ongoing efforts to strengthen our country’s rail safety by helping railroads to more rapidly deploy positive train control systems,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao. The purpose of the NOFO is to solicit applications fo...
Georgia DOT’s TIA Program Reaches Halfway Mark of Project Delivery
ATLANTA, GA – As we celebrate National Infrastructure Week, the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Transportation Investment Act (TIA) program reaches the midway point for fund collection and project delivery. In 2012, voters in three regions – River Valley, Central Savannah River Area and the Heart of Georgia Altamaha – approved a 10-year one percent sales tax to fund regional and local transportation improvements. TIA is now in the fifth year of a ten-year program and has accelerated and d...
Perforated Anodized Aluminum Ideally Suited for Austin Central Library
By Phil Pearce, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Lorin Industries, Inc. Recently, the City of Austin, Texas built an entirely new central library building to serve its citizens, and in designing the building, architects from Lake Flato Architects and Shepley Bulfinch chose perforated anodized aluminum from Lorin Industries, Inc. as a central façade design element. The new Austin Central Library building, opened to the public in October 2017, makes full use of the functional and aesthe...
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