Land Development and Subsurface Utility Engineering Expert Jim Herbert, PE, Joins Cardno's Austin Office
Austin, TX - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Jim Herbert, PE, has joined the firm as Senior Project Manager in the company’s Austin (Round Rock), TX, USA office. With more than 15 years of professional engineering experience, Jim has an extensive project background in public and private land development, specifically vertical mixed-use projects. Jim has a range of expertise in projects at state, county, and municipal levels including preliminary engineering, feasibility analysi...
New HRC Report: Oil and Gas Companies Continue to Improve on LGBTQ Equality in the Workplace
WASHINGTON - Oil and gas companies continue to underperform on LGBTQ workplace equality and inclusion, according to the 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) issued today by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization. With a record-breaking 609 businesses nationwide earning 100-point scores in the CEI, five companies -- Chevron Corp., Air Products & Chemicals Inc., BP Ame...
SUNY New Paltz, Urbahn Architects, and PC Construction Break Ground for the $14 Million, 19,500-sq.-ft. Engineering Innovation Hub
New Paltz, NY –The State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz President Donald P. Christian, SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson, elected officials, Urbahn Architects, and PC Construction have broken ground for the Engineering Innovation Hub (EIH) building. The new, two-story campus structure will enhance SUNY New Paltz’s growing mechanical engineering program, house the headquarters and laboratories of the University’s Hudson Valley Advanced Manufacturing Center (HVAMC), provide space for...
Water Systems Council Names David Rutz and Donna Weller to Board of Directors
WASHINGTON - David Rutz of Xylem Inc. and Donna Weller of Baker Manufacturing, LLC, have been named to the Water Systems Council (WSC) board of directors. Rutz is Director of North American Sales–Residential and Agriculture, Xylem. He has worked in Xylem's Applied Water Systems business unit for five years and has extensive experience in residential, industrial and agricultural pumps. Rutz holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universit...
Stantec’s Adam Leggett Among Top Young Native American Leaders
Anchorage, AK (November 8, 2017) NYSE, TSX:STN: Adam Leggett, Stantec’s Alaska Native Program Manager in Anchorage, was recently selected one of the top young Native American leaders by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED). Leggett was named a 2017 Native American 40 Under 40 award recipient by the non-profit organization. The award recognizes those in the Native American communities who demonstrate leadership, initiative, and dedication, making signifi...
BILCO Roof Hatches Add Unique Element to Washington, D.C. Housing Project
NEW HAVEN, CT/November 8, 2017 – The historic buildings, monuments and scenery around Washington D.C. draw tourists from all over the world. Tenants of 32 new townhomes in the city’s swanky Capitol Hill will have a unique and private vantage point to the area with individual roof hatches, offering them a perspective that is available to only a few residents of the nation’s capital. Buchanan Park is a residential development that is expected to be completed later this year. The project, which...
Michael Baker International Awarded $1.5 Million Contract to Provide On-Call Civil Engineering and Planning Services for Paving Projects in Oakland, California
Pittsburgh (November 7, 2017) – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that it has been awarded a $1.5 million contract to provide on-call civil engineering and planning services to restore and enhance roadways across Oakland, California. Services provided on these much-needed paving projects will improve public safety and enhance the city’s transportation network by repaving streets to remove potholes, rebuild cracked and d...
NTL Launches New Public Access Repository ROSA P
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Transportation Library (NTL) in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has launched ROSA P (Repository and Open Science Access Portal), a new public repository for NTL’s collection of over 30,000 items. Members of the transportation community and the general public can use ROSA P for all the open data and publications NTL acquires, manages and preserves for their benefit. ROSA P offers NTL users a better, more useful and more reliable exper...
Hawaii DOT Airports Division Says Rise in Bond Rating to Cut Infrastructure Costs
The Hawaii Department of Transportation's Airports Division said an upgrade in the revenue bond rating for the state airport system means it can make infrastructure improvements at lower debt service costs. HDOT said Fitch Ratings raised its rating to A+ from A, citing the airport system's continued strong operational and financial performance, with credit metrics remaining above previously forecast levels. "The upgraded rating will translate into millions of dollars in savings through low...
FHWA Reopens Pilot Program to Allow Three States to Toll Interstate Segments
The Federal Highway Administration is taking applications until Feb. 20 to allow up to three states to levy tolls on existing interstate highway segments, under a pilot program in which the previous participants never used their authority to begin tolling the highways. The agency explained that while Congress originally established the pilot program in 1998, lawmakers in the 2015 Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act set a three-year deadline (with a possible one-year extension) for sta...
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