Joseph Heller, P.E., Wins Arizona DOT Partnering Spirit Award for US 60 and Bell Road Traffic Interchange Project
T.Y. Lin International (TYLI), a globally recognized full-service infrastructure consulting firm, announces Joseph (Joe) Heller, P.E., TYLI Design Engineer, received an Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Partnering Spirit Award for the US 60 and Bell Road Traffic Interchange Design-Build (D-B) project in Surprise, Arizona. ADOT bestows Partnering Spirit Awards to individuals who have played a significant role as members of partnerships achieving exceptionally positive results through ag...
Three Gannett Fleming Projects Win ACEC New York Awards
The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC New York) honored three Gannett Fleming projects in the 2017 Engineering Excellence Awards. The awards were presented at a black-tie gala on April 1 in New York City. The Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn, N.Y., received a Diamond Award in the waste and stormwater category. The Diamond Award is the top award presented by ACEC New York. Gannett Fleming, CB&I, and Michael Baker formed a joint venture team for con...
Carl Galioto Is Appointed President of HOK
NEW YORK—Carl Galioto, FAIA, managing principal of HOK’s New York and Philadelphia offices and member of the firm’s executive committee, has been appointed to the position of president at HOK. Galioto also serves on HOK’s board of directors and leads its technical board, which includes HOK buildingSMART, the firm’s virtual design and construction initiative. In this additional role, he will work directly with CEO Bill Hellmuth, FAIA, who has now assumed the role of chairman, and the other mem...
Four More States Set to Increase Gas Taxes to Support New Transportation Investments; New Analysis Shows Little Political Fallout
(WASHINGTON) - An examination of more than 2,500 state legislators from 16 states finds 91 percent of lawmakers who supported legislation to increase their state gas tax between 2013 and 2015 and ran for re-election won their seat during the next general election. The analysis, from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC), comes as legislators in four states—Tennessee, Montana, California and Indiana—have voted this month to i...
Shanghai Village Shopping Center Wins International Award
Shanghai Village, a pedestrian-friendly shopping center with more than 220 storefronts, was recently awarded the gold award for Development and Design by the International Council of Shopping Centers China. The project was designed by Stantec’s Boulder office, JRDV Urban International, and PLAT Studio Inc. The development, which opened in 2016, captures a unique historic vision of Art Deco-inspired design and features multiple “neighborhoods.” The Village’s eight neighborhoods include four fa...
Lasse Petterson Named Chief Executive Officer of Great Lakes
OAK BROOK, Ill., May 01, 2017 - The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes”) (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of environmental and remediation services, announced today that Lasse Petterson will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on May 1, 2017. Chairman of the Board Robert Uhler stated, “We are pleased to have Lasse join the executive management team at Great La...
More Efficient Construction Management with Pix4Dbim
The importance of easy data visualization for jobsite documentation. Project info Company Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company (HDCC) Industry Construction Location Honolulu, Hawaii (USA) Project Condo building Project Owner SamKoo Pacific LLC Project size 56,250 Square Feet / ~5,225 Square Meters Project Date 2017 - 2018 Workflow DJI Mavic + Pix4Dcapture + Pix4Dbim Cloud Number of images 250 images per mission (12 megapixels imag...
FARO Introduces PointSense 18.0 Suite for Construction and Architecture
Lake Mary, FL - FARO® (NASDAQ:FARO), the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for factory metrology, construction BIM/CIM, product design, public safety forensics, and 3D solutions, announces the availability of the FARO® PointSense 18.0 software suite (http://www.faro.com/aecsoftware18-0/). This robust software platform evolution delivers seamless integration into the latest 2018 AutoCAD® and Revit® design tools, a better user experience, improved software handli...
House Sends Bill Repealing Burdensome MPO Rule to the President
Washington - A bill to repeal regulatory mandates on Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and keep decision-making authority for transportation improvements at the local level overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 417 to 3 today. The House passed S. 496, a bill that repeals the rule entitled “Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform,” a rule that increases burdens on MPOs and states in excess of what is required in law. The...
“Waters of the United States” Rule Fundamentally Flawed, ARTBA Tells Senate Committee
(WASHINGTON) - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) April 26 told a U.S. Senate panel the controversial “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule is scientifically and legally flawed and should be repealed. In comments submitted for an Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing, the association said the WOTUS rule threatens recent bipartisan achievements in reducing transportation project delays, noting “[a]ny reduction in delay gained from improvements to...
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