Addressing Expertise Gaps in Transportation with Staff Augmentation
HDR’s Brian Blanchard Explains Benefits of Strategic Staff Augmentation in Latest Experts Talk Interview Transportation agencies across North America are facing challenges in staff retention and development, accompanied by an ongoing reduction in workforces. At the same time, new federal funding is providing states with billions for infrastructure. In this environment, finding the staff to complete projects has become a high-priority concern for many agencies. HDR’s latest Experts Talk int...
Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. Expands Expertise to Meet Growing Demand in Wind Turbine Manufacturing, Building on Successful Track Record
Long Beach, CA, June 20, 2023 – Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. (S&SE) brings its decades of pollution abatement expertise to wind turbine manufacturing companies. Showcasing its commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility, Ship & Shore’s comprehensive air pollution abatement solutions target the widely publicized eco-impacts, such as greenhouse gasses and toxic air pollutants as well as mounting landfill waste from non-recyclable blades, associated with wind turbine manufactu...
Stantec hires Eric Plapper as Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Lead within Smart(ER) Mobility
New position will consolidate Stantec’s EV strategy across business lines and disciplines CHARLOTTE, NC TSX, NYSE:STN – Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has hired Eric Plapper, AICP, to lead its Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure program in North America. His role will integrate the efforts of myriad Stantec experts who have been working on EV infrastructure, including urban planning, architecture, transit advisory, EV installation, and emerging technolog...
Clayco Breaks Ground on Fort Wayne International Airport Project
Fort Wayne, Ind. – Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA), along with Clayco, has broken ground on Project Gateway’s $78 million, 35,000 square foot East Terminal Expansion and Renovation project. Scott Hinderman, Executive Director of Airports, Mac Glinn, Clayco Senior Vice President and Aviation Business Unit Leader, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters, John Urbahns, President of Greater Fort Wayne Inc., and Sue Mowery-Schalk, Director of Airports Division fo...
Anglian Water in UK reduces flooding and pollution incidents with real-time picture of risk
Anglian Water in the UK has created a real-time picture of sewer risk, which is helping drive proactive interventions to reduce sewer blockages, flooding and pollution incidents. The new mapping system reveals hotspots to prioritise where work is needed across the network to improve network performance and protect the environment. Developed using geospatial technology from Esri UK, benefits of the new risk tool in its first six months include a 51% reduction in blockages, 112km of sewers clea...
Architect and Designer Elina Cardet, AIA, IIDA, NCARB, WELL AP Joins Arcadis
Cardet Joins Arcadis to Strengthen the Firm’s Design Excellence and Revenue Growth Arcadis has welcomed Elina Cardet as Principal for the firm’s Miami Office. With an illustrious global career spanning over three decades as an architect and designer, Cardet specializes in creating innovative and sustainable designs for various project types, including workplace, retail, hospitality, residential, education, cultural, and civic spaces. Cardet’s work highlights her dedication to create soci...
Ruskin® reflects on 65 years of air control innovation
Grandview, MO – (June 16, 2023) – The importance of airflow is well-documented as a critical component in establishing healthy indoor air quality and energy-efficient building performance. But harnessing these benefits through commercial HVAC systems requires advanced air control solutions. Over the past 65 years, Ruskin® has remained the name behind the industry’s cutting-edge commercial HVAC dampers, louvers, energy recovery ventilators (ERV) and air measurement devices. Today, 65 years aft...
Stantec honored with three national ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards
US 60 Spottsville Bridge Replacement The awards recognize exceptional, innovative projects that enhance communities across the nation Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, received three Engineering Excellence Awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) for its Bridging Kentucky program, US 60 Spottsville Bridge replacement, and Flood Predictor technology. The awards were presented during ACEC’s an...
Maintaining and Improving Jersey City Water Infrastructure
Creating control points with the AVT EZ Valve (Chicago: June 15, 2023) – Jersey City in New Jersey is undergoing a period of development and growth which has seen its population increase by more than 50,000 people in the last 13 years. To cater for this growth, the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority is tasked with maintaining its aging water infrastructure and improving its critical water supply to ensure it can meet the needs of its customers both now and into the future....
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $3 Million in ‘Quick Release’ Emergency Relief Funding to Rebuild I-95 in Philadelphia
Tanker truck fire causes partial collapse of key north-south connector WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $3 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief (ER) funds for use as a down payment by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to offset costs of repair work on a section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia that collapsed as the result of a gasoline tanker truck fire. Mo...