Port Funds Bicycle, Pedestrian Infrastructure Projects
Community Grants Program concept papers due in January The Port of Long Beach is accepting concept papers for bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure projects that qualify for funding under its award-winning Community Grants Program. The award-winning Community Grants Program is a more than $46 million effort to fund projects that help those in the community who are most vulnerable to port-related environmental impacts. These projects are expanding asthma services, controlling stormwater r...
Student Enterprise Using Earthworms in Water Purification Process Wins $10,000 1 Race 4 Oceans Award
The Enactus Benemérita Autonomous University of Puebla Team accepting their 1 Race 4 Oceans Award at the 2022 Enactus World Cup Impact Award Ceremony SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—The Enactus student team from Benemérita Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico, won the Enactus 1 Race 4 Oceans Impact Competition held during the 2022 Enactus World Cup with their project CPlantae. The project is a multi-faceted social enterprise focused on sustainable water purification. 1 Race 4 Oceans sponsor Builders...
Miyamoto Ukraine Now Operational
KYIV, UKRAINE – As the conflict in Ukraine rages in its ninth month, reconstruction and recovery needs are estimated at approximately US $349 billion. Given the overwhelming demand for structural engineering expertise of recovery, rebuilding, and retrofit efforts, Miyamoto International, world-leading experts in post-disaster response and recovery engineering, opened their 27th location in Kyiv, Ukraine. “Since the conflict escalated in February, Miyamoto International has continued to increa...
Graphisoft Announces Strategic Partnership with IME Technology Sdn Bhd to Accelerate BIM Coverage in Malaysia
Strategic Partnership between Graphisoft and IME Technology Sdn Bhd KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - 15 November 2022 - Graphisoft, the leading Building Information Modelling (BIM) software solutions provider for architecture and engineering, today announces a strategic partnership with IME Technology Sdn Bhd. This partnership will meet the growing demand for integrated digital architectural software solution delivery in Malaysia. Graphisoft empowers teams of building professionals with advan...
U.S. Department of Transportation Providing the U.S. Forest Service $5.2 Million in ‘Quick Release’ Emergency Relief Funding to Repair Hurricane Fiona Damage in Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Forest
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $5.2 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief funds for use by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service as a down payment to offset costs of repair work needed as the result of Hurricane Fiona heavy rain damage in Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Forest. Today’s funding announcement is in addition to the $8 million in “quick release” Emergency...
Bentley Systems Announces Bentley Infrastructure Cloud, Powered by iTwin
ProjectWise, powered by iTwin, enables multidiscipline web-based design reviews for all your design projects. Image courtesy of Bentley Systems. ProjectWise Leads Advancement to Data-centric Digital Delivery and Digital Twin Opportunities LONDON – Nov. 15, 2022 – At the 2022 Year in Infrastructure Conference, Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced Bentley Infrastructure Cloud, its combination of enterprise systems...
Bentley Systems Launches iTwin Experience, iTwin Capture, and iTwin IoT to Extend iTwin Platform
iTwin Experience. Image courtesy of Bentley Systems. iTwin to Empower Bentley Infrastructure Cloud and Advance Bentley’s Engineering Applications LONDON – Nov. 15, 2022 – At the 2022 Year in Infrastructure Conference, Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced new capabilities of its iTwin Platform, significantly extending the scope and interoperability of infrastructure data that engineering firms and owner-operators...
Prince George’s County Public Schools begins Blueprint Schools Phase II procurement
JLL is the financial advisor for the project that will deliver new K-12 schools, meeting the needs of students and employees WASHINGTON – JLL is the financial advisor, along with SXM Strategies, to Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) on the Phase II procurement process for their Blueprint Schools project in Prince George County, Maryland. Public-private partnership (P3) for Blueprint Schools Phase II includes design, construction, financing and maintenance of six schools for PG...
Hexagon’s R-evolution enables blue carbon credits for the world’s largest seagrass ecosystem
Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies, today announced that R-evolution, the sustainable innovation and green-tech investment subsidiary of Hexagon, has been awarded a contract to supply multi-dimensional intelligent mapping services of The Bahamas’ seabed. The services are part of a larger initiative to enable the island nation to protect, restore and activate its blue carbon ecosystems to invest in climate resilience and...
Registration Opens for The Precast Show 2023 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center
Registration for The Precast Show 2023 is now open. The Precast Show is Feb. 23-25 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, and marks the largest precast-specific trade show in North America, bringing together the industry’s most important suppliers and foremost equipment specialists under one roof. Reserve your spot now at ThePrecastShow.org. With more than 120,000 square feet of show floor space and nearly 5,000 participants expected to be on hand, The Preca...