Steel Industry Remembers Legendary Detailer Walter J. Gatti
CHICAGO - Walter J. Gatti, founder of Tensor Engineering, died April 25 after a brief illness. Gatti, 88, had boundless energy and a passion for the steel fabrication industry--so much so that he continued to work seven days a week until his recent illness. The American Institute of Steel Construction presented him with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. Gatti discovered his passion for steel structures during his trips from the Bronx to Brooklyn to attend the State of New York Communit...
Simpson Strong-Tie Adds Hanger Selector App to Suite of Software and Web Applications for Architects, Engineers and Contractors
The new Hanger Selector app from Simpson Strong-Tie will allow even faster and easier access to help users quickly zero in on the appropriate hanger for any project. Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, introduced today the HS Hanger Selector web app, which uses 3D visualization along with calculations based on specific user input to help designers and builders find the most cost-effective joist, tru...
Oldcastle Infrastructure Expands Footprint in Texas Market
Oldcastle Infrastructure™, a CRH company, announced today that it has acquired three reinforced concrete pipe and box culvert plants located in Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth and San Antonio from The Quikrete Companies. “Oldcastle Infrastructure has operated in Texas since 1996, primarily serving the energy and communications markets. The additions of reinforced concrete pipe and box culvert capabilities in Texas complements Oldcastle Infrastructure’s existing concrete solutions offering, allowin...
NPCA Production and Quality School Classes Scheduled for June 21-24 in Amesbury, Mass.
The National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA) is offering two in-person Production and Quality School courses at Shea Concrete Products – Amesbury in Amesbury, Mass. PQS II – Production is June 21-22. PQS III – Leadership is June 23-24. The PQS courses are part of NPCA's Precast University and Master Precaster programs, which include precast concrete-specific training with comprehensive education courses for production, safety, technical, quality control and leadership. Develop...
Leica Geosystems Autonomous Reality Capture Products Receive Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Certification
BLK2FLY Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and BLK ARC for Robotic Carriers Make Smart Reality Capture Widely Available in the Air and on the Ground Heerbrugg, Switzerland – May 4, 2022 – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, today announced its autonomous reality capture products, the BLK ARC and the BLK2FLY have received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification. Announced in September 2021 as part of Hexagon’s portfolio of reality capture sensors, the BLK2FLY and BLK ARC are the company...
Skanska builds new highway outside Oslo, Norway, for NOK 2.9 billion, about SEK 3.1 billion
Skanska has signed a contract with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration on the construction of a new highway outside Oslo, Norway. The contract is worth NOK 2.9 billion, about SEK 3.1 billion, which will be included in the Nordic order bookings for the second quarter 2022. The project includes construction of 2.0 kilometers of six lane highway between Ramstadsletta and Strand, including 1.3 kilometer of the new Høviktunnel outside Oslo as well as changes in the local surrounding road sys...
IDS GeoRadar launches cloud-based AI solution AiMaps
AiMaps offers utility professionals enhanced underground utility detection, productivity gains, cost savings and easier use. PISA, Italy (May 04, 2022) — IDS GeoRadar, part of Hexagon, today announced its newest solution for utility professionals: AiMaps offers intelligent cloud-processing of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) data to provide clean uncluttered information for faster detection of underground utilities. Adopting the use of AI in underground utility detection, AiMaps facilitates anal...
Clarke Energy to Demonstrate Carbon Negative Carbon Capture System
Kohler Co. part of consortium that won Ofwat’s “Water Breakthrough Challenge” KOHLER, Wis. – A first-of-its-kind project to remove carbon from biogas engine exhaust and turn it into eco-friendly products to reduce net carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was recently named a winner of Ofwat’s second Water Breakthrough Challenge. Ofwat is the body responsible for economic regulation of the privatized water and sewerage industry in England. Clarke Energy (Liverpool, UK), a division of Kohler Co....
ACI Foundation Announces New Fellowship Honoring JoAnne K. and Cecil L. Jones
The ACI Foundation has established the JoAnne K. and Cecil L. Jones Carolinas Fellowship through generous funding by the ACI Carolinas Chapter. The new award, the second honorary fellowship that this chapter has funded, was announced at the ACI Foundation 2022 donor recognition reception. The ACI Carolinas Chapter created both fellowships to use chapter resources to support the young men and women who will enter and shape the future of the concrete industry, and to engage more students in ACI an...
IMAGINiT Technologies Recognized with Autodesk Platinum Club Awards
BALTIMORE, MD ― May 3, 2022 — For the ninth consecutive year, IMAGINiT Technologies has earned Autodesk Platinum Club Awards in recognition of their accomplishments. Based on IMAGINiT’s outstanding performance in Autodesk’s most recent fiscal year, their Canadian operations received an award for Top Growth in Product Design and Manufacturing. While IMAGINiT’s US operations received the Top Growth in Premium Subscription award. “We appreciate Autodesk’s acknowledgement of our ability to dev...
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