Structurlam Celebrates Addition of New Vice President of Manufacturing & Operations for Production Facility in Arkansas
Jason Trenn Joins Structurlam, a Leading Manufacturer of Mass Timber in North America Conway, Ark. -- Structurlam Mass Timber Corporation, a leading mass timber manufacturer in North America, has welcomed Jason Trenn as the company’s new vice president of manufacturing & operations for its new production facility in Conway, Arkansas. Trenn brings an extensive background in forestry to Structurlam, with over 20 years of experience at Canfor, Weldwood, West Fraser, Tembec and Weyerhae...
Western Specialty Contractors Chicago Branch Receives 2021 ICRI Project of Year for Extra Storage Space Concrete Restoration
St. Louis, MO - Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago Branch has received the 2021 ICRI (International Concrete Repair Institute) Chicago Chapter “Project of the Year” Award for its concrete restoration work at Extra Space Storage in Chicago. Western received its award at the chapter’s dinner meeting on Feb. 24. “Extra Space Storage was chosen as the ICRI Chicago Chapter ‘Project of the Year’ because it was a unique concrete repair project with multiple construction challenges and historic...
Trahan Architects has Been Selected by The City of Austin to Design a Performing Arts Center for the Asian American Resource Center in Austin, Texas
New Orleans, LA/New York, NY - Trahan Architects, an award-winning architecture firm with offices in New Orleans and New York, announced today that it has been selected by The City of Austin to design a performing arts center for the Asian American Resource Center (AARC) in Austin, Texas. The Asian American Resource Center’s mission is to create a space of belonging and healing for Asian American communities in Austin and beyond. This is accomplished through community collaborations and partn...
De Nora hosts World Water Day roundtable
Panelists from diverse backgrounds to engage in conversation about groundwater sustainability MILAN – A prominent figure for thought leadership in the water industry, De Nora will host a one-hour virtual roundtable event in celebration of World Water Day, an annual observance that aims to highlight the importance of fresh water. The roundtable, held Tuesday, March 22 at 11 a.m. ET, will feature a diverse group of panelists who will lead an engaging and informative discussion on the topi...
KAI Enterprises Hires Shawn Lewinski, CPA as Vice President of Finance
(St. Louis, MO) KAI Enterprises is excited to announce it has hired Shawn Lewinski, CPA, as its new Vice President of Finance. In his new role, Lewinski is responsible for providing enterprise leadership in the areas of financial planning and analysis, mergers and acquisitions and project controls. “I’m really excited to be joining the KAI team and help fulfill the company’s mission to make a difference in the communities we serve,” said Lewinski. “The Finance team has laid out an aggressi...
The World’s Longest Suspension Bridge Opens for Traffic
18 March 2022 marked a special day for Turkey: the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge is open to traffic. The new bridge will carry up to 45,000 vehicles each day and is a vital element to stimulate local and international economic development, logistics and tourism in the area. COWI has been the consultant for the design-build contractor DLSY joint venture consisting of Daelim, Limak, SK and Yapi Merkezi since the start of the project in the Spring of 2017. We have carried out detailed design of this cha...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $10 Million to Help Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Compete for Federal Highway Contracts
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced $10 million in funding from the Fiscal Year 2021 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise/Supportive Services (DBE/SS) program to help eligible small businesses compete for federal highway contracts in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. “With these funds, state transportation departments will help minority- and women-owned businesses across the coun...
Groundwater Awareness Day Brings Partners Together
Fort Wayne, IN – Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: FELE) recently partnered with the National Ground Water Association’s (NGWA) Groundwater Foundation and Amstutz Well Drilling to celebrate Groundwater Awareness Day with the public at Fort Wayne’s community Science Central. Science Central bills itself as a “catalyst for learning,” and Groundwater Awareness Day activities both inside and outside the facility enhanced this experiential environment. Booths, hands-on activities and the presen...
Local Engineering Project Receives National Honor - I14
LAX TERMINAL 1.5 CITED IN NATIONAL ENGINEERING COMPETITION Expert Analyses Ensures Safe Construction of Key Airport Facility WASHINGTON, DC – Ninyo & Moore of Los Angeles, Calif., has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) 55th annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) for design of Terminal 1.5 at Los Angeles International Airport. Ninyo & Moore provided geotechnical engineering services...
Skanska divests rental residential project in Stockholm, Sweden, for about SEK 580M
Skanska has divested a multi-family rental project with high climate ambitions in Stockholm, Sweden, for about SEK 580M. The buyer is NREP. The transaction will be recorded by Skanska Sweden in the Residential Development stream in the first quarter of 2022. The transfer will take place in connection with completion, which is planned for the first quarter of 2025. Skanska is developing the Tora project, next to Spånga commuter train station, in the emerging new Bromstensstaden. The block cons...