Perkins&Will’s Austin Studio Appoints New Managing Director
Architect Koleman Uresti, who also serves as operations director, takes on a dual leadership role as the Austin studio enters a new era of growth AUSTIN, Texas—Global architecture and design firm Perkins&Will announces the promotion of Koleman Uresti, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, to managing director in the country’s fastest-growing major metropolitan city. Drawing upon his experiences as a project manager and operations director, Uresti will lead the firm’s Austin studio through a period of rapi...
AISI Announces Recipients of 2021 Market Development Award
First photo: Richard Haws (center) is with Leon Topalian (left) and AISI President and CEO Kevin Dempsey on the right. Second photo: David Stoddard (third from left) is with Leon Topalian (far left); Charles Schmitt, president of SSAB Americas (second from left); and Kevin Dempsey, president and CEO of AISI (right). WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) today presented 2021 Market Development Achievement Awards to Richard (Rick) Haws, P.E., engineer, RBH Consult...
The Masses Make the Difference: Private Individuals Significantly Increase Investments in Renewable Energies and Sustainable Projects
Almost one third of installed renewable electricity capacity funded from investments by private individuals Farmers also play an important role: 47.2% of farms rely on renewable energy production More and more German citizens making sustainable investments: share among general population rises from 5% (2019) to 8% (2021) It is private individuals who are fuelling the energy transition on a massive scale, as shown in a new infographic by Block-Builders.net. They not only represent t...
NOAA, University of Maryland, ASCE to Advance Climate-Smart Construction
RESTON, Va. — The NOAA Climate Program Office has forged a partnership with the University of Maryland (UMD) Center for Technology and Systems Management and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to accelerate the development of climate-smart engineering codes and standards. The partnership is being announced this week as nations gather in Glasgow, United Kingdom, for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). NOAA will host a panel discussion at COP26...
ATI Forged Products Recognized for Energy Saving Efforts
Cutting energy use key to company’s sustainability goals (Cudahy, WI) ATI was recently honored with a 2021 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award for significantly reducing energy and lighting consumption at its Forged Products operation in Cudahy, Wisconsin, improving worker safety and productivity in the process. Statewide energy efficiency and renewable energy program FOCUS ON ENERGY® presented the award to ATI’s Cudahy, Wisconsin operations on behalf of Wisconsin’s utilities. The 700-worker l...
PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Senior Vice President Selected as Keynote Speaker at LEAP HR: Construction Conference
Bernadette Pearson to Showcase New PERI Initiatives at December Event in Dallas ELKRIDGE, MD – PERI, one of the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of formwork and scaffold systems, will serve as a key contributor to the conversation about human resources best practices at the upcoming LEAP HR: Construction Conference this winter. Bernadette Pearson, senior vice president of human resources, is one of the featured speakers at the event, an industry-leading conference for human r...
Carbon Emissions Insights Tool Will Guide Businesses Toward Net Zero
Normative releases data showing how polluting businesses measure up Startup sets new standard in carbon accounting, automates emission calculations and guides companies to net zero Stockholm, Normative, the world’s first carbon accounting engine, has unveiled an emissions insights tool that will help guide SMEs committed to net zero. Companies generate the vast majority of global carbon emissions but have struggled to properly track and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The IPCC...
TUNDRA drone integrated with UgCS Integrated Systems solutions
November 3, 2021 (Riga, Latvia) - SPH Engineering and France-based Hexadrone partner to integrate TUNDRA drone with a ground-penetrating radar. The trial flight was conducted in Balogi, Latvia and confirmed the compatibility of the drone with a GPR sensor to perform near surface surveys. The integration was performed to unlock a new type of drone for industrial, hydrographic, urban and environmental data collection with the use of a GPR, magnetometers, methane detectors, echo sounders. The...
Higher energy prices to drive up global inflation to 3.23% in 2021, says GlobalData
The shortage of coal has resulted in higher production costs for manufacturing companies, and the global inflation rate is forecasted to rise from 2.50% in 2020 to 3.23% in 2021 as a result. GlobalData has also upwardly revised its 2021 global inflation rate forecast to 3.23% in October 2021. The leading data and analytics company notes that this is an upward revision of 0.22 percentage points when compared with the June 2021 projections. Gargi Rao, Economic Research Analyst at GlobalData, co...
ESIG Names Julia Matevosyan as Chief Engineer
Reston, Va. – The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG), the leading source of global expertise for energy systems integration and operations, announced today that Julia Matevosyan has been named Chief Engineer. Matevosyan joins ESIG with more than 20 years of experience in the power industry. Prior to joining ESIG, Matevosyan was the Lead Planning Engineer of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). In her time with ERCOT, she worked on adequacy of system inertial response, syste...