ACPV designs new office tower for Milan headquarters of A2A
International architecture and interior design practice Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel (ACPV) unveils the design for the new Milan headquarters of Italian multi-utility company A2A. ACPV’s project reimagines the company’s office spaces as capable of adapting to people’s ever-changing needs at work, while reviving the local urban fabric with 6,320 sqm of new green public spaces. The 144-meter-high office tower – named Torre Faro (lighthouse tower in Italian) – will connect Milan’s historic cen...
New Regional San upgrade virtually eliminates ammonia in Sacramento region’s wastewater
Biological Nutrient Removal project treats about 130 million gallons of wastewater per day and uses bacteria to remove more than 99% of ammonia SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (Regional San) has completed a significant upgrade to its wastewater treatment facility that serves the Sacramento region. The new Biological Nutrient Removal project (BNR) is now operational, virtually eliminating ammonia from the region’s treated wastewater. “At Regional...
Wingtra launches WingtraOne GEN II—a next-generation VTOL drone with an oblique payload and advanced reliability algorithms
Zurich — After six years in development and 100'000 flights, Wingtra, the professional drone producer, is launching WingtraOne GEN II, a next-generation VTOL drone that offers industrial reliability and mapping versatility with a new oblique camera configuration for high-quality 3D drone mapping data capture. Known for its vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) precision and dependable data capture over large areas, WingtraOne has been chosen by professionals worldwide across many industries....
DFI Announces Winners of 2021 Student Paper Competition
Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI announces the winners of the 2021 Student Paper Competition. Osama Drbe, a Ph.D. candidate at Western University London in Ontario, Canada, is the winner of the Student Paper Competition. His paper is titled, “Effect of Negative Skin Friction on Abutment Piles Design.” The paper discusses a comprehensive field monitoring program to evaluate the development of drag forces, which was conducted over four years for three instrumented abutment H-piles as a part of a three-spa...
Digital Twin Consortium Unveils Maturity Model for Real Estate and Construction Industry
Whitepaper guides infrastructure stakeholders on digital twin adoption BOSTON, MA – Digital Twin Consortium® announced the Infrastructure Digital Twin Maturity: A Model for Measuring Progress whitepaper to guide infrastructure stakeholders as they incorporate digital twins in their projects. The paper outlines a five-stage process they can follow based on their organization's digital twin maturity level. "Real estate owners recognize the importance of digital transformation of their process...
ATI Joins Miyamoto
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — ATI Engineers has joined with Miyamoto International, a global engineering and disaster risk reduction company. As an established structural, mechanical and electrical engineering firm, ATI will expand Miyamoto’s capacity to serve clients worldwide with their multi-discipline approach. About ATI EngineersFor over 30 years, ATI has provided high-value services to clients in commercial, government, healthcare, industrial and institutional sectors in San Francisco Bay Area....
SpotCrime Enlists Woolpert to Deliver Google Maps Platform Services, Technical Support
The goal of the public facing crime alert service is to improve safety and promote transparency in police data. BALTIMORE (Aug. 3, 2021) — Woolpert has been contracted by SpotCrime to provide Google Maps Platform services and technical team support for its independent, public facing crime alert service. SpotCrime, which is based in Baltimore, tracks incidents of crime across the U.S. and in select countries and recently implemented a nationwide missing persons database. Founded in 2008, Sp...
Fugro wins multi-year contract to build new pavement management system for Manitoba
The Province of Manitoba in Canada has awarded Fugro a 4-year contract to develop a new pavement management system that will guide strategic selection of road maintenance projects for optimised use of transportation budgets. Joining Fugro on the contract is AgileAssets, a software company specialising in infrastructure asset management. The Fugro-AgileAssets partnership will provide Manitoba with comprehensive expertise in pavement engineering, consulting and management systems implementation....
CFSEI to Host Webinar on “Innovative Cold-Formed Steel Floor System: Development, Behavior and Detailing” on August 26, 2021
Photo courtesy of Don Allen of Super Stud Building Products, Inc. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) will host a webinar on “Innovative Cold-Formed Steel Floor System: Development, Behavior and Detailing” on Thursday, August 26, 2021 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT. The webinar is designed for architects, engineers, building officials and contractors. Participants are eligible for 1.5 PDHs. The webinar will focus on the ideation, development, analysis...
Lloyd Brown Brings His Industry Expertise to HDR’s Transportation Strategic Communications Team
OMAHA, Neb. — Lloyd Brown has joined HDR as a senior strategic communications consultant helping to advance our focus on helping clients across North America manage communication and engagement on large infrastructure projects. He joins a rapidly growing group of over 140 strategic communication practitioners who work to deliver communications for our clients. A well-known transportation industry leader, Brown is transitioning from a decade as director of communications for the American Assoc...