Russelectric, A Siemens Business, Highlights Utility Paralleling Systems for Water and Wastewater Facilities
Ensures no interruption of critical loads when transferring between power source assets Hingham, MA – Russelectric, A Siemens Business, a leading manufacturer of automatic transfer switches and power control systems, offers its Paralleling System, ideal for ensuring that critical loads experience no interruption when transferring between all power source assets in water and wastewater facilities. The System can be configured for peak shaving and utility-sponsored load curtailment program...
INGU Targets North American Municipal Water Markets in Expanded Distribution Agreement with PICA
5-year, $4.25 million performance agreement gives PICA exclusive rights to Pipers® inline inspection solution for municipal water and wastewater markets in the US, Canada, and Mexico CALGARY, AB - INGU, an innovator in inline inspection solutions for the global oil, gas and water industries, has reached an expanded distribution agreement with PICA, a North American leader in pipeline inspection and condition analysis services. The $4.25 million performance agreement gives PICA exclusive right...
New Data: 2020 Private Sector Participation in Developing-Country Infrastructure Saw Huge Drop, Stabilizing as Year Ended
Washington — New data from the World Bank shows that private participation in infrastructure (PPI) in developing countries, while taking an historic plunge in the first half of 2020 due to COVID-19, saw a very modest uptick in the second half of the year. The 56 percent drop in PPI in H1 from the previous year moderated to 52 percent for the full year. Infrastructure investment commitments in 2020 stood at $45.7 billion across 252 projects in developing countries. “Hopefull...
Crescent Communities’ Escent Research Park Completes Construction
158,000 square foot creative office community situated in the heart of Charlotte’s University City begins leasing with launch of virtual tours Charlotte, N.C. – Today, Crescent Communities, a nationally-recognized, market-leading real estate investor, developer, and operator of mixed-use communities, announces the completion of construction at Escent Research Park, a creative office community situated in the heart of University City in Charlotte, NC. The first creative office space in...
Skanska Promotes Executive to Lead Florida Civil Operations
Brook Brookshire will now serve as Senior Vice President of Skanska’s civil infrastructure division in Florida. ORLANDO, FL – Skanska, one of the world’s leading construction and development firms, is pleased to announce the promotion of Brook Brookshire to senior vice president of Skanska’s civil infrastructure operations in Florida. In this role, Brookshire will be responsible for meeting the design-builder’s obligations and ensuring Skanska meets the contract requirements, includin...
WSP USA Earns APTA’s Highest Recognition for Sustainability Commitment
WSP is the first business member to achieve Platinum recognition under the American Public Transportation Association’s Sustainability Commitment. NEW YORK — The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) awarded Platinum-level recognition through its Sustainability Commitment program to WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy. This designation showcases WSP’s commitment to sustainability throughout its operations and in the services provided to t...
ALLPLAN publishes Project Template for BIM-based Platform Design with Allplan 2021
ALLPLAN's new project template for BIM-based platform design includes numerous objects that support the workflow of design, model creation, evaluation, documentation and data transfer. © ALLPLAN. Munich - As part of the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure initiative for more attractive railway stations, ALLPLAN has published an updated project template for the application of the BIM methodology in Deutsche Bahn projects. It is now also available to users of Al...
DuPont Froth-Pak Spray Foam Introduces New Formulation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Increases Performance While Helping to Eliminate Use of HFCs Significantly Reduces Global Warming Potential Advances DuPont’s 2030 Sustainability Goals WILMINGTON, Del., MAY 13, 2021 – In support of its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while delivering sustainable innovation, DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced a new standard for two-component polyurethane foams with the launch of the HFC-free Froth-Pak™ Spray Foam. Froth-Pak™ Spray Foam, available this mon...
Increase Efficiency with Versatile Trimble GuidEx Guidance System for Virtually Any Machine Type
Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today the Trimble® GuidEx Machine Guidance System, an advanced machine navigation solution intended to quickly and efficiently guide machines along route corridors or to specific target areas, while providing local awareness using customer provided mapping or engineering data to create exclusion and inclusion zones. For ultimate flexibility and mobility, users can quickly install the Trimble GuidEx system on anything from utility terrain vehicles (UTVs) to heavy ...
Q-Free releases Kinetic™ CV connected data solution, the latest application in its Kinetic Mobility suite of traffic management tools
With no hardware installation and simple flip of the switch installation, agencies immediately gain access to streams of low-latency, high-quality data to manage intersections now and in a fully connected world. CARLSBAD, CA– Q-Free (OSE: QFR), a global leader in mobility solutions for smart city infrastructure, today announced the release of Kinetic CV, its latest connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) data solution and the latest application for Q-Free’s innovative single-dashboard traffic...