Lane Construction and Wagman Executives Elected to Safety Certification Commission
WASHINGTON — Alissa Sternagle, a corporate safety training manager at Cheshire, Connecticut, based Lane Construction Corp., and Cory Gaye, the corporate safety director for York, Pennsylvania, headquartered Wagman, Inc., have been elected to the Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals™ (SCTPP) program’s Certification Commission. The nine-member commission is independently appointed by the ARTBA Foundation and is responsible for the governance of the certification progra...
Polygon Announces PolySlide® Composite Tubing for Pneumatic and Hydraulic Cylinders
Ideal for replacing metallic material in a variety of cylinder applications Walkerton, IN – Polygon Composites Technology, a leading manufacturer of composite tubing solutions for bearings, dielectric applications, surgical devices and more, announces PolySlide® Composite Tubing for pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders. PolySlide tubing replaces metallic material in a variety of cylinder applications. Supplied as a cylinder tube ready for customer assembly, or as fully engineered cylinde...
New ASCE Publication Provides State-of-the-Practice for Wind Loads at Industrial Facilities
Reston, Va. – ASCE Publications latest committee report, Wind Load Design of Petrochemical and Other Industrial Facilities, Second Edition, provides general guidelines for the computation of wind loads at petrochemical and other industrial facilities. This new edition reflects various company practices, available research, and committee consensus on key topics on wind design loads of petrochemical and other industrial facilities, including Fundamental wind engineering, general aerodynam...
Urbahn Architects renovates Bowery Residents’ Committee's shelter in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
At the east side of the Clay Street Men’s Assessment Center building, a seven-foot wide passageway leads past the neighboring property to a 20-foot by 60-foot open yard facing the building’s main entrance. Working within a limited budget, the Urbahn team designed and painted a complex geometric mural consisting of multi-colored triangles and trapezoids in ten vivid colors on both the concrete pavement and the garage walls to enliven and the previously uninviting, drab passageway space. The patte...
Stantec to lead multibillion-dollar initiative to supply local sustainable water to San Diego’s 1.4 million residents
Pure Water program to maximize use and reuse of city water and reduce ocean discharges Edmonton, AB; New York, NY; San Diego, CA:TSX, NYSE:STN: The Pure Water San Diego program recently reached a critical milestone, paving the way for Phase 1 of the US$3-billion program to supply local, sustainable water to San Diego’s more than 1.4 million residents. The project secured a first-of-its-kind National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to add purified water to the Miram...
Solmax geosynthetics secure canals for mega fish farm in Egypt
In Egypt, phase two of the mega aquaculture project in East Port Said launched by government in 2017 is well under way. The project includes construction of a hatchery for fish and shrimp on 4,000 acres of land, which will be supplied with fresh sea water by system of canals. Lining those canals will be three million square meters of geosynthetics from Solmax. “This is a valuable project that will contribute to food security, job creation, and economic growth in Egypt”, Allan Jackson, Sales ...
Virtual Surveyor Introduces Curb & Gutter Mapping in New Version of Drone Surveying Software
AARSCHOT, Belgium – Virtual Surveyor has introduced Curb & Gutter mapping functionality in Version 7.6 of its popular drone surveying software. The new capability enables surveyors to create a lightweight CAD model of curbs and gutters along the edges of streets and parking lots from standard orthophotos and elevation models captured by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones. “Accurately mapping the height of curbs and geometry of gutters is critical for modeling the flow of water away fr...
Woolpert Welcomes Ryan Thomas as Program Director for Energy Market
Thomas has an extensive background in the power and utilities industries, with a focus on renewable energy. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Woolpert has hired Ryan Thomas as a program director for the firm’s energy market. Thomas is a chemical engineer who brings 20 years of experience working in leadership positions for power companies and energy consulting firms across the South and Southeast. Thomas most recently served as a sustainability and innovation manager for an Atlanta-based firm, where he p...
Blue Pearl Energy launches an innovative European platform for B2B energy services, backed by DWS
Blue Pearl Energy has announced the launch of its innovative European energy services platform, dedicated to offering comprehensive energy efficiency solutions for public, commercial and industrial buildings. Designed to provide an alternative to large energy companies, Blue Pearl Energy has developed an original business model, whose aim is to create a powerful European network of SMEs specialising in various fields of energy services for private and public sector clients. Supported by global i...
CDC Says Public Transit Passengers, Operators Should Wear Masks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a “strong recommendation” for public transportation passengers and transit operators alike to wear masks in order to prevent spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. [Above photo by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.] The agency said passengers on “public conveyances” – such as airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis, ride-shares – should follow its mask-wearing recommendation, as well as the operators...
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June Issue 2026
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