Skyward-Parrot Partnership Brings Integration and Training for the ANAFI USA
PORTLAND, Ore. And Paris – Today, Skyward, A Verizon company, and Parrot, the leading European drone group, announced their partnership to deliver Parrot ANAFI drones along with Skyward drone program management, flight log sync, and training to U.S. enterprises. In particular, the new ANAFI USA drone speaks to a widespread need among U.S. companies and public agencies for a secure, high-end drone manufactured domestically. Sold by Skyward, the ANAFI USA and training package gives enterprises a o...
Bentley Systems Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering
EXTON, Pa., U.S.A. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated (“Bentley”) today announced the launch of the initial public offering of 10,750,000 shares of its Class B common stock. The shares of Class B common stock to be sold in the offering will be sold by existing stockholders of Bentley. The selling stockholders expect to grant the underwriters in the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,610,991 shares of Class B common stock from the selling stockholders. The estimated initial...
ASME’s Engineering for Change and Siemens Announce Innovate for Impact: Siemens Design Challenge Winners
Teams from Colombia, Uganda and the U.S. selected for outstanding innovations that help meet need for clean water and adequate food supply globally NEW YORK, September 15, 2020 – Earlier today in a virtual awards ceremony, global technology company Siemens, in collaboration with Engineering for Change (E4C), a knowledge organization, digital platform and community from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), announced the two winners of the Innovate for Impact: Siemens Desig...
Trimble VRS Now Network Covers More than One Million Square Miles in North America with the Acquisition of MidStates VRS
Trimble Continues to Increase its Footprint to Deliver High-Accuracy Positioning Correction Services SUNNYVALE, Calif.— Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has acquired MidStates VRS, a network previously owned by Butler Machinery and Frontier Precision. The addition of the network, located in North and South Dakota, increases the footprint of Trimble’s VRS Now® GNSS corrections service to cover more than one million square miles in North America. Financial terms were not disc...
ICC Community Development Solutions Partners with Inspected to Make Remote Virtual Inspections Easy and Keep Projects Moving
Rochester, NY and Fort Lauderdale, FL – ICC Community Development Solutions and Inspected, a virtual inspection software company, are proud to announce a joint partnership to make remote virtual inspections accessible to code officials, homeowners and contractors across the county. ICC Community Development Solutions, a subsidiary of the International Code Council that provides software solutions for municipalities and building safety professionals, will offer Inspected’s remote video inspec...
Nearly 500K Clean Energy Workers Remain Out of Work After Only 13K Jobs Returned in August
14% of clean energy workforce still jobless as industry nears slow season August growth rate far below 2020 projections made before COVID-19 WASHINGTON (September 14, 2020) – After three months of lackluster job growth, nearly 500,000 U.S. clean energy workers (490,341) remain jobless as the sector struggles to recover. Just 13,600 jobs were added in August, leaving 14% of the clean energy sector’s pre-COVID-19 workforce unemployed as the industry nears the traditionally slow winte...
Severn Trent Commissions the UK’s Largest MABR Plant During Lockdown
OxyMem membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) at Severn Trent’s Spernal site – the largest MABR in the UK Ireland, September 14th, 2020 – July marked a milestone for wastewater treatment in the UK, with the installation of 10 OxyMem membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) modules from DuPont Water Solutions at Severn Trent’s Redditch Spernal site in Worcestershire. This central treatment plant has thus become the largest MABR in the UK, all during a period of restricted access to the site du...
FHWA Issues Emergency Funds to Louisiana for Storm Recovery
The Federal Highway Administration issued $5 million in “quick release” emergency relief funds on September 4 to help Louisiana begin repairing highways and bridges damaged by Hurricane Laura and Tropical Storm Marco. [Above photo by the Louisiana DOTD.] Louisiana experienced high winds and heavy rain from August 23-29 due to those storms, with high winds and floods causing significant damage throughout the western half of the state. The FHWA added that “quick release” funds make it eas...
Janet Gonzalez Tudor Promoted to Transportation Operational Resiliency Director
New Role Will Support Clients’ Long-Term Resiliency and Organizational Health OMAHA, Neb. — Janet Gonzalez Tudor, MBA, ENV SP, LEED AP BD+C, STP, has accepted a new role as HDR’s Transportation Operational Resiliency director. Gonzalez Tudor’s responsibilities include working closely with our clients and cross-functional teams in the development and implementation of new programs to support infrastructure resiliency planning and long term organizational health. She will partner with o...
18 Exceptional Student Projects Win Steel Industry Awards
CHICAGO – The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) are pleased to announce that 18 remarkable student projects have won the 2020 Steel Design Student Competition. This year, the competition offered two challenges that prompted architecture students to explore working with steel in design and construction. For the first category, the 2020 ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition challenged students to design an urban...