Steel Industry Groups Urge Senate Leaders to Include Infrastructure in Next Stimulus Bill
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, major domestic steel industry groups strongly reiterated their support for significant funding for state departments of transportation (DOTs) and called on congressional leadership to support this funding in the next phase of COVID-19 stimulus legislation. Members of The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA), The Committee on Pipe and Tube Imports (CPTI) and Specialty Steel Industry...
Pickard Chilton Tapped by Skanska to Design “The Eight,” An Innovative Office Tower in Bellevue, Washington
Dynamic, Multifaceted Project in Downtown Bellevue Will Feature 25-Story Office Tower, Ground-Floor Retail, Public Space and Private Balconies (New Haven, Conn. – July 21, 2020) – Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, has been selected by Skanska to design “The Eight,” the developer’s latest 800,000 gsf mixed-use office project at 10660 NE 8th Street in downtown Bellevue, Washin...
Stantec awarded bridge inspection contracts across three US states
Departments of Transportation in Nevada, Colorado, and North Dakota are investing to protect the traveling public and critical shipped goods Stantec has been selected to provide bridge inspection services for three US State Departments of Transportation (DOT): Nevada (NDOT), Colorado (CDOT), and North Dakota (NDDOT). The work carried out by Stantec’s bridge inspection teams will use the latest technology and engineering methodology to ensure the bridges are safe for the travel...
Stantec-Designed 17 West Mixed-Use Development Completed in Miami Beach
The five-story development includes 23 rental units, parking garage and Miami Beach’s first Trader Joe’s grocery store MIAMI (July 21, 2020) NYSE, TSX:STN: Global integrated design firm Stantec celebrates the completion of the five-story 17 West, a mixed-use development that includes Miami Beach’s first Trader Joe’s grocery store. Located on 17th Street between Alton Road and West Avenue in Miami Beach, the 185,388 square foot development features 23 units, a lush rooftop pool deck with...
Economic Panel Predicts Slow Recovery for Many Engineering Markets after COVID-19
Washington, D.C. – A roundtable of economic and policy experts said that even after a COVID-19 vaccine is discovered, it could take many engineering markets years to recover from the pandemic’s impact. “Funding in the New Normal” is the third of a virtual roundtable series sponsored by the ACEC Research Institute. More than 160 participants from throughout the nation tuned in as four policy experts offered their views on post-pandemic markets and future government funding. Panelists incl...
Better Wastewater Treatment? It’s a Wrap
Improved bacterial affinity and reactive oxygen species generation enhances antibacterial inactivation in wastewater by graphene oxide-wrapped nanospheres developed by scientists at Rice University and Tongji University, Shanghai. Antibiotic resistance genes (eARG) released by inactivated antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) in the vicinity of photocatalytic sites on the spheres facilitates their degradation. (Credit: Alvarez Research Group/Rice University) Rice’s trap-and-zap strategy fo...
AEIS Completes Inspection and Testing on New Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport
Leading inspection and testing company selected to increase safety through quality assurance as part of $4 billion Queens airport project New York, NY — Atlas Evaluation & Inspection Services (AEIS), a leading testing, inspection and certification company based in South Plainfield, NJ, has completed testing and inspection on LaGuardia Airport’s new Terminal B Headhouse, an ultramodern 840,000 square-foot, four-story building that replaces the Central Terminal Building and a former parkin...
Natural Power appointed as owner’s engineer for Llwyndyrus solar
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has been appointed as owner’s engineer following completion of the EPC contract procurement services which it delivered for the 6MW Llwyndyrus solar farm in conjunction with (and on behalf of) the project owner, Blackfinch Energy. The project is located near Pwlheli in Gwynedd, Wales. Natural Power was responsible for the preparation of the technical documentation for the EPC contract, engagement with each of the tender...
Battery Storage, Smart Grid, and Efficiency Companies Raise $858 Million in VC Funding in 1H 2020, Reports Mercom Capital Group
Funding into Battery Storage and Efficiency companies was down in the first half of 2020 Austin, Texas - Mercom Capital Group, LLC, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the global Battery Storage, Smart Grid, and Energy Efficiency sectors for the second quarter (Q2) and first half (1H) of 2020. To get a copy of the report, visit: https://mercomcapital.com/product/1h-q2-2020-funding-ma...
Fitch Ratings: Transportation Faces COVID-19 Recovery Challenges
With non-essential travel largely ground to a halt due to COVID-19, the ability of various transportation segments – airports, the cruise line industry, and toll roads – to maintain revenues and passenger traffic volumes will be “an increasing challenge,” according to a new report issued by Fitch Ratings on July 14. [Above photo by the Port of Tampa Bay.] “Federal monies that airports can use for any lawful purpose and existing funds held in unrestricted reserves and construction accounts...
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