USGBC Releases New LEED Guidance to Address COVID-19 and Support Buildings with Reopening Strategies
Washington, D.C. – (June 9, 2020) – The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released four new Safety First Pilot Credits in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The credits outline sustainable best practices that align with public health and industry guidelines related to cleaning and disinfecting, workplace re-occupancy, HVAC and plumbing operations. The credits can be used by LEED projects that are certified or are undergoing certification. The Safety First credits are p...
Rosendin Provides Scholarships for Summer Interns
San Jose, California (June 9, 2020) – The COVID-19 pandemic has closed college campuses and canceled summer internships, but one construction company is still supporting college students. Rosendin, the largest employee-owned electrical contracting firm in the U.S., will give each one of its summer interns a scholarship. Rosendin’s showcase program is one of the most coveted in the nation for students studying project management, electrical engineering, construction, computer modeling, and oth...
OnScale and Lexma Launch Moebius LBM CFD Solver for Advanced Fluid Dynamics Simulations
Silicon Valley, CA (June 9th, 2020) – OnScale, the global leader in Cloud Engineering Simulation, today announces the availability of the Moebius Lattice-Boltzmann Method (LBM) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solver on the OnScale Cloud Engineering Simulation platform. “Moebius represents a step-change in CFD speed, power, and democratization for digital prototyping of devices involving fluid flows,” says David Freed, CTO of OnScale and a Digital Physicist with a 25 year track record of ad...
A Revolution In Underground Duct Bank Installation
Irving, TX, June 2020 - With the rollout of its RED-E-DUCT™ Precast Electrical Duct Bank System, Forterra is changing the way underground electrical duct bank systems are installed. With significant time, cost, and labor savings, construction teams can complete underground installations faster, restoring site access more quickly while enhancing worker safety. A new approach to duct bank installation In traditional underground duct bank installation, multiple PVC conduit runs are “stick-bu...
SimActive Introduces Cloud Sharing and Reflectance Calibration with New Version 8.5
Montreal, Canada, June 9th, 2020 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, announces the release of Correlator3D version 8.5. The new version allows users to share and visualize projects in the cloud. It also features new tools for the calibration and processing of multispectral imagery. Specifically, results can be exported to the cloud directly from the software interface, and shareable links are automatically created for online visualization. Moreover, calibr...
June 2020 Trends
In this section, Informed Infrastructure compiles infographics from trusted sources that reveal insight on infrastructure spending. We also compile some of the top infrastructure stories that shouldn’t be missed. For ongoing news coverage, turn to Informed Infrastructure online (www.informedinfrastructure.com), our Twitter feed (@IInfrastructure) and our weekly e-newsletter. Survey Suggests Civil Engineers Take Moderate Hit from COVID-19 Compared with employees in other...
Bechtel Sets Top of Unit 3 at U.S. Nuclear Plant Construction Site
On May 21, a Bechtel-led construction team set a massive cooling water tank on Plant Vogtle Unit 3, the first of only two new nuclear units under construction in the Unites States. This is the final major lift for the Unit 3 team at the construction site in Waynesboro, Ga. The Passive Containment Cooling Water Tank module measures 35 feet tall with an outer diameter of 85 feet. The tank module, including the outfitting and rigging, weighs more than 720,000 pounds and took a year for crews to...
Jacobs/Russell Team Joint Venture Selected for MARTA's $3B Transit Expansion Program
DALLAS - Jacobs (NYSE:J), the managing partner for Jacobs/Russell Team – a joint venture between Jacobs and H. J. Russell & Company – was selected to support the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) as they embark on a $3 billion expansion program, the largest expansion in MARTA's history. The Jacobs-led team will serve as MARTA's CPMO Supplemental Services Consultant and manage approximately $700 million in construction spending in the first five years of the Authority's "Mor...
Outback energy company’s low-cost hydrogen bid
South Australian company Leigh Creek Energy says it can produce 200-million kilograms of hydrogen a year at less than A$1 per kg to fuel growing global demand. Leigh Creek Energy said in a release to the Australian Securities Exchange this week it had conducted a pre-commercial demonstration at its Leigh Creek Energy Project site 550km north of Adelaide, where it successfully produced significant quantities of ultra-low cost hydrogen. The Australian government last month released its “tec...
WSP USA’S Hammond Elected WTS International Board Chair; Arens Named Foundation Board Member
Former Washington Secretary of Transportation prepares to lead organization through challenging times. NEW YORK — WTS International, a leading global transportation organization, is focusing on emerging stronger from the Covid-19 pandemic under leadership of its newly elected board of directors led by Paula Hammond, multimodal market leader for WSP USA, as its chair. WTS membership voted in March for its board candidates, including Hammond. The new board began serving its two-year ter...
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