Transportation Leaders Across the Country Report 50-to-90% Reduction in Traffic and Revenues Due to COVID-19
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), the worldwide association for the owners and operators of toll facilities and the businesses that serve tolling, today convened national, state and local transportation leaders from around the country for a briefing on “The State of U.S. Transportation During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in advance of the Memorial Day holiday weekend. During the briefing, national, state and regional transportation leaders discu...
PHIL Offers SSAB Hardox® HiTemp Steels for Hot Slag Applications
PEORIA, Ill. — Philippi-Hagenbuch Inc., a global leader in off-highway truck customization, announces the use of new SSAB Hardox® HiTemp steel in its customized Hot Slag Bodies — part of their lineup of specialty HiVol® Truck Bodies. The new steel is specially designed to withstand extreme temperature environments. As part of PHIL’s Hot Slag Bodies, it reduces necessary plate thickness while maintaining the product’s service life for increased productivity in processing applications. “As a tr...
Designing the Kinnet Tunnel for a 100-Year Service Life
The Kinnet tunnel. Image courtesy: Arava Drainage and Streams Authority / Glimmer - Industrial Consultation The Kinnet tunnel was designed to collect flood water from the entire Arava region and the city of Eilat, Israel. It is being constructed in a highly aggressive environment with sulfate-rich ground and extremely hot weather conditions. Moreover, the regions’ flood water is considered soft water, which contains very few minerals and is very aggressive toward concrete. The aggress...
DART gets $229M in Cares Act funds
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has received notification that it has been allocated $229 million from The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, enacted on March 27. Funding from the CARES Act allows access to valuable financial resources in the battle to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. DART has continued through the pandemic to provide bus, light rail, paratransit, streetcar, police and Trinity Railway Express transit service to ensure North Texans have access to...
Everett Joins WSP USA as Texas Transportation Lead
Brings two decades of transportation engineering experience in the state to his new role with firm’s Technical Excellence Center. AUSTIN — Brian Everett has been named regional civil transportation Technical Excellence Center lead for Texas at WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy. In his new role, Everett will lead the civil team responsible for project management, design, coordination and delivery of transportation projects for public and private clie...
AU 2020 Call for Proposals is now open
With AU going digital this year, now is the opportunity to share your knowledge with a global audience. We're excited to hear your ideas. Are you moving your industry forward? Have a breakthrough to share? Submit a proposal to teach a class, give a Theater talk, or write an article for publication on the AU website. Get Started Important 2020 dates Call for Proposals | May 20 - June 22 Community voting | June 1 - July 13 Speakers notified | Early August
Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards Finalists Announced
Chicago, IL: The Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI) is pleased to announce the projects that have been selected as finalists in the 2020 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards. This illustrious design competition takes place each year to recognize excellence in structural engineering. The projects selected are: AIRE Ancient Baths Chicago, The Structural Group The Old Chicago Post Office, WSP USA Roselle Road Pedestrian Bridge, Ciorba Group, Inc. Dre...
Bentley Systems Adds Infrastructure Industry Experience to Digital Twin Consortium
EXTON, Pa. – May 20, 2020 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twin cloud services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, has joined Digital Twin Consortium at the “Groundbreaker” level. Digital Twin Consortium was formed by non-profit trade association Object Management Group® with Ansys, Dell, Lendlease, and Microsoft, creating a global ecosystem of users who are accelerating the digital twin mark...
Wärtsilä and Vantaa Energy Ltd. to cooperate on a carbon neutral synthetic biogas production project in Finland
The technology group Wärtsilä and Vantaa Energy Ltd., a Finnish energy company, have signed an agreement on a joint concept feasibility study for a Power-to-Gas facility at Vantaa Energy’s waste-to-energy -plant in the city of Vantaa in the capital region. The co-development agreement was signed in May and is valid for 12 months. The Power-to-Gas facility would produce carbon-neutral synthetic biogas using carbon dioxide emissions and electricity generated at the waste-to-energy plant. The pu...
Kathleen Abbott named president of Arcadis’ US environment unit
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo.- Arcadis has named Kathleen Abbott president of its U.S. environment business. Abbott most recently served as executive vice president and director of client development and technical solutions for the business. In this role, she developed a market-based strategy focused on sales growth, service diversification and increased profitability. “Kathleen has been instrumental in the success of our environment business. She’s a rare leader – an inspiring visionary with a h...
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