ARTBA, Construction Industry Allies Develop COVID-19 Guidance Materials
WASHINGTON)— The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and its partners in the Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC) have developed a suite of guidance materials to assist contractors in safely performing essential construction activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The materials, which are available in English and Spanish, include a "toolbox" training talk, a checklist for safe work practices and a template to help build a prevention, preparedness and response...
New ASCE Standard 70 Helps in Estimating Hydraulic Properties of Groundwater Systems
Reston, Va. – ASCE’s newest standard, Estimation of Aquifer Hydraulic Properties by Inverse Numerical Modeling of Aquifer Pumping, ANSI/ASCE/EWRI 70-19, is the fifth in a series of standards that seeks to enhance the probabilistic and empirical characterization and understanding of the saturated hydraulic conductivity (Kstat), a key groundwater parameter. Providing guidelines for estimating the hydraulic properties of a groundwater system by inverse numerical modeling of aquifer pumping tests...
CULTEC, Inc. Achieves a Published ASTM Product Standard
BROOKFIELD, Connecticut – CULTEC, Inc. successfully balloted a newly approved and published ASTM product standard, designated as ASTM F3430-20, Specification for Cellular Polypropylene (PP) Corrugated Wall Stormwater Collection Chambers. This new standard defines the requirements for PP chambers manufactured by the structural foam process, which produces chambers with a cellular wall. Since this was the first product of its kind brought before the ASTM Committee F17 on Plastic Piping, CULTEC...
Climeon receives SEK 12 million from the Swedish Energy Agency for project with the steel industry
Climeon has been granted approximately SEK 12 million from the Swedish Energy Agency for a project to use waste heat in the steel industry more efficiently. The project is being implemented in collaboration with SSAB and gives Climeon the opportunity to extend its concept of electricity generation from waste heat to also include steam. Climeon has worked with Swedish Steel producer SSAB in Borlänge since 2015 when SSAB became the first industrial customer to install Climeon's Heat Power syste...
Skanska builds new double-track on the West Coast Line, Sweden, for about SEK 1.7 billion
Skanska has signed a contract with the Swedish Transport Administration to build double-track on the West Coast Line, Sweden. The contract is worth about SEK 1.7 billion, which will be included in the order bookings for Sweden for the second quarter 2020. The project encompasses 24 kilometers of double-track on the railway line between Ängelholm station and just south of Maria station in northern Helsingborg. It includes 19 new railway bridges and two road bridges. In addition, seven level cr...
Taskade: Real-Time Collaboration Platform Launches Free Pro During COVID-19
San Francisco, CA — Taskade, a Y-Combinator backed startup, launches a real-time organization and collaboration platform for distributed teams. This week, it announced it will be offering a 6-month free upgrade to its Pro version to support businesses and individuals adopting remote work amidst the COVID-19 situation. Taskade is a real-time workspace for remote teams to manage tasks, write notes, and video chat together, on the same page. In the past few weeks, the world has witnessed an u...
Ultrapure Micro 2020: New Dates Following Postponement
Global Water Intelligence (GWI) hosts the Ultrapure Micro (UPM) conference each year in the summer. This year’s edition was slated to take place May 27th-29th in Austin, Texas. However, due to the recent disruption and newly imposed travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, Ultrapure Micro 2020 has been postponed and will now take place on November 9th-11th 2020, a time when the peak of the crisis is predicted to have passed. GWI have also made the decision to extend the ear...
Skanska builds office space in Sleepy Hollow, New York, USA, for USD 32 M, about SEK 310 M
Skanska has signed a contract with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. to construct the interior fit-out of their office space in Sleepy Hollow, New York, USA. The contract is worth USD 32 M, about SEK 310 M, which will be included in the US order bookings for the first quarter 2020. The project includes the interior fit-out of an approximately 18,500-square-meter space. The scope of work includes upgrades to the existing building, new mechanical distribution, ceilings, LED lighting, flooring and...
Expectations for infrastructure investment plummet globally, as COVID-19 outbreak shakes confidence
According to a new survey taken before and after the pandemic, a lack of infrastructure investment driving pessimism around a post-virus economic recovery WASHINGTON, DC — Despite the fact that social infrastructure and water projects - clean water, wastewater operations - are identified as top priorities from private and public sector entities from around the world, a new CG/LA Infrastructure survey shows that global industry leaders are not hopeful about an increase in infrastructure spend...
Energy Systems Integration Group Elects Three New Board Members
Reston, Va. – The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has announced three new members of its board, following a recent nomination and election process. The new board members were introduced during ESIG’s annual membership meeting held earlier this month. The board of directors serve as industry ambassadors for ESIG and collectively oversee and ensure the association’s operations and strategic growth plan. The newly elected board members are: Cristin Lyons, Partner and Energy Prac...
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