DigEplan Integrates Electronic Plan Review to Cityworks Platform
DigEplan, a leading integrated electronic plan review solution, and GIS-centric public asset management solution firm, Cityworks have worked to combine platforms, bringing Cityworks customers the powerful functionality of an integrated tool for electronic plan review. Announcing the joint venture at the Cityworks Conference in Salt Lake City, December 4 – 6th, Cityworks PLL (permits, licensing and land) customers will be able to see DigEplan in action. “DigEplan’s integration into Citywork...
Nation's Top Transit Official Highlights $18 Million Infrastructure Investment to Improve Safety, Reliability of Colorado Bus Systems
DENVER – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration FTA Acting Administrator K. Jane Williams today joined officials in Colorado to highlight $18 million in federal grants statewide to improve the safety and reliability of Colorado transit bus systems and enhance mobility for riders. The grants are part of $423 million in transit infrastructure grants nationwide announced last week by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao. Six projects in Colorado will receive...
Caltrans preparing for climate change impacts to California’s transportation system
SACRAMENTO — As part of an effort to identify how climate change will have on California's complex transportation system that millions rely on, Caltrans is conducting region-specific climate change vulnerability assessments for each of Caltrans' 12 districts. Today, Caltrans released four new assessments focusing on Central California and Orange County and the risks posed to their assets by wildfires, extreme temperatures, sea-level rise and coastal bluff erosion "Too many Californians have al...
Microdesk’s BIMrx Core Optimizes Project Collaboration Through Roundtrip Data Management
New York, NY - Global BIM consulting firm Microdesk, a leading provider of business and technology services for the design and construction industry, has released BIMrx Core, an application designed to allow Revit and non-Revit users to harness the power of advanced selections and Microsoft Excel to quantify and manipulate model data quickly and efficiently. BIMrx Core provides an intuitive, native interface to create advanced selections of model geometry and roundtrip that information betwee...
New ASCE Publication Explores Using Biodiesel as an Alternative Fuel
Reston, Va. – As industrialization and population increases, the need for energy is also increasing. Petroleum diesel is a major fuel source worldwide that possesses many disadvantages including decreasing fossil fuel reserves and increasing atmospheric pollution. These pollutants have significant negative impacts on the global environment and human health. Thus, it is imperative to develop alternate fuels and renewable sources of energy that are environmentally sustainable, with biodegradabilit...
Renewed Wärtsilä maintenance agreement provides reliability for Madrid’s Barajas airport
The technology group Wärtsilä has for the fourth time renewed its long-term maintenance agreement for the power plant located at Madrid’s Barajas airport. The 5-year agreement renewal provides a tailored and optimised scope that takes into consideration the operational changes that have taken place since the plant’s installation 14 years ago. The agreement is made with Sampol Ingeniería y Obras S.A., a leading Spanish specialist company on engineering and energy services. The signing took place...
Nexans, Eversource and Ørsted sign Framework Agreement for North American Offshore Wind Farm
Nexans invests in its U.S. high voltage facility to make it the first and unique subsea high voltage cables plant in the U.S. Paris La Défense – Nexans, the global expert in advanced cabling and connectivity solutions, Eversource, New England’s premier transmission builder, and Ørsted, the world leader in offshore wind, announced today a framework agreement. The agreement will reinforce their long-term partnership and will result in Nexans having the opportunity to provide up to 1,000 km of s...
MCI®-2020 Gel: A Deep-Reaching Solution for Corroding Rebar
Mitigating corrosion of embedded rebar is a perennial problem for reinforced concrete structures, requiring preventative maintenance and repair. Topical corrosion inhibiting treatments require a clean, properly prepared surface area to work as intended. Cortec’s MCI®-2020 Gel is designed to work when proper surface preparation cannot be achieved or is economically undesirable, by delivering Cortec’s proven Migrating Corrosion Inhibitor™ Technology directly to the depth of reinforcement. ...
GPA set to exceed 4.6M TEUs
The Port of Savannah's Mason Mega Rail Terminal Phase I will open in the spring of 2020. Intermodal rail cargo is growing twice as fast as Georgia Ports' overall container trade. (Georgia Ports Authority/Jeremy Polston) SAVANNAH, Ga.- The Georgia Ports Authority is on track to exceed 4.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units for the first time in a calendar year. That level of trade would be a 14 percent increase over volumes moved through Savannah just three years ago, or a...
TRJ appointed to work on new UWTSD £1.5m Scaffolding Training Facility
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is delighted to announce that South Wales-based construction company TRJ has been appointed to help deliver a new £1.5m scaffolding training facility. Work will commence on the project on December 6. Led by the Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC) in partnership with Construction Industry Training Board Wales (CITB), the new centre will be located at a purpose developed facility on Fabian Way in Swansea Bay. The new facility means that...