ACEC Honored by its International Peers at FIDIC Conference
ACEC President and CEO Linda Bauer Darr accepts the Member Associaiton of the Year Award at the 2019 FIDIC Conference in Mexico City on behalf of ACEC. Left to right: FIDIC President Alain Bentéjac, ACEC Board Chair Mitch Simpler, ACEC President & CEO Linda Bauer Darr, FIDIC CEO Dr. Nelson Ogunshakin. Washington, DC – Earlier this week at the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) Conference in Mexico City, the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) was honor...
Celebrating 75 years of LEEA at LiftEx 2019
LiftEx 2019 is the free-to-attend flagship event of LEEA (The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) taking place at the Marshall Arena (formerly Arena MK) in Milton Keynes on 13-14 November 2019. This year, the not-to-be missed global gathering for the lifting industry will be part of LEEA’s 75th anniversary celebrations. The Lifting Equipment sector is involved in a broad array of end-user markets including: rail, construction, renewable energy, civil engineering, entertainment, road & ma...
Hogan Administration Announces Nearly $12 Million in Highway Safety Grants
GLEN BURNIE, Md. – As part of its ongoing commitment to prevent vehicle crashes and save lives on Maryland roads, the Hogan Administration has announced the statewide distribution of nearly $12 million in federal highway safety funds. The funds will be dispersed by the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration’s (MDOT MVA) Highway Safety Office to nearly 100 law enforcement agencies and traffic safety-related organizations. “This funding is part of our commitment to...
Ports Draw $5B Investment, 12K Jobs to Georgia
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Port-related announcements of expansions and new business accounted for nearly $5 billion in investment and 12,000 jobs across the state of Georgia in Fiscal Year 2019, a year in which the Port of Savannah moved a record 4.5 million twenty-foot equivalent container units. "The manufacturing and logistics sectors are key components of our economy, and I am excited for the opportunities created for hardworking Georgians," said Gov. Brian Kemp. "Georgia provides the workforce, in...
DART and Uber Expanding Transit Options in North Texas
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has expanded its partnership with Uber, providing North Texas riders even more options for their transportation needs. Customers can now book an UberPool shared ride in any of DART's 13 GoLink zones through the DART GoPass® app available for free from the App Store or Google Play. With the choice of a GoLink shuttle or an UberPool vehicle, DART is reaching more people and providing more flexibility than ever. It’s perfect for running errands, heading to the...
Cutwork Designs Pioneering ‘Just-Add-Water’ Refugee Shelter
Cutwork, the award winning architecture and design studio, has developed a pioneering self-built, low-cost, long-term, ‘just add water’ housing solution to help address the critical humanitarian crisis in refugee housing. Its innovative pioneering design resolves many of the critical problems currently unaddressed by more conventional solutions in place.The Cortex Shelter by Cutwork takes only one day and two unskilled people to build it. Designed to be assembled easily and effectively by hand,...
Utilities Find Data at the Center of Operations, Launching the Grid Analytics Market to $2.31 Billion
Santa Clara, Calif. – As data becomes central to new business models in the energy utility sector, the global grid analytics market is expected to accelerate from $1.15 billion in 2018 to $2.31 billion in 2025, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.4%. Energy utilities are generating massive volumes of data from smart meters, intelligent energy devices, and multi-sensing units but only 2% to 4% of data from the system is actually leveraged for analytics. This data, combined with a sophis...
Colo. Clean Energy Jobs Grow 5%, State Ranks Among Top 10 in 3 Cleantech Sectors - REPORT
Clean energy employs 26K more workers than fossil fuels in CO Jackson, Denver, Boulder, Broomfield, Alamosa counties lead state in clean jobs per capita. Growth rate led by clean vehicles (22.5%) and energy efficiency (7.2%) GRAND JUNCTION – Nearly 60,000 Coloradans now work in clean energy after industries added 2,700 jobs in 2018 for a nearly five percent growth rate, far outpacing statewide (2.4%) and national (1.5%) job growth, according to a new analysis of energy employm...
Carrasco Leading Zero Emissions in West for WSP USA
Alva Carrasco will be responsible for working with transit agencies transitioning to emissions-free bus fleets. SACRAMENTO — Alva Carrasco has been named the zero-emissions bus market lead in the West for WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy. Carrasco, who will be working from the Sacramento and Oakland WSP offices, will also support transit and rail initiatives in northern California. “Interest in zero-emissions bus fleets has been on the rise acros...
Stantec to Develop Regional Headquarters Campus for Kiewit Corporation
Denver, CO - Stantec—a global architecture, engineering, and design firm—is serving as the architect and interior designer for the new regional headquarters campus for Kiewit Corporation, one of North America’s largest construction and engineering organizations. The approximately 400,000-square-foot office complex is designed to accommodate more than 1,700 employees, enabling Kiewit to grow its presence in Denver and consolidate its existing employees, while providing flexibility for future grow...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
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