Nebraska DOT and Community Celebrate Highway 281 Opening
LINCOLN, Neb. — On Monday, the Nebraska Department of Transportation joined Governor Ricketts and other state and local officials in celebrating, with the local community, the opening of Highway 281 over the Niobrara River south of Spencer. The highway has been closed since March 13th due to flooding that caused significant damage and washed out a segment of the highway just south of the bridge. “The importance of getting the Highway 281 bridge opened back up and reconnecting the communiti...
Oldcastle Infrastructure™ Expands Product Line Offering with Primex Technologies Inc., Acquisition
ATLANTA, Ga. – Oldcastle Infrastructure has acquired Primex Technologies Inc. Primex is a leading manufacturer of premium engineered plastic enclosures located in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. Since 1971, Primex has been providing enclosures to customers in the communications segments across North America. Primex has achieved more than one million installations through a combination of superior customer service and great product innovations. The acquisition of Primex expands our product lin...
Stantec and Condotte America Complete Tamiami Trail Bridge Elevation Project
MIAMI (July 30, 2019 ) NYSE, TSX: STN: A design-build team of Stantec and Condotte America announced the completion of the two bridges in the Tamiami Trail (Florida State Road 90) elevation project. The bridges, totaling 2.3 miles, with a construction cost of $72 million, replace the existing roadway bed located within western Miami-Dade County to restore natural water flow into Everglades National Park and increase ecological connectivity between the park and water conservation areas. The pr...
ITT Enidine Names Craig Keller New Global Seismic Technology Sales Representative
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., July 30, 2019 – ITT Enidine Inc. (NYSE: ITT) announced that Craig Keller has joined the organization as a representative with the global seismic damper sales team. Alongside our product management and engineering staff, Craig will support professional engineers and building owners striving daily to protect valuable infrastructure from earthquakes and high winds. Craig brings 22 years of experience in the seismic component field to ITT Enidine. His extensive knowledge suppo...
HNTB Names Emily Gallo Northeast Division Government Relations Director
NEW YORK – Emily Gallo joined HNTB Corporation as government relations director for the firm’s Northeast Division. She is based in HNTB’s Empire State Building office in New York City. Gallo directs the firm’s government relations activities for New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire. She helps develop government and public affairs plans and collaborates with HNTB’s government relations professionals across the firm to develop and maintain relationships wi...
ASCE Structural Engineering Institute Announces Joint Vision for the Future of Structural Engineering
Reston, Va. - The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), the Council of American Structural Engineers (CASE) and the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations today announced a collaboration within the structural engineering (SE) profession entitled Joint Vision for the Future of Structural Engineering. The structural engineering (SE) profession is constantly changing with increasing complexity, more technology, and other trends that ar...
Academic and Residential Complex at University of Illinois at Chicago Celebrates Opening
Thornton Tomasetti, Solomon Cordwell Buenz and American Campus Communities Collaborate on Public Private Partnership (Chicago, Illinois ) – Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, provided structural engineering services to architect Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) for the new Academic and Residential Complex at The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The fast-tracked project broke ground in January 2018 and its completion was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $85 Million in Grants for Projects Nationwide to Expand Advanced Bus Technologies
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced $84.9 million in grant selections through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, which funds the deployment of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced propulsion technologies. Thirty-eight projects in 38 states will each receive funding through the program. "These grants will help communities nationwide bring the next generation of bus technology to enhance the...
USDOT Event Highlights State DOT INFRA Grants
The U.S. Department of Transportation officially awarded nearly $856 million worth of Infrastructure for Rebuilding America or INFRA grants to fund 20 projects across the country during a special event at its Washington, D.C. headquarters on July 25 – with 12 state departments of transportation winning grants for a variety of highway, railroad, and bridge replacement undertakings. [Above photo left to right: Melinda McGrath, executive director, Mississippi Department of Transportation; Patric...
Michigan Team Wins NOCoE’s Transportation Technology Tournament
A student team from the University of Michigan took home top honors at the second annual Transportation Technology Tournament; a competition sponsored by the National Operations Center of Excellence and the U.S. Department of Transportation. The NOCoE is a partnership of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, with support from the Federal Highway Administration....
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