Krista Raines Joins Thornton Tomasetti’s Sustainability Practice as Vice President in the San Francisco Office
(San Francisco, Calif. – April 8, 2019) – Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Krista Raines, LEED AP BD+C, LFA has joined the firm’s San Francisco, Calif. office as vice president. She will provide senior-level support to the firm’s Sustainability practice in the Bay Area and Pacific Northwest region as well as across the U.S. She will also lead the San Francisco Building Analytics team. With more than a dozen years of experience in sustainable design and pr...
AASHTO Appoints Ajegba as Chair of the CRUO Committee
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has appointed Paul Ajegba, director of the Michigan Department of Transportation, to a two-year term as chair of the Committee on Right of Way, Utilities, and Outdoor Advertising Control, known as CRUO. [Above photo by Michigan DOT.] This committee is tasked with reviewing and recommends changes to laws, rules, regulations, and procedures affecting right of way, utility, and outdoor advertising issues, as well as mainta...
Twenty-Eight Bridge Grants Awarded in South Dakota
The South Dakota Transportation Commission has awarded 28 preservation, rehabilitation, and replacement bridge improvement grants – known as the BIG program – to 22 cities and counties across the state totaling approximately $13.93 million. The BIG program – created in 2015 by Senate Bill 1 – sets aside $7 million per year from funds generated by license plate fees to be used to repair and replace aging local bridges. The South Dakota Department of Transportation adds an additional $8 million...
FHWA Issues ATCMTD Grants, Releases $25M to Nebraska for Flood Repairs
Eight state departments of transportation were among the recipients of $53.2 million in Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment or ATCMTD grants issued April 1 by the Federal Highway Administration. [Above photo via Pexel.] The agency also released $25 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief funds to Nebraska on April 4 to help the state repair roads and bridges damaged by historic flooding that swept across the Midwest starting in mid-March. Create...
Bethany Frew Elected to Energy Systems Integration Group Board of Directors
Reston, Va. – The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) announced that Bethany Frew, an engineer in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), was recently elected to the group’s board of directors. Frew was elected during the group’s annual membership meeting at its 2019 Spring Technical Workshop in Albuquerque, N.M. Frew has spent nearly 10 years building and using computational models to analyze the power system, both as a graduate student an...
Cardno's MIles Ballogg Accepts Invitation to Join EPA's Superfund Working Group of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
TAMPA, FL -- Cardno is pleased to announce that Miles Ballogg has been invited to join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Superfund Working Group of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC). The NEJAC working group’s objective is to deliver recommendations to the EPA Administrator on ways to advance the effectiveness and efficiency of the Superfund program and how community revitalization can be furthered through reuse of formerly contaminated sites. Miles...
Report: 32,000 Nevadans Now Work in Clean Energy
8,000 jobs were added in clean energy in 2018 Nevada ranks 3rd in U.S. for jobs energy storage; 6th for solar Clean energy employs 5X more Nevadans than fossil fuels CARSON CITY – As the Nevada Legislature considers legislation to advance clean energy, including a bill for the state to get half of its energy from renewable sources, a new report shows the importance of clean energy to creating jobs and driving economic growth across the state. According to the report from the n...
NDOT Announces Website For Flooding Information
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) recognizes the importance of restoring our transportation network to Nebraskans who rely on it for daily commutes and commerce. With an estimated $160 million in current needs, information remains critical to communicate next steps for Nebraska. NDOT wants travelers to know there now is a resource to view information on the 2019 flood as is relates to state highway and bridge repair. Nebraskan’s will be able to view updates on the pro...
2G Robotics and Seatronics Partner to Launch New Dynamic Laser Scanning Skid Solution at Ocean Business 2019
WATERLOO, CANADA – 2G Robotics, a global leader in underwater laser scanners and imaging solutions for the Offshore Energies, Geosciences and Defense industries, announced today they will be in Southampton, UK to launch their newest integrated dynamic laser scanning solution at Ocean Business 2019, Booth W36. The show, which runs from April 9 – 11, is the world’s leading international sea technology show. The new Dynamic Laser Scanning Skid incorporates all sensors required for high precisi...
City of Shelby, N.C., Opens $7.6M Hanna Park, Designed by Woolpert
SHELBY, N.C. (April 5, 2019) — Hanna Park, a multiuse recreation complex on McBrayer Springs Road in Shelby, N.C., is now open to the public. The 85-acre park has six picnic shelters, a large picnic pavilion, a playground, a nature trail system, restrooms and concessions, five multiuse soccer fields, and a youth/practice field. The soccer fields will be used by Shelby Parks and Recreation for programs and events, the Greater Cleveland County Soccer Association and local schools, and are availabl...
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Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
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