Native Plant Nursery Relocated as Oro Loma Prepares for New Project to Improve Water Quality in San Francisco Bay
SAN LEANDRO, Calif., Sept. 20, 2018 - Oro Loma is set to embark on an exciting new wastewater treatment project this fall. As a result, the native plant nursery established at the District in 2014 in partnership with Save The Bay has a new home. The nursery, originally created as a place to grow seedlings for the Horizontal Levee project, is now adjacent to the levee itself on the Oro Loma site. Here, the nursery will continue to benefit from Oro Loma's available land and non-potable water supp...
Sustainable Longhouse with Roof Made from GreenCoat® Steel Shown on Dutch Television
With a roof made from GreenCoat® color coated steel, from SSAB, the Longhouse has been featured on the Dutch TV program BinnensteBuiten, and has further increased interest in sustainable building trends. SSAB supplies innovative architects and building companies around the world with sustainable steel solutions and promotes their use in buildings. The Longhouse, a historic-industrial styled private residence in the Netherlands, designed by Rick Eijsbouts from Architecten Studio-pls, is a good...
NCDOT Reopening Coastal Ferry Service to Public Along More Routes
RALEIGH – Ferry service for the public has resumed for several more coastal routes, and two state ferries arrived in Southport late Tuesday evening after traveling 14 hours down the Intracoastal Waterway carrying much-needed fuel, transportation workers and supplies to the Wilmington area. The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division has reopened coastal service along the following routes: Southport to Fort Fisher routes resumed Wednesday on a limited schedule for Brunswick Co...
ViewAQC™ for Revit® 2019 Now Available
Naples, FL: 26 Degrees Software is proud to announce the release of ViewAQC™ 2019 for Revit 2019. ViewAQC now includes a “usage” license format, allowing firms to manage all projects firmwide using a single license file. ViewAQC continues to allow Revit® team members to manage and reference views from any Revit® model into any other Revit® model. Firms currently using ViewAQC on projects include: Cannon Design / Chick-Fil-A / Gensler / HDR / HKS / IBI Group / KCCT NBBJ / Perkins...
IECA Region One Elects 2019 Board Members
Denver, CO – The International Erosion Control Association Region One (IECA) recently held the annual board of director’s election for terms beginning February 2019. Adam L Dibble, CPESC-IT, CESSWI; Dylan Drudul, CPESC; and Mark Myrowich, B.Comm, CPESC, CIESC have been elected to the IECA Region One Board of Directors. “IECA is excited to welcome the re-elected and newly elected Board Members, Adam Dibble; Dylan Drudul; and Mark Myrowich. The variety of their experience and fresh approac...
Epiroc Wins Orders for Enhanced South African Mining Production
Stockholm, Sweden: Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining, infrastructure and natural resources industries, has won significant mining equipment orders from Murray & Roberts Cementation (Pty) Limited in South Africa. Murray & Roberts Cementation recently ordered multiple drill rigs to be used for the underground production build-up of the Kalagadi Manganese mine in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province. The machines will ensure that the mine is operated with enhanced productiv...
Nevada Brings Home Additional $32 Million in Federal Transportation Funding
CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Department of Transportation has announced that approximately $32 million in additional federal highway spending authority has been made available for Nevada road projects through redistribution of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) fiscal year-end funds. The additional federal spending authority will help preserve state transportation funds to make them available for other road projects throughout the state. Known as August Redistribution, the FHWA annual...
Yotta Solar Solves Panel Level Energy Storage
Yotta Solar, a developer of innovative energy storage systems, is introducing a revolution in solar PV plus energy storage technology - the SolarLEAFTM. The patented SolarLEAFTM utilizes the world’s first and only 100% passive thermal regulation system for panel-level energy storage. This passive temperature regulation enables the system to operate in extreme temperatures while protecting the battery life and without degrading performance. The plug-and-play design simplifies the integration of e...
Thornton Tomasetti Volunteers Help Build Bridge in Panama
As part of the firm’s TT Gives Back initiative, a team of 10 Thornton Tomasetti engineers from six offices recently traveled to Boca de Lura in Panama’s Coclé Province for an international service mission, partnering with Bridges to Prosperity to help provide a crucial passage over the Lura River for area residents. Since 2001, Bridges to Prosperity has built nearly 300 suspended pedestrian bridges in isolated communities across 22 countries. The trip to Panama is the first Bridges to Pr...
Patented Evergreen® Spectral™ Coating Will Enable Seamless Cloaking of Solar Panels and Security Sensors
NORFOLK, VA – The Face® Companies of Norfolk, Virginia today announced the development of a revolutionary coating technology that will enable light-sensitive devices such as solar panels and photosensors to be disguised or seamlessly concealed, significantly increasing the aesthetic and economic appeal of these devices for a wide range of applications. The patented coating, called Spectral™, is another innovation from The Face Companies’ Evergreen®Technologies. Durable and paper-thin, it appe...
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