New Active Transportation Council Convenes
The first meeting of AASHTO's newly formed Active Transportation Council took place during the association's annual meeting in Phoenix on Sept. 26. "This is a new group, but the issues it plans to address are familiar to everyone and important to our communities both rural and urban," said Leslie Richards, council chair and secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. (In photo, Richards is seated in front row, fourth from the left.) Richards said the council plans to addres...
AASHTO Board Amends Governing Documents to Reflect New Committee Structure
The board of directors for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials voted Sept. 28 to approve an amended set of association governing documents, one that reflects the group's new organizational structure for member committees. The board took the action during the association's annual meeting in Phoenix. The last time the AASHTO board – which is made up of all 50 CEOs of state departments of transportation, plus those of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia...
FHWA Awards Nearly $54M in Advanced Technologies Grants
The Federal Highway Administration said it awarded $53.68 million in grants to state departments of transportation and other agencies under its "Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment" program. The grants will help fund projects in 10 states to improve mobility and safety for drivers and enhance the performance of the nation's highway system, the announcement said. The FHWA said its program, which it established under the Fixing America's Surface Transpo...
State DOTs, Road-Building Groups Urge Congress to Fix Trust Fund in Tax Measure
State highway department CEOs joined with officials from two major road-building industry groups to urge Congress to make a permanent fix to the ailing Highway Trust Fund as lawmakers take up tax legislation. The 52-member board of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials voted Sept. 28, at its annual meeting in Phoenix, to endorse the policy position that was developed by a joint committee of AASHTO, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association and th...
Going Digital: Bentley Completes Rollout of its CONNECT Edition Application Portfolio, Fully Enabling a Comprehensive Modeling Environment for Infrastructure
SINGAPORE — The Year in Infrastructure 2017 Conference — 11 October 2017 — Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced the completion of its CONNECT Edition application portfolio for design, analytical, construction, and asset performance modeling of infrastructure. The CONNECT Edition’s comprehensive modeling environment supports aligned digital workflows across applications for all project delivery d...
Going Digital: Bentley Announces iModel 2.0 Cloud Platform and Its iModelHub Cloud Service – Automating Change Synchronization, Digital Alignment, and Immersive Visibility
SINGAPORE — The Year in Infrastructure 2017 Conference — Today, Bentley Systems’ founder Keith Bentley introduced the company’s “iModel 2.0” cloud platform and its first new service, iModelHub, to accelerate “going digital” for users of its ProjectWise Design Integration services. Without requiring changes to existing BIM applications or processes, the iModelHub cloud service, invoking application-specific “iModel bridges” triggered automatically by ProjectWise: synchronizes and distr...
FLIR Announces DM285 Industrial Thermal Imaging Digital Multimeter
WILSONVILLE, Ore. – FLIR announced today the FLIR DM285™ industrial thermal imaging digital multimeter clamp meter, an industrial inspection, troubleshooting and diagnostic tool for electrical distribution, electro-mechanical, heating, ventilation, air conditioning/refrigeration (HVAC/R), and electronics equipment applications. Powered by the FLIR Lepton microcamera thermal core, the DM285 combines thermal imaging with electrical measurement features in one powerful inspection, troubleshooting,...
HDR Establishes New Los Angeles Office
Nearly 150 HDR professionals live and work in Los Angeles County. In fact, the firm’s architecture and engineering staff recently took over an entire floor—28,000 square feet—at Two California Plaza in the Bunker Hill District of downtown Los Angeles. HDR’s new office reflects the firm’s strong commitment to connect and improve lives through the design of the built environment, clean water and transportation projects throughout Los Angeles. The firm’s current projects include: Link Union Stat...
Going Digital: Bentley Announces Microsoft Azure-based Cloud Services Extending ProjectWise CONNECT Edition for Comprehensive Project Delivery
SINGAPORE — The Year in Infrastructure 2017 Conference — Today, Bentley Systems announced new ProjectWise CONNECT Edition cloud services, powered by Microsoft Azure. The Azure-based services complement ProjectWise Design Integration service, the proven workhorse for work-sharing across collaborating engineering teams—which can be deployed on-premises, as a cloud service, or in any hybrid combination. By virtue of the shared Azure platform, project delivery organizations using both ProjectWise C...
Mark Clendennen Joins HNTB’s Rail Systems Team as Rail Operations Planning Manager
DENVER – Mark Clendennen joined HNTB Corporation’s national rail systems team as rail operations planning manager. He is based in the firm’s Denver office and works with clients nationwide. Clendennen has more than 12 years of experience in the railway industry, focusing on commuter and freight, that encompasses a broad range of expertise in railway operations and system integration. He has managed and provided expertise on a variety of railway projects, including commuter rail startup, grade...
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