Spacewell Releases White Paper on the Energy Challenge in Commercial Real Estate
Antwerp – PropTech firm Spacewell, a leader in the digital transformation of building management & operations, has released a white paper on the energy challenge in CRE. The paper, which is co-authored with Dexma Energy Intelligence, examines the role of the built environment in the energy transition against the background of the climate emergency, the energy crisis, ESG pressures, and recent evolutions that are transforming the world of commercial real estate. CRE is critical in the energy t...
A ‘testament to collaboration,’ Rainier Square Development earns 2022 OCEA Award
Ron Klemencic accepts the 2022 OCEA Award for the Rainier Square Redvelopment in Seattle. ASCE honored the Rainier Square Redevelopment as the 2022 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award winner, announced Tuesday night at the OPAL Gala in Anaheim, California. The 58-story high-rise, Seattle’s second-tallest, is the world’s first to be constructed using the innovative SpeedCore structural system. The process allowed construction to occur 43% faster than conventional methods an...
The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Achieves LEED Gold Certification
Convention Center officials celebrate the Center achieving LEED gold certification. Left to Right: Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Commissioner Geri Baloney Broussard; Convention Center Vice President of Operations Adam J. Straight; Convention Center President Michael J. Sawaya, Convention Center Director of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Linda Baynham, and Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Chairman Jerry Reyes. First conv...
ACEC’s Statement on the 50th Anniversary of The Brooks Act
Washington, D.C. – The American Council of Engineering Companies celebrates the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Brooks Act, which codified Qualifications-Based Selection for public works projects. The following statement is from ACEC Board Chair W. Arthur Barrett, II: “For 50 years, the Brooks Act has established an environment where engineering firms compete for public works projects based on their skills and capability. As a result, QBS has safeguarded scarce taxpayer dollars and sa...
VpCI®-649 Solves the Irony of Corrosion During Hydrotesting
Hydrotesting of industrial pipes, valves, and other vessels presents an irony. While hydrotesting is done to ensure that no leaks are present and that the vessel will hold up under expected operating pressures, it also raises the risk of corrosion by introducing moisture to the system. The same water that proves the vessel is not compromised can be the very cause of corrosion that deteriorates the metal and leads to leakage over time. Cortec® provides an excellent answer with the VpCI®-649 Serie...
WSP USA Hires Manjeet Ranu for Advisory Leadership Role
Ranu, who joins following leadership role with Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, brings 25 years of public and private leadership and project management experience to firm. ATLANTA — WSP USA, a leading engineering, environment and professional services consultancy, has hired Manjeet Ranu to serve as the national planning lead and senior vice president for the firm’s Advisory national business line. In his new role, Ranu will collaboratively lead development, implementatio...
TES-EUROPE Chooses BricsCAD® To Design Mission-Critical Routes for Transporting Wind Turbines
Ghent, Belgium: Bricsys®, a leading provider of CAD technology, is today announcing TES-EUROPE, a specialist in the planning, engineering and execution of exceptional transportation, has chosen BricsCAD® to power its logistics projects in France. The height of wind turbines has become increasingly taller to deliver higher megawatts and meet the growing demand of clean-energy solutions. This has resulted in the length of the transportation convoys growing from the current average of 60m to 90...
Jeong K. Hong Joins Thornton Tomasetti as Vice President
Thornton Tomasetti welcomes Jeong K. Hong, who joins as Vice President on its Forensics team. Jeong, or J.K. as he is more commonly known, has more than 25 years of experience in the management, investigation and evaluation of engineering research and development programs in the oil and gas, nuclear energy, shipbuilding, heavy machinery, and automotive industries. Based in the New York office, J.K. will be assisting clients with the performance of welded structures. Most recently, J.K. was a...
CRTKL wins big at the acclaimed Africa & Arabia Property Awards 2022-23
CRTKL recognized for global excellence in innovative and sustainable design and architecture projects. The global design firm cements itself as a regional leader winning best ‘Multiple Residence Architecture for Central Park at City Walk and ‘Mixed Use Architecture’ for Saadiyat Grove Dubai, UAE – The world is looking to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region today as the results of the Africa & Arabia Property Awards 2022-23 are announced and new benchmarks are set for design an...
Trimble and ABI GMBH Offer Trimble Ready Option For Piling And Drilling Machines
WESTMINSTER, Colo., and NIEDERNBERG, Germany - Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and ABI Maschinenfabrik und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH announced today the introduction of a Trimble Ready® factory option for new ABI MOBILRAM-Systems and DELMAG Drill Rigs. ABI piling and drilling machines shipped from the factory will be ready for the installation of the Trimble® Groundworks Machine Control System, which can significantly reduce the cost and complexity of the installation for the contractor. When an AB...