Transportation and Civic Strategy Expert Kathryn Roos Joins HDR
OMAHA, Neb. — Kathryn Roos has joined HDR as a strategic consultant, advising transportation and government clients on navigating organizational challenges to deliver major infrastructure initiatives. Based in Washington, D.C., Roos will share her experience with complex programmatic efforts to help municipal, regional and private transportation clients develop and implement new programs and sophisticated project solutions that advance their agencies’ vision and achieve performance goals. Roo...
Phase One and Trimble Announce Collaboration to Streamline High Quality Photogrammetric Workflow
July 5, 2022—Phase One, a pioneering provider of professional aerial cameras, announced a collaboration with Trimble, a leading provider of software and hardware in the geospatial market. A new integration between Phase One and Trimble® Inpho® Suite, will simplify the process to transform raw images into final mapping products. The support of Phase One’s proprietary raw data format, IIQ, directly from their cameras streamlines the production process, increasing customer productivity, and enables...
Lidar Data Collected by Woolpert for USGS Helps Prioritize Flood Risk, Speed Recovery at Yellowstone
THIS BARE EARTH LIDAR DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL WAS COLLECTED IN PARK COUNTY, MONT. IMAGE COURTESY OF USGS Thanks to the efforts of local officials, data was procured quickly to mitigate the impact from unprecedented flooding that closed the national park. PARK COUNTY, Mont. (July 5, 2022) — In June, days of heavy rains and snowmelt led to the flooding of Yellowstone River and rivers in other parts of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, causing what the U.S. Geological Survey referred to as a “...
U.S. Department of Transportation Provides $5.7 Million in Emergency Relief Funding to Repair Flood Damage in Montana
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $5.7 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief (ER) funds for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service to help repair flood damage to roads and bridges in Custer Gallatin National Forest in southcentral Montana. “The recent flooding in the Yellowstone region has washed away roads and bridges that residents rely upon for their livelihoods and tou...
DART Names Elizabeth Reich as New Chief Financial Officer
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Reich has joined the agency as the new chief financial officer (CFO). A proven and distinguished finance leader, Reich will assume her new role and responsibilities on July 18. A key member of the executive team, reporting to DART president & chief executive officer Nadine Lee, Reich will lead the agency's accounting, financial reporting, budget, treasury, fare collections and fare payment systems, debt management, investm...
Biden Administration announces historic coastal and climate resilience funding
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocates nearly $3 billion of funding over 5 years to NOAA Today, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo announced funding opportunities from NOAA's $2.96 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to address the climate crisis and strengthen coastal resilience and infrastructure. Over the next five years, NOAA’s targeted investments in the areas of habitat restoration, coastal resilience, and climate data and services will...
Nigel Fine retires after 13 years at IET helm
Nigel Fine, Chief Executive and Secretary (CES) of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) will step down from his position today, Thursday 30 June 2022, after announcing his plans to retire earlier this year. Nigel has been at the helm of Europe’s largest professional engineering institution since 2009. Under his leadership, the IET has been established as a world-leading membership and learned society, driving forward its charitable purpose to engineer a better world and growin...
APWA Announces 2022 Public Works Project of the Year Award Winners
June 30, 2022 – The American Public Works Association (APWA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2022 Project of the Year Awards. Each year APWA recognizes the efforts of public works agencies, contractors, and consultants who develop, own, and maintain infrastructure projects that promote excellence in construction management and administration. Awards are provided in four divisions and five categories. The divisions are (1) projects less than $5 million; (2) projects of $5 million but l...
CivilGEO’s GeoHECRAS is a 2022 Industry Leader with Top G2 Software Rankings
Widely recognized business solutions ratings platform, G2, has placed CivilGEO’s GeoHECRAS as its Summer 2022 Top Performer in the category of Best Civil Engineering Design Software. Basing its findings on over 100 reviews which awarded GeoHECRAS an average of 4.8 stars on a 5.0 performance scale, G2 placed CivilGEO’s software in the #1 spot representing 100% user satisfaction when compared to the top 20 performers in the category. In achieving the highest ranking in this sector, GeoHECRAS outpe...
Siemens Launches Building X, an Open AI-Enabled Suite for Net Zero Buildings
Building X is the first next generation offering designed and built as part of Siemens Xcelerator Modular, scalable, open smart building suite that seamlessly integrates building systems to eliminate complexity and enable net zero Facilitates co-creation with partners to address digitalization challenges faster Siemens Smart Infrastructure has launched Building X, a new smart building suite that is open, interoperable and fully cloud-based. The suite is the first ne...
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Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
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