Infrastructure, Cyber, Equity Underscore NARUC Winter Policy Summit
Meeting Attendance Close to Pre-Pandemic Level WASHINGTON — After a two-year hiatus, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners convened its 2022 Winter Policy Summit at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. February 13-16. The event boasted roughly 1,400 registered attendees comprised of state and federal utility regulators, industry members, consumer groups and press, with less than 300 attending virtually. The Federal-State Joint Task Force on Electric Transm...
ACI Adds New Path for Submitting Projects to Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.- The American Concrete Institute– a leading authority and resource worldwide for the development, dissemination, and adoption of its consensus-based standards on concrete – has announced an additional path for project nomination for their 2022 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards, making it easier for companies and organizations to achieve recognition for their work. Any concrete project that has won an ACI chapter award is automatically considered for the Excell...
Resilient Roads Roundtable Announces Inaugural Innovators and Influencers List
Ten Transportation Infrastructure Public Sector and Agency Leaders Recognized. (Atlanta, GA, February 18, 2022): The Resilient Roads Roundtable announced its inaugural list of Resilient Roads Innovators and Influencers. The objective of the Resilient Roads Innovators and Influencers list is a bi-annual recognition of those whose advocacy is clear and effective amongst key transportation infrastructure decision-makers as well as those who are creating and adopting new materials, methods...
President Biden, EPA $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Accelerate Cleanup Efforts and Benefit Michigan
EPA Projects Work to Be Completed at 22 of 25 Remaining Great Lakes “Areas of Concern” by 2030 CHICAGO (Feb. 17, 2021) – Today, President Biden and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan will announce that as a direct result of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA will make significant progress in the clean-up and restoration of the Great Lakes’ most environmentally degraded sites, securing clean water and a better environment for millions of Americans in t...
SBC Rewards Spacewell Solution Accreditation Against the Smart Building Certification Framework
Antwerp/Amsterdam, February 17, 2022 – Smart Building Certification has rewarded Spacewell solution accreditation against the SBC framework. “We can all learn a lot from Spacewell,” said Nicholas White, Co-Founder Smart Building Certification. They have solutions that span the entire certification and can truly deliver holistic smart buildings, from asset management, facility management, maintenance, smart workplaces, energy efficiency, and now office re-entry. Whatever the subject around sma...
Efficient and sustainable wooden modular construction of 32 schools in Berlin
The sustainable and innovative wooden modular construction with its extremely short construction time aided the decision to build 32 wooden schools by 2025 in Berlin. First 6 schools have been successfully built and new schools are under construction by The Senate Department for Urban Development & Housing. Metsä Wood’s Kerto® LVL beams are used for offsite production. Modular wood construction – fast and economical construction method Wooden modular construction has experienced an extreme...
Philippine National Railways Modernizes Communication System For Improved Work Efficiency
Picture credit: Philippine National Railways MANILA, February 17th, 2022 – Hytera (SZSE: 002583), the global leading provider of professional communications equipment and solutions, announced today that it has completed the construction of a new digital TETRA network for the Philippine National Railways (PNR). The PNR railway system spans 78 kilometers and serves countless passengers daily across 15 train crossings and 17 stations, making it one of the Philippines’ most used public tr...
MoD keeping pace with its sustainability goals thanks to holistic approach, says GlobalData
The UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) recent annual report for 2020-2021, which shows that the department is either meeting or exceeding most of its sustainability targets, is a positive step for an industry that is comparatively less enthusiastic about enacting change when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG), according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that the aerospace, defense and security (ADS) sector ranked at the bottom of several survey quest...
Invention addresses the problems of running a red light at traffic intersections
Howell Li, principal research analyst, Joint Transportation Research Program, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University. (Purdue University photo/Vincent Walter) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – An invention from Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Transportation that uses wireless communication devices could save lives at high-speed traffic signals. Principal research analyst Howell Li and transportation research engineer Jijo Mathew of the Joint Transportation Research...
Interior Department Releases Blueprints for Implementing Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Spend plans submitted to Congress outline infrastructure investments that will deliver direct benefits to communities WASHINGTON — Several bureaus across the Department of the Interior submitted to Congress their fiscal year 2022 blueprints for implementing President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law this week, marking a significant step in the Department’s efforts to help communities tackle the climate crisis and address legacy pollution while creating good-paying union jobs, advancing e...
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Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
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