Bryan Erler Begins Term as ASME’s 139th President, Three New Members of the Board of Governors Announced
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Effective July 1, 2020, Bryan Erler, P.E., will begin his term as the 139th president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society announced June 16 during its virtual annual meeting. An active member of ASME since 1991, Erler has been an executive and expert in the nuclear power industry for more than 45 years with significant leadership roles and responsibilities in the designing of electric power plants as an owner and senior vice president of Sargent &...
Eos Positioning Systems Releases Eos Tools Pro for Windows
Eos’s new GNSS app for Windows 10 devices is loaded with new, powerful features and a colorful user interface. For developers, integrating high-accuracy Arrow receivers is faster and easier than ever before JUNE 23, 2020, MONTREAL, CANADA — Eos Positioning Systems, Inc.® (Eos) — the leading manufacturer of high-accuracy Arrow Series® GNSS receivers for the GIS, engineering, construction, and surveying community — announced today the release of Eos Tools Pro for Windows 10. Eos Tools Pro imp...
Keystone Hardscapes® Strengthens Brand With CST
Mid-Atlantic Customers Benefit from Added Innovation, Marketing and Customer Service MINNEAPOLIS – Keystone Hardscapes® is embracing the needs of homeowners, contractors, developers, architects, designers and landscape material distributors in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. by aligning CST under its brand. Recognized for manufacturing high-quality pavers, segmental retaining walls and related outdoor living products, CST gains award-winning design innovation, a deeper product offering and robust...
Azelio signs a MoU with Trimark Associates in the US for energy storage projects across North America
Azelio’s MoU with US-based company Trimark Associates Inc. (Trimark) covers a collaboration over 45 MW capacity of Azelio’s energy storage until 2025 on the North American market, where Trimark will be the system integrator. In addition to this MoU, the parties anticipate an extended project pipeline once the first projects are initiated. Azelio’s introduction to the US market continues with the signing of an MoU with system integrator Trimark. With its expertise in power system controls Trim...
GBCI Announces New Safety First Pilot Credits for SITES and TRUE Rating Systems, in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
New guidance connects sustainability and health as part of economic recovery and response Washington, D.C. – Today, Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the premier organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally, announced the release of Safety First pilot credits for its SITES and TRUE rating systems in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new credits enable projects committed to sustainable landscape development and thos...
Abstracts Being Accepted for DFI’s SuperPile 2021 June 23-25, 2021, Philadelphia
Hawthorne, N.J. : Abstracts are being accepted for presentations at SuperPile 2021, a piling design and construction conference being hosted by DFI in partnership with ADSC. Abstracts are due Friday, October 30, 2020, and can be submitted at www.dfi.org/SuperPile2021. The 15th annual SuperPile Conference is taking place June 23-25, 2021, at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel. This three-day event includes presentations on the latest developments in augered cast-in-place/drilled displac...
Georgia DOT Awards $58.5 Million in Construction Contracts for May
ATLANTA, GA – Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) awarded 32 construction contracts for statewide transportation projects totaling $58,534,346. The largest single awarded investment, worth approximately $6.3 million, was awarded to Oxford Construction Company to construct 0.578 mile of three bridges and approaches on State Route 37 over Pachitla Creek and overflows in Calhoun County. This contract, along with one other bridge construction contract, represent 17 percent or $10 m...
Texas Architect Alfred Vidaurri Jr. Elected as NCARB First Vice President/President-elect
Washington, DC—Alfred Vidaurri Jr., FAIA, NCARB, AICP, of Fort Worth, Texas, was elected first vice president/president-elect of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) at the organization’s 2020 Annual Business Meeting. By virtue of his election, Vidaurri will become the first Latino president of the organization, which facilitates licensure and credentialing for architects in the United States, in June 2021. Over the next two years, Vidaurri plans to focus on furth...
Innovative Daikin Altherma 3 WS Heat Pump Offers Renewable Solution for Apartment Buildings
Brussels - More and more people across Europe live in an urban area. Numbers from Eurostat show that in 2018, 46% of the EU-27 population lived in flats in those areas. Apartment buildings are among the most significant contributors to energy consumption and CO2-emission. The challenge is therefore to build apartment buildings that are as environmentally friendly as possible, but there are several practical concerns that make this difficult to do. By aiming to provide apartment buildings and col...
New Mexico Architect Robert M. Calvani Inaugurated as NCARB President
Washington, DC—Robert M. Calvani, FAIA, NCARB, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was inaugurated as the president of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) at its 2020 Annual Business Meeting. As president, Calvani will lead the organization that supports the 55 U.S. architectural licensing boards in their mission to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. “I am honored by the trust placed in me to lead the Council this year,” said Calvani. “NCARB has built up gre...