AASHTO Seeks Chief Technology Officer, Business Operations Coordinator
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is looking to hire a director of technology and digital strategy as well as a business operations coordinator; both will be full-time positions located at the organization’s Washington, D.C., headquarters. The director of technology and digital strategy will: serve as AASHTO’s chief information officer; serve as member of the association’s senior management team reporting directly to the executive director; and will be res...
Trimble to Acquire Kuebix to Transform and Connect the Transportation Logistics Ecosystem
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Kuebix, a leading transportation management system (TMS) provider and creator of North America's largest connected shipping community. This acquisition will enable Trimble to bring together its network of private fleet and commercial carrier customers, which collectively represent more than 1.3 million commercial trucks in North America, with Kuebix's extensive community of m...
HERE, Bentley Systems and Geopath team up for greater ROI on OOH and DOOH campaigns
CES 2020, Las Vegas – Today, HERE Technologies, a global leader in mapping and location platform services, announced a partnership that will create deeper market insights for out-of-home (OOH) and digital out-of-home (DOOH) with Bentley Systems, a leading global provider of software and digital twin cloud services, and Geopath, a not-for-profit OOH audience location measurement company. The partnership will extend the impact and efficiency of OOH and DOOH campaigns across roadside digital media...
Former Skanska CEO Tapped to Lead Gilbane
Former Skanska CEO and President Rich Cavallaro, right, is replacing Bill Gilbane III, left, as the executive in charge of Gilbane's New York division. Photo: Stephanie Price Gilbane Building Company, one of the city’s largest family-owned construction firms for nearly 150 years, is getting a new top executive as Bill Gilbane III steps away from his role as head of the company’s New York division. Gilbane, who was the fifth generation in his family to lead the business, will move up...
Turner Tops Out at the Cherese Mari Laulhere Children’s Village
Turner Construction Company is pleased to announce that the team working on the Design-Build Cherese Mari Laulhere Children’s Village at MemorialCare Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Long Beach, California celebrated the topping out milestone to recognize the final steel beam being placed onto the 80,000 square foot, four-story medical building. Officials, staff, donors, and patient families gathered to celebrate the completion of the next phase of construction. Jacob O’Donnell, fiel...
LA Metro Turns to Gannett Fleming to Lead Major Rail Line as Part of Twenty-Eight by ’28 Project
Light Rail Service Coming to Congested San Fernando Valley As the prime consultant, Gannett Fleming will provide Metro with professional engineering services for this new light rail line, which involves 14 at-grade stations with an end-to-end travel time of 31 minutes and intermodal connections. Los Angeles, Ca. - Providing access to jobs, retail centers, and tourism destinations. Connecting San Fernando Valley riders with two regional commuter rail lines and bus rapid transit. Launching a...
Fluor Partnership Awarded Engineering, Procurement and Construction Services Contract for Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corporation Propane Dehydrogenation Unit
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that Heartland Canada Partners (HCP), Fluor’s 50/50 partnership with Kiewit Construction Services ULC, was awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for a new propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit for Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corporation (CKPC), a 50/50 joint venture between Pembina Pipeline Corporation (Pembina) and Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Company K.S.C. (PIC). The new...
Dewberry Announces Promotions in Raleigh, North Carolina
Firm promotes seven as capacity expands to support growth in North Carolina. Dewberry has announced the promotion of nearly 60 employees nationwide, including seven staff members in its Raleigh, North Carolina, office. The promotions coincide with Dewberry's ongoing expansion of engineering, architectural, and consulting services in the Southeast, where the firm has practiced since 1975. These promotions include: Matt West, PE, LEED AP, has been promoted to vice president and bus...
Gasification Goes Green
HOUSTON – Rice University engineers have created a light-powered nanoparticle that could shrink the carbon footprint of a major segment of the chemical industry. The particle, tiny spheres of copper dotted with single atoms of ruthenium, is the key component in a green process for making syngas, or synthesis gas, valuable chemical feedstock that's used to make fuels, fertilizer and many other products. Researchers from Rice, UCLA and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), describ...
U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General Calvin L. Scovel III Announces Retirement
WASHINGTON — The Honorable Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), will be retiring from Federal service effective January 31, 2020. Mr. Scovel’s retirement comes after 42 years of military and civilian service, including 13 years as Inspector General and 29 years of active service in the U.S. Marine Corps, from which he retired as a Brigadier General in 2006. Mr. Scovel is DOT’s sixth and longest serving Inspector General. Appointed by President...