Engineered Solutions: New NACE e-Course Provides for More than a Skilled Coatings Applicator Workforce
Sponsored by: Protective coatings are the primary means and most widely used tool to protect assets against corrosion. Their importance has helped drive the evolution of the industry to a highly technical field that requires skilled personnel to perform quality surface preparation and protective coatings application. NACE International, the corrosion society, recently introduced a new electronically delivered training course that helps ensure coatings applicators can per...
In Drought-Stricken Namibia, Solar Energy is Now Used to Make Clean Water From the Atlantic Ocean
The sustainable seawater desalination plant was inaugurated by H.E. Dr. Sam S Nujoma, founding President of the Republic of Namibia, on Friday 10 May at the University of Namibia campus. In sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia stands out as the driest country and one of those hardest hit by the effects of climate change. Namibia’s first ever fully solar-powered desalination system, which makes high-quality water straight from the ocean, has been commissioned as a joint initiative of the University of...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $9.6 Million to Improve Transportation Access to Health Care
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced project selections totaling approximately $9.6 million to 37 projects led by transit agencies, governmental authorities, and nonprofit organizations to support innovative transportation solutions to expand access to health care. FTA’s Access and Mobility Partnership Grants focus on transportation and technology solutions to reach medical appointments, access healthy food, and improve para...
City of Paris Names Winning Design Team to Reimagine the Eiffel Tower Landscape Using BIM
At an event held in Paris’ City Hall today, Gustafson Porter + Bowman was named the winner of a competition to redevelop the Eiffel Tower’s “grand site”—an area which includes the Trocadéro Gardens and Champ de Mars, as well as the Tower and its esplanade. The announcement was made by Paris’ mayor, Anne Hidalgo, along with Jean-Louis Missika, and Jean-François Martins, Deputy Mayors of Paris. The “grand site” comprises 2.4 kilometers of some of Paris’ most treasured landmarks: the Ei...
New ASCE Publication Addresses Dynamics of Hydrological Cycle
Reston, Va. – ASCE’s new book, Statistical Analysis of Hydrologic Variables: Methods and Applications provides a compilation of state-of-the-art statistical methods for analyzing and describing critical variables that are part of the hydrological cycle. Understanding and describing the variability of hydro-climatological processes and measurements is essential for assessing the performance of water resources infrastructure and its management. Analyzed data provide valuable insights into the d...
DeSimone Celebrates Grand Opening Of The Statue Of Liberty Museum
Image: View of the new Statue of Liberty Museum from New York Harbor DeSimone Consulting Engineers, a leading engineering firm with offices worldwide, recently celebrated the completion and grand opening of the new Statue of Liberty Museum. DeSimone worked closely with FXCollaborative, the National Park Service (NPS), and the Statue of Liberty – Ellis Island Foundation (SOLEIF) to design and complete the new cultural facility located just steps away from the iconic national monument on...
Baylor University Joins Research Team Seeking to Transform U.S. Water System
Mikhail Shmurygin (Baylor Computer Science masters student), Molly Klanderman (Baylor Statistics Ph.D. student) and Kathryn Newhart (Colorado School of Mines Civil & Environmental Engineering Ph.D. student) visit Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the “NextGen” workshop to prepare for the grant. (Courtesy of Amanda Hering) WACO, Texas – Baylor University has partnered with four Department of Energy laboratories and more than a dozen universities in a research alliance to address the cou...
Feature Article Follow Up: 167 N. Green St.
To complement a feature published in the April 2019 issue of Informed Infrastructure, "Making Everyone Happy: Early and Effective Collaboration to Realize a Beautiful Building," Todd Danielson, the magazine's editorial director, went to the Chicago office of Forefront Structural Engineers and interviewed Steve Franckowiak, S.E., P.E., associate, and Amanda Featherstone, S.E., P.E., project engineer.
Making Everyone Happy: Early and Effective Collaboration to Realize a Beautiful Building
To complement this feature, Todd Danielson, the magazine’s editorial director, went to the Chicago office of Forefront Structural Engineers and interviewed Steve Franckowiak, S.E., P.E., associate, and Amanda Featherstone, S.E., P.E., project engineer. Click here to watch the video. Structural engineers occupy a difficult niche in high-rise construction; too often, their role is perceived as a “reality check” on the actual cost-effective constructability of beautiful, ambitious bu...
Tunnel Vision: Blended Technologies for Tight Schedules and Tighter Conditions
By John Stenmark John May is accustomed to taking on challenging projects, but he soon recognized that this one would be different. Meeting the project requirements would involve multiple technologies, advanced software and a team of dedicated and—quite literally—flexible surveyors that would spend days working in a cramped underground pipe built to carry water, not humans. The work originated from a utility owner in Northern California who needed to rehabilitate a 90-year-old buried...
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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