What’s New in InfraWorks and Civil 3D 2019
InfraWorks roads imported to Civil 3D 2019 automatically generate as Civil 3D corridors. Autodesk recently announced the latest releases of Autodesk® InfraWorks® and Autodesk® Civil 3D® 2019. These software releases provide enhancements for closer collaboration, improved design, more efficient drawing production, tighter interoperability, and smoother data exchange. Below are the key enhancements for both products. InfraWorks Collaboration Enterprise cloud collaboration with BIM...
Study by Orbit Sheds Light on Americans' Attitudes Toward Water Conservation
SALT LAKE CITY - Orbit Irrigation Products today released new survey data revealing Americans' attitudes towards water consumption. The findings show that while most people desire to contribute to conservation efforts, they are often using more water than they realize. "As a nation we've experienced multiple droughts in various regions as well as crises related to the cleanliness of our water. At Orbit, we're not only concerned with the conservation of water, but the manage...
Sponsored Content: Better Outcomes Begin with Better Collaboration
Sponsored by: Design better civil infrastructure with OpenRoads, OpenBridge and OpenRail What does it take to manage the infrastructure lifecycle? It involves many collaborating disciplines where the work is interconnected, with thousands of decisions and changes about material choices, design, aesthetics, structural integrity, safety and more. To be successful, you must be able to manage all the data, from conception through construction. Bentley prov...
Manhattan’s Irish Hunger Memorial Receives Waterproof Renovation
The Irish Hunger Memorial winds through a rural Irish landscape, with paths carved into a hill thickly lined with native Irish plants and stones imported from each of Ireland’s 32 counties. The Irish Hunger Memorial, designed by internationally renowned sculptor and public artist Brian Tolle, originally opened in 2002 to honor the Great Irish Hunger and Migration of 1845-1852 while encouraging viewers to contemplate present-day hunger worldwide. Through the years, however, it had succumb...
Engineered Solutions: RenewWrap<small><sup>®</sup></small>: Column Repair
Sponsored by: Milliken Infrastructure In June 2016, the South Carolina DOT (SCDOT) was in the midst of building a new interchange at the intersection of I-85/I-385 in Greenville, S.C. During construction, severe localized spalling was found on the cover concrete of one column of a two-column pier supporting the I-385 northbound ramp. Upon discovery, SCDOT and its consultant closed the ramp to all traffic until a detailed inspection could be made. A construction crew applies an...
Senior Senate Appropriator Collins Sounds Alarm on Highway Trust Fund
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who chairs the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees transportation programs, warned that the Trump administration's approach to project investment "fails to address the greatest threat to our nation's infrastructure, which is the ever-growing insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund." The senior appropriator continued with several criticisms of the administration's approach on various programs in her opening statement at an April 11 hearing on the Department of T...
Economy and Human Welfare to Grow Under IRENA’s 2050 Energy Transformation Roadmap
Berlin, Germany, 17 April 2018 – Increasing the speed of global renewable energy adoption by at least a factor of six – critical to meeting energy-related emission reduction needs of the Paris Climate Agreement – can limit global temperature rise to two degrees, according to the latest edition of the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) long-term renewable energy outlook. At the same time, the report finds that by 2050, the global economy would grow by one per cent and global welfare,...
Getting the Lights Back On in Puerto Rico: The Army Corps and Fluor Mount Massive Grid Restoration After Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria, which made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 2017, was the worst natural disaster ever to befall the U.S. commonwealth, and also the deadliest storm of the record-setting 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. With peak sustained winds of 175 miles per hour, Maria is officially a Category 5 hurricane, and the 10th most-intense hurricane on record. After devastating Dominica, leaving the island practically denuded of vegetation and housing, Maria moved on (slightly weakened) to Puert...
Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards Finalists Announced
Chicago, IL: The Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI) is pleased to announce the projects that have been selected as finalists in the 2018 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards. This illustrious design competition takes place each year to recognize excellence in structural engineering. The projects selected are: K.Y. Restaurant; The Structural Group Paramount Theater Conversion, Forefront Structural Engineers, Inc. CTF Tianjin, Skidmore, Owings...
Water Tariffs Will Need to Rise by 5.9% a Year to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, New GWI Report Finds
Oxford, UK - A new market report published by GWI has found that water tariffs will need to increase by 5.9% each year in order to generate the $449 billion of annual investment required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal on water and sanitation by 2030, and maintain existing infrastructure. The report comes at a time when the funding model for water infrastructure is evolving to incorporate more private and commercial finance sources, in the face of ageing infrastructure, population gr...
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