Samsung Americas Headquarters Wins National Steel Design Award
(Chicago, IL) – The Samsung Americas Headquarters (Device Solutions) in San Jose, Calif., has earned national recognition in the 2017 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program (IDEAS2). In honor of this achievement, members of the project team will be presented with awards from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) during a ceremony to take place at the building on Wednesday, August 9, at 11:45 a.m. “The grand, floating tiers are engi...
Adelaide Flicks Switch on Gig City Network
ADELAIDE has switched on its $7.6 million ultra-fast GigCity internet network, making it the first Australian capital to become a Gig City. The GigCity scheme uses the existing SABRENet fibre optic network to deliver internet services to five key innovation hubs in the CBD and Adelaide suburbs including the Tonsley Innovation Precinct and TechInSA. Commercial tenants of those precincts will also have access to internet speeds 100 times the national average with more affordable and less res...
Jacobs to Acquire CH2M to Create Premier $15 Billion Global Solutions Provider
DALLAS & DENVER - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) and CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Jacobs will acquire all of the outstanding shares of CH2M in a cash and stock transaction with an enterprise value (EV) of approximately $3.27 billion, including approximately $416 million of CH2M net debt. The combination unites two industry-leading, innovative companies with complementary capabilities, cultures and relationshi...
Senate Panel Backs Bill That Funds TIGER, Transit Starts Without Highway Program Rescissions
The Senate Appropriations Committee backed a bill to fund the U.S. Department of Transportation for the 2018 budget year that would increase TIGER infrastructure grants, support new transit capital starts and avoid rescinding any highway program funds. That puts it in sharp contrast with the version that House appropriators advanced. Their bill would zero out TIGER, make deeper cuts in transit capital grants and rescind $800 million in contract authority from state DOTs' federal-aid highway f...
Arcadis Acquires E2 ManageTech
Amsterdam, Netherlands & Chicago – Arcadis (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the leading global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets, today announced the acquisition of E2 ManageTech (E2), the preeminent enterprise technology solutions firm providing information technology and business services for the environmental, health and safety (EHS) information market. E2, headquartered in Chicago, was established in 1998 and employs 55 people in the United States and Canada. “Our clients aroun...
What Has Happened with U.S. Bridges in the 10 Years Since the Minneapolis I-35W Bridge Collapse?
(WASHINGTON)— August 1 marks the 10th anniversary of the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis. The bridge was classified as “structurally deficient” and was undergoing repair at the time. The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has looked at federal government data to see what progress has been made in repairing the nation’s bridges in the decade since the collapse. States have devoted significant resources to bridge work, ARTBA says. The value of bridge const...
AISC Introduces New Steel Construction Manual
Have you heard? AISC's 15th Edition Steel Construction Manual is available! This new edition of the Manual includes the 2016 Specification for Structural Steel Buildings, with improvements and revisions in the provisions for slender-element compression members, shear strength and double angle and WT flexural strength, as well as the 2016 Code of Standard Practice, which clarifies the use of models, and new and enhanced Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel (AESS) standards. "The enhancemen...
Joe Harrison: GT STRUDL, Product Innovations, Key Customers, Important Use Cases
Joe Harrison: GT STRUDL, Product Innovations, Key Customers, Important Use Cases from V1 Media on Vimeo. Informed Infrastructure interviewed Hexagon's Joe Harrison, Product Owner of GT STRUDL, at the HxGN Live event held June 13-16, 2017, in Las Vegas. He discusses the creation and growth of GT STRUDL, key product strengths and use cases, new components and what to look for in future releases.
Volvo Jolts Auto Industry With Plan to Make Only All-Electrics, Hybrids as of 2019
Sweden-based Volvo Cars announced that starting in 2019 it will only manufacture vehicles that are either all-electric or hybrids, making it the first mainstream automaker to phase out models that operate just with traditional gasoline- or diesel-powered internal combustion engines. That will also make it the first among traditional automakers to offer a line that would provide little revenue into the U.S. Highway Trust Fund, as it is currently designed. And such developments could add to pre...
Monthly Renewable Electricity Generation Surpasses Nuclear for the First Time Since 1984
In March, and again in April, U.S. monthly electricity generation from utility-scale renewable sources exceeded nuclear generation for the first time since July 1984. This outcome reflects both seasonal and trend growth in renewable generation, as well as maintenance and refueling schedules for nuclear plants, which tend to undergo maintenance during spring and fall months, when overall electricity demand is lower than in summer or winter. Record generation from both wind and solar as well as...
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