ACI Updates Flatwork Finishing Certification Program Names and Requirements
Updated names include ACI Concrete Flatwork Associate, ACI Concrete Flatwork Finisher, and ACI Advanced Concrete Flatwork Finisher FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has updated the names and requirements for its Flatwork Finishing Certification program. ACI Concrete Flatwork Technician has been renamed as ACI Concrete Flatwork Associate; ACI Concrete Flatwork Tradesman has been renamed as ACI Concrete Flatwork Finisher; and ACI Concrete Flatwork Finish...
APAC Will Continue to Lead Global Wind Turbine Market with 33.14GW Capacity by 2023, Says GlobalData
Asia-Pacific (APAC) is expected to lead the wind turbine market with an annual installation capacity of 33.14 gigawatt (GW) by 2023, largely driven by onshore deployment; followed by EMEA and Americas with capacities of 19.9GW and 11.7GW, respectively, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report ‘Wind Turbine, Update 2019 – Global Market Size, Competitive Landscape and Key Country Analysis to 2023’ reveals that the buoyancy in the market is large...
China Set to Contribute 34% of Asia and Oceania’s Crude Distillation Units’ Capacity Growth by 2023, Says GlobalData
China is expected to drive capacity growth of 34% in Asia and Oceania’s refinery crude distillation units (CDUs) from planned and announced (new-build) projects between 2019 and 2023, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s report, ‘Refining Industry Outlook in Asia and Oceania to 2023 – Capacity and Capital Expenditure Outlook with Details of All Operating and Planned Refineries’, reveals that China is expected to have new-build CDU capacity of 2,021 thou...
Construction to Start on “One of the Most Ambitious Affordable Housing Projects in the World”
Vice-President says project will “enable working Ghanaians…to purchase a home”. First 6,500 of 200,000 affordable and sustainable homes to be built in Ghana’s capital Accra. Part of UNOPS Social Impact Investing Initiative which will deliver more than 800,000 affordable homes in five countries. Site in Amasaman, near Accra, to include school, medical centre, shops and sports facilities High-quality homes to be produced by local factories and constructed with energy efficient...
Autodesk Announces Finalists for 2019 AEC Excellence Awards
By Nicolas Magnon The wait is almost over, and we’re one step closer to announcing the winners of the AEC Excellence Awards 2019! Along with our co-sponsors Construction Dive, Smart Cities Dive, Society for Marketing Professional Services and Informed Infrastructure, we’re excited to reveal this year’s incredible group of finalists. So which projects made the cut? One is a complex bridge over one of Germany’s most heavily-traveled highways; built from a single model using digital planning...
Mathew Antonelli joins HNTB as project director in the Inland Empire
ONTARIO, Calif. – Mathew Antonelli, PE, has joined HNTB Corporation as project director for the Inland Empire. His duties include management of the firm’s work on the I-10 Express Lanes Project for San Bernardino County Transportation Authority. He is based in HNTB’s Ontario office. “Mat’s experience with complex project management is invaluable to the current and upcoming projects in the Inland Empire,” said Wayne Feuerborn, HNTB West Division president. “We look forward to his assistance i...
Pix4D Reaches New Heights with an Office in the Mile High City
The Denver office will be Pix4D’s main office in North America Lausanne, Switzerland: In August 2019, Pix4D opened a new office in downtown Denver. It is the company’s seventh office after Lausanne, San Francisco, Shanghai, Berlin, Madrid, and Tokyo. The move to Denver signifies Pix4D’s strong commitment and alignment with the thriving Geospatial Technology and UAS industries, where Denver is a major hub. With potential for expansion, Denver will become the base from where Pix4D wi...
Cromwel Burgos Joins Clark Pacific as Product and Process Development Leader
Sacramento - Clark Pacific, a leading provider of prefabricated systems announced today that former McCarthy Building Companies director, Cromwel Burgos, has joined the company’s expanding integrated design-build team of construction managers, architects and engineers. His experience in design development and integrated project delivery will accelerate Clark Pacific’s development of innovative products and processes that bring turnkey pre-engineered and prefabricated parking structures to market...
MassDOT Awarded Federal Grant for South Station’s Tower 1 Interlocking
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has been awarded a $41 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to upgrade and improve South Station’s Tower 1 interlocking, a key element which distributes trains to and from the station that is used by almost 60,000 rail passengers daily. Work being funded by this grant will include replacing the existing signal system, upgrading switches, track, and power systems, addressing settling that has occurred at switch points, and impr...
New Urban Land Institute Report Reflects Decade of Progress in Improved Environmental Performance in the Built Environment
WASHINGTON (August 28, 2019) – A new report from from the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Greenprint Center for Building Performance shows that the real estate industry has made significant progress over the past 10 years in reducing carbon emissions and energy consumption while increasing asset value. The Greenprint Center, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary, comprises an alliance of the world’s leading real estate owners, investors, and financial institutions who are committed to improvi...