Indian Minister to Receive Penn’s Top Prize in Energy Policy
Penn’s top energy policy award—the Carnot Prize—will be given to the Honorable Shri Piyush Goyal, India’s former minister of power and renewables and current minister of railways and coal. During his tenure, Goyal directed a fast-track effort to electrify 18,000 villages in remote parts of India—helping bridge the country’s vast energy divide. The award ceremony kicks off with a lecture by Penn engineering professor Aaswath Raman, entitled: “Harnessing the Cold of Outer Space as a Natural...
Precycling in Construction Industry Saves Money and Environment
A South Australian company is trailblazing a path to bring circular economy to home construction sites. Pre-Cycle recycles and repurposes the off cuts from new home construction sites, saving construction companies waste removal bills and keeping unused building materials from ending up in landfill. Joe Golotta began the Adelaide business 18 months ago after witnessing the need to reduce waste as the owner of Premier Insulation for over 30 years. “It all started when one of my builders...
Leica Geosystems Increases Efficiency with Hydrographic Survey Systems Upgrade
(Heerbrugg, Switzerland – 18 October 2018) – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announced today the availability of Leica Chiroptera 4X and Leica HawkEye 4X. The latest upgrades introduce a new bathymetric LiDAR high resolution technology that increase the bathymetric point density by a factor four. The higher point density allows customers to deliver high resolution products at reduced operational costs. Flight cost savings of 50 per cent can be achieved for typical bathymetric LiDAR end use...
Leica Geosystems Introduces New Generation of Manual Total Stations
(Heerbrugg, Switzerland ) – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announced today the launch of the new manual total stations, the Leica FlexLine series. Building on the FlexLine series legacy of quality, durability and low total cost of ownership, the new Leica FlexLine TS03, TS07 and TS10 models are designed to improve productivity in the field by automatically capturing height. Replacing the former manual total stations (Leica FlexLine TS02, TS06, TS09 and Leica Viva TS11), the new series is...
Tom Everett Named New FHWA Executive Director
Deputy Federal Highway Administrator Brandye Hendrickson announced on Oct. 12 that Tom Everett will be FHWA’s next executive director, with his tenure starting on Oct. 22. The agency said in a statement emailed to the AASHTO Journal that Everett will “oversee the day-to-day operations and management of FHWA and work directly with leadership in establishing and executing agency policies, strategic initiatives, and performance goals to accomplish national transportation priorities established b...
Infrastructure Expert Yoga Chandran Joins HNTB Corporation as Project Director
SANTA ANA, Calif. – C. Yoga Chandran, PhD, PE, GE, has joined HNTB Corporation in Southern California as project director and vice president. Based in HNTB’s Santa Ana office, Chandran is supporting the firm’s work on some of the most complex infrastructure projects throughout the region. Chandran brings more than 30 years of experience in a broad range of technically challenging engineering projects, including project management, planning, design, project assessment and environmental documen...
Lona Hankins Joins HNTB as Project Director Serving Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Lona Hankins joined HNTB Corporation as project director in New Orleans, as part of the firm’s Gulf Coast District. Hankins is responsible for delivering large-scale, complex infrastructure programs using her extensive industry network; comprehensive understanding of federal agencies including securing funding and associated regulations; program controls and project management. Hankins has 30 years of industry experience spanning engineering, program management and leading...
BetterGIS Launches Its Powerful New Platform Nationwide, Offers Expanded Capabilities To Manage Utility And Facility Infrastructure
NOVATO, CA – October 17, 2018 – BetterGIS, formerly known as UndergroundGIS, today announced the nationwide availability of a newly enhanced platform that offers greater capabilities to manage utility and facility infrastructure. The expanded features in UVARA, the new name of the company’s cloud-based solution, provide owners, operators and third-parties with a streamlined, simplified GIS that maps a wide range of underground, surface and above ground assets, including pipes, lines, conduits...
PlanGrid Launches Tasks To Keep Construction Teams On Track and Mitigate Risk Throughout the Project Lifecycle
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16, 2018 - PlanGrid, the leader in construction productivity software, today announced PlanGrid Tasks, a new product that allows project teams to easily connect the dots between planning in the office and execution in the field. PlanGrid Tasks gives construction teams the ability to capture and track all work in one place, significantly saving time and increasing visibility across a jobsite. By creating and assigning tasks to any team member and viewing the real-time status o...
Siemens and Bentley Systems Announce Integrated Asset Performance Management (APM) Solution for Power Plants
LONDON, U.K. – The Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference – Siemens and Bentley Systems have announced a joint technology and service solution, consisting of their complementary offerings, to speed up the digitalization of power plants and provide intelligent analytics with a range of innovative offerings and managed services solutions. The new service, to be hosted on Siemens’ cloud-based open IoT operating system, MindSphere, will combine Bentley’s advanced asset performance software capabilit...
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