Murphy Administration Announces $30.1 Million for New Local Freight Impact Fund Grants
(Trenton) – The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) today announced the first grants in the new Local Freight Impact Fund program totaling $30.1 million to help municipalities provide for the safe movement of large truck traffic. “New Jersey roads and bridges carry some of the heaviest amount of commercial truck traffic in the country every day,” NJDOT Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti said. “The Local Freight Impact Fund is an example of your gas tax dollars at work. The ne...
Cole Garner Geotechnical Selects Agile Frameworks to Support Engineering Workflow Automation, Project Tracking and Reporting
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Agile Frameworks®, the leading provider of collaborative, cloud-based corporate, field, and lab information management enabling Profitable Engineering® for the construction and engineering services sector, today announced Cole Garner Geotechnical (CG Geotech) has selected MetaField® to gain better data management and project tracking to help support its growing operations. Engineering firms are increasingly leveraging technology to support improved efficiencies, and supp...
CDM Smith Selected to Design and Build Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment System for Lubrizol
DEER PARK, Texas—CDM Smith was recently selected by The Lubrizol Corporation, a specialty chemicals company, to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a $16 million industrial wastewater pretreatment system at Lubrizol’s Deer Park, Texas facility. The project supports a larger expansion at the facility, where Lubrizol is building a new Polyisobutylene unit. “CDM Smith is excited to continue supporting growth throughout the Gulf Coast, and we’re proud to be suppor...
AISI Publishes Cold-Formed Steel Framing Research
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published three new cold-formed steel framing research reports: 1) “RP17-4: Higher Strength Cold-Formed Steel Framed/Steel Shear Walls for Mid-Rise Construction,” 2) “RP17-5: Higher Capacity Cold-Formed Steel Sheathed and Framed Shear Walls for Mid-Rise Buildings, Part 1,” and 3) “RP17-6: Higher Capacity Cold-Formed Steel Sheathed and Framed Shear Walls for Mid-Rise Buildings, Part 2.” All of the research reports are available...
New York State School District Sees Energy Savings Add Up
Accumulated more than $4 million in realized energy savings over seven years Reduced CO2 emissions by more than 9,200 metric tons in same period The East Syracuse Minoa (ESM) Central School District in Upstate New York just completed the seventh year of an 18-year energy savings performance contract (ESPC) with Siemens. In the 2016-2017 school year, the energy efficiency and building systems improvements implemented at seven schools and several district buildings totaled almost $59...
Oil and Gas Companies Can Save 10% or More in Chemical Costs Through Insights into Usage with Bentley Systems’ New Chemical Management Solution
Bentley Systems announces the release of a new chemical management solution for oil and gas companies operating multiple onshore or offshore wells. With the extended functionality of AssetWise CONNECT Edition, users can consolidate chemical and corrosion data into one central source, to make faster, more informed decisions regarding chemical usage, dosage rates, inventory and more, reducing chemical costs and improving availability of inventory across the operation. AssetWise’s chemical...
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Announces Major Infrastructure Investment in Northern Kentucky Region
BOONE COUNTY, KY. – U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao was joined today by Kentucky Secretary of Transportation Greg Thomas, Congressman Thomas Massie, and Boone County Judge Executive Gary Moore to announce $75 million in infrastructure grants, including both Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) and Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants, for the Northern Kentucky region. “This $75 million investment in this key infrastructure in Northern Kentucky...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $84.5 Million in Grants to Support Advanced Bus Technology Projects Nationwide
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced $84.45 million in grant selections through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, which funds the deployment of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced propulsion technologies. Fifty-two projects in 41 states will receive a share of the funding. “Communities across America will benefit from these investments in their transportation infrastructure,” said U.S. Tran...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $616.9 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Airports in 45 States and 4 U.S. Territories
WASHINGTON–U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $616.9 million in airport infrastructure grants, as part of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States."The Department has been investing heavily in our nation's airport infrastructure, which will strengthen economic growth and create jobs in communities across the country," said Secretary Chao....
Hawaii DOT Prepares for the Impact of Hurricane Lane
The Hawaii Department of Transportation engaged in a series of preparatory activities to pre-position personnel and equipment for storm-recovery work this week as the Trump administration issued a disaster declaration for the Hawaiian Islands on Aug. 22 ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Lane. Parts of the hurricane began hitting Hawaii’s largest island Aug. 23. HDOT’s airports division topped off the fuel tanks of motor vehicles, emergency generators, pumping stations, and other equipment, wh...
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Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
June Issue 2026
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