No Small Plans for 62-acre South Loop Site Along Chicago River
A developer has taken the wraps off one of the most ambitious real estate projects ever conceived in Chicago, laying out plans to construct 13 million square feet of buildings — including skyscrapers up to 950 feet tall — on a riverfront site connecting the South Loop and Chinatown. Related Midwest presented the long-awaited design, which includes a 100-foot-wide walkway lined by restaurants overlooking the Chicago River, at the first public meeting on the project Thursday night. The proje...
Cardno Promotes Utility Engineering & Surveying (UES) Experts to New Regional Manager Roles
Clearwater, FL - Professional infrastructure and environmental services firm Cardno has promoted three UES leaders to newly created Regional Manager roles to support its growing Utility Engineering and Surveying business in the U.S. The promotions include: > Tony DiMarino – UES Regional Manager – Southeast > David Ledgerwood – UES Regional Manager – Florida > Joe Marek – UES Regional Manager – Southwest “These new positions and Tony, David, and Jo...
Jacobs Engineering Executive to Lead ConXtech
PLEASANTON, Calif. - San Francisco Bay Area-based ConXtech, Inc., a leader in construction technology, announced that Gilles Caussade, former head of Petroleum and Chemicals for the Americas at Jacobs Engineering, will join the company as its new Chief Executive Officer effective May 14, 2018. ConXtech is backed by Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Energy Innovation Capital, and other leading investors. Mr. Caussade is joining the company at a time of rapid growth during which ConXtech has been incr...
State-of-the-Art Engineering Lab Opens at North Central College with Funding from Omron Foundation
HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL. – North Central College celebrated the opening of a new laboratory in the Dr. Myron Wentz Science Center with a ceremonial ribbon cutting on May 8. The Omron Design and Automation Lab will give North Central College engineering students the exciting opportunity to work with a wealth of cutting-edge technologies currently used in industry while constructing their own working systems at the numerous workstations provided. Giving students access to today’s most sophisticated...
U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $58.2 Million to Improve Passenger Ferry Service
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced approximately $58.2 million in project selections to improve the safety and reliability of America’s passenger ferries and enhance mobility for ferry users across the United States. A total of 20 projects in 12 states will receive funding from FTA’s Passenger Ferry Grant Program. The grants will fund projects to purchase, replace or rehabilitate passenger ferries, terminals and related in...
Murphy Administration Announces $1 Million in Bikeway Grants to Improve Quality of Life Without Burdening Local Property Taxes
(Trenton) -The Murphy Administration today announced Local Aid grants totaling $1 million to help five municipalities advance Bikeway projects that will improve quality of life without burdening local property tax payers. “The Department of Transportation does much more than just maintain roads and bridges,” NJDOT Acting Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti said. “Our Local Aid grants support a variety projects, including the Bikeway Program, which improve our communities and the quality o...
NCDOT Awards Nearly $2 Million for Traffic Operations Center Communications
WILMINGTON – The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a $1.9 million contract to route cable and conduit along Interstate 140, from its U.S. 17 Business interchange in Brunswick County to the traffic operations center on Barbados Boulevard in Castle Hayne. The contract awarded to Fulcher Electric of Fayetteville will include a fiber-optic cable, which will enable traffic engineers to better monitor and report real-time travel conditions on I-140. Work is scheduled to begin as soon...
SEAOI 2018 Special Award Winners Announced
The Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 SEAOI Special Awards, which will be given at the Annual Awards Banquet, held on June 9, 2018 at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, IL. This annual event honors several individuals for their contributions to, and efforts on behalf of, the structural engineering community. John F. Parmer Award recipient – Kenneth D. Price, PE, SE, PEng. Vice President – Manager Complex...
Corrosion-Resistant, Maintenance Free FRP Products To Play Key Role In Rebuilding The Nation’s Infrastructure
DAYTON, Ohio: No matter where you look, the Department of Transportation (DOT) is scrambling to fix what is broken. According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), pothole damages alone cost U.S. motorists a total of $3 billion per year. But there is one product that isn’t on crews’ maintenance ‘to-do’ lists. Corrosion-resistant, maintenance-free Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites offer an attractive choice for infrastructure applications ranging from bridges and bridge decks to r...
Renewable Energy Jobs Reach 10.3 Million Worldwide in 2017
Abu Dhabi, UAE — The renewable energy industry created more than 500,000 new jobs globally in 2017, a 5.3 per cent increase from 2016, according to the latest figures released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). According to the fifth edition of Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review, launched at IRENA’s 15th Council in Abu Dhabi today, the total number of people employed in the sector (including large hydropower) now stands at 10.3 million globally, surpassing the 10 millio...