Infrastructure’s upward momentum reflected in report card
(Image courtesy of ASCE) By Matt Fogleson ASCE’s 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure assigned an overall grade of C to the nation’s infrastructure, the best since ASCE began determining grades in 1998 and incrementally better than the C- assigned to its 2021 predecessor. Eight categories saw improved grades, seven stayed the same, and two slipped. And while there is plenty of room for guarded optimism, there is no time to celebrate. Instead, we must keep the impetus going a...
Aquajet Expands Hydrodemolition Reach and Flexibility with New Aqua Rail System
BAUMA EXHIBITION, Germany (March 25, 2025) — Aquajet, a global leader in the design and manufacture of innovative Hydrodemolition technology, introduces the new Aqua Rail System 3.0 designed to enhance the capabilities and flexibility of Hydrodemolition robots in challenging environments. The system centers around the upgraded Aqua Spine 3.0, an extendable rail system that attaches easily to any surface, providing a stable platform for the Power Head to move along during operation. The Ergo Clim...
Matern Professional Engineering Expands Project Management Team with Key Promotion
Matern Professional Engineering is pleased to announce the promotion of Austin Podurgiel, EI, to Project Manager within the company's Commercial Division. This promotion recognizes Podurgiel's significant contributions to the firm and his extensive experience in mechanical systems design. Podurgiel brings over eight years of experience to his new role, having worked with clients across diverse sectors, including municipal, community, higher education, commercial, and healthcare. He is an expe...
Protecting PEX from Effects of Artificial Lighting Explained in New PPI Document
Recommended setback distance between artificial light source (non-LED) and PEX pipe/tubing in a typical residential or light commercial setting. Image courtesy of PPI. New PPI TN-72 Describes Safe Installation Practices for Commercial and Residential Lighting IRVING, Texas - March 25, 2025 - The Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI) has published a new technical document that provides recommended installation practices for PEX piping exposed to indoor artificial lighting. PPI TN-72 “Potential...
Expert comment: ASCE Infrastructure Report
Please see commentary from Pete Adams, Global Market Director Power & Energy, Jacobs, on ASCE's 2025 Infrastructure Report Card, which was published this morning. “Energy infrastructure is the backbone of modern societies and the critical enabler for America’s AI-driven future. Combined, power outages cost U.S. businesses and households nearly $300 billion each year. With the demand for data centers, our aging energy infrastructure is coming under even more pressure. Meeting that demand...
Architecture Students Get Hands-on Design-Build Experience
CHICAGO - Architecture students spend plenty of time in the studio, but it’s rare for them to see their designs spring into life. Thanks to grants from the AISC Education Foundation, four classes of university students will get a chance to bring their designs into the real world! They are all part of a design-build studio where they will design and help fabricate steel by collaborating with fabricators, engineers, and community and campus leaders. “Design-build studios are taught in many...
Itron and Schneider Electric Collaborate to Tackle Grid Complexity, Enable Visibility and Control at the Grid Edge, Integrating Microsoft Solutions
Collaboration to Extend Grid Edge Intelligence to the Utility Control CenterLIBERTY LAKE, Wash. and BOSTON - Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), a leader in grid edge intelligence, and Schneider Electric, a leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, are expanding their collaboration with Microsoft to deliver a comprehensive Grid Edge Intelligence solution that addresses utility grid visibility and control challenges. This collaboration takes advantage of Itron’s distrib...
NRMCA & Build With Strength Announce Winners of 2025 Concrete Innovation Awards
Annual awards program celebrates excellence in concrete manufacturing, research, design and construction while lowering environmental impacts Alexandria, VA– Build With Strength, an initiative of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA), has announced the recipients of the 2025 Concrete Innovation Awards. This annual program highlights outstanding achievements in the design and construction of concrete structures where NRMCA member companies played a significant role in supp...
Woolpert, Chance Maritime Employ Autonomous Vessel and Team Collaboration to Efficiently Map Florida Seafloor
KEY WEST, Fla. (March 25, 2025) — Woolpert and Chance Maritime have partnered to leverage autonomous technology, geospatial expertise, and broad-based staffing to most efficiently collect hydrographic survey data in support of the Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative and other projects off the coast of Florida. Woolpert, a leading provider of lidar and sonar bathymetry and hydrographic survey data, was tasked by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to map the seafloor off the coa...
FLIR Si1-LD Acoustic Imaging Camera for Compressed Air Leak Detection Offers Higher Performance at Accessible Price Point
New Acoustic Imaging Camera Helps Professional Inspectors Locate Smaller Compressed Air Leaks Faster and More Accurately FLIR, a Teledyne Technologies company, today introduced the Si1-LD, an industrial acoustic imaging camera that brings faster and more accurate compressed air leak detection to those operating on a modest condition monitoring budget. The new FLIR Si1-LD offers improved detection and quantification capabilities in comparison with the existing FLIR Si124-LD Plus, along wi...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
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