New Corrugated Steel Plate Product Line Announced
Design Provides Enhanced Performance for Bridge and Culvert Projects; Polymer Coating and Colors Are Options CAMP HILL, Pa – Lane Enterprises, LLC, today announced it has expanded its structural plate product line with the introduction of deep corrugated plate. Called DeepCorr™, the steel structural plate addresses the needs of the small to medium-span bridge market, allowing considerably longer spans, typically 40 to 80 feet, to better compete with traditional beam b...
Blyncsy Publishes Map of U.S. Interstate Highways Showing Roadway Assets to Enhance Safety, Maintenance, and Accelerate the Digital Infrastructure Movement Nationally
Using AI image analysis, Blyncsy’s comprehensive public map of U.S. interstate highways can identify key roadway assets such as speed limit signs and traffic cones. (Photo: Blyncsy) Blyncsy empowers state DOTs with the ability to monitor and compare—in near real-time—the status of any major highway in the continental U.S. with their existing data for more informed decision-making PHILADELPHIA — 2024 AASHTO Annual Meeting & Expo — October 29, 2024 — Blyncsy, a Be...
SWEEP announces 2024 Leadership in Energy Efficiency Awards
Geller, Schaffhauser, and Jones at the Workshop [BOULDER, CO] – The Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) announced its 2024 Leadership in Energy Efficiency Awards yesterday, recognizing a distinguished and diverse group of awardees. The honorees include the outgoing President of the Colorado State Senate, a former research director at two Department of Energy laboratories, a state environmental agency, and a city sustainability office. The announcement was made at SWEEP’s annua...
Biden-Harris Administration Delivers Nearly $474 Million in New Grid Resilience Funding to States and Tribes as Part of Investing in America Agenda
Investing in America Agenda Continues Efforts to Modernize Electric Grid To Deliver Reliable, Clean, and Affordable Energy Across the Country, in 5 Territories and Among 254 Tribal Nations WASHINGTON, D.C.— In support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that 49 states, 5 territories, 254 Tribal Nations, and the District of Columbia have received a combined total of $473.6 million in fiscal year (FY) 2024...
Matern Professional Engineering Completes Design, Oversees Construction of Major Collier County Campus Energy Plant Renovation
Fort Myers, FL – Matern Professional Engineering is proud to announce the completion of the design phase and ongoing construction oversight for the transformative renovation of the Collier County Main Campus Energy Plant. This ambitious project features a 2,000+ ton chilled water thermal energy storage system, including a 14,000 ton-hour Thermal Energy Storage (TES) tank. The modernized plant will efficiently cool all the buildings on the main campus while significantly reducing operating costs...
Acrow Bridge Supports Major Estuary Repair Project in Massachusetts
Modular steel structure providing detour in Wellfleet during the restoration of the Herring River (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, noted today one of its modular steel structures has been installed in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, to provide access during the Herring River Restoration Project. Decades in the planning and Massachusetts’ largest-ever estuary repair, the goal of the project is to restore the full natural tidal range...
Renown Bridge Expert Presents Innovative Steel Bridge Research to AISI-Led Task Force, Receives Industry Recognition
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gary Prinz, Ph.D., P.E., professor and director of the Grady E. Harvell Civil Engineering Research and Education Center at the University of Arkansas, was recently selected as the recipient of the 2024 Robert J. Dexter Memorial Award Lecture by the Steel Bridge Task Force of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and presented his research —which is focused on fracture, fatigue and the service life of steel bridge structures —at a recent Task Force meeting in Charlotte,...
New Bluebeam Research Reveals Growing AI Use in Construction, but Regulatory and Talent Challenges Persist
Bluebeam announces findings from new Building the Future Report, highlighting latest technology and digitization trends within construction Pasadena, Calif. (October 24, 2024) – Bluebeam, a leading developer of solutions and services for architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) professionals worldwide and part of the Nemetschek Group, today announced findings from its new global report – Building the Future: Bluebeam AEC Technology Outlook 2025. The report, based on a s...
IFRA Issues $108M to State DOT Railroad Projects
[Above photo by Wyoming DOT] The Federal Railroad Administration recently awarded more than $108 million to several railroad-related projects overseen by state departments of transportation in Alaska, South Dakota, and Wyoming through its Special Transportation Circumstances or STC grant program. The STC grant program awards funding to states that lack intercity passenger rail service or are not connected to the national rail system and provides directed grant funding as a set-aside f...
Simpson Strong-Tie Hosts 400 High School Students at Trades Days
Riverside, CA, Trades Day attendees and Simpson Strong-Tie staff. Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, hosted nearly 400 high school students for its Trades Day events held the first and third weeks of October. The company partnered with nonprofits ACE Mentor Program and Construction Industry Education Foundation to bring students within the vicinity of the company’s Stockton, CA, Riverside, CA, and McKinney, TX, facilities to learn m...
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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