Spacewell Boosts Its MCS IWMS Offering
Antwerp, November 24, 2021 – Spacewell today released version 21 of its BIM-enabled MCS IWMS software. MCS 21 primarily brings improvements in the areas of space management, workplace reservations, maintenance, and business intelligence, with a range of new dashboards. These dashboards are dynamic, meaning every piece of a chart or visualization is clickable. Drill-down functionality transforms the total dashboard in an analytics tool, all in real-time and powered by the data of the user. MCS...
Quality Building Award 2022 Now Open for Nomination with Two New Additions Special Awards
HONG KONG SAR 24 November 2021 - The Quality Building Award 2022 (QBA 2022) is now officially open for nomination. Since its co-founding in 2002 by nine of Hong Kong's leading professional institutions and organizations, QBA has been established as a biennial award that recognizes buildings of outstanding quality, as well as those that demonstrate outstanding teamwork. It has been recognized as the most prestigious Award for the building and construction sectors. QBA 2022 will mark the award's e...
Chicago’s Red and Purple Modernization Program reaches major milestone with completion of critical rail bypass
Eliminating bottleneck at junction where up to 150,000 riders travel daily is a centerpiece of the program CHICAGO, IL -TSX, NYSE:STN Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, celebrates the opening of the Red-Purple Bypass, a pivotal milestone in the largest capital project in the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) history. This morning, the first train traveled on the new bypass, officially removing a bottleneck north of Belmont Station, where as many as 150,00...
Simpson Strong-Tie Employees Participate in Annual Day of Community Service
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, hosted “Do What You Can Day” on Wednesday, November 3, its annual day dedicated to giving back to the community. More than 750 employees in the US and Canada participated in various activities benefiting individuals and families worldwide. The company’s signature activity for the day was building water filters at eight of its facilities to provide families across the globe with clea...
Transportation Commission awards over $41 million in contracts in November
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded over $41 million in contracts for eight Wyoming Department of Transportation construction projects during its November 18 business meeting. The commission awarded a bid of over $13.3 million to Avail Valley Construction-WY, LLC, out of Afton for a project that includes milling, paving, a high-performance wearing course and bridge rehabilitation work on approximately 8 miles of Interstate 80 in Carbon County. The contracted complet...
Mammoet moves steel-arched bridge in nighttime operation
Lekbrug prior to the operation. About 6,000 people watched the live stream of Lekbrug Vianen removal Mammoet assisted Rijkswaterstaat and contractor combination KWS – VES – DDM to successfully remove the steel arch bridge at Vianen, the Netherlands, on Sunday evening. The work started at 8:30 am and lasted until 1:00 am. The departure of the arch bridge attracted a large audience digitally and on location. Because the pontoon was illuminated, it was possible to follow the depar...
Digital transformation, key to ensuring access to drinking water in Colombia
In Colombia, where losses from non-revenue water are a major issue, digital transformation of the entire cycle of this precious resource is essential, according to Idrica. Colombia is a water-rich country with a sound policy and strong public leadership. One of its main objectives is to ensure reliable access to water resources for the entire population, yet this can only be achieved by tackling new challenges such as climate change, pollution and water losses in the distribution network...
Populous Serves as Architect of Record for New UBS Arena at Belmont Park
Global Design Firm Created First-Class Arena “Built for Hockey, Made for Music” Served as Architect of Record Overseeing Arena Layout, Operational Efficiency and Design of Interior Spaces ELMONT, N.Y. – Populous-designed UBS Arena, a 745,000-square-foot, 17,250-seat hockey and entertainment arena in Elmont, N.Y., and the new home of the NHL’s New York Islanders, opened on November 20. Built for hockey and made for music, the arena is set to be one of the most operationally efficient...
Biobased Organic Admixture for Protection of Metallic Reinforcement in Concrete Structures
MCI®-2005 Passes ASTM G180 Testing for Corrosion Inhibiting Admixtures! Cortec® Corporation is proud to announce that its MCI®-2005 is the first biobased, organic corrosion inhibiting concrete admixture that passes the ASTM G180 protocol under ISO 17025 accredited testing. Without a doubt, durability of concrete structures is one of the biggest issues concerning engineers today. This unfortunately has been evidenced in recent tragedies such as the collapse of a residential building in Flor...
Hexagon announces partnership with Airbus for near real-time airborne bathymetric LiDAR surveillance system
Leica Chiroptera 4X bathymetric data with Leica OC60 screen visualising objects in near real-time during the flight (Jönköping, Sweden) Hexagon’s Geosystems division announced today a partnership with Airbus to integrate two Leica Chiroptera 4X bathymetric LiDAR sensors for maritime surveillance into the C295 MSA, Airbus’ Maritime Surveillance Aircraft. Hexagon’s new technology enables detection of underwater objects in near real-time, a significant innovation in the airborne bathyme...