Agency of Transportation Announces 2022 Transportation Alternatives Program Grant Opportunit
Barre, Vt. — The Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) today announced that it is now accepting grant applications for the SFY 2022 Transportation Alternatives Program. This year, funding of approximately $2.2 million is available for all eligible activities as described in the Vermont Transportation Alternatives Fall 2021 Application Guide at http://vtrans.vermont.gov/highway/local-projects/transport-alt. Applications are due by e-mail by Wednesday, November 24, 2021. A virtual informatio...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces First Ever INFRA Extra Project Designations to Help Fund Dozens of Priority Projects in Communities Around the Country
WASHINGTON – The U.S Department of Transportation today announced that the Biden-Harris Administration will designate 44 projects around the country as INFRA Extra, making them eligible to apply for credit assistance for up to 49% of costs. These projects made it to the final round for funding under the 2021 INFRA competitive grant program, but were not awarded due to a combination of overwhelming demand for INFRA grants and limited funds. Like projects that received INFRA, the projects receivin...
Transportation Commission awards over $24 million in contracts in September
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — During its September 16 business meeting, the Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded over $24 million in contracts for seven Wyoming Department of Transportation construction projects. The commission awarded a $10.7 million bid to Cheyenne contractor Knife River to complete milling and paving work on Interstate 25 in Platte County. In Park County, McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co. out of Worland will be grading, paving and chip sealing a six-mile section of Wyoming High...
FAA Invests $431.8M to Increase Safety, Reduce Environmental Impact at Airports
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded more than $431.8 million in grants to build safer, more sustainable and more accessible airports across the United States. The funding from the final round of Fiscal Year 2021 Airport Improvement Program grants will pay for projects at 60 airports in 31 states plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. View an interactive map with all the awards. “To get passengers where they need to be safel...
New Trimble DA2 Receiver Boosts Performance of Trimble Catalyst GNSS Positioning Service
Subscription-Based Positioning Solution with Trimble ProPoint GNSS Technology Delivers "Simply Precise" Mapping Workflows SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 21, 2021—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) launched today the Trimble® DA2 GNSS receiver for the Trimble Catalyst™ positioning service. The DA2—the second-generation receiver and antenna for the Catalyst service—now includes the Trimble ProPoint™ GNSS engine for enhanced performance. Unique to the latest Trimble Global Navigation Satellite System (...
Sparrows Group marks global growth milestone with multiple new facilities to meet service demand
21st September 2021: Sparrows Group (Sparrows), the engineering and maintenance services specialist for the international energy and industrial sectors, today announces global expansion with its move to six new, purpose-built facilities in Abu Dhabi, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Australia and the USA. The growth has been driven by increased demand for its services in these countries, such as the maintenance of critical machinery in the energy and industrial sectors, and is set to create 200...
UltraCam Condor 4.1 is released
Graz, Austria • September 21, 2021: Vexcel Imaging is announcing the next camera release based on Vexcel Imaging’s 4th generation camera architecture, the UltraCam Condor 4.1. More than just a 'facelift' to the Condor M1, the UltraCam Condor 4.1 boasts multiple significant advancements to make it the gold standard for wide-area aerial mapping. The unique camera design consists of a very wide, high-resolution RGB array that delivers the utmost resolution and flying efficiency due to its impres...
MARTA Selects Woolpert for $5M Geospatial Survey Contract to Support Design, Construction
Terrestrial lidar was utilized to create BIM modeling depicting MARTA’s Armour Yard Maintenance Facility. The firm will provide services that include terrestrial lidar, photogrammetry, BIM, UAS and subsurface utility engineering. ATLANTA (Sept. 21, 2021) — Woolpert has been contracted by the Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transit Authority (MARTA) to provide traditional and geospatial survey services for design, construction and facility enhancement projects in support of its capital i...
ACI Slabs Week Coming to New Resource Center
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich - The ACI Resource Center – Southern California will host the inaugural ACI Slabs Week at its San Bernardino, CA, location October 26-29, 2021. The week will include educational seminars, certification review sessions and exams, and offers a special opportunity to earn an ACI Specialty Commercial/Industrial Concrete Flatwork Finisher and Technician certification. The first two days of ACI Slabs Week focus on educational seminars lead by subject matter experts from arou...
Environmental expert Carlos Swonke joins HNTB
Former TxDOT leader also consulted with DoD, National Park Service and FEMA AUSTIN, Texas – Carlos Swonke, former director of environmental affairs for the Texas Department of Transportation, has joined HNTB Corporation as a national practice consultant. Amassing more than 34 years in the field, Swonke is regarded as an expert in natural resources/environmental planning, National Environmental Policy Act compliance, project management, program management and policy development. “Carl...
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