Simpson Strong-Tie Lights Up Furnace Tests to Achieve UL-Listed Fire Protection Ratings on RTUD and ATUD Strong-Rod® Components
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, announced today that the RTUD and ATUD take-up components of its high-performance Strong-Rod® anchor tiedown and uplift restraint systems are now UL listed as through-penetration firestop solutions when used in conjunction with Simpson Strong-Tie bearing plates. Designed for securing mid-rise wood-framed buildings against forces caused by seismic and wind events, Strong-Rod systems...
U.S. Airlines July 2021 Passengers (Preliminary) Increase 207% from July 2020, but Remain 15% Below Pre-Pandemic July 2019
U.S. airlines carried 207% more scheduled service passengers in July 2021 than in July 2020 (preliminary) but 15% fewer passengers than in pre-pandemic July 2019, according to data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 24 airlines that carry more than 90% of passengers. The large airlines carried 73.4 million passengers in July 2021 (preliminary), compared to 23.9 million passengers in July 2020, which was the lowest monthly total in BTS records dating back to 1974. The...
Iowa Transportation Commission approves transit infrastructure grant program funding
MES, Iowa – At its meeting in Ames today, the Iowa Transportation Commission approved $1.5 million in funding to support six public transit projects. The projects are funded under the state Public Transit Infrastructure Grant Fund for new or improved facilities to support public transit services. Made available each year by the Iowa General Assembly, a transit system can apply to have up to 80 percent of their project funded through this program. To qualify, a transit system must secure loca...
Fleet Advantage’s Ludmila Manin Wins Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2021 Women in Supply Chain Award
Manin Recognized for Accomplishments, Leadership and Mentorship in the Supply Chain Industry FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (September 17, 2021) – Fleet Advantage, a leading innovator in truck fleet business analytics, equipment financing, and life cycle cost management (LCCM) today announced Ludmila Manin, Remarketing Sales Associate, has been named a winner in Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2021 Women in Supply Chain Award. The award honors female supply chain leaders whose accomplishments, m...
Johnson Controls Issues First $500 Million Sustainability-Linked Bond
Johnson Controls becomes first S&P500 industrial company to publish an integrated sustainable finance framework and issue a Sustainability-Linked Bond Sustainability-Linked Bond will target greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals The offering and publication of an integrated sustainable finance framework represent new milestones in sustainable finance, following entry into sustainability-linked revolving credit facility in 2019 and issuance of inaugural green bond in 2020 CORK, Ir...
Healthpeak Properties Selects View Smart Windows for Second Large-Scale Development in San Diego
Callan Ridge Life Science development follows The Boardwalk campus installation in 2020. San Diego, CA and Milpitas, CA — View, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIEW) (“View”), the leader in smart building technologies, announced its Smart Windows will be installed at the Callan Ridge campus, a new life science project under development by Healthpeak Properties (Healthpeak), a publicly traded national REIT, in the Torrey Pines submarket of San Diego. Callan Ridge represents Healthpeak's second life science deve...
Jennifer Steen Joins HDR as Highways and Roads BIM Director
OMAHA, Neb. — Jennifer Steen, P.E., PMP, ENV SP, has joined HDR as its Highways and Roads BIM director. She will assist clients in advancing their digital delivery practice, support agencies’ goals and aid in carrying out their vision regarding building information modeling and digital delivery. She joins a robust team of Building Information Modeling experts who are on the forefront of the industry’s digital delivery advancements. Based in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, Steen will provide s...
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Announces Design-Build Award for U.S. Embassy Doha
The Department of State has awarded American International Contractors, Inc. (AICI) of Arlington, Virginia the design-build contract for the new U.S. Embassy in Doha, Qatar. Richärd Kennedy Architects of Phoenix, Arizona is the design architect. The 12-acre campus will provide a sustainable and state-of-the-art platform for U.S. diplomacy in Doha. Since the start of the Department’s Capital Security Construction Program in 1999, OBO has completed 168 new diplomatic facilities. OBO curren...
Bill Cramer joins HNTB as public involvement director
Industry communications expert will leverage relationships and understanding of future changes in transportation RALIEGH, N.C. – Bill Cramer has joined HNTB’s Raleigh office as public involvement director. Cramer has 30 years of experience developing clear and concise messages on complex issues and delivering them to targeted audiences. For the past eight years, Cramer has worked with infrastructure leaders throughout the country and internationally. Cramer will be providing public invol...
International Public Works Study Tour Opportunity for Public Works Professionals
Applications Now Being Accepted for Jennings Randolph International Fellowship Program Washington D.C. – Public works professionals looking to expand their knowledge and further technology exchange may apply now for the coveted Jennings Randolph International Fellowship, which is annually sponsored by the American Public Works Association and provides up to $2,500 for travel and related costs to the winning fellow or fellows. The deadline for applications is Nov. 15. “This is an am...
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