COVID-19 permanently alters global energy outlook but buys little time to reach Paris climate goals
Oslo, Norway, 08 September 2020 – The behavioural and economic ramifications of COVID-19 will permanently reduce global energy demand, according to DNV GL’s newly published Energy Transition Outlook. Compared to the pre-pandemic forecast, energy demand will be lowered 6-8% each year to the middle of the century. COVID-19 has prompted major behavioural shifts important to energy consumption, as demonstrated by reduction in long distance travel and the increase in home office, both of which are...
Tech Companies ShapeDiver and Thornton Tomasetti’s Swarm Merge to Become the Largest Cloud-Based SaaS Platform for Accessing and Sharing Parametric Designs
Merger Drives Innovation in A/E/C Process and Product Design in All Industries, Occurs in Tandem with Investment by Thornton Tomasetti in ShapeDiver New York/Vienna – Technology companies ShapeDiver and Swarm, leaders in the development of cloud-based parametric computation and collaboration, announced plans to merge. Together, ShapeDiver and Swarm will offer the largest and most powerful cloud-native, Software as a Service (SaaS) platform for customizing workflows and accelerating the...
Congratulations 2020 Bridges Photo Contest Winners
View All Winners Now Thank you to the photographers who entered their photos of bridges from all around the world, to the judges who carefully considered each image submitted, and to all who cast a vote in our Viewers Choice contest. You helped make our 2020 Bridges Photo Contest a huge success! To stay connected with us year-round be sure to follow us on Instagram, @asce_bridgepics. To receive an email notice when our 2020 contest opens, please email us at [email protected], w...
Seven Generations A+E Appoints Karl Kowalske New President
Please join us in welcoming Karl Kowalske as the new President of Seven Generations Architecture & Engineering. As Jeremy Berg transitions full-time to Head of Professional Services within the Mno-Bmadsen Family of Companies, Kowalske will be a tremendous asset to 7GAE. Kowalske oversees the day-to-day operations of the business effective September 8, 2020. “I am honored to join Seven Generations A+E at this critical juncture in the firm’s exciting story,” says Kowalske. “The firm continues t...
Woolpert Providing Frayt with Google Maps Platform Services, Technical Team Support
The Google Premier Partner will help the shipping and delivery startup expand and optimize its services. CINCINNATI — Woolpert has been hired to provide Frayt Technologies Inc. with Google Maps Platform services and technical team support. Frayt is a Cincinnati-based technology company that matches customers who have shipping and delivery needs with professionals who can provide those services, on demand and within the hour. Frayt operates online via desktop and mobile app and is active in 3...
National Competition Will Select America’s Two Best Transportation Projects
Twelve state department of transportation projects were named finalists in the 2020 America’s Transportation Awards competition by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; projects that make travel across America safer, better, and more accessible to motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians alike. [Above photo by the Georgia DOT.] The 12 state DOT projects in Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virgin...
Virtual Surveyor Offers Enhanced Functionality in Free Version of Drone Surveying Software
AARSCHOT, Belgium, 8 September 2020 – In release 7.4, Virtual Surveyor has added new functionality to the free pricing level of its popular drone surveying software. The “Valley” plan of Virtual Surveyor now allows users to create engineering CAD models from drone orthophotos and/or LiDAR data sets. “Originally offered as a free viewing tool for imagery and elevation models captured by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), our Valley software plan now enables surveyors to create topographic line s...
Environmental Program Specialist, Jeff Thommes, Joins Cardno's Fridley, MN Office
FRIDLEY, MN (Sept. 8, 2020) -- Cardno, an international professional infrastructure and environmental services firm, is pleased to announce that Jeff Thommes has joined the firm as a Senior Consultant in the company’s Fridley, Minnesota, USA office. Jeff has 26 years of experience in program management, corporate leadership, client relations and business development, which includes specialized work in routing, siting, and permitting energy projects. Jeff has extensive technical biological re...
Congress urges DOT, FAA to release funds for workforce program
As the federal fiscal year quickly ticks away, members of Congress are urging the Department of Transportation and the FAA to implement two important aviation workforce grant programs that have been authorized but not awarded for nearly two years. Led by Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) and Sam Graves (R-Mo.), the recent letters from the Senate and House called on the agencies to fulfill the progra...
New Chair, Vice Chair for Highways and Transportation Commission
JEFFERSON CITY – Michael T. Waters, Orrick, is the new chair of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, and John W. Briscoe, New London, is the new vice chair. The commission elected them yesterday at its monthly meeting that was held virtually. Waters, a Republican, was appointed to the commission in March 2015. Briscoe, a Democrat, was appointed to the commission in December 2015. Both appointments expire March 1, 2021. Briscoe and Waters had served previously as chair and vice...
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