Multi-Year Highway & Transit Bill an Elixir for Ailing U.S. Economy, ARTBA Chairman Tells Senate Committee
(WASHINGTON)— A long-term federal transportation infrastructure investment bill will help drive the nation’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chairman Steve McGough said in June 4 testimony before the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee. McGough, the president and chief financial officer of HCSS, a Houston-based national construction software company, said a recent forecast from the Congressional Budget Of...
Truax Elected 2021 ASCE President-Elect
Dennis D. Truax has been elected ASCE’s 2021 president-elect by a majority of Society members. Truax, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, D.WRE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE, has spent four decades on the civil engineering faculty at Mississippi State University. Since 2006, he’s served as the James T. White Endowed Chair and Department Head. He has also worked as a consulting engineer or managing principal of several firms. In addition, he has served as adviser and regulatory consultant with various governmental agencie...
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Approves Funding for First Project of 100-Acre Partnership at Taylor Yard
LOS ANGELES – At its Board meeting Monday, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC) unanimously approved three grants, totaling $10 million in State Proposition 1 funding, for the first project of the 100 Acre Partnership at Taylor Yard (Partnership). The project, known as the Paseo del Río project, will be an approximately one-mile long riverfront greenway, with amenities, developed with extensive community input. With matching funds from the City of Los Angeles (City) and the Califor...
To Help Building and Facilities Managers Meet the Demands of Social Distancing, Bentley Systems Opens Up Full Access to LEGION Simulator and OpenBuildings Station Designer and Waives Subscription Fees through September 30
Simulate People Movement and Test Space Performance to Mitigate Risk in Reopening Public Facilities EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced it has opened up its LEGION Simulator and OpenBuildings Station Designer software, including waiving new subscription fees through September 30, 2020, for facilities managers to i...
Emesent releases Colourisation for Hovermap, bringing a new level of reality capture to 3D Point Clouds
BRISBANE, Australia - Global technology company Emesent today announced the release of the Colourisation functionality for its Hovermap LiDAR scanner. The 3D point clouds from Hovermap can now be augmented with true colour, providing additional context for visualisation and analysis. "We’re excited to announce this significant new feature for Emesent," said Emesent's CEO and Co-Founder Stefan Hrabar. "Colourisation provides greater insights for our customers across many industries. This...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $130 Million in Grants for Nationwide Projects to Expand Advanced, Efficient Bus Technologies
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced approximately $130 million in grant selections through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, which funds the deployment of transit buses and infrastructure for the purchase or lease of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and supporting facilities. In this competition, FTA focused on the introduction of new technology not commonly found within U.S. transit systems...
Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel offers a glimpse of tomorrow’s working space
Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel architecture and design firm completes the regeneration of two historical buildings in the heart of Milan into a flexible and highly sustainable complex, offering a glimpse of the working space of tomorrow. International architecture and design firm Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel (ACPV) unveils the renovation of Galleria San Carlo and of Galleria Passerella 2, in the heart of Milan's historic center. Transforming a 21,000 GLA (Gross Leasable Area) block of build...
Report: Cost and length of North American construction disputes increased in 2019
Highlands Ranch, Colo. — A report released today by Arcadis reveals that the volume and value of construction disputes in North America increased for the first time since 2013, while the average time taken to resolve these disputes also increased in 2019. The data for this report was gathered prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how the industry collaboratively responds to the many challenges that flow from the pandemic will play a large role in the quantity, duration and value of constructio...
America’s Engineering Businesses Welcome House Surface Reauthorization Bill
Urge Swift Action on an Infrastructure-Based Recovery Agenda Washington, DC – With today’s release of the House Democrats’ surface transportation reauthorization package, the American Council of Engineering Companies – the voice of the America’s engineering businesses – is urging lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to come together and expedite passage of an infrastructure-based recovery agenda. “Today is just the beginning of the conversation in the House, but we are one step closer...
ARTBA Issues Statement on House "INVEST in America" Act
(WASHINGTON)— The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee has released the “INVEST in America Act,” a surface transportation legislative proposal that calls for spending $494 billion over five-years to repair the nation’s roads, bridges, rail and public transportation systems. Please attribute the following statement to American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President and CEO Dave Bauer. “If America can put astronauts back in space for the first time in nearly a...
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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