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Survey Suggests Civil Engineers Take Moderate Hit from COVID-19

May 4, 2020 - in COVID-19, News

COMPARED WITH EMPLOYEES in other professions, ASCE members have fewer concerns regarding the short- and long-term viability of their companies in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a recent survey commissioned by the Society and…

Final Thoughts: Looking Backwards and Forwards

August 1, 2016 - in Column

With 45 years in civil engineering behind me, I have the experience (or at least the tenure) to look back and reflect—as long as my memory doesn’t…

U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center Selects Michael Baker International for Worldwide Environmental Services Contract

Pittsburgh, May 3, 2016—Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, is partnering with the U.S. Air…

Topcon Positioning Group Brings Road Show to World of Concrete

January 26, 2016 - in Corporate, Modeling

LIVERMORE, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016 – Topcon Positioning Group announces the Topcon Technology Roadshow truck is coming to World of Concrete 2016. The mobile solutions center provides a hands-on environment for the latest construction, survey, civil engineering,…

Kimbol Allen Named Division Administrator/Chief Engineer of Idaho Transportation Department

January 25, 2016 - in Design/Engineering, People, Transportation

RIGBY - Kimbol Allen, who has served the transportation community in southern and eastern Idaho the past 17 years, has been named administrator of the Division of Engineering Plans and Products/Chief Engineer for the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) today…

MicroSurvey CAD 2016 Provides Powerful New Capabilities for Survey and Design

December 1, 2015 - in Modeling, Products, Surveying/Mapping

West Kelowna, BC, Canada, Dec. 1, 2015—MicroSurvey Software has released MicroSurvey CAD 2016, the newest generation of the flagship desktop survey and design program for land surveyors and civil engineers. Powered by a new IntelliCAD 8.1a engine and enhanced…

Prioritizing Data Management: The Shortest Distance to Project Quality

November 21, 2015 - in Feature, Featured

By Darius Å imkÅ«nas In the Baltic States, Kelprojektas is the largest group of infrastructure engineering companies that designs transport infrastructure, public buildings and engineering systems as well as conducts regional planning. The company was established…

Researchers Work to Solve Infrastructure Challenges Through New Engineering Research Center

November 4, 2015 - in Analysis, Corporate

In August, New Mexico State University was announced as one of four universities in a new National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center to develop advances in geotechnical engineering that will provide solutions to some of the world’s biggest infrastructure…

Leading Civil Engineers Credit Bentley’s OpenRoads ‘BIM Advancements’

November 4, 2015 - in Corporate, Roads, Surveying/Mapping

LONDON – The Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference – 3 November 2015 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today reported that OpenRoads is setting the pace for civil…

White House Honors FIU Bridge Expert as Champion of Change

The White House and the U.S. Department of Transportation will honor Atorod Azizinamini, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida International University’s College of Engineering and Computing, for his innovations in making…