Collaboration is Key Topic as Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Industry Professionals Set to Gather at AEC BuildTech
ROSEMONT, IL - Architecture, engineering and construction industry professionals will convene at the end of the month for the inaugural AEC BuildTech Conference & Expo, taking place April 30 - May 2, 2019 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. The Conference & Expo will offer attendees the opportunities to find new resources, tools and strategies; meet with the industry's premier solution providers demonstrating the latest tools & products; interact with professionals repr...
Pason Power Joins Eguana Technologies on CED Greentech Annual Solar Roadshow
HOUSTON — Pason Power, a provider of adaptive intelligent software for energy assets, announced today it will be joining Eguana Technologies, a leading supplier of residential and commercial energy storage systems, on the CED Greentech Annual Solar Roadshow April 16th (Wallingford, Connecticut), April 17th (Auburn, Massachusetts), and April 19th (Ronkonkoma, New York). CED Greentech Northeast, one of the nation’s largest distributors of solar, electrical and renewable energy products, will host...
Jacobs Shares in Important Water Dialogue at Global Water Summit
Key players from across the water sector are convening in London April 8 - 10 for the Global Water Summit - an event bringing decision makers and thought leaders together to candidly talk about how money, water, and disruptive design combine with innovation and leadership to create strategy. This year’s theme is focused on Disruptive Designs. The variability of the global economy makes funding and innovation in the water sectors critical. Currently, 2.1 billion people around the world still...
IECA Region One Announces 2019 Presenters of the Year
Denver, Colo – The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) Region One is proud to announce 2019 Presenters of the Year Jason Lederer, CPESC, LEED AP and Troy Thompson, MS, PE for their session Turning the River Right-Side-Up – Restoring the Swan River After a Century of Mining Impacts. The session describes the first phase of restoration work on the Swan River Restoration Project near Breckenridge, Colorado. The Swan River Valley endured dredge boat mining in the early 1900’s that le...
IECA Announces Poster Contest Winners at the 2019 Annual Conference
Denver, CO – The International Erosion Control Association Region One (IECA) announced winners for its poster contest at the 2019 IECA Annual Conference and Expo held in Denver, CO February 19 – 22, 2019. The first-place winner was Patrick McGunagle who presented “The Ecological Context of Erosion Control Features, Natural Disturbance Response and Implications for the Built Environment in Forest Lands after Severe Wildfire” poster. Second place winner, Kyler Stevenson presented the “Modeling Ur...
AEC Excellence Awards 2019 Call for Entries Now Open
Now in its eighth year, the AEC Excellence Awards competition—co-sponsored by Autodesk, Construction Dive, Smart Cities Dive, and Informed Infrastructure —is an incredible way to honor the AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) industry and the ingenuity of the professionals who are stretching the limits of what is possible in AEC. Last year's award winners ran the gamut—from Facebook’s massive data centers in Ireland to a $4 billion infrastructure megaproject in China, an innova...
2019 SSRC Annual Stability Conference Proceedings Available
The 2019 SSRC Annual Stability Conference proceedings papers are now available for free download. www.aisc.org/ssrc2019 This link will be active Friday, March 29, 2019 through Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Following the conference, the proceedings will be posted in the Education Archives section of the AISC website as a free download for AISC members. Please contact Rachel Jordan at ssrc@aisc.org with any questions
Market for Commercial Drones Will Grow to 38 Million Euros
Amsterdam – The market for commercial drone applications is growing at lightning speed. The sector presently generates almost 16 billion euros of revenues, and this figure is projected to nearly 38 billion euros by 2024. At present, drones are being used primarily in the energy, construction, and agricultural sectors, and these sectors are expected to continue leading the charge in the near future. These are some of the conclusions of the study carried out by the German research firm Drone Indus...
SSSBA Announces Session on New Bridge Technology at 2019 NASCC: The Steel Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) announces its session on “Research and Construction of Press-Brake-Formed Steel Tub Girder Bridges” at 2019 NASCC: The Steel Conference in St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 from 9:15-10:15 a.m. in Room 130. The session will be conducted by Karl Barth, Ph.D., the Jack H. Samples Distinguished Professor of Structural Engineering at West Virginia University; and Guy Nelson, S.E., P.E. of TEG Engineering, LLC. Participants...
AISI to Host Session on Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment at 2019 NASCC: The Steel Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) will host a session on “Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment” at 2019 NASCC: The Steel Conference in St. Louis, Missouri on Friday, April 5, 2019 from 8:00-9:00 a.m. in Room 127. It will be hosted by Mark Thimons, P.E., LEED AP-BD+C, AISI’s vice president of sustainability; and Brandie Sebastian, LCACP, AISI’s director of sustainability. 2019 NASCC: The Steel Conference is hosted by the American Institute of Steel Construction and w...