Winners Named in 2nd Annual NOCoE TSMO Competition
Three state departments of transportation and the Houston Transtar traffic management consortium took home top honors in the second annual National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) Transportation Systems Management and Operations or TSMO awards competition. The North Carolina Department of Transportation won for its “Statewide Central Signal System Initiative” in the Agency Improvement: Use of Capability Maturity Model category, while the Georgia Department of Transportation won for it...
Stanley Merjan and George J. Tamaro Civil Engineering Scholarships Awarded at DFI Educational Trust Gala Fundraising Dinner
Hawthorne, N.J. : The 14th Annual DFI Educational Trust Gala Fundraising Dinner took place on November 7, 2019, at Terrace On The Park in Corona, New York. The gala was attended by more than 125 guests and raised over $25,000. Proceeds from the event benefit the Stanley Merjan City College of New York (CCNY) Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund, George J. Tamaro Manhattan College Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund, and DFI Educational Trust General Fund. At the event, the Merjan family made an a...
Bentley Systems Wins Downstream Award for Digitalization
Software Provider Helps Dow Chemical Company Implement AWP Best Practices Across the Organization HOUSTON – Downstream Awards – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twin cloud services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, and Digital Construction Works (DCW), a Bentley Systems and Topcon Positioning Group joint venture providing digital automation, integration, and “twinning” services, arou...
Vectorworks, Inc. Wins the Construction Computing Awards’ Editor’s Choice Award
Columbia, MD (December 5, 2019 —The Construction Computing Awards results are in and global design and BIM software provider, Vectorworks, Inc. is the winner of the 2019 Editor’s Choice Award selected by Construction Computing Magazine Editor David Chadwick. Additionally, Vectorworks Architect 2020 was a runner-up in the Architectural Design Product of the Year category. The fourteenth annual Construction Computing Awards, also known as “The Hammers,” took place on November 14 at The Grand C...
AECOM recognized with national award for U.S. Federal small business program excellence
DALLAS — AECOM, the world’s premier infrastructure firm, announced it is the recipient of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Industry Large Business Award for Support to Federal Small Business Programs. The award recognizes AECOM’s contributions in subcontracting, internal training, and outreach activities to strengthen and support small businesses. The selection panel was impressed by AECOM’s demonstrated subcontracting performance with US$3.95 billion directly benefitting mor...
M Property Services Director of Construction Management Dr. Ramona Tumblin-Rucker Receives Prestigious MOKAN Award
Dr. Ramona Tumblin-Rucker, PEng, MBA, MPM, CHC, D. Mgt., Director of Construction Management at M Property Services (pictured center), receives the “Private Sector Executive of the Year” award from MOKAN Executive Director Yaphett El-Amin (left) and MOKAN Dinner Chair Honorable Jamilah Nasheed (right). St. Louis, MO – Dr. Ramona Tumblin-Rucker, PEng, MBA, MPM, CHC, D. Mgt., Director of Construction Management at M Property Services (MPS), has been awarded the prestigious “Private Sector...
Western Specialty Contractors Receives ICRI Concrete Repair Project Award for Historic Lancaster Hotel Façade Restoration in Houston
(St. Louis, MO) Western Specialty Contractors – Houston, Texas Branch was honored on Nov. 12 with an Award of Merit from the International Concrete Repair Institute for its work to restore the historic Lancaster Hotel in Downtown Houston. The International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) conducts an awards program each year to honor and recognize outstanding projects in the concrete and masonry repair industries. Entries are received from around the United States, and the winning projects ar...
KAI Receives AGCMO Keystone Award for Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being Project
St. Louis, MO - The Associated General Contractors of Missouri (AGCMO) presented KAI with a Keystone Award in the General Contractor Building Construction on a Project Under $15 million category on Nov. 4 for its design-build work on the Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being in St. Louis. The Keystone Awards honor the achievements of Missouri’s construction firms and their employees in building facilities that support and enhance quality of life. Located at 1000 North Vandeventer Ave. in the...
DOE honors 9 women for leadership
The Department of Energy is recognizing nine women for their achievements and leadership in clean energy. Suzanne Singer. Clean Energy Education & Empowerment Awards One of them, Suzanne Singer, is a member of the Navajo (Diné) tribe and chief engineer for Native Renewables in Flagstaff, Ariz. She co-founded the nonprofit organization in 2016 to solve energy access challenges for 15,000 families on the Navajo Nation who live without electricity. Singer develops programs that promote...
Hexagon Wins World Smart City Award
Smart City Expo World Congress recognizes efforts to connect satellite and operational data and trigger predictive maintenance for utilities (Norcross, GA. USA) Hexagon has been recognized as the recipient of the World Smart City Award in the Urban Environment category at Smart City Expo World Congress 2019. Hexagon was selected for its efforts to connect satellite and operational data to trigger predictive maintenance for utilities. Using a solution from Hexagon’s Geospatial division and...