BrandSafway Wins Access Project of the Year
Kennesaw, Georgia, USA, Oct. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BrandSafway was awarded the 2019 Access Project of the Year – Mast Climbing Work Platforms, Transport Platforms and Hoists at the Access, Lift & Handlers (ALH) Conference in San Diego, California, on September 12, 2019. The company won for its unique work platform and weather barrier solution for the recent $100 million renovation of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle. “The circular suspended access system, installed by BrandSafway for the ren...
AEC Excellence Awards 2019 Winners: Nine Projects Reveal How Far We’ve Come
When it comes to the AEC industry, projects come in all shapes and sizes. So does the innovative use of technology—whether it’s for an arena, a bridge, a metro line, or a mixed-use development. That’s why Autodesk’s AEC Excellence Awards honor the small, medium, and large-sized projects for infrastructure design, building design, and construction that are making an impact with advanced approaches and pioneering achievements. They’re reflective of how far we’ve come and inspire us all to do even...
Vectorworks, Inc. Announces Kristopher Clemson as First Entertainment Winner of Richard Diehl Award
Columbia, MD (October 16, 2019)—Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. continues to support the next generation of designers, naming Kristopher Clemson winner of the 2019 Richard Diehl Award, the grand prize for the Vectorworks Design Scholarship. With over 1,600 submissions, scholarships were awarded to 20 student projects from the architecture, entertainment, landscape and interior design industries. Winners included both individual and group submissions. The winning proj...
DART Accepts APTA Innovation Award for GoPass App
Dallas Area Rapid Transit's (DART) ongoing dedication to developing innovative programs that provide North Texas riders with greater access to public transit has earned the 2019 Innovation Award from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). DART accepted the award Tues., Oct. 15, at the annual TRANSform Conference in New York. The APTA Innovation Award honors public transit agencies that demonstrate innovative concepts or effective problem-solving techniques not previously appli...
Huntington Ingalls Industries Employees Honored At Annual Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers National Conference
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that employees from its Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding divisions received awards during the 2019 Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers National Conference and STEM Career Fair. The conference, the largest for Asian Americans in the United States, was held Oct. 10-12 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Marie Lawson, an engineer at Newport News, and Scott Chin, an engineer...
Best and Most Popular Transportation Projects Win National Awards
ST. LOUIS – The Infrastructure Improvements to Downtown St. Louis project – a collaboration between Illinois and Missouri DOTs that delivered major multimodal enhancements to both states – received the Grand Prize in the 2019 America’s Transportation Awards competition. The $801 million project dramatically improved travel times and provided a new connection to the iconic St. Louis Arch. Meanwhile, the Georgia DOT’s Northwest Corridor Express Lanes project received the highest number of online v...
Gusset Plate Expert Bo Dowswell Wins 2020 AISC T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction has awarded its 2020 T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award to Bo Dowswell, PE, PhD, principal at SDS Consulting and ARC International. Dowswell will present "Gusset Plates: The Evolution of Simplified Design Models" as a keynote speaker during NASCC: The Steel Conference, which will take place April 22-24 in Atlanta. This lecture provides a brief history of gusset plate design methods before considering current approaches and previewing a new me...
Vectorworks, Inc. Earns 12 Nominations in the 2019 Construction Computing Awards
Columbia, MD (October 10, 2019)—Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. is a finalist in the 2019 Construction Computing Awards, receiving 12 nominations. The company and its Vectorworks Architect product were nominated for eight awards in total, while the Vectorworks Nomad app received a nomination in the Mobile/Field App Technology category. Jonathan Reeves, director of Jonathan Reeves Architects, received three nominations for his projects and work as a Vectorworks trainer....
Wärtsilä Power Plant Using ‘Killer Lake’ Gases Among PMI’s Top 10 Renewable Energy Projects of the Last 50 Years
The technology group Wärtsilä has been recognised as having delivered one of the world’s Top Ten most influential renewable energy projects of the last 50 years. This recognition has been given by Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s premier association of project professionals. It was announced on October 7 at PMI’s head office in Philadelphia, USA. The Wärtsilä installation referred to by PMI is the KivuWatt power plant in Kibuye, Rwanda. The 25 MW plant was delivered and install...
Propex Recieves 2019 Innovation Award for New Recyclable Paving Fabric
Chattanooga, Tenn. (Oct. 9, 2019) – Last week PETROMAT Enviro, a paving fabric that easily mills and recycles, was awarded the 2019 Industrial Fabrics Foundation (IFF) Innovation Award. “Innovation is what drives us,” said Mike Gorey, CEO of Propex. “It’s a key part of our culture, and we will continue to invest in products and market development to ultimately offer our customers the best geosynthetic solutions. PETROMAT Enviro was developed to solve the milling and recycling issues assoc...
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