Transportation Awards Given to Seven Southern State DOTs
Seven southern state departments of transportation won regional awards for 10 transportation projects on August 20 from the Southern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. [Left to right above: Carlos Braceras, AASHTO’s 2018-2019 president; Kevin Thibault, secretary of the Florida DOT; and Jim Tymon, AASHTO’s executive director.] This is the last of four regional America’s Transportation Awards competitions. The three highest-scoring projects from each regional competit...
America’s Top Twelve Transportation Projects Vying for Two Prestigious Awards
Final Honors and $10,000 Cash Prizes to be Decided by Judges and Online Voting WASHINGTON — Twelve winning transportation projects from four U.S. regional competitions will battle it out in this year’s America’s Transportation Awards competition, with two $10,000 cash awards for a charity or transportation-related scholarship of the winners’ choosing at stake. The broad scope of the projects in the final round include one credited with using drone technology to get transportation systems...
Academic Named 'Civil Engineer of the Year'
For over twenty-five years the University of Sydney’s Head of Civil Engineering, Professor Brian Uy has played a central role in building Australia’s civil engineering capacity as a leading academic and through his contributions to large infrastructure works such as The Star Casino and offshore structures in the Bass Strait. On Sunday, he was named 2019 Sir John Holland Civil Engineer of the Year at a celebration marking the centenary of Engineers Australia. Professor Uy has developed a r...
State DOTs Win Awards for Drone-Based Hurricane Response, Launching an Innovative Bus Rapid Transit Program and Preserving a Century-Old Bridge
SAVANNAH, GA —Seven southern state departments of transportation won regional awards today for 10 transportation projects credited with preserving a 100-year-old community bridge, expanding transportation options for commuters through a modern, high capacity bus rapid transit program and using drone technology to get transportation systems back up and operating after Hurricane Florence struck the East coast in September 2018. “For 12 years, the America’s Transportation Awards have recognized...
Tekla BIM Award Winners
Trimble has selected the 2019 winners of the Tekla BIM Awards. Precast Winner: Escondido Village Graduate Housing Escondido Village Graduate Residences is a collection of four residence halls of Type I construction, that range from 10, 8 and 6 stories providing 2,434 beds. Today, Stanford only houses about 55 percent of its 9,000 graduate students in on-campus housing. When complete, Stanford estimates the project will increase its on-campus graduate housing rate to approximately 75 p...
Eight Transportation Projects Win MAASTO Awards
Eight transportation projects spearheaded by six state departments of transportation were honored with awards from the Mid-America Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials on August 14; the third of four regional competitions leading up to the 12th annual America’s Transportation Awards event. [Above photo by the Missouri DOT.] Sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AAA, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the annual America’s Tr...
Transportation Projects that Benefit Communities and Businesses Win Regional Awards
NDIANAPOLIS, IN— Six mid-American state departments of transportation won regional awards today for eight outstanding transportation projects that are credited with helping to revitalize communities and provide access to employment centers, medical institutions, and recreation facilities. “For 12 years, the America’s Transportation Awards have recognized state DOT projects for making communities safer, less congested, and better connected,” said Carlos Braceras, executive director of the Utah...
TIMBER IN THE CITY: Students Awarded Prizes for Innovative Designs Using Wood for NYC
NEW YORK —Today, the winning entrants were announced of a student design competition exploring wood as an innovative building material. Timber in the City: Urban Habitats Competition, organized by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), the Binational Softwood Lumber Council (BSLC) and Parsons School of Design, attracted more than 920 architectural students and faculty. Entrants designed proposals to imagine the transformation of our cities through sustainable buildings fro...
Bentley Systems Announces Finalists in the Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards Program
Winners in Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards program will be announced at a gala during Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference, October 21-24 in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands. EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced the finalists in the Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards program. The annual...
AISI Standards Council Small Project Fellowship Program Announces Winning Research Proposals for 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Standards Council has selected five winning research proposals for its 2019 Small Project Fellowship Program. Launched in 2014, AISI’s Small Project Fellowship Program identifies and provides funding for research projects that will significantly impact the reliability, performance and cost-competitiveness of cold-formed steel (CFS) framing products in a variety of end-use applications. The program provides a streamlined mechanism...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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