Six Western State DOTs Win Prestigious Awards for Projects that Strengthen Communities and Improve Lives
GLENDALE, AZ—Eight transportation projects from six western state departments of transportation today received top honors in the regional America’s Transportation Awards competition. Some of today’s winning projects are credited with improving safety for schoolchildren, protecting wildlife habitats and restoring access to communities after massive mudslides. “For 12 years, the America’s Transportation Awards have recognized state DOT projects for making communities safer, less congested and b...
Caltrans Projects Receive Awards for Innovation, Creativity, Connectivity and Bolstering Transportation Choices
SACRAMENTO — The Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials honored two projects in California for its 12th annual regional America’s Transportation Awards competition.. The two projects honored were: The Interstate 880 Safety and Operational Improvements at 23rd and 29th Avenues, which benefits the community’s economic growth and its citizens well-being. The Highway 1/Mud Creek Emergency Restoration, which innovatively collected and collaboratively analyzed dat...
Stantec Awarded the American Water Works Association’s 2019 Diversity Award
DENVER, CO, NYSE, TSX:STN: Stantec—a global architecture, engineering, and design firm—received the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) Diversity Award on June 10, 2019, during the Association’s Annual Conference and Exhibition (ACE19). The award recognizes an individual or organization that has created, promoted, and maintained diversity by establishing an environment that recognizes, encourages, and effectively utilizes each individual’s talents. Voted on by the AWWA Executive Committ...
Finegold Alexander Architects Receives Two Interfaith Design Honor Awards Recognizing Temple Israel, Omaha, Nebraska and Congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim, Deerfield, Illinois
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – June 7, 2019 – Finegold Alexander Architects is proud to announce that it received two Honor Awards for Design from Interfaith Design for the design of Temple Israel in Omaha, NE and Congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim (BJBE) in Deerfield, IL. Initially announced in ID’s publication Faith & Form, the awards were presented at the American Institute of Architects (AIA), National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 6, 2019. Interfaith Design is a knowledge communit...
City of Paris Names Winning Design Team to Reimagine the Eiffel Tower Landscape Using BIM
At an event held in Paris’ City Hall today, Gustafson Porter + Bowman was named the winner of a competition to redevelop the Eiffel Tower’s “grand site”—an area which includes the Trocadéro Gardens and Champ de Mars, as well as the Tower and its esplanade. The announcement was made by Paris’ mayor, Anne Hidalgo, along with Jean-Louis Missika, and Jean-François Martins, Deputy Mayors of Paris. The “grand site” comprises 2.4 kilometers of some of Paris’ most treasured landmarks: the Eiffel Tow...
Stantec’s Vince DiCamillo Recognized with Lifetime Achievement Award
Laurel, MD- NYSE, TSX: STN: Stantec’s Mid-Atlantic Environmental Services sector leader Vince DiCamillo has been honored with the Meritorious Lifetime Achievement in Floodplain Management Award by the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM). The award was bestowed on May 23 at the ASFPM National Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. The ASFPM Meritorious Lifetime Achievement in Floodplain Management Award recognizes individuals who, throughout their career, have achieved success in a signi...
Leica Geosystems Opens Nominations for Carl Pulfrich Award 2019
(HEERBRUGG, SWITZERLAND - Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, is calling industry-related professionals to submit their nominations for this year’s Carl Pulfrich Award, the prestigious industry honour that recognises advancements in the fields of photogrammetry, remote sensing and earth imaging. Nominees will be considered on the basis of experience, activities in field of photogrammetry and remote sensing, and contributions to the advancement of all aspects of the earth imaging field. Applied...
National Youth Bridge Building Competition Selects 2019 Winners
After the “dust” settled from cracked balsa-wood trusses and snapped string cables, three teams of students from Michigan took home top honors at the 2019 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials National Bridge Challenge competition; an event that is part of the organization’s annual spring meeting, held this year in Park City, UT. [Left to right in photo above: Matt Dunn, Mississippi DOT; Theo Kumpula, Collin Remilong, and Keegan Erva from the EKR Miner Constructio...
ASCE Names Dr. Thomas Walski As Recipient of 2019 Julian Hinds Award
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 that Bentley colleague, Thomas Walski, Ph.D. P.E., F. ASCE, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Julian Hinds Award, by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The Julian Hinds Award recognizes the author or authors of a paper which makes the most important contributio...
City of Paris Names Winning Design Team to Reimagine the Eiffel Tower Landscape Using BIM
At an event held in Paris’ City Hall today, Gustafson Porter + Bowman was named the winner of a competition to redevelop the Eiffel Tower’s “grand site”—an area which includes the Trocadéro Gardens and Champ de Mars, as well as the Tower and its esplanade. The announcement was made by Paris’ mayor, Anne Hidalgo, along with Jean-Louis Missika, and Jean-François Martins, Deputy Mayors of Paris. The “grand site” comprises 2.4 kilometers of some of Paris’ most treasured landmarks: the Ei...