Maryland Department of Transportation Honored at Annual Maryland Quality Initiative(MDQI) Conference in Baltimore
The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has received new honors for delivering outstanding transportation projects throughout the state. Transportation Secretary Pete K. Rahn and MDOT Business Unit executives last week proudly accepted 16 of 21 Maryland Quality Initiative (MdQI) Awards of Excellence presented for transportation-related planning studies and transportation projects completed in 2018. The MdQI consortium of public sector transportation agencies and private sector indust...
Woolpert Earns Lidar Leader Award for Outstanding Enterprise Achievement
DENVER (Feb. 7, 2019) — Woolpert has received the 2019 Lidar Leader Award for Outstanding Enterprise Achievement, presented by the International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) and Lidar Magazine. Woolpert was honored for its many high-level, pioneering contributions to the lidar industry in service, management and development since the technology was introduced. The award was presented in Denver during Geo Week 2019, which hosted the three largest annual geospatial conferences in ILMF, the Americ...
Finalze Named Built In Colorado's 50 Startups to Watch
GOLDEN, Colo.- Today, Finalze was named one of Built In Colorado's 50 Startups to Watch. Just two years after launching, Finalze has secured more than a million dollars in funding, launched a successful flagship product, and garnered the interest of some of the telecom industry's biggest names. Finalze builds innovative solutions that support the revitalization of aging infrastructure - deploying Blockchain, automation, wearables, and machine learning to create the artificial intelligence-fue...
Thirteen Steel Projects Win 2019 AISC IDEAS2 Awards
Drumroll please… Announcing the 2019 IDEAS2 winners, showcasing the best structural steel projects this year! The Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program is conducted annually by AISC, and is the highest honor bestowed on building projects by the U.S. structural steel industry, recognizing excellence and innovation in the use of structural steel on building projects across the country. The 13 IDEAS2 winners were chosen from nearly 100 submission...
ARTBA Foundation Seeks Nominations for Annual Industry Leader Development Program
Deadline: April 1 WASHINGTON) - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) is accepting nominations for its 2019 Industry Leader Development Program (ILDP), a first-of-its-kind “101” introduction to federal and state advocacy for transportation infrastructure market development and protection. It will be held May 13-15 in the Nation’s Capital. The ILDP and its associated Industry Leader Development Council (ILDC), boasts of ne...
Four Students Take Top Honors in Annual Video Contest on America’s Transportation Infrastructure
(WASHINGTON) - High school students from Arizona and Nebraska, a graduate student from Texas Southern University in Houston and a post-graduate student at Regis University in Boston are the 2018 winners of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) 8th Annual “Student Transportation Video Contest.” They will each receive a $500 cash prize. The association received 21 submissions from students across the country, representing 14 states, in two categories: general transp...
Naples Bay Restoration and Water Quality Improvements at the Cove Project Earns Envision Silver for Sustainable Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Naples Bay Restoration and Water Quality Improvements at the Cove Project in Florida has received the Envision® Silver award for sustainable infrastructure, designated by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). To reach Silver status, a project must demonstrate that it delivers a heightened range of environmental, social, and economic benefits to the host and affected communities. “Our team is proud to support the City of Naples in its mission of environmen...
Renaissance Roofing, Inc. a Finalist for NRCA Roofing Alliance 2019 Gold Circle Award
BELVIDERE, Ill., Feb. 4, 2019 - Renaissance Roofing, Inc. today announced that the company is a finalist for the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) 2019 Gold Circle Award in the category of Outstanding Workmanship for their historical restoration of the copper roofing systems of the Cascade County, Montana, courthouse. The award presentation will be announced on February 12 at a ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee. After nearly two years of work in Great Falls, Montana utilizing loc...
Penn Awards Indian Minister Top Prize in Energy Policy
New Delhi, India —Today the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania presented its fourth annual Carnot Prize for achievements in energy policy to the Honorable Piyush Goyal, India’s former minister of power and of renewables and current minister of railways and coal. During his tenure, Goyal directed a fast-track effort to electrify 18,000 villages in remote parts of India. He was also instrumental in reforming India’s power markets and expanding renewable en...
Dow Receives National Institute of Building Sciences Award for Low-Carbon Legacy Collaboration with the Olympic Movement
MIDLAND, Michigan – Over 4.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) were mitigated through carbon reduction projects implemented by Dow in its role as the Official Carbon Partner of the Organizing Committees of Olympic Games Sochi 2014, Rio 2016, and the IOC. Of the total volume of carbon mitigated, 3 million metric tons is attributed to built environment projects. This, and the fact that the Company is now applying this proven framework on a global scale in its role as the Offi...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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