CFSEI Names Recipient of the 2018 CFSEI John P. Matsen Award for Distinguished Service
WASHINGTON, DC —The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) has named Jennifer Zabik, P.E., S.E., president of Zabik-Turner Engineering, LLC as the recipient of the 2018 CFSEI John P. Matsen Award for Distinguished Service. The award recognizes the significant contributions of an individual who has volunteered time, talent and resources to the cold-formed steel industry. It was renamed in 2016 to honor John P. Matsen, P.E., founder and principal of Matsen Ford Design Associates in Waukesha...
CFSEI Announces 2018 Design Excellence and Innovative Detail Award Winners
WASHINGTON, DC —The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) presented three first-place Design Excellence awards and one first-place Innovative Detail award during the 2018 CFSEI Expo held May 15-16 at the Wyndham San Diego Bayside Hotel in San Diego, California. Design Excellence awards were also presented for second-place and third-place winners. CFSEI Design Excellence Awards recognize small and large projects that exemplify distinction in the structural design of new or renovat...
Two Stantec Projects Shortlisted for the 2018 World Architecture Festival
Cambridge Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation The shortlist of projects for the 2018 World Architecture Festival (WAF) were recently announced and two Stantec Architecture projects—Cambridge Memorial Hospital Redevelopment and the University of Lethbridge Science and Academic Building (designed with KPMB Architects) have been selected for presentation from more than 1,100 entries representing 81 countries. The Stantec team will present both projects at the world’s largest...
Underground Construction: The Sustainable Choice for Global Urbanization
Underground construction meets the demand for urban infrastructure, the need to relieve congestion in our cities and save space, and the challenges of a changing climate. The sector grossed 86 billion euros in 2016 and global demand for underground projects is growing by 7% per annum. Since 2015, the international competition "ITA Tunnelling Awards" seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and underground space utilisation. The 2018 edition w...
DuPont™ Tyvek® Receives “A” Ratings for Outstanding Quality and Outstanding Service
WILMINGTON, Del. – DuPont Safety & Construction today announced it has once again received the Partners of Choice Award for an A rating in both quality and service from David Weekley Homes, the largest privately held U.S. homebuilder. Out of approximately 200 participating companies, DuPont™ Tyvek® was one of 18 recipients to receive an A rating in both quality and service. It is the seventh time DuPont™ Tyvek® has received this prestigious recognition. “It’s an honor to receive our seventh P...
15 Copper Buildings Receive Architectural Honors
MCLEAN, VA – From a skyscraper towering over Manhattan’s East River to the exterior envelop of a preK-12 school, the copper industry recently awarded the top 15 buildings from across the United States and Canada with its 2018 North American Copper in Architecture (NACIA) Award for their outstanding use of architectural copper and copper alloys. The winners include educational facilities, residential dwellings, government buildings and religious structures. The NACIA awards program, establis...
Stantec’s Rhys Coombs Crowned ‘Emerging Professional of the Year’ at the ACE 2018 Consultancy and Engineering Awards
Stantec’s Civil Engineer, Rhys Coombs has won the title of ‘Emerging Professional of the Year’ at the ACE 2018 Consultancy and Engineering Awards. Rhys, based in the United Kingdom is a Civil Engineer and Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology UK with a broad range of technical study and research experience covering hydraulics assessments, hydrological assessments and geospatial and numerical modelling with regards to dams, hydropower, big data and water resources. As a techn...
The LiRo Group’s Virtual Design, Construction and Operations Team Recognized with Autodesk’s AEC Excellence Award for Its Role on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s East Side Access Project
The LiRo Group’s Virtual Design, Construction and Operations (VDCO) team was awarded second place in the Infrastructure category of Autodesk’s prestigious AEC Excellence Awards for its revolutionary work on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Construction Division’s $10.2 billion East Side Access railroad tunnel and infrastructure project. Left to right: The LiRo Group’s VDCO team of Operations and Visualizations Specialist, Virtual Design, and Construction Manager Cheryle Cranbour...
University Pointe Boulevard Earns Envision Bronze Rating
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The University Pointe Boulevard in Charlotte, North Carolina, has earned the Envision Bronze rating for sustainable infrastructure from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). This is the first project in North Carolina to receive Envision recognition. The University Pointe Boulevard, completed in the summer of 2017, is a roadway improvement project addressing a need identified in the Charlotte University Area Plan for a new roadway and pedestrian corridor to...
Thornton Tomasetti Vice Chairman Aine Brazil Receives CTBUH Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal
(New York, New York – June 18, 2018) – Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Vice Chairman Aine Brazil P.E., F.SEI, LEED AP, has received the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s (CTBUH) prestigious Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal for her contributions to the advancement of the built environment. She was presented with the award during the CTBUH 2018 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference in Chicago, Illinois on May 31. The Fazlur R. Kha...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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