Stantec’s Plano Office Named 2016 Firm of the Year by AIA Dallas
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Dallas Chapter honored Stantec’s Plano office as Firm of the Year during their annual Celebrate Architecture event on Thursday, March 23, at the Nasher Sculpture Center. Companies and professionals from around Dallas received formal recognition as Honors Award recipients for their outstanding contributions to the architecture industry in 2016. “We could not be more honored to receive the prestigious Firm of the Year award,” said Marty Sims, office le...
South Carolina DOT’s US 17 Median Highway Improvements Project Receives Engineering Excellence Award from the ACEC South Carolina
The US 17 Median Highway Improvements project received an Engineering Excellence in Transportation Award from the American Council of Engineers (ACEC) South Carolina Chapter. The project was also nominated by ACEC to compete at the national level, and winners will be announced at the ACEC’s 50th Anniversary EEA Dinner and Gala Award Ceremony on April 25, 2017. The US 17 Median Improvements project was led by the South Carolina Department of Transportation in conjunction with the Grand Strand...
HNTB’s Diana Mendes wins 2017 Training Professional of the Year Award from the National Transit Institute
ARLINGTON, VA. – Diana Mendes, AICP, HNTB Corporation transit/rail practice leader and senior vice president, was named 2017 Training Professional of the Year Award by the National Transit Institute. The award was presented at the NTI 2017 Transit Trainer’s Workshop in Nashville, Tennessee. “I am honored to be recognized by the National Transit Institute and support its mission of providing training and educational resources to practicing transit professionals,” Mendes said. “Trainers play a...
Atlas Copco Compressors and Light Tower Win Red Dot Design Awards
Stockholm, Sweden: Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has won two prestigious Red Dot Design Awards for 2017 for portable compressors and a LED light tower. “We are proud to once again be recognized with this distinguished prize for outstanding design,” said Andrew Walker, President of Atlas Copco’s Construction Technique business area. “As always, our product design has focused on providing true customer benefits such as boosting performance and operator...
UVIG Announces 2017 Ross Newlin Annual Achievement Award Recipient
RESTON, VA ─ The Utility Variable-Integration Group (UVIG) announced Bob Young as the recipient of the 2017 Ross Newlin Annual Achievement Award for Variable-Generation Plant Operations and Maintenance. In 2012, the UVIG Board of Directors approved a resolution to name its Operations and Maintenance Annual Achievement Award after wind industry veteran Ross Newlin. Newlin, a long-time employee of enXco Service Corporation, now EDF Renewable Services, passed away in July 2011 following a battl...
Frey Architekten’s Heidelberg Village Named Finalist in Fast Company’s 2017 World Changing Ideas Awards
Freiburg —Fast Company has named Frey Architekten’s Heidelberg Village one of the finalists for its premiere World Changing Ideas Awards, which honor businesses, policies, projects and concepts that offer innovative solutions to the issues facing humanity. All of the finalists are highlighted in the April issue of the print magazine, which hits newsstands today. A panel of prominent judges selected winners and finalists from a pool of more than 1,200 entries in 12 categories, from Food t...
Awardees Announced for USDOT’s SBIR FY17.1 Solicitation
America’s small businesses continue to help the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) address some of the nation’s biggest transportation challenges through the Department’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. On March 20, the US DOT SBIR program announced 15 recommendations for awards for SBIR’s fiscal year (FY) 17.1 solicitation. The awarded small businesses are conducting important research, leading to new technologies in addressing some of US DOT’s most pressing challenge...
Skoll Foundation Announces 2017 Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
PALO ALTO, California — Kicking off next week’s 14th Annual Skoll World Forum, the Skoll Foundation announced the four recipients of the 2017 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. The Skoll Awards distinguish transformative leaders whose organizations disrupt the status quo, drive sustainable large-scale change, and are poised to create even greater impact on the world. “Social entrepreneurs are drawn to the world’s most challenging problems,” said Jeff Skoll, Founder and Chairman of th...
Oldcastle Precast Earns Top Safety Awards from National Precast Concrete Association
LITTLETON, Colo. – Oldcastle Precast plants based in Newnan, Ga. and Concord, N.C. received Safety Hall of Fame Awards from the National Precast Concrete Association at The Precast Show 2017, in Cleveland, Ohio. The award, given for the first time this year, recognizes safety-conscious producer members for having no recordable incidents and accidents for the last five years. Oldcastle Precast received the award for reaching the highest level of safety achievement based on its OSHA 300 logs....
USDOT Names Small Business Innovation Research Program Awards Recipients
Washington – The U.S. Department of Transportation announced today that fourteen (14) U.S. Small Businesses will receive a total of $1,958,373.00 in Small Business Innovative Research Program (SBIR) awards. Each year, the SBIR program taps into the power of small businesses to develop cutting-edge solutions to some of U.S. DOT’s most pressing challenges. SBIR is a congressionally-mandated...
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