Success at Hong Kong Green Building Awards
/ Arup has won four Grand Awards and six Merit Awards at the Green Building Awards (GBA) 2016. Co-organised by the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) and the Professional Green Building Council (PGBC), this biennale award is one of the highest accolades in Hong Kong recognising the concerted effort and commitment of the industry in sustainable built environment. A total of 12 Grand Awards and 21 Merit Awards were selected by a renowned jury panel comprised of a broad...
World Class 3D-Model Wins Prestigious Award
With more than 10,000 participants and 162 project contributions from 29 different countries, Ramboll and Sweco won the “infrastructure” category for their innovative approach and usage of 3D modelling in the “InterCity” project in Dovrebanen Norway. “We are extremely proud to win this award because it’s an independent recognition of our world class 3D modelling competencies”, says Marit Loland Tveit, Ramboll’s 3D Discipline Leader for the project. Comprehensive 3D-model in a challenging e...
ITD Director Brian Ness Wins Nationwide Navigator Award Celebrating Innovation, Citizen-Focused Government
BOISE - Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) Director Brian Ness has won the 2016 Navigator Award from the national organization Route Fifty. The award, in the “Agency and Department Chiefs” category, is based on his citizen-focused approach to government and a transformative style. Ness and several other winners from across the country representing different categories were honored yesterday (Wednesday, Nov. 16) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Click here to see the Navigator award summary for...
Dallas Streetcar Shortlisted for ASCE's Top Civil Engineering Honor
The American Society of Civil Engineers announced Nov. 4 that the Union Station to Oak Cliff Dallas Streetcar Project will vie for the 2017 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award. The city's first modern streetcar is one of five finalists selected for ASCE's most prestigious global honor. Among its competitors are One World Trade Center in New York and Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India. The winner will be announced at ASCE's OPAL Gala, March 16, in Arlington, Vi...
Topcon Accepts Wichmann Innovations Award for Falcon 8
LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands – Topcon Positioning Group announces it has won the Wichmann Innovations Award in the competition’s hardware category. Topcon representatives accepted the award for the Topcon Falcon 8 (powered by Ascending Technologies, a part of Intel®) rotary-wing UAS (unmanned aerial system). The Wichmann Award is bestowed annually at the INTERGEO trade fair in Germany. The Falcon 8 was judged the winner based on the criteria of innovation, user-fri...
Montana Department of Transportation Wins Inaugural AXIAM Award
Austin, TX – At the AgileAssets 2016 International Users Conference in Austin, Texas, Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) claimed first place honors for the new AXIAM Award, which is given to a public or private agency for demonstrating excellence in infrastructure asset management. The 2016 prize was awarded to MDT for their new safety information management system (SIMS) that was implemented to support Montana’s strategic safety program. The system is based on the AgileAssets®...
Q Bridge Project Wins Top National Award
BOSTON – The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), AAA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation has earned the Grand Prize and the Florida Department of Transportation was voted the People’s Choice Award winner in the 2016 America’s Transportation Awards competition. Now in its ninth year, the competition attracted a record 84 project nominees from 39 state transportation departments plus the Dist...
AASHTO Board Elects Maine's David Bernhardt President and Tennessee’s John Schroer VP
BOSTON - The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ Board of Directors today elected Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt, P.E., as the association’s president. Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer was elected vice president. "It’s an honor and a privilege to be selected to serve in this important national role,” said AASHTO President Bernhardt. “I’ve spent my entire professional career in transportation, risi...
ITD Wins Pair of National President’s Transportation Awards, Plus Earns Two of Top Three Spots in Public Voting
BOISE - ITD won a pair of American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) President’s awards yesterday (Monday, Nov. 14), and the agency was also recognized for earning two of the top three spots for projects in public voting across the country this fall. The awards and recognition came at the association’s annual gathering, which this year was in Boston. “These awards show that Idaho projects consistently rank among the best in the nation,” explained ITD Direct...
Hatch’s Work on Arctic Diamond Project Shines Bright, Winning 2016 Project of the Year Award
Montreal, QC — At an awards gala hosted by the Project Management Institute—Montréal Chapter on November 8, 2016, Hatch’s submission for the Gahcho Kué project took top honours in the Private Industry category. The 2016 Project of the Year Award recognized its work on the C$1-billion project at the Gahcho Kué diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT). This, the world’s largest new diamond mine since 2003, moved into production earlier this year, on budget and ahead of schedule. On...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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