2024 Student Steel Bridge Competition Rules Released
CHICAGO - Students around the country are gearing up for another exciting Student Steel Bridge Competition--and the American Institute of Steel Construction and American Society of Civil Engineers have just announced the challenge that they’ll have to solve by designing, fabricating, and erecting a scale-model steel bridge! In this year’s hypothetical scenario, Lincoln Parish Park in Ruston, La., is considering the addition of a disc golf course with a non-invasive, man-made river as a water...
DIGroup Architecture is Honored at Inaugural Empowering Women 2023 Awards
Firm is Recognized as a Leader in Recruiting, Hiring, Promoting & Supporting Women New Brunswick, N.J., September 5, 2023 – DIGroup Architecture (DIG) recently joined more than 50 companies, organizations and individuals being celebrated at the Inaugural Empowering Women 2023 Awards. The flagship event was held at the Doubletree by Hilton Somerset in Somerset, NJ, to recognize those who have demonstrated a strong commitment to supporting and elevating women in New Jersey. Hosted by NJ...
DFI Announces Recipients of the 2023 Legends Awards
Award Ceremony on November 2 at the DFI 48th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Seattle Hawthorne, N.J. - Every four years, DFI and the DFI Educational Trust present the Legends Award to three practitioners — an engineer, contractor and manufacturer/supplier — who have made significant contributions and advancements to the research, design, construction, manufacturing and use of deep foundations. Congratulations to the 2023 winners of this prestigious award, who will be honore...
Atkins Floyd Hill Project Named Bentley Systems 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure Finalist
DENVER, Colo. – Atkins, a member of the SNC‑Lavalin Group, has been named a finalist for the Bentley Systems 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure for its use of Bentley’s tech stack digital design software tools on the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) Interstate 70 (I-70) Floyd Hill project. The Atkins team is designing safety and mobility enhancements along an eight-mile stretch of I-70 as the project’s Engineer of Record and lead designer. Winners will be announced on Octo...
Individuals in Engineering and Technology Recognized for STEM Achievements & Community Contributions
(Chicago—August 31, 2023)— The Society of Women Engineers today announced the recipients of its annual awards program, a nod to those movers and shakers who are making significant contributions to the STEM community and the advancement of women in engineering. SWE award recipients include professionals, collegiates, and groups from influential businesses, corporations, and universities across the globe. "SWE Awards provide a platform to elevate and highlight career, academic, and service ach...
Fast Company Names Civitas’ Design Of Central Commons Park One Of The Best Urban Designs In Their Annual Innovation By Design Awards
Calgary Central Commons Park The award recognizes its forward-thinking design that emphasizes year-round outdoor activities and play to positively impact society CALGARY, CA – AUGUST 30, 2023 – Fast Company, the world’s leading progressive business media brand, announced the Denver-based landscape architecture firm Civitas’ project Central Commons Park as one of the winners 2023 Innovation by Design Award in the urban design category. Civitas is a boutique urban planning and design fi...
Bentley Systems Announces the Finalists of the 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure
Winners to Be Announced on October 12 at Bentley’s 2023 Year in Infrastructure and Going Digital Awards Event in Singapore EXTON, Pa. – Aug. 30, 2023 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced the finalists of the 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure. The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world...
Oregon State University Team Wins 2023 PCI Big Beam Competition
The student team from Oregon State University won the 2023 PCI Big Beam competition. Photo: PCI CHICAGO, August 24, 2023 – Oregon State University has won the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institue’s (PCI) 2023 Engineering Design Competition, also known as the Big Beam Competition. The national competition, in its 23rd year, teaches college students important structural engineering skills in an applied learning environment that will benefit them in their future professions. Teams of student...
Inaugural E. Harvey Myers Scholarship is Awarded to ACE Mentor Program New Jersey Student from Hightstown High School
DIGroup Architecture Co-founder, Principal and President Vincent Myers (right) recently presented the inaugural E. Harvey Myers ACE Mentor Program New Jersey $5,000 scholarship in memory of his late father to Allison Herrera (center) of ACE Hightstown. Pictured with Myers and Herrera is Dexter Hendricks (left), vice president of Turner Construction, who is a board member and chairperson of the ACE Mentor Program New Jersey Scholarship Committee. Photo Courtesy: ACE Mentor Program New Jersey ...
Vectorworks Embodied Carbon Calculator Wins Sustainability Initiative of the Year Award
Vectorworks Honored with Bronze Level Award in 2023 International Business Awards. Columbia, MD —Today, global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. received the Bronze Stevie® Award in the Sustainability Initiative of the Year category for the 20th Annual International Business Awards®. Specifically, the Vectorworks Embodied Carbon Calculator (VECC) was recognized for its innovation and achievements in sustainability. The VECC is a custom, pre-formatted interactive workshee...