Central Arkansas Water employees awarded AWWA’s Heroism Award; Regional Municipality of York wins Innovation Award
(Denver, Colorado) - The American Water Works Association (AWWA) is proud to award its Heroism Award to two Central Arkansas Water employees and its Innovation Award to the Regional Municipality of York. The Heroism Award recognizes an act of heroism performed by a water utility professional who puts themself in personal danger while doing so. Stephen Shirley, a Central Arkansas Water (CAW) foreman, and Chris Duncan, a water distribution specialist II, helped two injured gunshot victims who...
Western State DOT Projects Win Coveted Regional Awards
Nine state department of transportation projects from the western region of the United States won coveted 2023 America’s Transportation Awards for their dynamic contributions to the nation’s transportation infrastructure. [Above photo by AASHTO] Hailing from Texas, Utah, South Dakota, Washington State, Arizona, and Nebraska, those winning projects were carefully selected from a pool of 20 regional nominations submitted by state departments of transportation of the Western Association of St...
Stantec wins three national awards from the Congress for the New Urbanism
Downtown Hammond Master Plan Prestigious awards selected for outstanding achievements in New Urbanism practices Boston, MA (June 9, 2023) TSX, NYSE:STN: Stantec received three national awards from the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU). CNU’s annual awards recognize outstanding achievements in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and planning. Stantec’s Albany Skyway and Pullman Artspace Lofts were honored with CNU Charter Awards, and the Downtown Hammond Master Pl...
CALSTART Announces 2023 Blue Sky Award™ Winners
The award recognizes outstanding market contributions to advance sustainable transportation. PASADENA, CA – CALSTART presented five recipients with its prestigious Blue Sky Award during the organization’s national conference last month. CALSTART’s Blue Sky Award was first presented in 1996 to General Motors and has since been awarded annually to leading companies, organizations, and individuals for their achievements in the clean transportation industry. Honorees are carefully selecte...
Brooklyn’s Livonia Avenue Station ADA Modernization Wins Construction Project of the Year
ADA Accessibility Project at New York MTA’s Livonia Avenue Station in Brooklyn receives prestigious Construction Project of the Year Award (Credit: TAP Electric) A major subway accessibility improvement project at the Livonia Avenue Station on the Canarsie Line in Brooklyn, NY has been named 2022 Project of the Year in the $10 - $60 million category by the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) Metro New York/New Jersey Chapter. The extensive renovations, implemented by a...
New Video Oral History with Julie Bargmann, Inaugural Recipient of the Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize, released by The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Photo Courtesy: Barrett Doherty courtesy Eighteenth in an ongoing Pioneers of American Landscape Design® video oral history series that documents, collects, and preserves first-hand information from pioneering landscape architects Washington, DC – The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) today announces the release of a new Pioneers of American Landscape Design video oral history with the landscape architect Julie Bargmann, the inaugural recipient of the Cornelia Hahn Oberlander...
DuPont Wins Edie Award for Sustainability Benefits of Closed Circuit Reverse Osmosis Technology
Recognition Celebrates CCRO for Innovation in Water, Waste and Resource Recovery. DuPont (NYSE:DD) recently received an Edie Award honoring the benefits of its Closed Circuit Reverse Osmosis (CCRO) technology in supporting industrial and commercial customers’ sustainability goals. DuPont’s CCRO technology received the top award in the Water, Waste and Resource Recovery category. The Edie Awards celebrate business sustainability. The team was specifically recognized for an exemplary proje...
Nicole Brown and Toho Water Authority recipients of AWWA’s Diversity & Inclusion Awards
Denver, Colorado - The 2023 recipients of the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) Diversity & Inclusion Award are Nicole Brown (individual winner) from Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, and Toho Water Authority (organizational winner) in Kissimmee, Florida. The award recognizes an individual, group or organization that has created and maintained diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) by establishing an environment that recognizes and effectively utilizes individual talents. Brown, client de...
ACI Foundation Announces New Fellowship Honoring Ronald G. Burg
The ACI Foundation has created a new Fellowship to honor the retirement and legacy of ACI Executive Vice President, Ronald G. Burg. Burg has held the position of ACI Executive Vice President for 13 years and his visionary leadership has initiated substantial positive changes in ACI, one of which was strengthening the ACI Foundation, its impact, and the culture of philanthropy within the ACI community. Burg became ACI Executive Vice President in 2010 and is the seventh person to hold that posi...
Plastics Pipe Institute Announces Annual Award Winners
Record Number of Project Entries Sign of Industry Growth IRVING, TX – May 23, 2023 – The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI), the major North American trade association representing the plastic pipe industry, has announced the winners of its Projects and Members of the Year for 2022. The awards were presented during the group’s annual worldwide membership meeting held in Maui, May 9 – 12, 2023. According to PPI President, David M. Fink, there were a record number of submiss...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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