AISC, ASCE Team Up for Student Steel Bridge Competition, Starting in 2021-2022
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) today announced a renewed partnership for the Student Steel Bridge Competition, starting with the 2021-2022 school year. The annual Student Steel Bridge Competition, which began in 1987, challenges student teams to develop a scale-model steel bridge to fit a given hypothetical environment. Each team must determine how to design and fabricate a bridge and then plan for an efficient...
Simpson Strong-Tie Announces 2021–2022 Scholarship Winners
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, announced the recipients of its Student Scholarship for the 2021–2022 academic year. Recipients are undergraduates in their junior and senior years, majoring in architecture, civil/structural engineering or construction management from over 100 eligible schools. One hundred scholarships of $2,000 each were awarded to students across the country. The Simpson Strong-Tie® Student Sch...
Eight Southern State DOT Projects Win Regional Awards For Improving Community Safety, Access, And Efficiency
WASHINGTON—State department of transportation projects in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina earned regional recognition in the America’s Transportation Awards for projects that provided innovative transit options in rural communities, improved roadway safety, and boosted freight movement efficiency, among other benefits. “As the COVID-19 pandemic forced many Americans to drastically change work patterns, state DOT employees continued the harrowing work of keeping...
Chicago-Based Clayco Named Among Fast Company’s 2021 Best Workplaces for Innovators
CHICAGO] – Clayco, a full-service, turnkey real estate, architecture, engineering, design-build and construction firm headquartered in Chicago has been named to Fast Company’s 2021 Best Workplaces for Innovators list, the publication announced today. This marks the third year Fast Company has recognized organizations around the world that most effectively empower employees at all levels to improve processes, create new products, or invent whole new ways of doing business. “We are honored to b...
Transportation Awards Given To Five Southern State DOTs
Five southern state departments of transportation won regional awards for eight transportation projects on August 3 from the Southern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. [Above photo by the Florida DOT] This is the first of four regional contests within the national America’s Transportation Awards competition. The three highest-scoring projects from each regional competition earn a place on a “Top 12” list of projects, which will compete for the Grand Prize – selecte...
DFI Announces Winners of 2021 Student Paper Competition
Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI announces the winners of the 2021 Student Paper Competition. Osama Drbe, a Ph.D. candidate at Western University London in Ontario, Canada, is the winner of the Student Paper Competition. His paper is titled, “Effect of Negative Skin Friction on Abutment Piles Design.” The paper discusses a comprehensive field monitoring program to evaluate the development of drag forces, which was conducted over four years for three instrumented abutment H-piles as a part of a three-spa...
LDG’S JASON HURSH HONORED AS ASHE HARRISBURG MEMBER OF THE YEAR
AUGUST 2, 2021: Larson Design Group (LDG) is proud to announce that one of our team members has been honored as “Member of the Year” by the American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE), Harrisburg section. Jason Hursh, PE, was recognized earlier this year for leading several initiatives, such as creating a YouTube channel for the section and posting recordings of meetings for those who were unable to attend in person. Most notably, however, was Jason’s work as chairperson of the section’s...
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Announces Award for Worldwide Architectural and Engineering Support Services
The Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) has selected 12 Architectural and Engineering (A/E) firms for the Worldwide Architectural and Engineering Support Services Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ). Selected from the distinguished stage one shortlist of 25 firms, these teams will provide program-level process- and procedure-improvement support, existing facilities surveys and analyses, and other project-specific support such as master plans, security...
ABB LEAF Awards Judging Panel announces its final official 2020/21 Shortlist
[London, United Kingdom]: The ABB LEAF Awards Judging Panel has announced its final official 2020/21 shortlist. Comprising the best new international building design projects over the last 24 months, the awards has received its largest number of entries to date across 17 diverse categories. The ABB LEAF Awards 2020/21 Lifetime Achievement Winner is Ms Francine Houben, Founding Partner and Creative Director of MECANOO Architects. More details to follow. All of the shortlisted projects inclu...
Missouri S&T researcher wins NSF CAREER Award for 2D metals research
Dr. Chenglin Wu, assistant professor of structural engineering at Missouri S&T, has won a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his work in 2D metals. Photo by Michael Pierce, Missouri S&T. ROLLA, Mo. – As electronic devices get smaller and faster, computer chips must get thinner to save space and improve performance. Dr. Chenglin Wu, an assistant professor of structural engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has won a $500,000 CAREER Award from the Nationa...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
