Goddard adds electrical engineering capabilities to its team with critical hire
BEVERLY, Mass.- Goddard Inc., a leading provider of product development services, has hired John-Paul Perron as Principal Electrical Engineer. He will lead the company’s new electrical engineering division, broadening Goddard’s capabilities and enabling the company to more effectively meet the needs of its clients. For the past twenty-three years, Goddard has provided expertise to help its clients address an array of mechanical engineering challenges. With John-Paul leading Goddard’s new elec...
Miyamoto Expands to Central Asia: Uzbekistan
Long-time partner of Miyamoto, Dr. Shakhzod Takhirov, will be the Principal for Miyamoto’s newest office, located in the capital city of Tashkent. Miyamoto International and Great Silk Road Technologies, LLC have joined together to bring global expertise to Uzbekistan. Miyamoto Uzbekistan will offer expert structural engineering, disaster management and risk mitigation consultation to international agencies and public/private sectors throughout Central Asia, a region that is highly exposed to...
Bechtel Group Foundation pledges $100,000 to Tri-Cities for COVID-19 response
The donation comes as part of the Foundation’s new $3 million COVID-19 Relief Fund set up to support urgent human needs in communities across the world where Bechtel employees live and work. The Bechtel Group Foundation announced today it will donate $100,000 to the United Way of Benton & Franklin Counties for its COVID-19 Response Fund to help local nonprofits address food insecurity and mental and behavioral health impacts of the pandemic. The donation comes as part of the Foundation’s new...
LINK-GIS Hires Woolpert to Provide New Aerial Mapping of Kentucky Counties
The firm will collect imagery, lidar and hydrologic data to support multiple stakeholders. COVINGTON, Ky. (April 30, 2020) — Woolpert has been contracted by the LINK-GIS Partnership, a multi-jurisdictional GIS consortium in northern Kentucky, to provide new digital aerial imagery, lidar and planimetric data, including new hydrologic data, for Kenton and Campbell counties. The seamless dataset will support the planning and development needs of the consortium’s partners, contributors and cli...
Veritas Solutions Group Launches to Provide Smart Building Infrastructure Solutions for Optimized Performance and Operability
NEW YORK - Veritas Solutions Group (“Veritas”), a provider of smart building infrastructure solutions, today announced its official company launch. Veritas will unify the engineering branch of MIH Systems Group, a leading provider of commissioning services, under one new and comprehensive brand. The Company will offer smart infrastructure services and solutions for buildings in the New York City metro area looking to enhance energy efficiency, optimize MEP systems, and meet capital objectives...
Stantec named a Top 50 STEM Workplace by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Stantec structural engineer Bruce Hopper presents to a group of Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program students. Firm’s strong prioritization of inclusion and diversity efforts leads to prestigious recognition ANCHORAGE, AK, NYSE, TSX:STN: Stantec—a global architecture, engineering, and design firm—was recognized by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) as one of the Top 50 STEM Workplaces for Indigenous STEM Professionals. AISES released its listing...
Command Alkon Announces Thoma Bravo Acquisition is Complete
SAN FRANCISCO and BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Command Alkon, the leading supplier collaboration platform for construction’s heavy work, and Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity firm focused on the software and technology-enabled services sectors, announced the completion of Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of Command Alkon. As the new financial partners of Command Alkon, Thoma Bravo’s expertise in B2B enterprise software is expected to enable the company to accelerate the integration of the heavy construction...
Vectorworks, Inc. Sponsors Landscape Institute’s New Online Learning Platform
LI Campus offers high-quality educational content to landscape professionals around the world Columbia, MD (April 16, 2020)—To help nurture the professional development of landscape professionals, global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. sponsors the launch of the Landscape Institute’s (LI) digital learning platform, LI Campus. As a collection of educational content for landscape professionals, LI Campus will give users immediate access to a wide range of content, incorp...
Woolpert Purchases Additional Leica Geosystems TerrainMapper, Expands Geospatial Bandwidth
DENVER — Woolpert announced today that it had purchased its fourth Leica Geosystems TerrainMapper, a linear-mode aerial lidar sensor, to support the firm’s geospatial growth worldwide. Woolpert collects aerial, terrestrial and bathymetric lidar data, as well as acoustic data, for projects that range from national and coastal mapping programs to road design to disaster mitigation. Woolpert owns and operates more than 15 sensors and a fleet of over a dozen aircraft and helps test new lidar sys...
Engineering Association Calls on Congress to Re-Fund the Paycheck Protection Program
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) – the business association of the nation’s engineering industry – sent a letter to House and Senate leaders strongly urging Congress to act on legislation to provide additional funding to recapitalize the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). “The PPP program is working to help many of the nation’s engineering firms mitigate cash-flow problems and keep working on essential infrastructure projects, but we are very concerned th...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
