Ontario, Canada Supporting Eco-Friendly Innovation
Ontario, Canada is partnering with Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc. (RWDI) to invest in new technology and equipment at its Guelph, Ontario facility. Liz Sandals, MPP for Guelph, made the announcement today on behalf of Brad Duguid, Minister of Economic Development and Growth. RWDI is a world-leading climate engineering, building performance and environmental engineering firm. It uses innovative engineering, scientific, computing and testing capabilities to help create safe, efficient bu...
ManufactOn Secures Series A Investment from Brick & Mortar Ventures, Autodesk, & WND Ventures
Boston area startup ManufactOn announced today the close of its Series A investment round in which it raised $2.5 million. ManufactOn is a SaaS (mobile/web) platform that helps construction firms plan, track, and manage both prefabrication and regular material handling. ManufactOn makes information visible to all general and trade contractors involved in a project, including: coordinators, detailers, procurement, shop foremen, field superintendents, and project leaders. "ManufactOn continues t...
Wenck Opens New Office in Denver
MINNEAPOLIS – Wenck, the Minnesota based environmental, engineering, construction, and response services firm has opened a new office in Denver’s Greenwood Village and is planning to add several new employees this year. Wenck provides consulting services in water resources, environmental, permitting & compliance, green infrastructure, health and safety, site development, construction, emergency response, and solid waste. “We have had a number of new people join the team recently” said Ro...
Seaway Shipping Remains on Pace to Top 2016: Mining, Manufacturing Materials Lead the Way
September 14, 2017 – Overall shipping tonnage on the St. Lawrence Seaway is more than 13 percent ahead of 2016, according to the latest statistics through August 31. Iron ore, salt and general cargo shipments through the Great Lakes and Seaway have been strong throughout the 2017 shipping season and continue to lead the way. The St. Lawrence Seaway reports that cargo shipments from the start of the shipping season on March 20 through August totaled 19.9 million metric tons – up about 2.3 mi...
Zekelman Industries Hurricane Relief Support
Just under two weeks ago, we launched a campaign to support the relief efforts in Houston from the impacts of Harvey. Since then many of you have responded with donations to the American Red Cross, contributing over $150,000 in just 12 days and Zekelman Industries has matched that amount. With this weekend’s events from Hurricane Irma, the need for help has immeasurably grown. Zekelman industries is extending our donation period to now include the relief efforts for Irma through the American...
New Airbus Aerial Technology Impacts Hurricane Irma Recovery Efforts
ATLANTA - As residents and insurers in the southeastern United States begin to consider recovery efforts following Hurricane Irma, Airbus Aerial is prepared to help by providing insurance companies free initial access to its library of aerial base maps and data analytics of the affected region. This effort duplicates work the company has already begun with insurers in the Houston, Texas area following Hurricane Harvey. “Our focus is on helping victims restore some sense of normalcy to thei...
Majority of Americans Willing to Pay More to Rebuild and Grow Transportation Infrastructure
NEW YORK – As federal and state lawmakers continue to search for solutions to fund and finance critically needed transportation infrastructure, HNTB Corporation’s latest America THINKS national public opinion survey finds Americans with definitive views on how that funding should be generated and who should be responsible for maintaining and building the nation’s transportation network. According to the survey, “Paying for Infrastructure - 2017,” seven in 10 Americans (70 percent) expressed...
Arcadis Selected to Join Team to Design for Resiliency in San Francisco Bay
San Francisco – Arcadis, the leading global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets, announced today its selection as part of a team to participate in Resilient by Design’s Bay Area Challenge in San Francisco. Arcadis will join a team of engineers, architects, designers and other local and international experts to address sea level rise and storm flooding in San Francisco’s Bay Area over the next year. The team, called Public Sediment, is a multidisciplinary design team that...
Hexagon Receives Recognition from Huawei for Safe City Solution
Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of information technologies that drive productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications, received the “Best Developer Partner Award” and the “Business Win-Win Award” at Huawei Connect 2017 this week. This expo and forum brings together global IT leaders with the industries Huawei serves. With most of the world’s population living in cities, Hexagon and Huawei have collaborated on the first end-to-end Safe City solution. He...
Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, Partners with NVIDIA to Enhance AI for Robotic Inspection and Automated Defect Recognition
Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, is partnering with NVIDIA to use some of the latest advances in artificial intelligence computing to optimize the use of robotics for inspection and better detect defects on industrial assets with advanced data analytics. Avitas Systems can target specific points of inspection and develop paths to collect data in the form of images and video for a variety of robotics, including drones, robotic crawlers, and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV). These paths, driven...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
