WSP Aviation Expert to Present at Urban Infrastructure Conference
NEW YORK, NY – Indhira Figuereo, vice president and Northeast aviation principal at WSP USA, will participate in a panel discussion on airport development as part of the second annual Transportation & Infrastructure Construction forum to be held on June 6 at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. The conference highlights the current construction boom resulting from the New York metropolitan area’s need for modern and expanded bridges, ports, tunnels, roads and airports. Ms. Figuereo and...
SD Mines New Horizons Energy Conference Call for Abstracts
RAPID CITY, SD – The Energy Resources Initiative at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology hosts the New Horizons Energy Conference, Oct. 25-26, 2018. The conference includes oral and poster presentations on Thursday, Oct. 25, and field trip options to the Black Hills and the Sanford Underground Research Facility on Friday Oct. 26. A professional short course with CEU credit will also be offered on Friday. The conference is seeking abstracts for recent research on oil and gas, geother...
Call for Abstracts: 13th North American Masonry Conference
Papers are invited for the 13th North American Masonry conference to be held from June 16th through the 19th, 2019, in Salt Lake City. The Conference is hosted by Brigham Young University and is the latest in the series of quadrennial conferences sponsored by The Masonry Society. More than 150 papers from more than 20 countries are anticipated to be presented at the conference and included in the final proceedings. The conference seeks to provide a forum to professionals from around the world f...
Is Asia Now the Center of Gravity for Infrastructure?
Several members of the Bentley Systems team at the 2017 Year In Infrastructure event held Oct. 10-12, 2017, in Singapore, discuss whether Asia now is the center of gravity for infrastructure.
WSP Technical Experts to Present New Mobility Solutions at ITS America’s Annual Meeting
DETROIT, MI – Consultants from WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, will deliver presentations on the planning, development and testing of transportation infrastructure for connected and automated vehicles (C/AV), next generation intelligent transportation system (ITS) solutions, tolling and managed lanes at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America 2018 Annual Meeting in Detroit, Michigan June 4-7. WSP is a sponsor of the event. “Technology is tr...
Finland and China Invited Companies to Develop Smart Energy Solutions in Unique Test Platforms
Finland and China are building open international test platforms to develop a flexible and clean energy system. At Clean Energy Ministers Meeting (CEM9) side event held at Copenhagen 24th May, Finnish Minister of the Environment, Energy and Housing Kimmo Tiilikainen invited international companies and research institutes to Åland Islands to develop world’s first Island that uses only renewable energy sources. The Åland Islands is planned to be a demonstration platform for a flexible energy sy...
Deadline June 5 - Submit your Abstract or Session for Structures Congress 2019
Call for Abstracts and Sessions The National Technical Program Committee seeks sessions and abstracts addressing topics identified in this list with emphasis on presentations that highlight innovative topics with practical applications. Presentations that are lively, entertaining and interactive are strongly encouraged. Note: ALL accepted presenters and moderators are required to register for and attend the conference. SUBMIT Key Dates: Submission Due: June 5, 2018 Session Id...
GeoSLAM to Demo Fast, Easy and Versatile 3D Mobile Laser Scanning at 2018 SPAR3D Conference
ANAHEIM, California, USA – GeoSLAM will demonstrate the speed, simplicity and versatility of 3D mobile data collection next week at the 2018 SPAR3D Expo & Conference. The technology firm will preview its latest product – the ZEB REVO RT handheld laser scanner – and conduct several live demonstrations of complex, indoor 3D mapping during the SPAR3D event. “The future of surveying has arrived, and it is mobile!” said Robby Dudley, GeoSLAM NAFTA Channel Manager. “The ZEB-REVO RT is a game-change...
HDR’s Nick Burdette Discusses Accelerated Bridge Construction in Latest ‘Experts Talk’ Interview
(OMAHA, Neb.) - Continuing on the theme of bridges, the latest entry in HDR’s “Experts Talk” interview series introduces Senior Bridge Engineer Nick Burdette, who discusses accelerated bridge construction. A native of Philadelphia, he entered the industry in the United Kingdom before joining HDR’s Pittsburgh office 10 years ago. Since then, he has contributed to ABC designs for projects such as the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in New York and the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in the Outer Banks of Nort...
Regulatory Reform Key to Meeting Renewable Energy Targets in Panama
Panama City, Panama — Upgrades to Panama’s regulatory environment and power system management are critical to achieving the renewable energy goals set out in the country’s National Energy Plan, per a Renewables Readiness Assessment Panama report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The report was launched at high-level event in Panama City today and presented to the country’s Secretary of Energy, Dr. Victor Urrutia. A central recommendation of the report calls for am...