Jacobs Wins Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation Awards
DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has received the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) / Tarmac Health & Safety at Work Award 2017 in recognition of its Mental Health Matters program, which focuses on promoting positive mental health across the business, its staff and their families. The U.K. CIHT Awards recognize the outstanding achievements of those working in the highways and transportation sector by promoting their work as best practices to the indu...
State Transportation Funding Champion Legislators & Better Roads Advocates from Six States that Increased Gas Taxes in 2017 on Tap for July 12 National Workshop on Capitol Hill
(WASHINGTON) - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC) will host its 4th Annual “National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates” July 12 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill. The event brings together more than 100 transportation professionals, chamber of commerce executives and state officials to share best practices, playbook secrets and other keys to success in advancing state and local legislative and ba...
First Workshop Completed Within the CITT Project
The Carbon Infrastructure Transformation Tool (CITT) project seeks to develop an open access solution for calculating and managing embodied carbon emissions across the project lifecycle of infrastructure projects. In late April the project conducted its first workshop to introduce the tool to key industry bodies and to gain feedback to develop and improve the tool further. The workshop saw attendees from across the infrastructure industry spectrum in the UK participate in interactive worksho...
Impressions from Intersolar 2017
Intersolar Europe 2017 delivers on its reputation as the leading event of the solar industry with a large and enthusiastic crowd, cutting edge innovations and a general feeling of the solar industry’s growing importance worldwide. The renewable energy revolution is here and it has been here for some time. An infographic from Bloomberg New Energy Finance summarizes the past 10 years in a nice and concise way. For the most part it is graphs pointing up and to the right. Greenbyte, the compan...
Idaho One of Two Western States to Win Multiple Regional Awards from National Transportation Organization
BOISE - Two Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) efforts -- a massive clean up of a landslide in north-central Idaho, and the final piece of an interchange construction plan in eastern Idaho that significantly cut serious crashes -- won regional awards yesterday (Wednesday, June 28) in Juneau, Alaska. Regional winners in the America's Transportation Awards were announced during the annual conference of the Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (WASHTO). Idaho was...
CWIEME Berlin 2017: Day 3
Patrick Schaffus, engagement manager for automotive and assembly at McKinsey & Company, opened day three of CWIEME Berlin 2017 with an overview of the global market for electric vehicles, as well as the factors driving it. A 2016 McKinsey survey revealed that 30-45% of vehicle buyers in the US and Germany would consider an electric vehicle (EV) purchase today. “This indicates huge potential for the EV market to pick up fast,” Schaffus said. “Furthermore, the next wave of EV owners will have l...
Clark Honored with Heritage Award for Role in Shaping the Los Angeles Landscape
Earlier this month, Clark Construction Group was honored by non-profit organization Project Restore with a Los Angeles Heritage Award for the firm’s role in shaping and strengthening the Los Angeles built environment. Clark’s Western Region President and CEO, Richard Heim, accepted the award on the company’s behalf. Clark is the first construction company to be honored with the prestigious award. More than 500 guests, including Heritage Award co-honoree Brenda A. Levin, FAIA, Los Angeles Cit...
MGM Resorts International Earns 4 Green Globes Certifications for 26 Properties
Las Vegas – The Green Building Initiative (GBI) is pleased to announce that MGM Resorts International has earned Four Green Globes® certifications for 26 retrofit building projects at various MGM Resorts’ Las Vegas properties. More than 45 million square feet of hotels, casinos, convention centers and resort campus spaces were retrofit to save energy and water, improve the indoor environment for guests and staff, reduce emissions and resource waste, and employ environmental management methods....
BASE's The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 1 Wins Top Post-Tensioning Institute Award
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS – Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering, Inc. (BASE) has announced that The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 1 was awarded 2017 Project of the Year by the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI). The PTI awards are given biennially and recognizes projects worldwide for excellence in its application of post-tensioned concrete. BASE was the structural engineer of record for this project developed by PACREP, LLC, designed by Guerin Glass Architects, and constr...
U.S. Energy Secretary Perry to Keynote the 2017 EIA Energy Conference
U.S. Energy Secretary Perry to Keynote the 2017 EIA Energy Conference Don’t miss this opportunity to learn firsthand about the current trends and key developments affecting energy at the state, national, and global level. The 2017 EIA Energy Conference will feature leaders from the coal, petroleum, natural gas, electric, renewable, and nuclear energy sectors. Hear from the policymakers shaping energy legislation and regulations, company executives developing and transporting...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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