Finlay Park Receives an Honor Award for Analysis & Planning from the American Society of Landscape Architecture Southeast Regional Conference
The American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) recently held their Southeast Regional Conference in June where they announced the 2017 design award winners. Finlay Park Master Plan in Columbia, South Carolina won an Honor Award in the Analysis and Planning Category – among the top awards for the program. The City of Columbia and the design team, which includes Stantec, Civitas, Liollio Architecture, HR&A Advisors, Cox & Dinkins, Chao & Associates, Cumming, Comprehensive Business Consultan...
North Carolina’s Davidson Rural Area Plan Wins Two Design Awards for Planning and Sustainability
The Town of Davidson Rural Area Plan recently won two awards for design excellence. The first award is the Marvin Collins Planning Award in the Implementation/Small Community category from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association Awards (APA-NC). The APA-NC Marvin Collins award recognizes a highly effective and/or successful plan, project, or ordinance implemented or adopted in the current or past five years. The judges noted that Davidson Rural Area Plan, “was an...
Fugro Seminars Examine Role of Site Characterisation in Project Risk Management
A lack of timely, comprehensive site data is often cited as a factor in unplanned design changes, programme delays and budget over-runs affecting infrastructure delivery. In two new one-day seminars, Fugro will show how an integrated, state-of-the-art ground investigation can reduce uncertainty and pre-construction risk when planning development at complex sites. Respected experts at Fugro, a global leader in site characterisation and asset integrity solutions, will discuss ways in which...
Maureen Sullivan of the U.S. DoD and James E. Woolford of the U.S. EPA to Keynote Groundwater Solutions Symposium
WESTERVILLE, OH — The National Ground Water Association announced today that Maureen Sullivan of the U.S. Department of Defense will present the Tuesday keynote address, “Adapting to Changing Environments: Water as a Mission-Critical Resource,” at its groundwater solutions conference taking place August 8-9 in Arlington, Virginia. James E. Woolford of the U.S. EPA will deliver the Wednesday keynote. Attendees can register at NGWA.org/Solutions. This comprehensive conference will focus...
Mexican Government and World Energy Council to host World Energy Leaders' Summit in September
Beijing: In a ceremony held during the 8th Clean Energy Ministerial meeting in Beijing, Leonardo Beltrán Rodríguez, Deputy Secretary for Planning and Energy Transition of Mexico and Christoph Frei, Secretary General of the World Energy Council today signed an agreement to host a World Energy Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City on September 12 – 13, 2017. The summit will form the highlight of a week of energy events entitled Dialogues for the Future of Energy Mexico 2017 (DEMEX) organised by Mexico's...
Year in Infrastructure 2017
See presentations that inspire, including what’s next in Bentley software, thought-provoking guest keynotes, and this year’s industry advancements. Hear from the best and brightest speakers and discover the award-winning infrastructure projects that are advancing infrastructure in design, engineering, construction, and operations around the world. Make plans to join us October 10-12 in Singapore: http://www.bentley.com/yii2017
Virginia DOT Wins Award for Smart Scale Web Tool Which Provides Transparency for Projects
RICHMOND, Virginia – The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) recently won the Richmond Technology Council (RVATech) award for Innovation in Development – Public Sector. VDOT was recognized for its work with the SMART SCALE web tool, which provides the general public with transparency regarding the agency’s transportation projects. The award is handed out to the organization that has demonstrated exceptional technological development to the benefit of the organization itself, or t...
Launch of new Energy Scenarios for Latin America to 2060
The World Energy Council, will be bringing Arturo Leonardo Vásquez, Deputy Minister of Energy, Peru, and Gerald Davis, Chair World Energy Scenarios, together with global energy leaders to launch a new energy scenarios to 2060 report for Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be streamed live online. The World Energy Council has identified that the Latin American and the Caribbean region needs to focus on large-scale investment and regional integration to mitigate risks and unlock its gre...
Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group Announces 2017 Steven Gilbert Memorial Scholarship recipients
RESTON, VA. – May 19, 2017 – The Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group (UVIG) Board of Directors has announced this year’s Steven Gilbert Memorial Scholarship recipients. Gilbert was a long-time participant in UVIG who served on the UVIG Board of Directors and was Chair of UVIG’s O&M User Group. He passed away suddenly in 2016 and as a way to honor him, the UVIG Board named its scholarship program after him. The scholarship program serves as an extension of one of the organization’s p...
Gardner Asphalt Supply LLC & Florida Transportation Builders’ Association Member Companies Overall Winner of 2017 ARTBA Foundation’s “Helping Hand” Awards
(WASHINGTON) - Gardner Asphalt Supply LLC of Bartow, Fla., and Florida Transportation Builders’ Association member companies were named the first place winner in the 2017 “Helping Hand Awards,” an annual competition sponsored by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF). The awards “recognize extraordinary programs - outside the scope of normal business operations— that demonstrably benefit and help improve the quality of life...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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