AISI and Partners to Host Free Webinar on September 17 as Part of United for Infrastructure Week 2020
WASHINGTON D.C. – With national attention sharply focused on the need to replace America’s crumbling infrastructure, the North American steel industry and its industry partners are participating in a week-long event to call national attention to the critical role infrastructure plays in our daily lives, economy, jobs, public health and national security. “United for Infrastructure: A Week to Champion America’s Infrastructure” is being held September 14-21, 2020. Now in its eighth year and for...
PennDOT's 'Innovations Challenge' Invites Students to Develop Solution to Ensure Adequate Transportation Funding for the Future
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that students in grades 9-12 are invited to participate in the fourth annual PennDOT Innovations Challenge, which encourages students to use their problem-solving, creative and strategic-thinking abilities to solve real-world transportation challenges in a competition among their peers. "One of the goals of the Innovations Challenge is to open students' minds to the possibility of a career in transportati...
Registration Open for DFI of India Virtual Conference and Webinars
Chennai, India : Registration is open for DFI-India 2020: Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development being held on November 19-20, 2020, as a virtual conference. Organized by DFI of India (DFII) in collaboration with Indian Geotechnical Society – Chennai Chapter, the event is a precursor to the regional chapter’s 10th anniversary conference, which has been rescheduled for November 2021. The event includes 3 to 4 hours each day of live, online presentations from i...
PennDOT Partnership Receives Award
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has received regional and national recognition for a couple of recent projects. PennDOT was named a regional winner in the America’s Transportation Awards competition in the operational excellence category for their Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement Program. This program is a five-year pilot to address work zone safety through the deployment of mobile units to detect vehicles traveling at least 11 miles per hour over the speed limit. A camera...
CFSEI to Launch Virtual Expo on September 3, 2020
Eight webinars to be offered over eight weeks for 12 PDH credits WASHINGTON, DC — The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) will launch the first-ever CSFEI Virtual Expo on September 3, 2020 which will include four live webinars and four on-demand webinars conducted by nationally known experts for a total of 12 continuing education credits. The webinars will begin on September 3, 2020 and conclude on November 12, 2020. The CFSEI Virtual Expo replaces the annual live CFSEI Expo th...
Tensar Announces Winner of First Annual Civil Engineering Scholarship Program
ATLANTA, GA – Tensar International, a leading geosynthetic products innovator known for its unique geogrid solutions, announced two winners of it first annual Tensar Civil Engineering Scholarship competition program. The two students each won a $1000 scholarship for completing a specific construction design challenge: one challenge was in flexible pavement design and the other in mechanically stabilized earth wall design. The scholarships are one component of Tensar’s ongoing professional educat...
Public and Private Sectors Working Together To Improve Texas Highway Project Safety
WASHINGTON — The Texas transportation construction industry, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) are continuing to work hand-in-hand through the COVID-19 pandemic to improve traffic safety and significantly reduce worker injuries, ARTBA Chairman Steve McGough says. In August 19 remarks before the virtual Associated General Contractors of Texas (AGCTX) and TxDOT Executive Safety Conference, McGough, the president & CFO...
United for Infrastructure 2020: A Week to Champion America’s Infrastructure
Join us from September 14-21 for our signature annual program, United for Infrastructure 2020: A Week to Champion America’s Infrastructure. For the last eight years, we have convened leaders from across America to highlight the critical role infrastructure plays in our daily lives, economy, jobs, public health, and national security. Led by our Steering Committee and joined by more than 500 affiliates nationwide, participants host events, tours and open houses at infrastructure assets, speak...
AASHTO Transitions to a Virtual Annual Meeting
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2020 Annual Meeting — originally planned to be held in Baltimore, MD, November 4-8 – will be held virtually the week of November 9-13. The premiere national gathering of state department of transportation leaders, federal transportation officials, and industry professionals, AASHTO said many of the sessions typically associated with a yearly in-person conference will continue virtually, includ...
Viewpoint Collaborate Conference Broadens Reach, Opens Registration for Virtual Event
Event Welcomes Construction Industry Professionals in 2020, Extends Learning and Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Credit Options Beyond Clientbase Portland, Ore. — Viewpoint, a Trimble Company (NASDAQ: TRMB) and construction management software leader, today announced that registration is now open for its annual Collaborate conference, which will be held as a virtual event September 22-23, 2020. Viewpoint will bring construction industry professionals together to share best practices...
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