FMI Releases 2019 FMI Overview, Featuring FMI's Latest Forecast, the 2019 U.S. and Canada Construction Outlooks
RALEIGH, N.C. - FMI Corporation, the leading provider of management consulting and investment banking services to engineering and construction, infrastructure and the built environment, is pleased to announce the release of its "2019 FMI Overview," featuring FMI's latest forecast, the 2019 U.S. and Canada Construction Outlook. The publication offers comprehensive construction forecasts for a broad range of market segments and geographies in the U.S. and Canada and provides valuable insights from...
New Report Identifies Corrosion as Major Threat to Public Health
HOUSTON - NACE International, the nonprofit association and leading resource for corrosion expertise and education, today released its Spotlight on Corrosion Report: The Critical Need for Corrosion Management in the Water Treatment Sector. Based on input from more than 1,300 corrosion professionals, the report identifies aging water infrastructure as a pressing, costly, yet resolvable threat to public health, and recommends the adoption of Corrosion Management Systems (CMS) as an immediate solut...
APAC to Drive Global Distribution Transformers Market Over Next Four Years, says GlobalData
Asia-Pacific (APAC) will continue to lead the distribution transformers market of the global power sector with a share of 48% and reach $6.94bn in 2022, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report, ‘Distribution Transformers Market, Update 2018, reveals that the global market value is likely to reach $14.32bn in 2022, growing at a modest CAGR of 1.6% between 2018 and 2022. Nirushan Rajasekaram, Power Analyst at GlobalData, says: “Systemic transfor...
Federal Shutdown Impacting Project Planning for State DOTs
As the partial shutdown of the federal government over border wall funding stretches past 20 days, some state departments of transportation are beginning to curtail planning for new projects while several mass transit systems are scrambling as many rely on federal grants for both operating revenues and capital funding. In his first media briefing as the new executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Jim Tymon (pictured above) explained that s...
Gas Demand Hits Lowest Level in 2 Years
DENVER – The latest Energy Information Administration (EIA) data register gasoline demand at 8.6 million barrels per day for the week ending December 28 – the lowest level on record since February 2017. Overall demand was down nearly 900,000 barrels despite a record holiday travel period. That suggests that winter demand could be lower than expected, further driving down already-foundering pump prices for the time being. Today's national gas price average is $2.23 and has declined for 12 wee...
Global Commission Describes New Geopolitical Power Dynamics Created by Renewable Energy
Abu Dhabi, UAE: 11 January 2019 —Political and business leaders from around the world have outlined the far-reaching geopolitical implications of an energy transformation driven by the rapid growth of renewable energy. In a new report launched today at the Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the Global Commission on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation says the geopolitical and socio-economic consequences of a new energy age may be as profound as those which accomp...
New Whitepaper Offers Smart City Roadmap for Public Power Utilities
WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Public Power Association, the voice of not-for-profit, community-owned utilities that power 2,000 towns and cities nationwide, and SmartEnergy IP™, a division of SmartMark Communications, announced today the release of “Creating a Smart City Roadmap for Public Power Utilities” whitepaper. The publication, prepared by SmartEnergy IP’s smart city subject matter expert, provides a roadmap for cities and utilities considering implementing a smart city program. The pap...
Autodesk to Acquire BuildingConnected, a Leading Construction Bid-Management Platform
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., - Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BuildingConnected for $275 million net of cash acquired. This acquisition will add bid management, risk analysis and other preconstruction solutions to Autodesk's construction portfolio. In addition, BuildingConnected's network presents an opportunity to create a robust digital marketplace for construction goods and services. BuildingConnected has built a network of more than 700,000 constru...
House Passes Gibbs’ Bipartisan Bill to Help Communities Comply with Clean Water Standards
Washington, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation to provide greater flexibility and ease burdens on local communities working to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) wastewater and storm water standards under the Clean Water Act was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday evening by a vote of 351 to 10. H.R. 7279, the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act, was introduced by U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH). Cities and other municipalities charged with delivering water...
Engineered Solutions: Transcending Time - Hot-Dip Galvanized Steel Provides Solution to Combat Corrosion on Bridges Old and New
Sponsored by: The world is a very different place today than it was in 1966—a time of space exploration, computers the size of an entire room, and color TVs being a new phenomenon. In addition to these scientific and technological advancements, there was an important infrastructure innovation in the United States: the first hot-dip galvanized bridge was built. The 420-foot Stearns Bayou Bridge in Grand Haven, Mich., opened on Aug. 31, 1966, replacing the old, one-lane wooden structur...
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Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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