Transportation Projects that Benefit Communities and Businesses Win Regional Awards
NDIANAPOLIS, IN— Six mid-American state departments of transportation won regional awards today for eight outstanding transportation projects that are credited with helping to revitalize communities and provide access to employment centers, medical institutions, and recreation facilities. “For 12 years, the America’s Transportation Awards have recognized state DOT projects for making communities safer, less congested, and better connected,” said Carlos Braceras, executive director of the Utah...
Increasing Sustainability of Healthcare Facility Distributed Energy Systems
By Tim Kelley, Director of Renewable and Storage Solutions at Russelectric, Inc. Continuous power supply is critical to maintain healthcare facilities and the health and safety of patients during emergency operations. As a result, hospitals must have robust power systems to continue operations in the event of a grid outage. Most of these systems are powered by diesel generators. As healthcare companies seek to improve their sustainability and to protect their power systems against risk...
UFPI Announces Structure Change to Promote Growth, Effective Jan. 1, 2020
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.- Universal Forest Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: UFPI) today announced a new organizational structure that is designed to position the Company for accelerated sales and profit growth in the coming years and provide more opportunity for its employees. As of Jan. 1, 2020, the Company will be known as UFP Industries, Inc. The Company will seek to ratify the name change at its April 22, 2020, shareholder meeting. Under the new structure, also effective Jan. 1, 2020, the Company will...
Leading Engineering and Design Firm Stantec Consolidates Three Salt Lake City Offices
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, NYSE, TSX:STN- Stantec, a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm is consolidating Salt Lake City area employees from three offices into one existing location at 2890 East Cottonwood Parkway in Salt Lake City. Team members from the firm’s Water, Mining, Environmental Services, and Community Development business lines will occupy approximately 20,000 square feet in Suite 300. Located at the entrance of several of the most famous ski resorts in the world, the...
Sustainability Expert Chris Kline Returns to Cardno and Joins Firm's Walkerton Office
Walkerton, IN - Cardno is pleased to announce Chris Kline has returned to the firm as Senior Business Leadership & Development Manager in the company’s Walkerton, IN, USA office. Chris brings more than 30 years of experience in supporting and leading business development, sustainability and strategy development, and planning efforts. Chris is an experienced business development professional who has led wide-ranging sales and marketing efforts, with expertise in developing sustainability curri...
Trimble Introduces New Compact-Sized Tablet for Geospatial Field Applications
UNNYVALE, Calif.,— Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the launch of the latest addition to its portfolio of data collectors—the Trimble® T7 tablet. Purpose-built for survey and Geographic Information System (GIS) data collection applications, the next-generation tablet connects to Trimble's suite of survey instruments and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers in a portable and ultra-rugged package. Equipped with a tough 7-inch multi-touch screen, modular expansion capability, m...
TIMBER IN THE CITY: Students Awarded Prizes for Innovative Designs Using Wood for NYC
NEW YORK —Today, the winning entrants were announced of a student design competition exploring wood as an innovative building material. Timber in the City: Urban Habitats Competition, organized by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), the Binational Softwood Lumber Council (BSLC) and Parsons School of Design, attracted more than 920 architectural students and faculty. Entrants designed proposals to imagine the transformation of our cities through sustainable buildings fro...
Fleet Advantage White Paper Addresses How Data Is Impacting Fleet Profitability
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Fleet Advantage, a leading innovator in truck fleet business analytics, equipment financing, and lifecycle cost management released today its latest comprehensive industry white paper report – “The Future of Transportation Fleets: How Business Intelligence is Steering More Profitable Decisions”. The report takes an in-depth look at opportunities presented to transportation fleets utilizing Business Intelligence to drive operations and overall organizational financial strat...
Western Specialty Contractors Experts Say Maintaining Educational Facility Facades Just as Important as Maintaining Their Interiors
(St. Louis, MO) It’s back to school time and facility managers are busily preparing their buildings’ classrooms, gymnasiums, cafeterias and other interior spaces for the rush of students returning from summer break. Obviously, an important task, but how much consideration is given to ensuring that the building’s exterior façade is also ready? The façade restoration experts at Western Specialty Contractors stress that maintaining the exteriors of educational facilities is just as important as...
Taylor Announces the Release of a Fluid Viscous Damper Design Manual
NORTH TONAWANDA, NY - Taylor Devices, Inc. would like to formally announce the release of their first ever comprehensive Fluid Viscous Dampers design manual. “In the civil engineering field, high capacity fluid dampers have transitioned from defense related structures to commercial applications on buildings and bridges subjected to seismic and/or windstorm inputs. Because fluid damping technology was proven thoroughly reliable and robust through decades of Cold War usage, implementation on c...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
