Weaver Consultants Group Moves to Delair UX11 UAV for Better Portability, Integration & Efficiency in Large Scale Aerial-Based Topographic Mapping
LOS ANGELES – Delair, a leading supplier of commercial drone solutions, along with one of its regional resellers, Seiler Instrument, today announced that Weaver Consultants Group has adopted the Delair UX11 high-performance UAV for its work in large-scale volumetric surveying and topographic mapping. The national firm provides a full range of engineering services and has a particular expertise in solid waste and landfill projects. The firm’s initial use of the new Delair platform has been in...
Gregory G. Deierlein and Jonathan Humble Receive Industry Recognition
Gregory G. Deierlein (left); Jonathan Humble Gregory G. Deierlein, PhD, PE, was recently named a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), a high honor among civil engineers. A member of the AISC Specification Committee, Deierlein is a professor and director of the J.A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center at Stanford University. He is well known for his research on steel and concrete composite structural systems, nonlinear structural analysis, and perform...
Two Longtime Employees of ODOT Named to lLadership Roles
Experience weighs in as two long-time Oklahoma Department of Transportation employees move in to new positions. Rick Johnson was named Director of Capital Programs and Jared Schwennesen was named Rail Division Manager at the July Oklahoma Transportation Commission meeting. The two bring with them years of experience at ODOT, having worked on a wide range of important projects and initiatives. Rick Johnson Johnson began his career with the agency in 1997 as a Transportation CADD Specialist...
Stantec’s Community-First Design Featured in New Sidewalk Labs Plan
Image Credit: Sidewalk Labs On Monday, Sidewalk Labs publicly released its Master Innovation Development Plan (MIDP) for the Quayside District in Toronto, which rethinks how infrastructure can be designed in a people-first community. Stantec’s innovative approach to infrastructure features heavily in the MIDP. The plan was submitted to Waterfront Toronto, the government agency overseeing the development, and is now under review. Sidewalk Labs turned to Stantec to help design the infra...
GSSI Announces Appointment of Amber Onufer as New Technical Sales Support Team Member
GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, is pleased to announce the hiring of Amber Onufer as Technical Sales Support. She will support GSSI’s Geophysical, Environmental, and Transportation Infrastructure teams. With a B.S. in Geology, Amber has more than seven years of experience with ground penetrating radar technology. In prior roles, Amber provided consultative sales, customer training, applications engineering, and research and development. She...
Lincoln Clean Energy Acquires 103 MW South Dakota Wind Project from Pattern Energy
CHICAGO – Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE), a subsidiary of Ørsted and a leading developer of U.S. renewables, announced today it has acquired a 103 MW construction ready wind project in Butte County, South Dakota. LCE purchased the project from Pattern Energy Group, an independent renewable energy company with wind and solar assets in the United States, Canada, and Japan. The project is expected to come online in the fourth quarter of 2020. Combined with its Plum Creek wind farm in Nebraska, planned...
Aberdeen Standard Investment to Acquire 42 MW of Solar Plants in Poland from Sun Investment Group and E Energija
The signing of the share purchase agreement. Credit: Sun Investment Group Sun Investment Group (SIG), Poland’s leading solar energy investment and development management company, and E energija group, a strategic renewables investor, have sold their portfolio of solar energy plants in Poland with a total capacity of 42.37 MW to Aberdeen Standard Investments - a leading European asset management company with assets under management of EUR 650 billion. Aberdeen Standard Investments has...
“Get There” Offers Easy Ride Matching and Trip Planning to Reduce Driving Alone
SALEM — Want to reduce the cost of your drive? It’s easier than ever to share the ride with ODOT’s new carpooling tool, Get There. A web-based tool, Get There helps Oregonians plan trips, share rides with single trips or on a regular basis, and more. Get There replaces Drive Less Connect, the state’s former carpool matching tool. By typing in a starting point and a destination, users can see options for both passengers and drivers looking to share rides. Using the tool helps travelers share the...
ERM Advanced Telematics Enters the IoT market and Introduces New Sensing Solutions Designed to Monitor and Track Assets
International automotive technology supplier ERM Advanced Telematics, whose products are installed in more than 5 million vehicles worldwide, is expanding its activities from telematics solutions for locating and tracking vehicles, drivers and passengers, to a complimentary field of IoT (Internet of Things). The company is introducing its IoTLink line of products, which is based on technology that was specifically developed at ERM. The new sensing solutions use sensors and gateways that enab...
BASF’s Ultra-Light Polyurethane Utility Pole Strengthens Power Grids and Secures Electricity Supply After Disasters
First commercial sale to a major utility pole distributor in Japan Durable Boldur™ utility poles help electricity companies lower installation and maintenance costs Enables fast electricity recovery after natural disaster, with less manpower and lifting equipment required Singapore – Boldur™ utility poles can now help disaster-prone countries to strengthen their power grid and recover rapidly after disasters. Produced with Elastolit® polyurethane and with a unique filament winding tech...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
