Western Specialty Contractors Launches New Website
(St. Louis, MO) Western Specialty Contractors has launched a new website with several enhancements aimed at improving overall navigation and customer interaction. Updates to the new website (www.westernspecialtycontractors.com) include: A new, crisp and modern facelift. A secured website to increase customer confidence. A streamlined menu to improve navigation. An improved “Services” page detailing work specific to masonry and concrete restoration, remedial waterproofing and roo...
AEC Next & SPAR 3D Expo & Conference Draws Nearly 1,900 Professionals for Education, Networking, and Newest AEC and 3D Technology
PORTLAND, MAINE – The 2019 editions of AEC Next Technology Expo + Conference and SPAR 3D Expo & Conference came to a close on May 23 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Nearly 1,900 professionals registered for the co-located events from a wide range of industries including architecture, engineering, and construction; surveying and mapping; civil and transportation infrastructure, industrial facilities, plants, and asset management; power and utilities; manufacturing; historic preservation; archae...
Making Solar and Renewable Energy Job Opportunities Available to Low Income Americans
New Columbia Solar (NCS), a clean energy company based in the District’s Ward 5, is now a partner to the Solar for All Program operated by the DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU). Partnership will increase renewable energy access, jobs for low-income residents NCS builds and operates solar energy systems on rooftops and parking canopies across the District and provides the power produced from the systems to low-income residents, nonprofits and businesses. “New Columbia Solar has...
Neste and The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Collaborate to Facilitate the Use of Sustainable Transportation Fuels
Neste, the leading renewable fuels producer, and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on its joint sustainable fuel initiative. The partners will be working together to facilitate the use of sustainable transportation fuels at Port Authority facilities and in its fleet vehicles and equipment, including renewable aviation fuel, renewable diesel, renewable propane and other sustainable fuel products. “As the first U.S. tra...
Hawaii Department of Transportation Demonstrates CarbonCure for Paving Infrastructure
HONOLULU, HI: The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announced yesterday that the department is demonstrating the use of concrete made with the CarbonCure Technology as a sustainable transportation initiative. The initial test involves a pour of 150 cubic yards of carbon-injected concrete next to an equivalent pour of standard concrete mix on an access road for the Kapolei Interchange Phase 2 on Oahu Island. “I am pleased to see HDOT moving ahead with CarbonCure, local concrete compan...
Thornton Tomasetti Investment Arm Takes Stake in Leading 3D Printing Firm
Thornton Tomasetti, which has long been at the forefront of innovative project delivery methods, was part of the team that built a fully functional building using 3D printing technology. A 2,000-square-foot office building was created using a 20-foot tall 3D printer and assembled on site in Dubai, UAE. Photo Credit: UAE Innovation Committee (New York, N.Y. – June 5, 2019) – TTWiiN Investment Partners, the innovation investment arm of Thornton Tomasetti, a global leader in the design and...
Autodesk to Showcase New Unity Integration, Connected BIM at AIA 2019
Visualization and collaboration are at the heart of design, and new technologies like virtual and real-time reality, as well as cloud connectivity, have the potential to improve the way architects create and work. Tomorrow kicks off the AIA Conference on Architecture 2019, and this year Autodesk will be showcasing a new integration with Unity, as well as updates to BIM 360 Design since its debut at AIA 2018. Today, Unity announced Unity Reflect – the company’s first...
Unity Technologies Announces Unity Reflect – First of Its Kind Product Enables Real-Time BIM Collaboration on Any Device With One Click
SAN FRANCISCO - Unity Technologies (https://unity.com), creator of the world’s most widely used real-time 3D development platform, today announced Unity Reflect: a new product which will enable Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) professionals to unlock the value of BIM data by putting it directly in the hands of any user and on any device. Unity Reflect makes real-time data visualization and data collaboration possible with a Revit plug-in that exports BIM and CAD data in just one...
Stantec assists Metro Purple Line Extension Project on Section 1 “Halfway There” Construction Milestone
Los Angeles, CA- NYSE, TSX:STN : Stantec—as a senior member of the Westside Extension Support Team (WEST) joint venture—is providing construction management support services to assist the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) in overseeing the design-build station and tunnel contracts, and design-bid-build utility contracts for the high-priority Purple Line Extension project, which celebrated a major milestone on June 2—the halfway completion mark for construction on S...
Autonomous Vehicle Knowledge is Key to Acceptance: HNTB Survey
Recognized benefits of autonomous (self-driving) vehicles include increased mobility for non-drivers, improved safety, and new solutions to better manage traffic congestion Key findings include: Slightly more than half of Americans (52 percent) consider themselves familiar with autonomous vehicles Increased mobility for non-drivers cited as most important benefit of autonomous vehicles by 52 percent of respondents More than six in 10 Americans (63 percent) are concerned about...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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