HNTB’s Shahram Vahdat appointed president of American Council of Engineering Companies – Los Angeles County chapter
LOS ANGELES – Shahram Vahdat, PE, group transportation director and vice president for HNTB Corporation, has been appointed president of the board of directors of American Council of Engineering Companies – Los Angeles County chapter. He has been a member of the board of directors since 1999, holding numerous executive positions. This will be the second time Vahdat is serving as president. “I am honored to serve in a leadership capacity for our Los Angeles chapter, which is comprised of over...
Solar Project Racks up 50 Farms in South Australia
A renewable energy project that started as a way to provide extra income for grape and citrus growers has built its 50th small-scale solar farm in South Australia. Renmark-based Yates Electrical Services began its Red Mud Green Energy project three years ago with the first 187kW commercial farm joining the electricity grid in September 2016. Since then 50 farms have been built up to 1MW in size on sites ranging in area from 4000sq m (1 acre) to 2 hectares (5 acres). About 80 per cent of th...
Storm gets on board with Greenbyte Energy Cloud for data management
The Belgian wind farm developer chose Greenbyte Energy Cloud for data management of their operational wind farms of 100 MW all over Belgium and Ireland. Greenbyte Energy Cloud will enable Storm to monitor and manage their wind farms, and analyze their performance for future optimization. Storm is more than the average wind farm developer. With over 400 MW in their pipeline, both in procedure and under construction, they are a rapidly growing organization. On top of that, Storm empowers custom...
AISC Remembers Ground-breaking Architect I.M. Pei
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction Friday remembered legendary architect I.M. Pei, who died early Thursday at the age of 102. "I.M. Pei leaves a physical and intellectual legacy of constant innovation, much of which featured steel as the structural medium," AISC President Charles J. Carter, SE, PE, PhD, said. "His many iconic structures will inspire generations of architects to push the boundaries and bring new ideas to life, and we look forward to being part of that celebra...
John Bailey, Former Prospect Steel President and AISC Board Member, Dies at 66
John William Bailey, president of Prospect Steel, a division of Lexicon, Inc., in Little Rock, Ark., and an AISC Board Member, passed away Sunday, May 19, at the age of 66 after a brief fight with cancer. John was born on November 15, 1952, in Jackson, Tenn., to parents William Hampton and Norreen M. Cassidy Bailey. He earned two degrees from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville—a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1975 and a master's degree in structural engineering in 1977—before rec...
In Drought-Stricken Namibia, Solar Energy is Now Used to Make Clean Water From the Atlantic Ocean
The sustainable seawater desalination plant was inaugurated by H.E. Dr. Sam S Nujoma, founding President of the Republic of Namibia, on Friday 10 May at the University of Namibia campus. In sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia stands out as the driest country and one of those hardest hit by the effects of climate change. Namibia’s first ever fully solar-powered desalination system, which makes high-quality water straight from the ocean, has been commissioned as a joint initiative of the University of...
Boston Dynamics and its autonomous SpotMini robot to headline Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) technology conference NXT BLD on June 11
London, UK — 24 May 2019 – On 11 June 2019, NXT BLD (Next Build), the leading event dedicated to future technology for Architecture, Engineering and Construction, will explore how innovations in digital fabrication, architecture, autonomous robots, computational design, visualisation and VR, are set to revolutionise the construction industry. The conference and exhibition takes place in London, UK at Westminster’s Queen Elizabeth II Centre. The main stage presentations will also be livestream...
Terra Drone Indonesia Demonstrates Aerial LiDAR Survey Benefits to Construction Companies
West Java, Indonesia – Terra Drone Indonesia, a group company of Terra Drone Corporation, one of the world’s largest providers of industrial drone solutions, has successfully completed two pilot projects that demonstrate how construction companies can benefit from drone surveying and mapping services. Using drones equipped with Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology, Terra Drone Indonesia has carried out survey-grade topographic mapping for two different dam construction projects in the...
ARTBA Foundation Announces Financial Assistance to 16 Children of Fallen Highway Workers
WASHINGTON) - Sixteen children of highway workers who were killed or permanently disabled on the job will receive post-high school financial assistance for the 2019-20 school year from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation’s (ARTBA-TDF) “Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship” fund. Now in its 20th year, the program was established with a gift from two Roanoke, Virginia, highway contracto...
Woolpert Providing Full Design Services for $6M Hillsboro (Ohio) High School Auditorium
HILLSBORO, Ohio — Hillsboro City Schools has contracted with Woolpert to provide full design services for its $6 million high school auditorium. The new auditorium will be 23,000 square feet, seat 800, and include flexible space for changing rooms and/or locker rooms. Hillsboro High School, located about 60 miles east of Cincinnati, has an enrollment of approximately 750 students. Woolpert Project Manager Todd Ford, a 2002 Hillsboro graduate, said the design of the auditorium will mesh with t...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
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