ASCENT Unveils 2020 Autodesk Courseware Roadmap
Industry Experts Produce Comprehensive Collection of Autodesk Software Learning Guides with Over 60 Titles to be available for Autodesk 2020 Baltimore, MD — In conjunction with the Autodesk 2020 software releases, ASCENT Center for Technical Knowledge has released its fundamental guides for the core software titles: AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Inventor and Revit. As an Autodesk Authorized Publisher, ASCENT has also published their 2020...
Partner of the MKNO Winning Group in Bobigny as Part of the C40 - Reinventing Cities
MKNO: diversity and sustainable development are combined to offer a new place to live in Bobigny NODI, a new real estate player, develops mixed projects in housing, shops, offices with a strong territorial anchorage. NODI recreates living spaces abounding in spaces that most often have a rich industrial past and incorporate a global approach to environmental impacts. By taking root at the local, metropolitan and international level, NODI has applied for the "Reinventing Cities" call for...
Wood Adopts Delair UX11 for Large Scale Mine Surveying and Quantity Measuring
LOS ANGELES – Delair, a leading supplier of commercial drone solutions, along with one of its regional resellers, Frontier Precision, today announced that Wood has adopted the Delair UX11 high-performance UAV for its work in site planning and asset management in mining and quarry projects in the western US. Wood - a global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services to the energy, industry and built environment sectors - is initially deploying the drone to do high accu...
Brown and Caldwell to Manage $200M Water Resiliency Program in Phoenix
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Brown and Caldwell, a leading environmental engineering and construction firm, has been selected by the City of Phoenix, Arizona, to provide program management services for the City’s Zone 3D and 4A Improvements Program. The City conducted a study on how to supplement water supply should restrictions be placed on Colorado River water delivered through the Central Arizona Project (CAP). The results indicated a need for additional water supply in northern areas served by...
ARTBA Safety Week Challenge to Highway Contractors: Certify Your Employees. Save Lives!
Home to the Industry’s Only Internationally-Accredited Safety Program: www.puttingsafetyfirst.org (WASHINGTON) - As the annual “Construction Safety Week” gets underway, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) Foundation is challenging U.S. transportation contractors to enroll their workers in the Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals™ (SCTPP) program. The SCTPP was launched to help significantly reduce—or ideally eliminate—the 700 motorist...
Stantec Strengthens Transportation Team with Three Senior Hires
Phoenix, AZ, NYSE, TSX:STN: Stantec recently added three key managers to its Transportation team in the Southwest. Krishna Anantuni and Rob Lemke are joining the firm’s Phoenix, Arizona, office, while M’balia Tagoe-Guzman joins the Las Vegas, Nevada, office. The three bring more than 80 years of project experience to Stantec’s Transportation group, which numbers nearly 150 in the region. Krishna Anantuni Anantuni is well-known in the Phoenix Metro area and has more than 28 years of experie...
Modular Apartment Project Makes Headway in San Marcos, Texas, with Cheatham Street Flats
CHICAGO, IL / SAN MARCOS, TX — Z Modular, a division of Zekelman Industries, announced today it is beginning to stack the modules for its student housing and young professional module apartment project, the Cheatham Street Flats, in San Marcos, Texas. The 192,000-square-foot, five-story steel-framed complex will house 175 units ranging from studios to three-bedroom apartments. The Cheatham Street Flats brings a contemporary exterior and modern interior to Texas State University students and pro...
FHWA Provides Emergency Funds to Repair Flood-Damaged Roads in Missouri
The Federal Highway Administration issued $2 million “quick release” Emergency Relief funds to the Missouri Department of Transportation on May 3 to help repair roads damaged by widespread flooding back in March that affected several states throughout the Midwest. [Above photo by the Missouri DOT.] The FHWA noted in a statement that snow, wind, and rain from several storms in March crippled communities across South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Missouri. Flooding caused by the sto...
New ASCE Manual of Practice Examines the Design and Use of Wood Poles for Utility Lines
Reston, Va. – ASCE’s new book, Wood Pole Structures for Electrical Transmission Lines, MOP 141, provides comprehensive knowledge of the principles and methods for the design and use of wood poles for overhead utility line structures. When designed utilizing consistent structural engineering principles, wood pole structures provide a more resilient and cost effective option than other more commonly used materials. This manual examines Structural configurations and pole applications; Criti...
Terracon Names Jacob Spinsby as National Manager of Geophysical Services
DENVER — Terracon, a nationally known and respected consulting engineering firm, has named Jacob Spinsby, P.G., MSc, as national manager of geophysical services. Spinsby joins Terracon with more than 15 years of geophysical and management expertise, including subsurface utility engineering, geophysical exploration, and infrastructure non-destructive evaluation. Based in Terracon’s Denver-area office, Spinsby will lead the company’s national geophysics practice. "I am thrilled to rejo...