Ohio DOT’s Gilmore Named Vice Chair of AASHTO’s CRUO Committee
Drew Gilmore, administrator of the Office of Real Estate within the Ohio Department of Transportation, was recently appointed vice chair of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ Committee on Right-of-Way, Utilities, and Outdoor Advertising Controls or CRUO. It is a committee tasked with reviewing and recommends changes to laws, rules, regulations, and procedures affecting right of way, utility, and outdoor advertising issues, as well as maintaining three AASH...
AASHTO Seeking ‘High Value’ Research Projects
Each year, the Research Advisory Committee of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials asks state departments of transportation to identify and document recently completed “high-value” research projects. The RAC then publishes an annual compilation of all these projects in a document called Research Impacts: Better – Faster – Cheaper...
Report Highlights How to Bring More Women into the Transportation Workforce
A new 40-page report released by the Mineta Transportation Institute on Feb. 11 examines ways to recruit and retain more women in transportation, offering 11 recommendations to help improve both female- and minority-focused hiring practices. [Above photo by Oregon DOT.] The group’s report – entitled Attracting and Retaining Women in the Transportation Industry and authored by MTI Research Associates Jodi Godfrey and Dr. Robert Bertini – found that while the proportion of women aged 16 and...
Transportation Funding to Flow Following Bicameral Legislative Agreement
As part of bicameral legislative deal to prevent a second partial federal government shutdown while providing monies to build a wall along parts of the southern U.S. border, a total of $26.5 billion in discretionary funds and $60 billion from Highway and Airport and Airway Trust Funds will b...
Beacon Communications Completes Eagle Pointe Recreation Center
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Beacon Communications has recently completed its contributions to the Eagle Pointe Recreation Center renovation project in Commerce City, Colorado. Construction on the $14 million project began on Jan. 28, 2018 and added 6,000 square-feet of additional space, including a therapy pool, family locker rooms, expanded fitness area, improved dance and fitness facilities, community meeting spaces, a technology lab, improved restrooms and the relocation of a steam room. Beacon Commu...
Kinetico Expands Into Water Leak Detector Systems Market
NEWBURY, Ohio - Kinetico Incorporated, a leading manufacturer of quality water systems, is venturing into leak detection with the release of its Leak Detection & Automatic Water Shut-Off System. Authorized, independent Kinetico dealers can now offer consumers a comprehensive and streamlined option for leak detection and damage prevention for homes and businesses. Kinetico's Leak Detection System includes a Wi-Fi connected hub, sensors and a shut-off valve that is installed on a water supply....
Innovation Paves Way for Next Stage of Global Energy Transformation
Brussels, Belgium – Countries at the forefront of the energy transformation are getting more than a third of their energy from variable renewables like solar and wind, and they’re doing it in a cost-effective manner. By making use of innovative solutions that allow to integrate a higher share of renewables into power systems, innovation holds the key to a cost-effective global energy transformation. These findings come from a first-of-a-kind mapping and analysis of innovations that will trans...
Wärtsilä Power Plants Will Support Dominican Republic’s Growing Tourist Industry
The technology group Wärtsilä has successfully handed over projects for two Wärtsilä engine power plants installed in the Dominican Republic. The additional capacity is needed to meet the increasing electricity demand from the country’s growing tourist industry. Both hand-overs took place in December 2018. Consorcio Energético Punta Cana-Macao (CEPM), a privately owned utility company, ordered a 51 MW power plant from Wärtsilä to be delivered on a fast-track, engineering, procurement and cons...
Industrial Emissions Measuring Company Aeromon Moves into Production Phase
HELSINKI, Finland - Aeromon - the company behind the compact and customisable emissions measurement devices that can be used in drone-mounted, hand-held and fixed configurations to reveal hidden industrial emissions - has announced the launch of its first commercially available product. The company aims to help industrial operators in maritime, oil and gas, waste and recycling, and pulp and paper mitigate environmental harm and meet emissions regulations in a low-cost, effective, and safe way....
Epiroc Collaborates with Railcare to Develop Zero-Emission Railway Maintenance Equipment
Stockholm, Sweden: Epiroc AB, a leading productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, is cooperating with Swedish company Railcare Group AB to equip its railway maintenance equipment with zero-emission battery technology. Epiroc, on the forefront of electric underground mining equipment, has developed a battery-electric technology platform that is modular and scalable. Although the battery system is designed primarily with the mining industry in mind it is also well suite...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
