Oregon Department of Transportation Expands Use of DT Research High Accuracy GNSS Rugged Tablets Statewide
Washington D.C., 2019 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting – DT Research, the leading designer and manufacturer of purpose-built computing solutions for vertical markets, today announced the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has expanded its use of DT Research GNSS rugged tablets to all 15 of its construction management offices across the state and also use the tablets for biology, geology, roadway and wetland projects. DT Research worked closely with ODOT to design purpose-buil...
We Need to Modernize our Infrastructure Now
U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue on why we need to modernize our infrastructure now: Modernizing America’s infrastructure could fundamentally improve our economy, our competitiveness, and our quality of life—not to mention create millions of good-paying jobs. The Chamber has offered a four-point infrastructure plan: -We want to raise the federal fuel user fee by 25 cents. -We should encourage more private investment. -We need to streamline the permitting process. -And we w...
Aviation Architecture Expert, Andres Chacon, Joins HNTB in Tampa as Deputy Project Manager
TAMPA, Fla. – Andres Chacon, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, SCA, joined HNTB Corporation as deputy project manager – aviation. He is based in the firm’s Tampa office and will work throughout the Southeast. Chacon is responsible for coordination of all aviation project efforts in the region to ensure efficient and effective delivery for airport clients working hard to improve facilities and passenger experience. He currently serves as deputy project manager for the $300 million Tampa International Airp...
Trelleborg’s Pipe Seals Proven to Offer Eight Times the Service Life of Competitor Systems
A leading independent ‘stress relaxation’ test has determined that the average performance lifetime of some of Trelleborg’s key pipe sealing compounds is in excess of 800 years. Elastocon AB, a global leader in testing stress relaxation in elastomers, found that Trelleborg’s elastomeric compounds remain within the acceptable 50% relaxation threshold significantly longer than rival solutions – more than seven centuries longer, in most cases. The results were exceptional: Trelleborg’s compounds...
House, Senate Set Committee Leadership for 116th Congress
Several new faces are set to take over key Congressional committees in 2019 that affect the transportation industry, especially in the House Representatives, which reverted back to Democratic Party control following the midterm elections on Nov. 6 last year. [Above photo via Pixby] The Democrats officially selected Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., as chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee for the 116th Congress on Jan. 4. A longtime member of the T&I committee, who serv...
Federal Shutdown Impacting Project Planning for State DOTs
As the partial shutdown of the federal government over border wall funding stretches past 20 days, some state departments of transportation are beginning to curtail planning for new projects while several mass transit systems are scrambling as many rely on federal grants for both operating revenues and capital funding. In his first media briefing as the new executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Jim Tymon (pictured above) explained that s...
Francesco La Camera Appointed as New IRENA Director-General
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., – Today, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly selected Francesco La Camera to be the next Director-General of IRENA. The appointment took place during the 9th Assembly of IRENA, the ultimate decision-making body of the agency. Mr. La Camera will take office on 4 April 2019, succeeding Adnan Z. Amin, who has been IRENA Director-General since 2011. Francesco La Camera currently serves as the Director General for Sustainable Development, Energy and Climate...
ACEC California Announces 2019 Engineering Excellence Awards
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Today the American Council of Engineering Companies, California (ACEC California) announced the 2019 recipients of its annual Engineering Excellence Awards. Projects were recognized for demonstrating an exceptional degree of innovation, complexity, achievement and value. Fourteen projects earned the prestigious Honor Award distinction, fifteen were recognized with Merit Awards, and eight Commendation Awards were granted. “Engineering and land surveying provide the innovati...
Gannett Fleming Leads the Way with ODOT TSMO Plan
(Columbus, Ohio) - Gannett Fleming recently completed the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) transportation systems management and operations (TSMO) plan, setting a new standard for the industry.“What makes this ODOT TSMO plan so important is that it is a foundational change in the way ODOT conducts business,” said Bryan Newell, AICP, Gannett Fleming project manager. “The comprehensive level of detail and internal ODOT collaboration that went into this plan is unlike any other and allowed...
U.S. Government, Bechtel Upgrading Manhattan Project Sites for Next 75 Years of Service
Panel at National Building Museum looks ahead to national security, environmental cleanup The head of the U.S. government agency responsible for maintaining the nation’s nuclear arsenal says the need to anticipate future science and national security challenges will keep some Manhattan Project-era sites operating long into the future – and modernizing these sites will be key to sustaining the security of the U.S. and its allies.The comments came from Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, Undersecretary for N...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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