Infrastructure Grants Awarded to “Smaller” South Dakota Communities
On Nov. 30, the South Dakota Transportation Commission awarded $4.7 million in economic development grants for infrastructure improvements in “smaller” communities – grants aimed at improving roads leading to schools, main business areas, hospitals, grain elevators, and other economic areas in the communities. [Above photo by Collen Farley, South Dakota DOT.] The agency said the grants pay for 80 percent of the construction costs, up to a maximum of $600,000. Two grants are funding road...
Growth Projected for Transportation Projects, but Costs a Challenge
The U.S. transportation infrastructure market is expected to grow 4.2 percent in 2019, according to the annual economic forecast released Dec. 5 by the American Road &Transportation Builders Association. Yet a report issued by Fitch Ratings, also on Dec. 5, cautioned that “external factors” such as “protectionist trade policies, rising interest rates and volatility in fuel prices” bear close watch. [Above photo by Arizona DOT.] “As interest rates rise, so will the cost to fund new infrastr...
Interstate System Report Calls for More Funding, Tolling, VMT Fees, and Cybersecurity
A consensus study report issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Dec. 6 recommends an annual investment of $57 billion in the U.S. interstate system, a near-term increase in federal fuel taxes indexed to inflation and accounting improvements in vehicle fuel mileage, plus a long-term changeover to tolling and vehicle miles traveled or VMT fees to generate future highway funding. “Our interstate system is aging and not gracefully; its health requires a lot mor...
Committee Leadership Comes into Focus for 116th Congress
Congressional transportation committee leadership is poised to change come January following the results of the midterm elections on Nov. 6, which gave control of the U.S. House of Representatives back to the Democrats while keeping the Senate in Republican hands. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., will become chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, while Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., will serve alongside him as the ranking member. Rep. DeFazio noted during a Dec. 5 round tab...
NavVis Raises $35.5M to Accelerate Global Expansion and Meet Rising Enterprise Demand for Digital Twin Technology
Munich, Germany – NavVis, the leading global provider of indoor spatial intelligence solutions for enterprises, today announced that it has closed a new funding round, raising a total of $35.5 million. The Series C funding round was led by Digital+ Partners, with additional participation from new investor Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc. (KKE) and existing investors MIG, Target Partners and BayBG. The new funds will be used to accelerate NavVis’ growth in the global enterprise market, where demand...
Bowtie Engineering Appoints New O & M Manager
ATLANTA - Bowtie Engineering, (Bowtie) an electrical engineering/managed services consulting firm, announced today that the Atlanta-based company welcomed aboard Alan Crawford to further develop their growing portfolio of national accounts. Alan Crawford, comes to Bowtie with 30+ years of electrical testing, services, maintenance & sales experience. He has worked with several leading electrical services & products companies throughout his career. Alan has worked in both small and large scale pro...
MGT Consulting Group Expands its Financial Solutions Group and Florida Team with New Hire Leon Corbett in Tallahassee
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Leon Corbett has joined MGT Consulting Group as a Director within its Financial Solutions Group focused on expanding MGT’s reach and client impact in the Florida market. He brings nearly two decades of experience in the government, transportation, and tourism industries. His role at MGT is to provide trusted analysis and advice to government organizations as they pursue innovative financial and funding solutions, including cost allocation plans, user fee studies, public privat...
Gupta Reveals Plans for Massive Australian Steel Revival
Billionaire industrialist Sanjeev Gupta has announced plans to build the largest steel plant in the developed world in South Australia. Liberty Primary Steel – part of Gupta’s GFG Alliance – today announced major steps towards the transformation of the alliance’s Whyalla steelworks, signing contracts worth more than A$600m. GFG Alliance has also contracted China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) to run a feasibility study into building a new steel plant in Whyalla capable of produ...
GPA on Track for 4.3M TEUs
SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Georgia Ports Authority is on track to reach 4.36 million twenty-foot equivalent container units handled in 2018, its highest volumes ever in a calendar year. The performance would mean an increase of 8 percent (312,385 TEUs) compared to CY2017. "Cargo expansion related to growth in inland markets, as well as increased demand right here in the U.S. Southeast have shifted the global logistics arena in Savannah's favor, with more port users choosing to serve their customers...
Dxa Studio Wins Best Restoration & Preservation Category for 100 Barclay in 2018 Architect’s Newspaper Awards
New York – DXA studio, a New York based architecture and design firm known for a diverse range of projects primarily in Manhattan and Brooklyn, has announced that their work on one of the most majestic buildings in New York City, 100 Barclay won the best Restoration and Preservation category in the prestigious Architect’s Newspaper Awards for 2018. Formerly known as the Barclay-Vesey Building by AIA designated "Architect of the Century," Ralph Walker, 100 Barclay has undergone an extensi...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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