HNTB’s John Barton Appointed Co-chair of Smart Infrastructure Task Force by ITS America
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – John Barton, PE, HNTB Corporation DOT market sector leader and senior vice president, has been appointed by Intelligent Transportation Society of America to co-chair its Smart Infrastructure Task Force. ITS America established the Smart Infrastructure Task Force in February 2018 to address how technology and innovation can be incentivized. The task force — building upon extensive dialogue over the last several years with private sector innovators, as well as state, county a...
$400 Million from the VW Mitigation Trust Available for New All-Electric Buses
Porterville, CA – GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (TSXV: GPV) (OTCQX: GPVRF) (“GreenPower”) announces that 10 States have recently released their proposed mitigation plans with $400 million available to purchase new all-electric school, transit and shuttle buses from the VW Mitigation Trust. The Trust provides $2.9 Billion to implement approved air pollution mitigation initiatives in the 50 States, Puerto Rico and federally-recognized Native American nations. Arizona – $38 million over the...
Jacobs Arup JV Recognized with Five Awards for Iconic Queensferry Crossing
DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) and Arup, as part of Transport Scotland's project delivery team, have received five awards for the Queensferry Crossing project, the longest three-tower, cable-stayed bridge in the world. Major innovations and technology solutions comprise the Queensferry Crossing, allowing the structure to carry substantial volumes of traffic while bringing it firmly into the digital age. The bridge is equipped with smart technologies that monitor weather, c...
Buchart Horn Architects Acquires Celli-Flynn Brennan Architects and Planners
YORK, Pa. – Buchart Horn Architects, a division of Buchart Horn, a full-service, international engineering and architectural firm based in York, Pennsylvania, is proud to announce the acquisition of Celli-Flynn Brennan Architects and Planners, a firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a part of the acquisition, Celli-Flynn Brennan’s employees will join the Buchart Horn team and will begin working from the firm’s office located at 2200 Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. More t...
EVWD Board Approves Selection of SNRC Design-Build Partner
Highland, Calif. – East Valley Water District’s Board of Directors approved Balfour Beatty / Arcadis as the design-build partner to lead the design and construction of the Sterling Natural Resource Center (SNRC), located on the east side of Del Rosa Drive, at the July 25 regular meeting. The state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility will produce water to recharge the natural groundwater aquifer, with a design focused on reliability, efficiency and flexibility to initially treat 8 million ga...
U.S. Department of Transportation to Provide $180 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the FAA will provide $180 million in infrastructure grants for the construction of two major taxiway complexes at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). Under the terms of a Letter of Intent, the first to be issued since 2011, the airport may proceed with the project immediately and be reimbursed for the federal share in a series of grants over the next several years. “This investment...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $770.8 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Airports in 50 States and 5 U.S. Territories
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $770.8 million in airport infrastructure grants, as part of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States. This third increment of funding provides 569 grants to 522 airports that will fund 949 infrastructure projects; including runways, taxiways, aprons, terminals, aircraft rescue and firefigh...
Discussion Continues Over Finding New Sources of Transportation Funding
The broad infrastructure proposal unveiled July 23 on Capitol Hill by Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Penn., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, also serves to underscore a long-running debate over how to return the Highway Trust Fund to solvency. "The HTF is in seriou...
Shuster Lays Out ‘Framework’ for Infrastructure Discussion
Outgoing Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Penn., released a 108-page " infrastructure proposal " on July 23 that he hopes can serve as a "discussion draft" that is intended to "further the national conversation about the current state of America's infrastructure and highlight some of the major roadblocks...
Michael Baker International Selected by the City of Columbus to Support Smart Columbus Initiative
Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, was selected by the City of Columbus to support projects within the Smart Columbus grant portfolio. Seventy-eight mid-sized cities competed in the Smart City Challenge, submitting ideas for a smart transportation system to transform mobility, and the U.S. Department of Transportation named Columbus the winner. Michael Baker will provide project management, systems engineering expertise, and administrat...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
