Epson Debuts New T-Series Wireless Technical Printers Featuring All-New Space-Saving Design
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (ESRI, Epson Booth #127) – July 10, 2018 – Epson today announced two new high-speed, easy-to-use wide-format SureColor® T-Series plotters – the Epson SureColor T3170 24-inch desktop printer and the SureColor T5170 36-inch floor-standing printer. Marking Epson’s expansion of the T-Series product line to the low-to-mid-range CAD printer market, the new wireless printers feature an all-new clean and compact design coupled with the reliable printing performance inherent in Epson’s...
Autodesk Acquires Assemble Systems to Strengthen Building Project Lifecycle; Continues Autodesk’s Investment in Construction Tech
SAN RAFAEL, CA — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced the acquisition of Salem, Massachusetts-based Assemble Systems, Inc. Assemble Systems provides a SaaS solution that enables construction professionals to condition, query and connect BIM data to key workflows across bid management, estimating, scheduling, site management and finance. Over time, Assemble Systems’ solution will be integrated with Autodesk’s new BIM 360 project management platform. “I welcome the Assemble Systems team to t...
Esri Developing ArcGIS Urban to Help Cities Orchestrate Real Estate Development
Redlands, California— Esri , the global leader in location intelligence, today announced it is developing ArcGIS Urban, a solution to give urban planners and designers engaged in government, real estate, and engineering projects better city information so that they know the best places to build and develop. ArcGIS Urban will visualize zoning codes, track project life cycles, and measure the impact of projects after completion. This all-in-one system will be accessible to the professionals who pl...
BYD and Generate Capital to Launch First-Ever U.S. Partnership for an Electric Bus Leasing Program
SAN FRANCISCO – July 10, 2018 – Generate Capital, Inc., a leading financier, owner, and operator of distributed infrastructure, announced today a joint venture to launch the first electric bus leasing program of its kind in the United States in partnership with BYD Motors, Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of electric vehicles. $200 million will be allocated to this pioneering lease program, which will help public and private sector clients accelerate adoption of battery-powered electric bu...
Two Stantec Projects Shortlisted for the 2018 World Architecture Festival
Cambridge Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation The shortlist of projects for the 2018 World Architecture Festival (WAF) were recently announced and two Stantec Architecture projects—Cambridge Memorial Hospital Redevelopment and the University of Lethbridge Science and Academic Building (designed with KPMB Architects) have been selected for presentation from more than 1,100 entries representing 81 countries. The Stantec team will present both projects at the world’s largest...
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Held at Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s HOPE Tower
The Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC) held a ribbon cutting ceremony in June for its new ten-story HOPE Tower on the center's east campus. The tower provides a healing outpatient experience for the community, a cancer center, advanced imaging technologies, research services and medical education programs, faculty physician offices, an amphitheater, and a high-tech simulation laboratory. Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, provided surveying; site/civil, geotech...
Federal Highway Administration Announces $17.5 Million for Tribal Transportation Safety Improvements
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced today that 82 tribes will receive $17.5 million from FHWA’s Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund (TTPSF) for 94 projects to improve transportation safety on tribal lands. “These investments in tribal communities will improve safety, create jobs and increase access to work, school and medical facilities,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao. The funds will be used for safety pl...
Highway Freight Conditions and Performance Report to Congress
WASHINGTON – The Federal Highway Administration has released its “Highway Freight Conditions and Performance Report to Congress,” as required by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The report, the first ever issued by the FHWA on the National Highway Freight Network (NHFN), uses data from FHWA’s Freight Performance Measurement program to analyze the impacts of congestion and determine the operational capacity and efficiency of key freight routes throughout the U.S. The lat...
Carrie Rocha Selected as HNTB Atlanta Office Leader
ATLANTA, Ga. – Carrie Rocha, PE, vice president, was named HNTB Corporation’s Atlanta office leader. She previously served in a similar role for HNTB’s Connecticut operation. With her move to Atlanta, Rocha brings 20 years of experience in transportation infrastructure project and construction management, contract administration and engineering for highways, bridges, tunnels, transit/rail, aviation and related facilities. She fills the office leader vacancy left by Jeff Parker who became MART...
Stantec Awarded Comprehensive Water Treatment Replacement Project
Stantec, a global engineering, consulting, and construction firm, is proud to announce that it is serving as Owner Representative for a comprehensive design and construction project to assist the City of Grants Pass, Ore., in delivering high-quality drinking water. Stantec’s role will be to assist the City over the next four to five years in determining the capacity, technology, location and delivery method for a new water treatment plant to serve the community’s 38,000 plus people. The...