What Are Denitrifying Woodchip Bioreactors, and How Do They Help the Environment?
What can a trench filled with woodchips do to improve water quality? The July 7 Sustainable, Secure Food blog explains bioreactors, a solution to nitrogen runoff. “Denitrifying bioreactors are a low-tech, yet highly sophisticated environmental solution,” says blogger Hannah Dougherty, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Their design is simple—a trench with woodchips—yet the impact is notable. Bioreactors can remove up to 45% of the nitrogen load in a field’s drainage water. How does...
Federal Highway Administration Announces $2 Million for Emergency Repairs to Flood-Damaged Roads and Bridges in Michigan
WASHINGTON – The Federal Highway Administration today announced the immediate availability of $2 million in Emergency Relief program funds to help begin repairs on flood-damaged roads and bridges in Michigan. “The Upper Peninsula of Michigan experienced considerable damage to roads and bridges as the result of heavy rainfall and flooding that these quick release funds will help address,” said Acting Federal Highway Administrator Brandye L. Hendrickson. “The funding represents the first instal...
Federal Highway Administration Announces $1 Million for Emergency Repairs to Flood-Damaged Roads and Bridges in Wisconsin
WASHINGTON – The Federal Highway Administration today announced the immediate availability of $1 million in Emergency Relief program funds to help begin repairs on flood-damaged roads and bridges in Wisconsin. “The flooding has caused significant damage to roads and bridges in northwestern Wisconsin, and this funding will help the state make repairs as quickly as possible,” said Acting Federal Highway Administrator Brandye L. Hendrickson. “It represents a down payment to help restore vital t...
TxDOT Announces $82 Million in Grants for Public Transportation
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Transportation has announced $82 million in grants to fund public transportation providers in rural, small urban and large urban areas of Texas. Overall, these state and federal grants are designed to help pay for maintenance of vehicles and facilities; vehicle purchases and transit facility improvements; and regionally coordinated public transportation planning efforts. Ultimately, these funds pay for resources that give Texans access to transportation so the...
CDOT Announces Next Steps for I-25 South Gap Project
Denver, CO – Today, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) signed the official Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on the I-25 South Gap Project. The project will significantly improve the 18 mile section of I-25 between Monument and Castle Rock. “Signing the FONSI is significant,” said CDOT Executive Director Michael Lewis. “This is a necessary step before we can break ground on one of the most critical transportation projects in...
ARTBA Honors Texas A&M Professor & Retired ORAFOL Leader with Prestigious Highway Safety Award
(WASHINGTON) - Gene Hawkins, a professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, and retired ORAFOL Americas leader Tom Flaherty, are the respective public and private sector recipients of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) 2018 “Jake Landen Memorial Safety Award.” Established in 1979 by ARTBA’s Traffic Safety Industry Division (TSID), the Landen Award is presented annually to those individuals who have “made significant and lasti...
HNTB Names Phil Collin and Doug Champlin to Northeast Division Management Team
New York – HNTB Corporation promoted Phil Collin, PE, to the position of Northeast Division Sales Officer, and named Doug Champlin as Northeast Division Program and Construction Management Director. Based in the firm’s New York City office, both Collin and Champlin are HNTB vice presidents. Phil Collin, PE Collin will lead the firm’s sales and marketing efforts throughout the northeast – accounting for the firm’s largest workforce of nearly 850 professionals in nine offices who serve more...
Netherlands Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Launches Responsible Mining Index 4 July, 2018
Netherlands Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Ms. Sigrid Kaag, launches the first global Index on responsible mining Metals and minerals are inseparable from our daily lives. Copper, iron, cobalt and lithium are found in our mobile phones, cars and houses. These materials are mined around the globe and our consumption of them links us to mining workers, mining-affected communities and environments worldwide. And our demand for these raw materials will only increase; also d...
Breakthrough Order for Climeon in Japan
Climeon has received its first order within geothermal heat power in Japan. The Heat Power modules are purchased by Baseload Capital Sweden on the behalf of a newly started Heat Power operator. The order value amounts to just over 2 MEUR, plus service fees and software licenses. The four Heat Power modules are purchased by Climeon’s associated company Baseload Capital Sweden on the behalf of a local Heat Power operator and will be installed in Japan during 2019. The newly started Heat Power...
AISI Publishes Report on LRFD and LSD Resistance Factors for CFS Compression Members
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published a new research report on the recalibration of the Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and the Limit States Design (LSD) resistance factors for cold-formed steel compression members when the strength is predicted using the Direct Strength Method. Since the Direct Strength Method statistically provides a better strength prediction, higher resistance factors are realized. A summary of the project, findings and analys...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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