What’s New in ReCap Pro 2026: Faster Collaboration, Better Coordination, and Efficient Modeling
Autodesk ReCap Pro 2026 is here, delivering game-changing enhancements that help AECO professionals maximize the value of reality capture data, optimize scan-to-BIM workflows, and enhance your project collaboration. This release introduces advanced scan-to-mesh capabilities, a new integration with Revit, ReCap Photo integration, and powerful cloud-based sync features. Let’s explore how these innovations can streamline your projects and help save valuable time. Efficient modeling for complex...
Innovative New HDUE™ Holdown from Simpson Strong-Tie Meets Residential Construction’s Increasing Design Demands
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, continues its evolution of holdowns with the launch of the HDUE holdown. As a one-to-one replacement for the company’s industry-leading HDU, the HDUE holdown secures shearwalls, braced wall panels and other lateral-force-resisting applications in wood construction. The HDUE improves on existing holdowns with breakthrough innovations to meet the higher design demands of today’s resident...
DIGroup Architecture Expands Footprint with Acquisition of Queens, NY-Based Firm
New Brunswick, NJ / Philadelphia, PA / Queens, NY – DIGroup Architecture LLC (DIG), a leading award-winning MBE, SBE and DBE architecture, interior design and graphics, signage and wayfinding design firm, today announced the strategic acquisition of Graf & Lewent Architects, LLP, an established architectural firm based in Queens, NY. This acquisition significantly expands DIG’s presence in the New York metropolitan area and strengthens its expertise in the higher education and transportation sec...
Game-Changing FRP Anchors launched by Fyfe
Overcoming Issues Faced with Traditional FRP Anchors Houston, TX, April 1, 2025 – Traditional FRP anchors have been used for years but leave structural engineers and building inspectors with one issue – how are they inspected? When FRP is installed, the initial layers are applied to the substrate, anchors are installed, and a final layer or layers are applied over the top of the splayed anchor to secure the application. This means there is no way to inspect the anchors, and after a seis...
ACI Foundation Unveils New Process for Identifying and Funding Research & Innovation Initiatives
[Farmington Hills, MI] – The ACI Foundation is excited to announce a significant transformation in its approach to funding and supporting research and innovation within the concrete industry. This new format aims to provide balanced support for both defined and undefined research, ensuring a broader engagement to identify critical industry needs, and prioritizing essential solutions for challenges that affect the entire sector. The ACI Foundation invites members of the ACI community and the g...
Atlas Tube Unveils the HSS Connections Hub: Complimentary Tools and Expert Support to Help Structural Engineers Streamline HSS Connection Design
CHICAGO (April 1, 2025) — Atlas Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, today introduces its HSS Connections Hub™ featuring an innovative suite of engineering resources designed to simplify Hollow Structural Sections (HSS) connection design for structural engineers and fabricators. The Connections Hub is built to: Save time designing HSS connections. Optimize HSS connection designs for fabrication. Improve team collaboration and project sharing. Eliminate outdated and highly custo...
HY SPEED 500™ : Pourable Concrete Pothole Filler, Sets in just 1 hour and is 3x Stronger than Concrete
Garon’s HY SPEED 500™ is a pourable concrete pothole filler. It sets in only one hour and it is 3x stronger than concrete. HY SPEED 500™ is a new development in the field of fast-setting, high strength cements for resurfacing and patching concrete, bituminous, and brick surfaces. HY SPEED 500™ can patch holes more than 3 inches deep. This select formulation of cementitious binders is specifically designed to provide properties not previously found in Portland cement concrete, metallic compou...
Heidelberg Materials Completes Acquisition of Giant Cement Holding Inc. and its subsidiaries
Heidelberg Materials North America announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Giant Cement Holding Inc. and its subsidiaries, Giant Cement Company, Dragon Products Company and Giant Resource Recovery Irving, TX, April 01, 2025 - Heidelberg Materials North America announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Giant Cement Holding Inc. (GCHI) and its subsidiaries, Giant Cement Company, Dragon Products Company and Giant Resource Recovery, from the Fortaleza, Uniland a...
ACEC Promotes Nando Gomez to Senior Vice President, Energy and External Affairs
Promotion Underscores Council’s Commitment to Advocate for America’s Engineering Industry Washington, D.C. — The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) is pleased to announce the promotion of Nando Gomez to Senior Vice President, Energy and External Affairs. Since joining ACEC in September 2022, Nando has played an essential role in advancing the Council’s energy policy initiatives. In his new role, Nando will continue to oversee energy policy, while also forging new relatio...
Fluor Selected for State Highway 6 Project in College Station, Texas
IRVING, Texas (March 31, 2025) – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that its infrastructure business has been awarded the construction contract for the State Highway 6 (SH 6) project in College Station, Texas, by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Fluor will recognize the $671 million bid-build contract in the first quarter of 2025. “This award shows Fluor’s continued commitment to executing projects in Texas and builds on our longstanding partnership with TxDOT,” said...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
