Former U.S. Representative Lynn Westmoreland Elected to State Transportation Board
ATLANTA, GA – On Monday, former U.S. Congressman Lynn Westmoreland of Coweta County was elected to represent west central Georgia’s Third Congressional District (CD 3) on the State Transportation Board. Westmoreland was affirmed by state representatives and senators from his district to serve the remaining term of retired Board Member Sam Wellborn, which expires April 15, 2022. Westmoreland served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years through 2017, where he served six years on th...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $366.3 Million Funding Opportunity to Improve Transit Bus Infrastructure
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the opportunity to apply for approximately $366.3 million in fiscal year 2018 competitive grant funding for transit bus projects nationwide. The Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Investment Program is authorized by Congress to improve the condition of bus infrastructure nationwide by funding the replacement and rehabilitation of buses and related facilities. "T...
Camera Views of Puna Routes Available; Additional Alternate Evacuation Routes for Lower Puna Planned
HILO – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces the availability of thermal and visual camera views of the cracks at mile markers 14.4 and 14.6 on Keaau-Pahoa Road (Highway 130) and a camera view of Highway 11 at the entrance to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The camera views may be accessed at http://ops.punatraffic.com and are made available to assist emergency management and lower Puna residents with decision making during the continuing volcanic activity from Kilauea Volcano...
Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti Sworn in as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation
(Trenton) - Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti was sworn in this week as the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). She released the following statement: The opportunity to serve as the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation is an honor and a privilege. I can say without any hesitation that I understand both the tremendous responsibility and accountability commensurate with the office. Transportation enhances the quality of our lives. It enables our c...
Dow Solutions to Power New International Olympic Committee Headquarters
MIDLAND, MICH. – Following the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 earlier this year, The Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) announced today that multiple Dow solutions have been selected to enhance the architecture and performance of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s new headquarters building—Olympic House—in Lausanne, Switzerland. The building, set to serve as the unified global meeting place for the Olympic Movement, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the city’s establishment as the...
SidePlate Successfully Tests HSS Columns With B/T Ratio of 21 on Field Bolted Bi-Axial SMF ConnectionESSFULLY TESTS HSS COLUMNS WITH B/T RATIO OF 21 ON FIELD BOLTED BI-AXIAL SMF CONNECTION
Mission Viejo, CA – SidePlate Systems, the industry leader and expert in steel building design optimization, is proud to announce a huge step forward in steel moment frame connection testing by successfully completing four full-scale tests on one HSS20x20x7/8 column and one SidePlate Bi-Axial connection. Over the course of the last two months, SidePlate has had a 20”-square HSS column—available through Atlas Tube—set up at the UCSD (University of California at San Diego) test lab with a...
Felix Vergara Joins HNTB’s Florida Construction Services Practice as Senior Project Engineer
LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Felix Vergara, PE, joined HNTB Corporation’s construction services practice in Florida as senior project engineer. Vergara is responsible for overall contract management, administration and coordination on mid- to large-size projects throughout Florida. He is based in HNTB’s Ft. Lauderdale office. Vergara has more than 34 years of experience in the administration of highway and bridge projects. Throughout his career, he has served on major projects for Florida’s Turnpike En...
Construction Management Expert David Tiberi Joins HNTB in Southern California
LOS ANGELES – David Tiberi, PE, PMP, CCM, rejoined HNTB Corporation as construction program manager and vice president for its expanding West Division transportation infrastructure practice. He is based in HNTB’s Los Angeles office. Tiberi is responsible for the firm’s growing highway and bridge planning, design and construction practices and supporting the firm’s project and construction management team on the I-10 Express Lanes Design-Build project for the San Bernardino County Transportati...
13NAMC Abstracts Due July 31, 2018
Paper submissions are invited for the 13th North American Masonry Conference, which will be held from June 16-19, 2019, in Salt Lake City. The Conference is hosted by Brigham Young University and is the latest in the series of quadrennial conferences sponsored by The Masonry Society. More than 150 papers from more than 20 countries are anticipated to be presented at the conference and included in the final proceedings. The conference seeks to provide a forum to professionals from around...
Leica Geosystems and Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Team Up to Transform Taliesin West into an Immersive Online 3D Experience
HEERBRUGG, Switzerland & SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.- Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, industry leader in measurement technology, today announced a partnership with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to capture, document, and deliver immersive 3D experiences featuring the iconic architect’s properties. Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home and studio, is the first property that will be made available through an immersive online experience led by Leica Geosystems. The Arizona property attract...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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