Angela McMurray Rejoins HNTB in Houston as Environmental Planning Manager
HOUSTON – Angela McMurray, AICP, has rejoined HNTB Corporation as environmental planning manager. McMurray leads efforts to grow the environmental planning practice in HNTB’s Houston office and focuses on service and delivery for major transportation projects throughout southeast Texas and El Paso. McMurray has 12 years of experience in environmental consulting and natural resources management, including work on numerous biological assessment and ecological evaluation projects. Additionally,...
Idaho Receives Notice of $90 Million Federal Grant for I-84 Work
An area of major need in Idaho may get a vital shot of federal money, as federal officials shortlisted $90.24 million in grant funds to help ease congestion on Interstate 84 in the Treasure Valley between the Karcher Interchange and Franklin Boulevard. The Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant will also allow improvements benefiting the movement of good and services on the heavily used route. The improvements include widening I-84 to three lanes in each direction in this 2.8-mil...
Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti Confirmed as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation
(Trenton) – New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti was confirmed by the full New Jersey Senate as New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner, making her the 19th chief executive of the department. Appointed in December 2017, she has served in an acting capacity since January 2018. Commissioner Gutierrez-Scaccetti will continue her work overseeing the Department that manages the state’s multi-faceted transportation net...
Erik Hanson Joins Stantec as Principal to Lead and Grow Healthcare Buildings Practice
San Francisco, California (June 8, 2018) NYSE, TSX:STN: Erik Hanson has joined global architecture, engineering, consulting, and construction firm Stantec as principal, joining the Buildings Group leadership team in the San Francisco office. Hanson will be leading the firm’s pursuit strategies for major healthcare and science and technology clients while also leading the development of strategy behind the growth of Stantec’s healthcare practice across California. With more than 25 years of ex...
IMAGINiT Technologies Develops New Pulse Platform to Integrate Disparate Systems
BALTIMORE, MD — Laborious and manual processes to share data between independent software programs is not ideal. Today, IMAGINiT Technologies’ new Pulse integration platform enables design engineers and architects to share data from any on-premises or cloud product such as Autodesk Vault and Autodesk Fusion Lifecycle. “With IMAGINiT Pulse, we leveraged our team’s deep experience in systems integration consulting to create a cost effective, yet highly robust middleware platform to improve comm...
IMAGINiT Technologies Releases 2019 IMAGINiT Clarity Family of Products
IMAGINiT Technologies’ latest release of the IMAGINiT Clarity 2019 suite of products accelerates success for Building Information Modelling (BIM) teams in today’s data driven world and provides a new way for project teams to access and manage Autodesk Revit software model data. A new dashboard and integration with Autodesk Dynamo allows BIM teams access to more than 55 metrics across multiple projects enabling collaboration between project partners. “Our team took a hard look at what ins...
Federal Transit Administration issues the Private Investment Procedures (PIPP) Final Rule
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued the Private Investment Project Procedures (PIPP) Final Rule that describes new procedures aimed at helping the federal government develop more effective approaches to spurring private participation and investment in project planning, development, finance, design, construction, maintenance, and operations. There are numerous opportunities where the private sector can engage in the public transportati...
HDR's Maggie Walsh Installed as Chair of Women’s Transportation Seminar International Board
CHICAGO — Maggie Walsh, Vice President, was recently appointed as the new Chair for the WTS International Board of Directors. She will build on her 20-year commitment to WTS, which focuses on promoting equity and access for all women in transportation. As chair, Walsh’s responsibilities include overseeing the organization’s continued drive to open doors for personal and professional development for WTS members, both within the organization and throughout the transportation industry, and collabor...
Call for Projects Announced for $8 Million Michigan Mobility Challenge
Fast facts: - Call for projects for $8 Million Michigan Mobility Challenge begins June 4. - Projects to demonstrate innovative, technology-driven transportation solutions for mobility challenges faced by seniors, persons with disabilities, and veterans throughout the state. - Proposals are due at 5 p.m. July 16. June 4, 2018 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Office of Passenger Transportation has issued a call for projects for the $8 Million Michigan Mobility Challenge. A...
Gunalan Elected 2019 ASCE President-Elect
Kancheepuram “Guna” N. Gunalan has been elected ASCE’s 2019 President-Elect by a majority of voting Society members, following a month-long election that closed June 1. “I’m humbled and honored by the opportunity I’ve been offered to serve the Society and the profession,” Gunalan said Tuesday, having learned of his election. Gunalan, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE., F.ASCE, is vice president of alternative delivery at AECOM, based in Salt Lake City, UT. Previously, he was a vice president for Parson...