Teleste’s New Repair Centre in Poland Takes its Professional Services Closer to European Public Transport Operators and Rolling Stock Manufacturers
Turku, Finland – Teleste Corporation announces the opening of the company’s new repair centre in Warsaw, Poland. Since January 2018, the centre has been providing repair and spare part services to support its customers in the European public transport market. The expansion of the service activities underpins the growing importance of dedicated, value added services in the dynamic transport market that takes care of hundreds of billions of passenger-kilometres travelled annually. “With public...
AISC VP John Cross Receives Leadership Achievement Award
John Cross, PE, LEED AP, AISC vice president of special projects, received the SMDI Industry Leadership Award for steel industry partners and customers from the Steel Market Development Institute on May 1. Cross was recognized for his contributions and expertise in building information modeling (BIM), construction economics and sustainability. Upon receiving the award, Cross credited his accomplishments as a team effort. “It is an award that recognizes the impact and effectiveness that a...
Western Specialty Contractors Presents SIUE Construction Management Major Joel Sipe with Scholarship
(St. Louis, MO) Western Specialty Contractors recently presented Joel Sipe, a sophomore and Construction Management major at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), with a scholarship. Western provides the SIUE School of Engineering’s Department of Construction with a scholarship annually. The awarding criteria and recipient of the scholarship is determined by Department of Construction faculty. Western Human Resources Director Maria Traina and Region Manager Jim Rechtin, Jr. prese...
Gannett Fleming a Finalist in Uber Elevate Skyport Challenge
LOS ANGELES: Gannett Fleming earned a coveted spot among the top finalists in the Uber Elevate Skyport Challenge and unveiled its concept at the Second Annual Uber Elevate Summit on May 9 in Los Angeles. “Our PAW design is a fundamental component of the transportation evolution envisioned by Uber Elevate,” said Ted Osborne, PP, AIA, principal architect at Gannett Fleming. “While Uber’s eVTOL will transform the notions of passenger movement, our SKYPORT, which builds upon the PAW’s modula...
FARO Makes Strategic Minority Investment in Virtual Reality Presentation Company present4D
LAKE MARY, FL — FARO® (NASDAQ: FARO), the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for 3D factory, construction BIM, product design, and public safety forensics, today announced that it has made a strategic minority investment in present4D GmbH, a leading software solutions provider for professional virtual reality (VR) presentations and training environments. “We are very excited to have present4D as a strategic partner, which is uniquely positioned to drive...
ARTBA Foundation’s “Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals" Program Earns ANSI Accreditation
(WASHINGTON)— The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation’s certification program to test and recognize an individual’s knowledge of the core competencies needed to recognize and mitigate safety hazards on transportation project sites has earned the “gold standard” of professional credentialing. ARTBA announced May 7 the Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals™ (SCTPP) Program, launched in late 2016, has been accredited by the American Na...
BP and Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Sign Binding Gas Sales Precedent Agreement
(ANCHORAGE) — The Alaska LNG Project reached a historic milestone today as BP Alaska and Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) announced the parties have agreed to key terms of a Gas Sales Agreement, including price and volume. The terms are captured in a Gas Sales Precedent Agreement signed May 4, 2018. The parties anticipate finalizing a long-term gas sales agreement in 2018 for AGDC to purchase BP Alaska’s share of 30 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of gas from the Prudhoe Bay and P...
Sulzer Offers MIXPAC MixCoat Cartridge-Based 2-Component Dispensing System for Railway Applications
Sulzer Mixpac USA, Inc., the leading innovator of 2-component adhesive dispensing systems, offers the MIXPAC™ MixCoat™ cartridge-based system for a variety of railway applications, including stripe coating of rail car exteriors and application of 100 percent solid epoxy linings for tanker cars. The MIXPAC™ MixCoat™ Manual model used for stripe coating features a lightweight design with a unique brush assembly on a manual dispenser, which greatly increases stripe coating productivity and speed. T...
Three New Fellows Join AASHTO’s Engineering Team
Above photo left to right: Kopinski, Bosin, and Clawson The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials welcomed three new fellows to its engineering department at the group's Washington D.C. headquarters. The three will each spend a year working on a variety of highway engineering, environmental, and policy issues for AASHTO. Eric Kopinski, a nine-year veteran of the Missouri Department of Transportation, will split his fellowship at AA...
Fuel Prices Could Reach Four-Year Highs This Summer
Data tracked by the Energy Information Administration and AAA indicate U.S. fuel prices could reach levels not seen since 2014; a price spike that is largely a reflection of higher oil prices. EIA forecasts that regular gasoline will reach an average of $2.74 per gallon during what it calls the "summer season" – April through September – which would be the highest average "summer price" for gasoline in four years. That's also 26 cents per gallon higher compared to the average price for gasoli...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
