Foundation Poured for L.A.’s Perla on Broadway
The Los Angeles Historic Core neighborhood was buzzing with activity last Saturday, as 690 truckloads of concrete was placed for the foundation of the Perla on Broadway residential project. Thornton Tomasetti is providing structural engineering and performance-based design services to developer SCG America for the 35-story, 740,000-square-foot tower and 10-story podium. Designed by architect CallisonRTKL, it is the first new residential high rise to be constructed in the historic neighborhood in...
FDOT Selects Woolpert for $1.5M Photogrammetry Project in South Florida
MIAMI (April 30, 2018) — The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 6 has hired Woolpert to conduct district-wide aerial photogrammetry and miscellaneous surveying services under a five-year, $1.5 million contract. The contract covers FDOT’s District 6, which encompasses Miami-Dade and Monroe counties in South Florida. The district is home to more than 2.5 million people, and FDOT reports that its roads are traveled more than 30.8 million miles daily. The firm also was named as...
Wausau Riverfront Redevelopment Earns National Public Works Project of the Year Award
Stantec and the City of Wausau were recognized nationally by the American Public Works Association (APWA) for their work on the Wausau Riverfront Development. The project earned the Public Works Project of the Year – Small Cities/Rural Communities Award. Stantec’s team of environmental scientists, urban planners, landscape architects, and civil, structural, and electrical engineers worked with the City of Wausau to create more than 2,200 feet of “RiverLife” public trail along their Wisconsin...
Cozy Lake Road Bridge Receives New Jersey Concrete Award
Dewberry has announced that the Cozy Lake Road bridge replacement project in Morris County, New Jersey, has been awarded a New Jersey Concrete Award by the New Jersey Concrete and Aggregate Association and the New Jersey Chapter of the American Concrete Institute. The project, designed by Cherry, Weber & Associates, PC and constructed by Ron-Jon Construction Corp., was a replacement of Morris County Bridge No. 1400-323 at Cozy Lake Road over the Pequannock River at a cost of $1.4 million. Dew...
AECOM and Asia Society Launch Second Year of Imagine 2060: Delivering Tomorrow’s Cities Together
NEW DELHI, INDIA — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, and Asia Society, a leading global nonprofit institution, launched the second year in their three-year global conversation series, “Imagine 2060: Delivering Tomorrow’s Cities Together,” in Delhi, India. Today’s forum, “Imagine Delhi: Towards a Clear Sky,” opened the series’ 2018 program on air, with a diverse line-up of leading international and national leaders in business, research, policy and media, who explored...
Ben Tripousis, Public Transit Advocate, Joins HNTB as Associate Vice President
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Ben Tripousis has joined HNTB Corporation as associate vice president and senior program manager. He is based in the firm’s San Jose office. Recognized throughout his career as a leader in public policy and transportation, Tripousis has served as chair of both the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Partnership Technical Advisory Committee, as well as the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s Technical Advisory Committee. He also has worked on transportation poli...
Noise and Acoustics Expert, Patrick Kester, Joins Cardno's San Diego Office
San Diego, CA - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Patrick Kester has joined the firm as an Acoustical Engineer in the company’s San Diego, CA, USA office. Patrick has more than 10 years of experience supporting National Environmental Policy Act documents for a range of Department of Defense clients. Patrick has extensive experience working as principal noise investigator in supporting environmental assessments, environmental impact statements, air installations compatibility use...
KAI Adds Senior Project Manager, Estimator/Project Engineer to Build Group
(St. Louis, MO) KAI has added two new employees to its Build Group -- Melissa McGinnis-Russo as Senior Project Manager and Joe Kabance as Estimator/Project Engineer. Melissa McGinnis-Russo, Senior Project Manager - McGinnis-Russo will serve as the MEP Coordinator on the BJC HealthCare West County replacement hospital project, a PARIC/KAI joint venture. She comes to KAI with 30 years of AEC industry experience and a diverse engineering background. Most recently she worked for Ascension Health,...
VCU’s Engineering School Becomes the VCU College of Engineering
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Engineering is now the VCU College of Engineering. This change reflects the college’s increase in programs, research, faculty and student census, and supports its mission to advance a collaborative, creative and entrepreneurial engineering culture. College leaders said the growing scope of VCU’s academic programs in engineering — and its robust sponsored research program with collaborations across the Monroe Park and VCU Healt...
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...