Lawmakers Should Pursue Vehicle Mileage Tax to Save Highway Trust Fund: Study
Lawmakers should pursue a vehicle-mileage tax to rescue the struggling Highway Trust Fund, a right-leaning think tank argues in a new study. The American Action Forum (AAF) makes the case for a mileage-based tax and provides other suggestions for a long-term fix to the ailing fund, which pays for road projects and is headed for another shortfall at the end of 2020. “A mileage-based tax is a more stable alternative to the gas tax. Immediate implementation of a federal mileag...
Pettibone Welcomes Palmer Johnson as West Coast Dealer
BARAGA, Mich. — Pettibone/Traverse Lift, LLC announces the addition of Palmer Johnson Power Systems to its dealer network. Palmer Johnson will carry Pettibone Extendo and Traverse telehandlers and Cary-Lift pipe and pole handlers for Southern and Central California, while focusing strictly on the Extendo and Traverse product lines in the state of Washington. “We are thrilled to have Palmer Johnson aboard to represent Pettibone on the West Coast,” said Kyle Rubin, director of sales and ma...
HDR Celebrates Move to New San Francisco Office
(APRIL 26, 2018) HDR’s growth and expansion of its architectural practice’s services in northern California over the past eight years led to a recent move to 201 California Street. The new 10,000-square-foot space has sweeping views of the city and the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge. The San Francisco office’s client roster includes Sutter Health; University of California, San Francisco; University of California, Davis; Children’s Hospital Oakland; El Camino Hospital; SLAC National Accele...
Leica Geosystems Introduces Latest GNSS Technology Smart Antenna for Construction
(Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 26 April 2018) – Leica Geosystems, industry leader in measurement technology, announced today the new Leica iCON gps 70 T smart antenna as part of its Leica iCON gps 70 series for reliable and easy stake-out jobs on any construction site. Measurement results become quicker and more accurate with the gps 70 T’s permanent tilt compensation, resistance to magnetic interferences and calibration-free usage. “The construction industry is one of the most hazardous workpla...
Bentley Systems Acquires Plaxis, and Complementary SoilVision, to Integrate Geotechnical Engineering within Digital Workflows for Infrastructure Projects
EXTON, Pa. – April 26, 2018 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of Plaxis, the leading provider of geotechnical software, based in Delft, Netherlands, and the agreement to acquire soil engineering software provider SoilVision, based in Saskatchewan, Canada. The acquisitions, with Bentley’s market-leading borehole reporting and data management software gINT, serve to make Bentl...
AWE Secures MegaRoller EU Research & Innovation Funding – Results to Boost Wave Energy Bankability
The 3-year MegaRoller project concentrates on developing a Power Take-Off unit for a 1MW device. The collaboration project includes ten partners consisting of companies and research institutes. Received funding enables resources for research of innovative ideas aimed to benefit entire wave energy industry. The granted funding for the project comes from the EU Horizon2020 program and is a total of 5 Million EUR. The goal is to produce a commercially feasible Power Take-Off unit for a 1MW devic...
Teleste to Supply Alstom with an Integrated On-board Solution for the Metro in Greater Lyon
TURKU, FINLAND – Teleste Corporation will provide an integrated on-board solution to Alstom for the Greater Lyon metro network in France. The deployment will include systems for passenger information, public address and intercommunication as well as Mitron displays for 30 metro trains. The first deployments will take place in 2018. “We are thrilled to continue cooperation with Alstom, a leading provider of transport systems for the public transport market. With this deployment, we will conti...
Kilcarr Joins AASHTO’s Communications Team as New Editor
Sean Kilcarr, a former editor-in-chief of trucking industry magazine Fleet Owner, joined the association this week as senior editor, reporting to AASHTO Communications Director Lloyd Brown and responsible for producing the weekly AASHTO Journal online newsmagazine. He replaces longtime journalist John Boyd, who is retiring after helming the AASHTO Journal for nearly four years. "While AASHTO will miss John's leadership, guidance and news sense, we are thrilled that someone with Sean's expe...
AASHTO Releases First 2018 Update to Materials Standards
The association has released the first of three 2018 updates to its web-based edition of the publication known as Materials Standards, which contains specifications, test methods and provisional standards commonly used in the construction of highway infrastructure. AASHTO through its Bookstore sells the Materials Standards as a one-year online subscription, which includes automatic access to all updates published during the subscription period as well as access to recent past editions, with c...
U.S. Department of Transportation Launches BUILD Transportation Program, Announces $1.5 Billion Notice of Funding Opportunity
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $1.5 billion in discretionary grant funding through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. BUILD Transportation grants will replace the pre-existing Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program. As the Administration looks to enhance America’s infrastructure, FY 2018 B...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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