FHWA Notice Clears Way for State DOTs to Tap Full FAST Act 2018 Highway Funding
State departments of transportation finally have access to all of their scheduled federal highway program funds for fiscal 2018, after the Federal Highway Administration issued a formal distribution notice April 16. That day the FHWA notified the state agencies of their full-year federal-aid highway program obligation limitation levels, which is the funding amounts they can obligate to projects during the federal budget year that ends Sept. 30. The FHWA action followed the March 23 enactme...
Newest Bristol-Myers Squibb Redwood City Research Center, Designed by Stantec, to Open its Doors
Redwood City, CA (April 25, 2018): On Friday, April 27, Bristol-Myers Squibb is officially welcoming the newest building to its Redwood City, Calif., research and development campus in Woodside Technology Park, celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The newly-opened site serves as Bristol-Myers Squibb’s biologics discovery center, focusing primarily on cancer immunotherapies—drugs that manipulate the immune system so that the body’s own defensive network recognizes and attacks tumors. Global...
Thornton Tomasetti Engineers Installation of Cantilevering Leaping Lion at San Diego Zoo
Thornton Tomasetti recently completed engineering work on another high-profile large-scale sculpture, this time at the world-famous San Diego Zoo. At more than 27 feet tall and weighing in excess of 18,000 pounds, the new bronze lion sculpture greeting zoo visitors is said to be the largest cantilevered bronze animal sculpture in the world. Rex's Roar (Rex for short) was unveiled in late March at the center of the zoo’s newly designed entry plaza. Thornton Tomasetti provided structural engineeri...
Trimble to Acquire Viewpoint to Create the Industry’s Most Complete Construction Management Solution
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Viewpoint from Bain Capital in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.2 billion. Viewpoint is highly complementary to Trimble’s e-Builder business, and will extend Trimble's ability to provide more complete and integrated project, jobsite and business workflows across the construction lifecycle. Viewpoint is a leading provider of scalable construction management software...
Contribution of Steel Casing to Single Shaft Foundation Structural Resistance
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 872: Contribution of Steel Casing to Single Shaft Foundation Structural Resistance proposes revisions to bridge design specifications based on comprehensive analytical and testing programs for investigating the effects of steel casing. Bridges are often constructed with a single enlarged shaft foundation supporting a column. In many cases, the shaft foundation is constructed with a permanent steel casing. The combination...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $84 Million Funding Opportunity for Technologically Advanced Transit Buses
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the opportunity for its grantees to apply for up to $84.45 million in competitive grant funds through FTA’s Low or No Emission (Low-No) Bus Program. The Low-No Program supports projects sponsored by local transit agencies to bring advanced, American-made bus technologies such as battery electric power and hydrogen fuel cells into service nationwide. "One of Secretary Chao’s priorities is...
Stantec’s Design of Sacramento River Joint Intake and Fish Screen Facility Earns Outstanding Water/Wastewater Project Award in California
Sacramento, CA, NYSE, TSX:STN: Global design firm Stantec’s work on the Sacramento River Joint Intake and Fish Screen Facility was recently named the Outstanding Water/Wastewater Treatment Project of the year by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Sacramento Section. The intake/fish screen facility protects young salmon and endangered native fish, while providing irrigation for 15,000 acres of cropland and a more reliable water supply for the cities of Davis and Woodland. The...
Sulzer Offers MIXPAC MixCoat Cartridge-Based 2-Component Dispensing System for Mining 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 mining applications, including applying abrasion-resistant coatings on pipes and transportation equipment, bores, walkways, and conveyor equipment. The MIXPAC™ MixCoat™ Spray model used for mining operations is a portable pneumatic dispense system designed for small volume applications, touch-up, and repairs. It is a great choice for di...
Trimble Acquires the Assets of FabSuite to Expand its Steel Fabrication Software Portfolio
SUNNYVALE, Calif.– Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has acquired the assets of Williamsburg, Virginia-based FabSuite, LLC, North America’s leading supplier of Management Information System (MIS) solutions for steel fabrication. With the acquisition of FabSuite software, Trimble’s portfolio now includes the complete structural steel workflow for planning, managing, designing, modeling and automating the fabrication processes to maximize constructability. Financial terms were not dis...
Michael Baker International Appoints Ralph B. Hennessy to Lead Aviation Services Group in Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana (April 24, 2018) – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that Ralph B. Hennessy, C.M., will join the firm as the Aviation Services Group Lead for the state of Louisiana. Based in Michael Baker’s Baton Rouge office, Mr. Hennessy will be a strategic partner for the firm’s Louisiana-based aviation clients and utilize his expertise to help secure funding for capital improvement projects. He also will be r...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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