Trimble is Partnering with ADAPT to Provide you with a Full PT-Concrete Solution
Post-tensioned concrete is a popular option in today’s construction market. More and more we’re seeing mixed-use commercial/residential buildings, parking garages, and other structure types with PT-slabs. These buildings can be tedious and time-consuming for the structural engineer. Current work flows typically require several models from the BIM model to a gravity and lateral design model to the floor slab model. PT floor slabs are breaking the budget; usually requiring individual floor mod...
The LiRo Group Acquires Three Prominent New England Architecture/Engineering and Construction Management Firms Specializing in the Healthcare Market: DiGiorgio Associates Inc.; DAI, Inc.; and Monitor Builders Inc.
Syosset, NY – The LiRo Group (LiRo), a national, multidisciplinary project and construction management, engineering, architecture, and technology firm, has just acquired three affiliated New England-area companies: DiGiorgio Associates Inc.; DAI, Inc. (collectively DAI); and Monitor Builders Inc. (MBI). The acquired companies, which specialize in the design (DAI) and construction management (MBI) of healthcare-focused facilities, are headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and share a satellite o...
Fairview Microwave Introduces New Online RF Cable Designer Tool
LEWISVILLE, Texas - Fairview Microwave Inc., a leading provider of on-demand RF and microwave components, has introduced a new online custom cable creator tool that allows engineers and buyers to design, customize and purchase hundreds of different combinations of custom RF cable assemblies. Fairview Microwave’s RF Cable Designer™ allows engineers and buyers to quickly and easily create customized RF cable assemblies from a wide selection of connectors and cable types offered by the company....
Jeff Keller Earns National Design-Build Certification
KANSAS CITY, Mo.- Jeff Keller, a senior project manager in the Burns & McDonnell Water Global Practice, has earned the Design-Build industry's highest distinction as a nationally certified Design-Build Professional™. In order to earn the certification, Keller completed the Design-Build Institute of America's comprehensive education and certification testing program. The certification also requires two to six years direct project experience in design-build project delivery. Keller is a civil e...
senseFly and Trimble Optimize Workflow for Geospatial Drone Operators
Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland— senseFly, the world’s leading producer of professional drone solutions, today announced a new software integration with Trimble, which optimizes the drone mapping workflow for geospatial professionals. The new integration between the company’s software ensures the smoothest possible end-to-end mapping drone (UAS) workflow. senseFly operators can now, within their drone’s recently launched eMotion 3.5 software, transform a...
ARTBA Foundation Taking Final Applications for 2018 Highway Worker Memorial Scholarships
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association's Transportation Development Foundation issued a "last call" for applications through April 6 for the 2018 round of its "Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program." Since 1999, that program has provided up to $5,000...
Oregon DOT Plans US 395 Tree-Cutting Project Stemming From 2015 Forest Fire
In an announcement that indicates how a natural disaster can affect roadways for years, the Oregon Department of Transportation told the public to be ready in April for two weeks of delays on US 395 south of Canyon City for special tree-clearing work. ODOT said its crews plan to bring down "hundreds of hazard trees" along the highway that were damaged by the 2015 Canyon Creek Complex Fire. The work is scheduled to start April 9 and continue for about two weeks along nearly six miles. And t...
US-based Longroad Energy Selects Greenbyte for Data Management
Longroad Energy has selected Greenbyte to support their O&M, Asset Management and Remote Monitoring of 1.2 GW of wind and solar projects across the US. By bringing a modern, technology-agnostic approach to wind and solar data management, Greenbyte is a key partner to Longroad. The Greenbyte services, Bright for solar plant management and Breeze for wind farm management, are being used by Longroad in their remote operations center and by project stakeholders to monitor plant performance and...
HNTB Growing in South Florida to Support Transformative Infrastructure Projects and Improve Regional Mobility
MIAMI – HNTB Corporation, a national infrastructure solutions firm celebrating more than a century of service to transportation clients, is growing in South Florida to help meet the region’s infrastructure needs and deliver large-scale projects. HNTB currently employs approximately 90 regional professionals from offices in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, and recently moved its Miami operation to 161 N.W. 6th Street. The office building is part of the new mixed-use Miami Central development, which...
Schindler Elevator Rising with Construction of Tallest Midtown Manhattan Office Tower: One Vanderbilt
MORRISTOWN, NJ –Forty-two Schindler elevators and five Schindler escalators will ultimately move thousands of building workers and visitors every day at One Vanderbilt, the 58-story, 1.7 million square-foot commercial office tower being constructed in midtown Manhattan directly adjacent to Grand Central Terminal. Thirty of the elevators will be equipped with Schindler’s PORT Technology. Schindler Elevator Corporation was awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by Construction Manager AECOM Tish...