Chao: $1.56B in 2017-18 INFRA Grants Still Months Away, Coming Perhaps in June
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao told Congress March 6 that the Department of Transportation expects to award $1.56 billion in 2017 and 2018 INFRA grants "hopefully . . . by the beginning of June . . . the beginning of the summer." The department has had the INFRA project applications in hand since it closed the grant requests Nov. 2, but Chao said it had to first handle the separate $500 million in 2017 TIGER grants. Chao told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...
Officials From State DOTs, Industry Groups Push for Congress to Act on Project Funding
Led by Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer and Colorado DOT Executive Director Michael Lewis, a group of industry stakeholders strongly called for Congress and President Trump to come up with enough long-term highway and transit revenue to avert a funding crisis in 2020. The officials made their comments at a March 7 hearing on "Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Long-Term Funding for Highways and Transit Programs," held by the House Transportatio...
Michael Baker International Continues Growth Plan for Southern California Operations with New Office Executives in Santa Ana and San Diego
Santa Ana, Calif. – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced two promotions in Southern California to help strengthen the firm’s West Region. Bob Schlesinger, Senior Vice President, has been promoted to Office Executive for the firm’s Santa Ana office, and Trudi Lim, Vice President, has been promoted to Office Executive in San Diego. “The infrastructure challenges facing California present opportunities to expand all o...
New Ads Urge Action on Infrastructure, Permanent Solution for Highway Trust Fund
WASHINGTON - “If we’re stuck in gridlock, so is our economy. Congestion drives up the price of everything we make, buy and export. It’s a $160 billion hidden tax.” That’s the key message of a new ad campaign urging Congress and the Trump administration to act now to develop and pass a robust transportation infrastructure investment package and a permanent fix for the Highway Trust Fund. The ad campaign, developed by the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) and Americans for Transpo...
Trimble Launches Trimble Foundation
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has established a non-profit, private foundation to support Trimble's Responsible Corporate Citizen (RCC) and philanthropic efforts—Trimble Foundation. "Trimble has a rich history of philanthropy, environmental and social stewardship, and in 2017 solidified these activities with the launch of our RCC program. The program also includes policies and initiatives to ensure ethical behavior, supply chain compliance, environme...
Wärtsilä’s Smart Power Generation gaining market share in the global energy transition
The technology group Wärtsilä has been the pioneer to promote flexibility in energy systems to enable greater use of solar and wind power. The company’s Smart Power Generation solution was launched ten years ago in recognition of growing environmental awareness within the industry, and in anticipation of increasing adoption of energy from renewable sources. As the energy industry transformation accelerates, with traditional baseload plants unable to efficiently cope with the new realities, Wärts...
EAA - Emre Arolat Architecture Opens New York City Office
New York – Internationally renowned, award-winning architectural firm EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture, known for producing relevant and contemporary architecture around the world, has announced the opening of its New York City office. Located in Manhattan’s creative SoHo hub at 199 Lafayette Street, this marks the third office for the firm, which has highly successful offices in both Istanbul and London. “New York City is the center of business, commerce, and design, and we look forward to inc...
Western Specialty Contractors Hires Jillian Chew as National Account Program Manager
St. Louis, MO – Western Specialty Contractors has hired Jillian Chew of Wildwood, MO as National Account Program Manager. In this role, Chew will assist in the company's efforts to identify, establish and develop relationships with large, multi-location customers. Assigned to three to five customers, Chew will also work to establish productive, professional relationships with high-level executives and other key contacts for all assigned client accounts, as well as effectively communicate to c...
Dr. Dave Maune Presented with Outstanding Personal Achievement Award in Lidar at the International Lidar Mapping Forum
Dr. Dave Maune, Ph.D., PSM, PS, GS, CP, CFM, was presented with the Outstanding Personal Achievement Award in Lidar at the 2018 International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) in Denver, Colorado. Maune was selected out of nearly 80 nominations. Maune is an associate vice president and photogrammetrist for Dewberry and is based in the firm's Fairfax, Virginia, office. He has been in the industry for nearly 60 years and supports federal contracts with the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Ocean...
Inoapps Launches HMRC Compliant Construction Industry Subcontractor Management Application for Oracle Cloud ERP
Leading global Oracle Platinum Partner Inoapps (www.inoapps.com) has launched a Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) application for Oracle ERP. Working alongside the Oracle ERP Cloud platform, the application enables main contractors to manage subcontracted work packages in accordance with the UK Government’s Construction Industry Scheme guidelines. By delivering a seamless integration between the UK Government’s HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs) Portal and Oracle’s Cloud ERP technol...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
