President Names KYTC’s Stout Deputy Chair of Committee Overseeing AASHTOWare
Association President John Schroer this month named Heather Stout of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to serve as vice chair of the Special Committee on AASHTOWare. Stout, who has been the KYTC's executive director for the Office of Information Technology since March 2016, was already on the special committee for a term through June 30 of this year. AASHTO said her designation as the panel's vice chair will run concurrently with that term of service. The special committee is chaired by...
Association Taking Nominations for 2018 AASHTO National Transportation Leadership Institute
AASHTO said it is taking nominations through April 4 for candidates to participate in its annual National Transportation Leadership Institute, a two-week management training program for transportation department officials held at the Indiana Historical Society Conference Center in Indianapolis. The graduate-level program is sponsored by AASHTO and offered by the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis School of Public and Environmental Affairs' Executive Education Program. It is con...
Wolf Administration Announces Investments to Improve Nine Airports
Harrisburg, PA – Nine airports will make safety and equipment upgrades with the assistance of nearly $2.4 million in state investments, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Leslie S. Richards announced today. "Supporting our roughly 400 airports not only keeps goods and people moving, but also supports hundreds of thousands of jobs," Richards said. "These investments ensure safe operations and assist with key upgrades." The funds are distributed through the Aviation Developm...
California Governor Taps Annis as Acting Secretary; Kelly Heads to Rail Authority
Gov. Jerry Brown has named Brian Annis to be California's acting transportation secretary effective Feb. 1, when current Secretary Brian Kelly leaves to become the next CEO of the California High-Speed Rail Authority. As secretary, Kelly has headed the California State Transportation Agency since its creation in 2013. That agency's stated role is to "to develop and coordinate the policies and programs of the state's transportation entities to achieve the state's mobility, safety and air quali...
Chamber’s Donohue Urges 25-Cent Fuel Tax Hike Over 5 Years, With Inflation Indexing
The CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce proposed that Congress pay for modernizing roads, bridges and transit systems by raising the federal excise tax on motor fuels by 25 cents a gallon over five years and "indexed for inflation and improving fuel economy." CEO Thomas Donohue said those actions "would raise $394 billion over the next 10 years" for investments in surface transportation systems. The business organization has long been on record favoring a hike in motor fuel fees to shore...
NARUC Promotes Jennifer Murphy to Lead New Policy Department
WASHINGTON—The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners has created the Department of Energy Policy and has promoted former Assistant General Counsel Jennifer M. Murphy as its director. As the Director of Energy Policy and Senior Counsel, Murphy will be the main point of contact for energy matters for the association and will coordinate energy matters within the association. Murphy will continue to be responsible for NARUC’s legal relations on energy matters before the Federal...
Bentley Systems Expands Concrete Building Design and Documentation Offerings through Acquisition of S-Cube Futuretech
EXTON, Pa. — Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of Mumbai-based concrete building design and documentation software company S-Cube Futuretech Pvt. Ltd. The addition of S-Cube Futuretech’s applications expands Bentley’s offerings specific to the needs of concrete engineering design and documentation software users in India, South East Asia, and the Middle East. Concrete colum...
The UP Companies Hires Karl Lederman as General Manager, Service & Field Operations for Power UP
(St. Louis, MO) The UP Companies (UPCO) announces the hiring of Karl Lederman of Wildwood, MO as General Manager, Service & Field Operations for Power UP Electrical Contractors. As Power UP General Manager, Lederman is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the service and field operations, implementing a strategy to grow the business, coordinating key performance goals, managing field personnel, developing tactical programs for achieving goals and objectives, ensuring the overall...
HDR Researcher Appointed to AIA Leadership Group
Jeri Brittin, Ph.D., Director of Research at HDR, will serve a three-year term with the American Institute of Architect’s (AIA) Design and Health Leadership Group (DHLG). The AIA DHLG was founded in 2012 and provides strategic direction to the Institute and its staff relating to the design and health portfolio, now part of the AIA’s larger sustainability strategic initiative. The group is comprised of architects, public health researchers, physicians, academics, policy experts and planners wh...
Stephen Ho Announced as the New President and Chair of Board of Governors of The Pacific Telecommunications Council
HONOLULU - The Board of Governors of The Pacific Telecommunications Council (“PTC”) today announced the appointment of Stephen Ho as the new President and Chair of the Board of Governors. Stephen Ho, the CEO of CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited, will serve his third term as President and Chair leading PTC, the global non-profit membership organization promoting the advancement of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the Pacific Rim. Also elected on the Board of Governors...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
