Vectorworks 2018 Now Available in Spanish
Columbia, MD — Global design and BIM software developer Vectorworks, Inc. has released the Spanish version of its Vectorworks 2018 product line, which includes Vectorworks® Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Designer and Fundamentals. New this year is Braceworks™, a structural load analysis add-on module targeted to designers and riggers working on temporary structures. The Spanish version follows the English version, released this past September, and joins the additional language versions of the p...
New U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles Named Project of the Year
SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced today that the new U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles was recently named Project of the Year by the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) at its National Conference and Trade Show in Washington, D.C. CMAA officials recognized 17 projects for construction management excellence in a variety of categories including government, healthcare, environmental, education, transportation and commercial. The new U.S...
United Water Restoration Group Appoints Roy Billesbach, President, Partner
ORMOND BEACH, Fla.- The founders of United Water Restoration Group, Inc. (UWRG), the premiere franchise provider of disaster restoration services for residential and commercial properties in the United States and Canada, today announced the appointment of Roy Billesbach as President and Partner. Mr. Billesbach is based in the company's headquarter office in Ormond Beach, FL. A recognized leader in the field of business franchising, Mr. Billesbach brings more than 20 years of senior level nati...
WinCan’s ESRI ArcGIS Integration Brings Enhanced GIS Capabilities to Sewer Inspection
PITTSBURGH, PA —When integrated with ESRI’s ArcGIS platform, WinCan VX sewer assessment software allows users to navigate and analyze inspection data using a rich GIS (geographic information system) interface. With it, users can click map features to link to section and defect information, or they can click a tabular record in an inspection to jump immediately to its mapped location. With this bidirectional link between GIS and WinCan, inspections can be pre-populated with data residing in GIS (...
EDA Invests $2.2M in Railroad Upgrades to Serve Davenport, Iowa, Businesses
The Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration said it awarded a $2.2 million grant to the city of Davenport, Iowa, to build a new freight rail interchange track and rail spur to serve a new manufacturing facility and other businesses locating in the city's industrial park. The EDA said grantees expected the project to create more than 500 jobs and spur $78.5 million in private investment. The rail improvements support manufacturing and logistics industries, and build on oth...
Puerto Rico Seeks $5.84B in Disaster Aid for Transportation Facilities
Gov. Ricardo Rosello is asking President Trump and Congress to provide Puerto Rico with more than $5.84 billion in disaster aid just to cover repairs to the island territory's hurricane-damaged roads, bridges, seaports and airports. That is part of a total $94.4 billion aid request he submitted Nov. 13 in a letter to Trump, of which $31 billion is to rebuild housing, nearly $18 billion for the power grid and resiliency upgrades, and $15 billion for healthcare. The governor is seeking almos...
FARO Leads in Virtual Reality for Construction, Design and Forensics
Lake Mary, FL - FARO® (NASDAQ: FARO), the world’s most trusted source for product design, construction BIM/CIM, and public safety forensics announces the release of Virtual Reality (VR)-ready FARO® SCENE 7.1 software (http://www.faro.com/scene/sg). FARO SCENE 7.1 enables an immersive VR experience with integration of detailed photographic textures, i.e., surface details of an object and rendering of 3D scan data so quickly that it appears to be generated in real time. A free 30-day trial...
Dow Insulation and Sealing Technologies to Help Increase Operational Efficiency and Maintain Temperature Consistency at Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018
MIDLAND, Mich. – While winter may be a couple months away, preparations for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 have been focused on creating one of the best environments for athletes, spectators, media and other participants in the freezing February conditions expected in South Korea. Building technologies from The Dow Chemical Company, a subsidiary of DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP), have been incorporated into the Olympic Plaza, the International Broadcast Centre, and the Olympic Sliding Centre...
Autodesk Powers the Future of Manufacturing and Construction with Forge
At Autodesk University, Autodesk announced that developers and customers of all sizes are adopting its Forge developer platform to build and deploy apps and services to drive the future of making things in manufacturing and construction. A new platform update has also been launched to make building on Forge even easier. Next-generation cloud application framework The design and engineering world is undergoing a major disruption from a single-user, file-based, desktop CAD experience to a de...
Celebrating the 50th Annual Secretary’s Awards Ceremony
Secretary Elaine L. Chao kicked off the 50th Secretary’s Awards Ceremony to a thunderous ovation. Recipient’s from all Agencies, Offices and as far away as Juneau, Alaska, were gathered in the West Atrium of DOT headquarters to receive awards on excellence and merit. The Secretary took the opportunity to give a special thanks to the more than 300 DOT employees who have volunteered for special assignments to assist with recovery efforts after the recent series of devastating hurricanes. The l...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
