Mississippi Commission Chair Presley Appointed to NARUC’s Board of Directors
WASHINGTON—National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners President John Betkoski III has appointed Mississippi Public Service Commission Chair Brandon Presley to the NARUC Board of Directors. Chairman Presley was elected to the Mississippi PSC in 2007 and then re-elected in 2011 and 2015. Presley is also the former mayor of Nettleton, Miss., having served from 2002 to 2007. His leadership experience includes serving as the vice chair of NARUC’s Natural Gas Access and Expansion Tas...
Oregon Awarded U.S. Dept. of Transportation Grants to Enhance its Premier Road Usage Charge System
SALEM, Ore. – The U.S. Department of Transportation last week awarded Oregon a grant of $2,315,000 to enhance Oregon’s existing road usage charge program (OReGO), as well as a $2,590,000 grant to implement a joint project with California that will integrate the states’ road charging programs. Both grants will help expand the state’s understanding of the technology used in the OReGO program and its ability to support local, state, regional and even national transportation funding needs. “...
Airborne LiDAR Production Now Fully Integrated with Leica HxMap Workflow
Heerbrugg, Switzerland – Leica Geosystems, industry leader for reality capture and measurement technology, announced today the release of LiDAR data processing capability in the Leica RealCity solution package. Leica Geosystems partnered with international asset integrity and geo-intelligence solutions provider, Fugro, to begin acquiring and processing data over multiple cities and coastal regions across the US. Using CityMapper, Fugro conducted aerial surveys over some of North America’s m...
Nemetschek Acquires Leading US Software Provider RISA for Structural Engineering
Munich, October 13, 2017 - Software provider Nemetschek SE (ISIN DE0006452907) has today agreed to acquire RISA Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California, USA. The purchase is structured as an asset deal. RISA offers one of most popular structural engineering software suites in the US for multi-material structures such as steel, concrete, masonry and wood. With around 10,000 users, RISA has leading market share and is a key provider to top design firms in the US. RISA was a...
Dominium Breaks Ground on Affordable Housing Development in Colorado
MINNEAPOLIS —Dominium, a Minneapolis-based leading apartment owner, developer and manager, announced today that it has closed on the land to build North Range Crossings, a 216-unit affordable housing development in Commerce City, Colo. The company is celebrating with a ground-breaking event on October 26. Dominium is beginning construction on the property which, when finished, will feature a clubhouse with a fireplace and wood beamed ceilings with architecturally stimulating trusses. It...
Idaho Receives Nearly $37 Million from Federal Airport Improvement Program
BOISE - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded nearly $37 million in grants to Idaho airports from the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Recipients received FAA-AIP grants to maintain and improve Idaho’s airport facilities. This is the culmination of a joint federal, state, and local airport process to address air transportation in Idaho. “Idaho’s quality airport system requires regular investment,” Idaho Division of Aeronautics Administrator Mike Pape said. “With that...
Cortec Combats Corrosive Effects of Deicing Salts and Fluids in New VpCI Additives Brochure
Often it is necessary to use corrosive seawater, brine solutions, or deicing chemicals for municipal and industrial applications, but these can create a major problem for any metals in the system. Cortec’s new brochure, “VpCI® Additives for Deicing Salts and Fluids,” offers additives to combat these highly corrosive fluids containing salts. VpCI® additives form a thin molecular corrosion inhibiting layer that adsorbs on the surface of the metal, displacing existing water, chlorides, or other cor...
Baum Introduces PowerBaum, Industry’s Fastest Power Analysis and Modeling Solution
SEOUL, Korea - Baum today introduced its flagship product, PowerBaum, that enables engineering groups to fully optimize the energy efficiency of their semiconductor designs. PowerBaum is a state-of-the-art, high-speed and accurate power analysis and modeling solution targeting designs where power and thermal issues are critical, such as with mobile, multi-media, automotive, internet of things (IoT), networking, and server markets. “Power modeling and analysis remain one of the most underdeve...
New Active Transportation Council Convenes
The first meeting of AASHTO's newly formed Active Transportation Council took place during the association's annual meeting in Phoenix on Sept. 26. "This is a new group, but the issues it plans to address are familiar to everyone and important to our communities both rural and urban," said Leslie Richards, council chair and secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. (In photo, Richards is seated in front row, fourth from the left.) Richards said the council plans to addres...
AASHTO Board Amends Governing Documents to Reflect New Committee Structure
The board of directors for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials voted Sept. 28 to approve an amended set of association governing documents, one that reflects the group's new organizational structure for member committees. The board took the action during the association's annual meeting in Phoenix. The last time the AASHTO board – which is made up of all 50 CEOs of state departments of transportation, plus those of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia...
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February Issue 2026
