Precast Concrete Highway Slabs Expedite Largest Project of this Type in North America
PASADENA, Calif. (MARCH 2017) – Precast concrete highway pavement slabs are increasing in popularity for use in rapid highway construction. This is, in part, the result of many state departments of transportation recognizing the efficiency of the precast slab method and selecting it for use on an increasing number of state projects. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has specified precast concrete pavement slabs for one of the largest projects of this type in North America...
Cortec Corporation Celebrates 40 Years of Fighting Corrosion!
“There are three things inevitable in life: death, taxes and corrosion. So, we are in the right business!” Such is a common saying of Boris Miksic, Founder and CEO of Cortec Corporation, a company that has become the global leader in innovative VpCI ® and MCI® Technology and is now branching out into biotechnology. This year marks the 40th Anniversary of what began as a fledgling company in October 1977. Cortec® has since grown to make a global impact on the corrosion industry, operating nine...
New CloudCities Brings Procedural Terrain and Advanced Search
San Francisco/Zurich, March 15, 2017 — CloudCities today announced an update to the platform bringing procedural terrains and advanced search features. The new CloudCities is now available at cloudcities.io. CloudCities is a Cloud Platform for Building Insights. CloudCities helps architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) professionals and their clients learn from their data. It dramatically simplifies creating 3D plans and combining data with it. With the new version, models can be imm...
Michael Baker International Names Leanna Anderson EVP, Chief Communications Officer
Pittsburgh - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that Leanna Anderson has joined the firm as Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer. In this role, Ms. Anderson will serve as a member of the executive leadership team overseeing the firm’s communications strategy and the integration and implementation of a broad range of public relations and marketing activities directly tied to the firm’s strate...
IMAGINiT Technologies Acquires PacifiCAD
OWINGS MILLS, MD ― March 15, 2017 — Rand Worldwide (OTCBB: RWWI), a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, today announced that its IMAGINiT Technologies division has acquired PacifiCAD, an Autodesk Gold Partner headquartered in Spokane, Washington. “We are very pleased to welcome PacifiCAD’s employees and customers to the IMAGINiT team and are excited about the expansion of our operations in the P...
Terracon Names Srinivasan New President
OLATHE, Kan. — As part of its executive succession plan, Terracon is pleased to announce Swaminathan (Vasan) Srinivasan, P.E., is now president of Terracon Consultants, Inc. Srinivasan assumes leadership of Terracon’s operating company, including the firm’s geographical operating groups, service lines, business sectors, and quality group, which provide professional services across the country. He succeeds David Gaboury, P.E., who has served as president of Terracon since 1997. Gaboury continue...
Business Development Manager, Sherri Jent, Joins Cardno
Tampa, FL -- Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Sherri Jent has joined the firm as business development manager – Infrastructure services in the company’s Tampa office. She will focus on building the Infrastructure team’s business development projects throughout its Americas region, focusing on survey and mapping, subsurface utility excavation, utility coordination, transportation, and structures. Sherri brings more than 18 years of broad professional experience in the engineering...
Atlas Copco Mourns the Death of Jeanette Livijn
Stockholm, Sweden: Atlas Copco regrets to inform that Jeanette Livijn, Senior Vice President Organizational Development and member of the Group management, died yesterday after a longer fight against a severe disease. Jeanette Livijn began her Atlas Copco career in 1987. She started in the field of financial and business controlling and held various positions in this function. From 1997 she held managerial positions within human resource management. Before she took up the role as the Group’s...
Introducing AutoTURN Online - The Premier Swept Path Analysis Solution through Your Browser
Looking for an easier way for performing vehicle checks on any type of plan view, aerial photo or even a rough conceptual sketch? Need to evaluate many vehicle access and circulation alternatives for value engineering purposes? Then don't miss this chance to see how AutoTURN Online enables you to make quicker analyses and decisions earlier in the design stage. With AutoTURN Online, you can work with virtually any CAD platform — all you need is an internet connection — there's nothing to install!...
ARTBA Foundation Announces Latest Group to Earn Transportation Project Safety Certification
(WASHINGTON) - Fourteen additional people earned the “Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals™” (SCTPP) credential last month, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation announced today. This is on top of the 55 in the “inaugural class” announced in late January. The certification is valid for three years. Launched in late 2016, the SCTPP program is aimed at the thousands of transportation project workers, supervisors, foremen, inspectors,...
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