Former Ammann & Whitney CEO Edward Cohen Leaves a Lasting Structural Engineering Legacy
MORRISTOWN, New Jersey — Edward Cohen, former CEO of Ammann & Whitney, passed away Saturday, January 28 at the age of 96. He was interred Monday, January 30 at New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon, New York. Between 1977 and 1996, Cohen served as the CEO for Ammann & Whitney, established by renowned New York long-span bridge designer Othmar Ammann. Cohen started at the firm in 1949 as an associate engineer, before becoming a partner, senior partner, managing partner, director and exec...
Autodesk Announces CEO Transition
SAN FRANCISCO - Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that Carl Bass has decided to step down as president and chief executive officer, effective February 8. The company's board has instituted a CEO search to consider candidates inside and outside Autodesk and has formed an Interim Office of the Chief Executive to oversee the company's day-to-day operations. Bass will remain on staff as a special advisor to the company in support of the transition to a new CEO. He will continue to sit o...
Bechtel Wins Prestigious Award for Commitment to U.S.-U.A.E. Business Relations
Bechtel, the leading global engineering, procurement, and construction firm, was honored by the American Chamber of Commerce Abu Dhabi (AmCham Abu Dhabi) with the prestigious “Falcon Award” for “demonstrating an outstanding commitment to sustainable U.S.-U.A.E. business relations.” The official announcement for the award took place at the AmCham Abu Dhabi 7th Annual Excellence Awards on January 27. “Winning the ‘Falcon Award’ is a great recognition of Bechtel’s proud 50-year history in U.A.E...
Stantec Welcomes Jacqui McFarland to Calgary’s Interior Design Team
Stantec’s Architecture team in Calgary welcomes Jacqui McFarland to its Interior Design practice. With over 25 years of experience in southern Alberta, Jacqui brings her passion for design, creativity, and collaboration to Stantec’s Alberta South Buildings team. “We are very excited to welcome Jacqui to our team,” says Todd Hartley, senior principal, Buildings, Stantec. “Jacqui is a talented designer who can inspire and mentor our team while expanding our Interior Design portfolio. Jacqui’s r...
AECOM Rebrands Premier Construction Businesses to Connect Over a Century of Combined Experience with Global Capabilities
LOS ANGELES — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated infrastructure firm, today introduced AECOM TishmanTM and AECOM HuntTM – brand identities that bring together generations of building experience and best-in-class expertise across a wide range of global markets. Leveraging more than a century of construction industry leadership, Tishman Construction and Hunt Construction Group are now AECOM Tishman and AECOM Hunt. These renowned organizations have established reputations for reshaping c...
Arup Pledges Support to Build UK Northern Powerhouse
Arup has joined the business-led board of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership (NPP), an independent body aimed at promoting transformative economic growth across the North of England. The NPP, launched in September 2016 by the Rt Hon George Osborne MP, represents the voice of some of the leading business and civic leaders across the North. The partnership has launched its first report setting out a vision for how to transform the region. With input from over 200 businesses and civic and ac...
BTS Releases Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2016
U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released the Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2016 (TSAR). The 21st edition of this congressionally-mandated report presents key transportation indicators along with an overview of the transportation system. It also includes data and statistics on passenger travel, freight movement, transportation and the economy, system reliability, safety, energy use and environmental impacts. In addition, the report foc...
Sacramento's Golden 1 Center Named 2017 Golden State Award Winner by the American Council of Engineering Companies, California
SACRAMENTO, Calif.-- ACEC California named Sacramento's Golden 1 Center as its 2017 Golden State Award Winner for its exceptional and unique sustainable design features. The Golden 1 Center - home of the National Basketball Association's Sacramento Kings - was designed by AECOM in association with Henderson Engineering, Inc. and is the first indoor sports arena in the world to achieve LEED platinum certification. The Golden State Award is the highest honor ACEC California bestows as part of its...
FINLEY Updates Software Platform to SOFiSTiK and Autodesk
FINLEY continually reviews and upgrades it’s technology to enhances problem solving at every stage of the project delivery process, from planning, preliminary and detailed design, construction engineering simulations and analysis. SOFiSTiK has created a seamless BIM workflow for structural engineering. It is a breakthrough in construction planning. For the first time, all necessary steps from modeling through to generating reinforcement sheets for civil and structural engineering project...
Florida Governor's Budget Invests More Than $10 Billion in State's Transportation and Infrastructure
TALLAHASSEE – Governor Rick Scott today announced that the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will receive $10.8 billion in the recommended FY 2017-2018 “Fighting for Florida’s Future” Budget to make strategic transportation investments statewide and keep Florida’s world-class transportation and infrastructure system as the nation’s best. Governor Scott said, “As the third largest state in the nation with the fourth fastest growing population, we must make sure our state is prepared to...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
