Gunalan, Kemper Tabbed as 2018 ASCE President-Elect Official Nominees
The official nominees for 2018 ASCE president-elect, as selected by the Society’s Board of Direction Nominating Committee, are Kancheepuram (Guna) N. Gunalan, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE., F.ASCE, and Robin A. Kemper, P.E., LEED AP, F.SEI, F.ASCE. The Society’s election will be conducted May 1 through June 1 via online balloting. All members in good standing as of April 1 will be eligible to vote. Guna Gunalan Gunalan is vice president of alternative delivery at AECOM, wher...
Michael Baker International Commits to Growth in Tampa Region with Appointment of Beth Steimle to Office Executive
Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that Beth Steimle, P.E., has joined the firm as Vice President and Office Executive in Tampa, Fla. In this role, Ms. Steimle will support the office’s expansion through the growth of a balanced portfolio of clients and the addition of new markets and capabilities, bringing the full range of the firm’s expertise to the region to support projected billion-dollar design-build projects. Sh...
Federal Trade Arm, the U.S. Commercial Service Provides Support for CH2M Contract to Manage Development of India's First Smart Capital City
DENVER - With support from the U.S. Department of Commerce's trade promotion arm the U.S. Commercial Service, CH2M and the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh Capital Regional Development Authority have entered into a contract to develop Amaravati as India's first smart capital city. CH2M was selected as program manager to implement major infrastructure developments integrating digital technologies and intelligent design to transform Amaravati into a technologically-advanced capital city. The U.S. Co...
FTA Announces $5 Million Funding Opportunity to Improve Transit Options for Tribal Residents
Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program; Tribal Transit Program FY 2017 Date Posted: 1/19/2017 Date Closed: 3/20/2017 Opportunity ID: FTA-2017-002-TPM Grant Program: Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program; Tribal Transit Program Opportunity Announcement TXT: Opportunity Announcement TXT Opportunity Announcement PDF:...
TerraGo Partners with CompassTools to Deliver Advanced GIS & GPS Data Collection Solutions
Washington, D.C. - TerraGo is pleased to announce their partnership with CompassTools, a leading provider of integrated GIS, GPS and wireless solutions for field data collection across numerous industries including government, utility, natural resources, transportation, architecture and construction. According to Andrew Carey, Manager of Geospatial Solutions at CompassTools, “We help our customers build the best bundled solution for their GIS and GPS goals, whatever they may be, and...
Preliminary Award of Project Zuidasdok to Fluor, Heijmans and Hochtief Joint Venture
IRVING, Texas and AMSTERDAM – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the Zuidasdok project has been preliminarily awarded to Zuidplus, the joint venture with Fluor, Heijmans and Hochtief. The contract includes widening and partial underground installation of the A10 South motorway and expansion of the Amsterdam Zuid station in the Netherlands. The design and construction contract is worth approximately $1 billion (€990 million) of which Fluor has a 42.5% share, Heijmans 15% a...
AGI and Bentley Systems Announce Cesium Consortium
EXTON, Pa.- Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI) and Bentley Systems are pleased to announce Bentley Systems as a co-founder of the new Cesium Consortium. Cesium is an open source, browser-based virtual globe, first developed by AGI in 2011 for the aerospace and defense communities. Cesium’s unparalleled performance in streaming very large datasets through a browser to desktops, tablets, and smart phones has enabled it to become the virtual globe of choice for geospatial viewing. The consortium will n...
New Entity Will Enhance Safety and Efficiency at Hanford Site Construction Project
Bechtel National Inc. and AECOM today announced the formation of the Waste Treatment Completion Company LLC (WTCC) – a company that will complete construction and lead the startup and commissioning of more than 20 facilities to safely treat low-activity nuclear waste at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. The plant is located at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state. “This new company is the next step toward starting up and commissioning facilities that will sa...
CAD Interior Design Tool Expands into Europe
A WORLD-first augmented reality tool is being expanded into Europe to create designs for everything from hospital emergency departments to factories. Building upon a regular Computer Aided Design (CAD) plan, the patented CADwalk system uses software to display an image of a room on to a large wall screen and project the floor plan on to the floor in actual size. First developed with the help of the Wearable Computer Lab at the University of South Australia, CADwalk Global was previously kn...
Parsons Recognized for Work on 17 of Canada’s Largest Infrastructure Projects
PASADENA, CA – Parsons is pleased to announce that the corporation has received a platinum ranking in ReNew Canada's 2017 Top 100 Infrastructure Projects report for its work on 17 of Canada's largest infrastructure projects based on cost. Representing more than CAD $43 billion and spanning five provinces as well as the Northwest Territories, these 17 projects encompass railway, light rail transit, bus rapid transit, subway, highway, bridge, port, and environmental remediation market sectors....
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
