ITD Director Brian Ness Wins Nationwide Navigator Award Celebrating Innovation, Citizen-Focused Government
BOISE - Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) Director Brian Ness has won the 2016 Navigator Award from the national organization Route Fifty. The award, in the “Agency and Department Chiefs” category, is based on his citizen-focused approach to government and a transformative style. Ness and several other winners from across the country representing different categories were honored yesterday (Wednesday, Nov. 16) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Click here to see the Navigator award summary for...
Dallas Streetcar Shortlisted for ASCE's Top Civil Engineering Honor
The American Society of Civil Engineers announced Nov. 4 that the Union Station to Oak Cliff Dallas Streetcar Project will vie for the 2017 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award. The city's first modern streetcar is one of five finalists selected for ASCE's most prestigious global honor. Among its competitors are One World Trade Center in New York and Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India. The winner will be announced at ASCE's OPAL Gala, March 16, in Arlington, Vi...
Stantec Unmanned Aerial System Fleet Expands
Stantec announces the expansion of its Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) professional services with the recent addition of multiple systems. These new survey grade multirotor systems will be located in Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Ottawa, Santa Barbara, Tucson, Reno and Salt Lake City. Designed by Skycatch, the UAS fleet will support the firm’s environmental services, geomatics, community development, mining, architecture and transportation clients, providing commercial surveying and mapping services.“...
CH2M Awarded Prestigious Asset Management Contract to Support 12 Municipalities Across Canada
CALGARY, Alberta - CH2M was awarded the first phase of the Leadership in Asset Management Program (LAMP), selected by the joint group of 12 municipalities and part-funded by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). The collaborative program brings together twelve leading municipalities from across Canada to develop key asset management building blocks that will better connect sustainability considerations with their infrastructure planning and decision making processes. LAMP is an inn...
Topcon Accepts Wichmann Innovations Award for Falcon 8
LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands – Topcon Positioning Group announces it has won the Wichmann Innovations Award in the competition’s hardware category. Topcon representatives accepted the award for the Topcon Falcon 8 (powered by Ascending Technologies, a part of Intel®) rotary-wing UAS (unmanned aerial system). The Wichmann Award is bestowed annually at the INTERGEO trade fair in Germany. The Falcon 8 was judged the winner based on the criteria of innovation, user-fri...
Adolfson & Peterson Construction Chooses Egnyte Connect for Firm-Wide Collaboration
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – November, 2016 - Egnyte, the leading cloud provider of smart content collaboration and governance for the enterprise, today announced Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP) has selected Egnyte Connect as their company-wide content collaboration solution. Egnyte Connect provides AP secure, uninterrupted access to all of their content and empowers their employees to easily collaborate, internally and externally, via any preferred business application on any device. AP is...
SWA and Thomas Balsley Join Forces in New York to Create New Company, SWA/Balsley
Sausalito, CA (November 16, 2016) — SWA and Thomas Balsley Associates have announced the formation of SWA/Balsley, a new company that will bring together in New York City both firms’ expertise in the field of landscape architecture. The new company will succeed Thomas Balsley Associates, while retaining Balsley as its lead principal and welcoming Gerdo Aquino and John L. Wong of SWA as new principals. Balsley will, in turn, join SWA as a principal. SWA/Balsley will begin operations on December 1...
Caltrans Welcomes New Deputy Director for Sustainability
SACRAMENTO – Caltrans today announced the appointment of Ellen Greenberg as its new Deputy Director for Sustainability, who will oversee Caltrans’ continued efforts to shift and align its policies and practices to improve the environment, the economy and social equity for all Californians. "Ellen will be a valuable addition to the Caltrans Executive Team. She will help Caltrans advance its sustainability commitment by applying those principles into the planning, design, maintenance and operat...
CycloPure Announces Bonding of Adsorbent Polymers into Textiles Enabling Fabrics that Remove Contaminants from Air and Water
ENCINITAS, Calif. - CycloPure, Inc. today announced a major advance in its breakthrough adsorption technology – the ability to bond its polymers into textiles. Using this process, the company is now able to infuse its highly adsorbent materials into textile fibers to functionalize fabrics. As first reported in the January 14, 2016 edition of Nature, CycloPure has developed proprietary materials with superior adsorption that rapidly remove pollutants and other contaminants in the treatment of...
Komax Triple Action Static Mixer Answer to Desalination Problems
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - Komax Systems Offers Equipment to Help Desalination Plants Get Off The Ground. Komax Systems has long offered their Triple Action Static Mixer to a number of different industries, and with good reason. It's as versatile as it is powerful. With the constant calls for new desalination plants all over the world, Komax is showing its potential in this key area of water treatment. Is Desalination the Answer? From the California drought to dry water scarce regions of Af...
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Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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