ASCE honors 2025 OPAL leadership award winners
ASCE recognizes exceptional civil engineers with Outstanding Projects And Leaders – OPAL – Awards every year for achievement in each of five categories: construction, design, education, government, and management. These are the people who have crafted engineering wonders; the people who have led huge project teams, managed massive budgets, pushed engineering research forward, and altered the course of civil engineering education. These are the OPAL winners. And here are the 2025 honorees:...
ASCE salutes 14 2025 OCEA Honor Award projects
Each year ASCE recognizes the best of the best with Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement – or OCEA – Honor Awards. These projects have demonstrated exceptional civil engineering innovation and made significant contributions to society. The list of OCEA Honor Award recipients for 2025 is even more excellent than usual – with a record-high 14 projects. ASCE will honor each project and reveal the bronze, silver, and overall OCEA winners at the 2025 OPAL Gala, Oct. 10 in Seattle. H...
ARTBA CEO Dave Bauer’s Statement as Senate Confirms Sean Duffy to Lead U.S. DOT
(WASHINGTON)— Please attribute the following statement to American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President and CEO Dave Bauer: "Sean Duffy’s decisive confirmation as secretary is a testament that bipartisanship remains key to advancing meaningful transportation policy. “We are eager to partner with him and the U.S. Department of Transportation team to highlight the vital economic and safety benefits of robust federal investment in highways, bridges, public transit,...
STV To Spearhead Design for VPRA’s Long Bridge South Package, Linking Virginia and Washington, D.C.
$2.3 Billion Project Will Double Rail Capacity Over the Potomac River WASHINGTON, DC – STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) has selected the firm to lead the design for the South Package of the Long Bridge Project. This project will double rail capacity over the Potomac River between Virginia and Washington, D.C., alleviating congestion caused by the ex...
BlueConduit launches LSL Replacements tool to streamline lead service line replacement planning
New Esri-integrated software enables data-driven prioritization, planning, and tracking in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) Ann Arbor, MI — BlueConduit, the leading provider of digital solutions for the water industry, today announced the launch of its latest software solution: Lead Service Line (LSL) Replacements. This powerful new tool builds on the company’s data science expertise and empowers utilities and engineering firms to create optimized, data-driven LSL...
Dave Henderson Named President of FP2
Jan 28, 2025 – The FP2 board of directors elected Dave Henderson the new president of FP2 Inc. for 2025-2027, succeeding Mark Ishee. Improving the condition of our transportation network is at the core of FP2's mission, and Henderson is passionate about developing strategies for this organization that will positively impact and influence its direction. Henderson is executive vice president of Business Development for Asphalt Materials, Inc., a portfolio company of Heritage Construction + M...
FCA Celebrates 2025 With Key Leadership Promotions
Strategic Elevations Emphasize the Firm’s Commitment to Uplifting Team Members PHILADELPHIA, PA — FCA, a full-service architecture, planning and design firm, ushers in the new year with a series of pivotal promotions, including three seasoned team members to Principal. This period of internal growth highlights FCA’s commitment to supporting the next generation of industry leaders. These advancements further embody the firm’s collaborative spirit and underscore its mission to change lives...
Matern Professional Engineering Promotes Mechanical Engineer Dorian Maness to Senior Project Manager
Matern Professional Engineering is proud to announce the promotion of mechanical engineer Dorian Maness to Senior Project Manager. Maness has over seven years of project experience in K-12 and higher education mechanical systems design, as well as municipal, healthcare, and other commercial project experience. He is currently working in the company’s Education Division. Maness is a certified Green Globes Professional and is intimately familiar with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Desig...
Coastal Technologies Corporation Secures Groundbreaking Patent for Coastal Protection and Environmental Resilience Technologies
Long Island, New York — Coastal Technologies Corporation (Coastal), a global leader in innovative environmental protection solutions, proudly announces that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a comprehensive utility patent. This milestone positions Coastal at the forefront of developing technologies designed to safeguard and restore coastlines, ecosystems, and vulnerable infrastructure facing an array of environmental threats, including erosion, landslides, ris...
J. Kenneth Charles From Steel Joist Institute To Be Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award
Award to be presented during NASCC: The Steel Conference in April Florence, S.C. — The Steel Joist Institute is pleased to share the news that SJI Managing Director J. Kenneth Charles will be one of six recipients of AISC’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The Award will be presented at 2025 NASCC: The Steel Conference during the opening session on April 2, 2025, in Louisville, KY. The award recognizes living individuals who have made a significant impact on the success of the AISC and the st...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
