Ishida to lead architecture, landscape architecture and urban design programs
New director for Sam Fox School's College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design Aki Ishida, an associate professor and interim associate director of the School of Architecture at Virginia Tech, has been named director of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. As director, Ishida will oversee the Sam Fox School’s architecture, lan...
New 34,000-square-foot Church Designed by STV Opens in Argyle, Texas
DALLAS, TX – STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today celebrated the completion of a new 34,000-square-foot building for St. Mark Catholic Church in Argyle, Texas. STV was the lead designer and architect-of-record for the new building, which will serve more than 1,850 parishioners. Designed to align with the other Spanish mission style buildings on the campus, the new structure is now the largest in the Fort...
De Nora Water Technologies Elevate Water Improvements in Jackson, Mississippi
Electrochlorination technology supports safe and reliable drinking water MILAN (15 April 2024) – Industrie De Nora S.p.A. (“De Nora”), an Italian multinational company listed on the Euronext Milan, specializing in sustainable electrochemical technologies and in the emerging green hydrogen industry, has been selected to provide water treatment through its ClorTec® electrochlorination technology at the O.B. Curtis Municipal Water Treatment Plant in Jackson, Mississippi. The federal initiat...
National Grid Partners Achieves Key Milestones: $450M+ Deployed Across 50 Climate Tech Investments
Three new investments in Captura, Luminance and Transcend total $17 million and will help to scale critical technologies to decarbonize utilities and create the grid of the future MENLO PARK, Calif., April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- National Grid Partners (NGP), the corporate venture capital and innovation arm of one of the world's largest utilities, today announced three new investments advancing net zero and climate tech innovation totaling $17 million. The new deals bring NGP to key mileston...
Serda Urganciyan, AIA, Joins Studio 88 Architecture as Partner and CEO
The full-service architecture and design firm serves commercial, public and private clients throughout the Northeast Oyster Bay, NY–Serda Urganciyan, AIA, has joined Studio 88 Architecture as Partner and CEO. Urganciyan has more than 25 years of experience in the architecture and construction industries. Prior to joining Studio 88, she has held senior design and management positions at leading national and regional real estate and construction management firms in the Northeast....
Woolpert Hires Market Director Kristi Norman to Lead Market Expansion, Support Utilities and Broadband Clients
Norman will help deliver Woolpert’s range of geospatial products and services to new markets and clients across the U.S. DALLAS — Woolpert has hired Market Director Kristi Norman to support utility and broadband clients, programs, and sales activities. Norman brings 27 years of client support and business development experience within the utilities and telecommunications industries. As market director, Norman will be responsible for forging strategic partnerships and capitalizing on new op...
Fortera Lowers Carbon Emissions with Opening of its First Industrial Green Cement Plant
The company’s Redding ReCarb® Plant is a first-of-its-kind industrial CO2 mineralization plant for green cement production, with 70% lower emissions than ordinary cement. Fortera is the only company directly capturing carbon emissions from cement production to make low-carbon cement—permanently mineralizing 6,600 tons of CO2 emissions and producing 15,000 tons of ReAct® green cement annually. Fortera's ReCarb® technology works with existing infrastructure, providing a cost-effective an...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $830 Million in Grants to Make Transportation Infrastructure More Resilient to Climate Change
Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, new program supports projects to protect bridges, roads, ports, rail, and transit from extreme weather and the impacts of climate change, advances Administration’s National Climate Resilience Framework WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris Administration today announced nearly $830 million in grant awards for 80 projects nationwide that will help states and local communities save taxpayers money while strengthening surface-transportation...
Peer-reviewed Study on GAF and Climate Resolve Initiative Demonstrates Effectiveness of Cool Pavement Coatings in Mitigating Extreme Heat
LOS ANGELES, CA and Parsippany, NJ - GAF, a Standard Industries company and North America’s largest roofing and waterproofing manufacturer, and Climate Resolve, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit dedicated to climate resilience, announced the results of a peer-reviewed study by Altostratus Inc. examining the effects of cool pavements in mitigating urban heat. The study, which was conducted in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles as part of the GAF Cool Community Project, revealed reductions of amb...
New Document Provides Seismic Design Criteria for HDPE Pipe Water Mains
The ductility of HDPE pipe provides high resistance to earthquakes and is also an important factor for ease of installation. Authoritative Study Now Available IRVING, Texas - April 12, 2024 - A new report that examines the required wall thickness for a fully fused high-density polyethylene (HDPE) water main to withstand the lateral spread from an earthquake or other seismic event has been published. Researched and authored by Michael O’Rourke, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, M.ASCE Professor Eme...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
