A compact underwater robot providing a safer alternative for underwater inspection, search and maintenance
Professional divers and the Tethys ROV after an underwater inspection operation. Divers can face difficult and dangerous conditions when performing essential underwater inspection, search and maintenance. Now a new Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) from Switzerland’s Tethys Robotics is providing a much safer alternative. Find out how a Nortek DVL is being used to complete the navigation solution for this compact robot, while maintaining navigational accuracy in the most challenging un...
Trimble Opens Two Technology Labs at The Ohio State University to Advance the Next Generation of Agriculture and Construction Talent
Technology Labs Will Help the Next Generation of Talent Gain Hands-on Experience with the Latest Technologies in Agriculture and Construction WESTMINSTER, Colo. —Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and The Ohio State University have announced the opening of two state-of-the-art Trimble Technology Labs for the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) at The Ohio State University. Both of the multidisciplinary labs will enhance the university’s hands-on learning, teaching, research...
Western Specialty Contractors Restores Cedar Valley Church Façade in Bloomington, Minnesota
Western crew finishing masonry archway and corner repairs (St. Louis, MO) Western Specialty Contractors – Minneapolis Branch has completed a three-month project to restore the façade of Cedar Valley Church in Bloomington, MN. Located at 8600 Bloomington Ave., the Assemblies of God church contracted with Western to perform ongoing façade maintenance to its pre-cast concrete addition and address water infiltration issues at its masonry building. The original brick building was constr...
HDR to Provide Environmental Clearance and Advanced Conceptual Engineering for SANDAG’s San Diego LOSSAN Rail Realignment Project
The San Diego Association of Governments selected HDR to lead the next phase of work on its critical San Diego LOSSAN Rail Realignment Project. HDR will lead the environmental clearance and advanced conceptual engineering. HDR has worked with SANDAG since 2020 on the San Diego Regional Rail Alternatives Analysis and Conceptual Engineering Study that set the groundwork for the realignment. HDR, partnering with Mott MacDonald and several other firms including small businesses, will work with SA...
Champion of "Sponge Cities" Concept, China's Kongjian Yu, Wins Global Oberlander Prize
Chinese Landscape Architect Kongjian Yu, Champion of “Sponge Cities” Concept for Addressing Climate Change Accelerated Urban Flooding, Wins 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize Biennial prize includes a $100,000 award and two years of public engagement activities October 17, 2023 (Washington, D.C.) – The Cultural Landscape Foundation (“TCLF”) today announced that Beijing-based landscape architect Kongjian Yu is the recipient of the 2023 Cor...
New funding for water and wastewater projects in less populated parts of the U.S.
by Mary Scott Nabers The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced an $800 million allotment for rural infrastructure projects. Although the funding may seem insignificant, it will greatly increase the number of new projects launched in 2024. It is also important to note that the federal funding, in almost every case, will be supplemented by other state or local revenue…so the projects will not necessarily be small. The funding is designated for projects related to electric in...
Carlsberg Wins Global Industrial Water Reuse Award Using DuPont Technology
Carlsberg reduced water consumption by 58 percent using DuPont closed circuit reverse osmosis (CCRO) Carlsberg Group, leveraging water technologies from DuPont, was awarded the Global Industrial Water Reuse Champion Award for its water recycling plant and commitment to water reuse and recycling in its brewing processes. Using DesaliTec™ closed circuit reverse osmosis (CCRO) technology as part of its total water management (TWM) treatment plant, Carlsberg Group reduced water consumpt...
FleetWatcher Integration Enhances Functionality of B2W Software
(Indianapolis, IN) – FleetWatcher integrates with B2W Software to enhance its functionality, saving users of both platforms time while significantly improving accuracy. Machine hour readings from FleetWatcher equipped assets flow seamlessly through to populate B2W modules, thus eliminating the manual input of this information. In addition to saving administrative time, this automatic data transfer significantly enhances accuracy. Because data is tied to equipment activity, the real-time data de...
Hexagon’s Geosystems division receives Wichmann Innovations Awards in both software and hardware category
At this year’s INTERGEO in Berlin, Germany, Hexagon’s intuitive SaaS platform Reality Cloud Studio and its new handheld first-person scanner, the Leica BLK2GO PULSE, won the prestigious Wichmann Innovations Awards. (Heerbrugg, Switzerland) Hexagon’s Geosystems division received the Wichmann Innovations Awards during this year’s INTERGEO trade show in Berlin, Germany. The Wichmann Innovations Award honours new technology that stands out for innovation, user-friendliness and practicality...
Powerbox’s COTS/MOTS 1200W power supplies ideal for defense and harsh environments
Powerbox, one of Europe’s largest power supply companies and a leading force for four decades in optimizing power solutions for demanding applications, has announced the release of its new ruggedized 1200W AC/DC power supply for ground based defense applications and harsh industrial environments. In metal chassis format with a baseplate for conduction cooling, the OFD1200A series can be used with a baseplate operating temperature range of -40 up to +95 degrees C. For extremely demanding applicat...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
