Nominate Someone Extraordinary for a 2024 AISC Award
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction is now accepting nominations for its award programs that honor remarkable people. Each year, AISC presents Lifetime and Special Achievement Awards to exceptional industry professionals, designers, and educators. The 2024 recipients will receive special recognition at NASCC: The Steel Conference in San Antonio, Texas, March 20 to 22, 2024. “The leaders driving today’s innovation are what makes the design community and domestic fabricate...
Atlas Tube Donates Tubing to Give Mobility to Thousands
CHICAGO (July 19, 2023) —Atlas Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, is proud to continue a 10+ year tradition of supporting Mobility Worldwide with a donation of steel tubing, enabling production of Mobility Carts that provide the gift of movement to those in need. Each quarterly donation allows the Columbia, Missouri branch of Mobility Worldwide to build 400 Mobility Carts, totaling 1,600 per year, and more than 16,000 carts during the past decade. “When Zekelman Industries acquired the...
Commercial Metals Company Acquires EDSCO Fasteners LLC
IRVING, Texas - Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) ("CMC") today announced the purchase of EDSCO Fasteners LLC ("EDSCO"), a leading provider of anchoring solutions for the electrical transmission market, from MiddleGround Capital. EDSCO's custom engineered line of anchor cages, bolts, and fasteners are manufactured principally from rebar and used primarily to secure high voltage electrical transmission poles to concrete foundations. EDSCO serves the North American market from four manufacturi...
Vectorworks Receives buildingSMART IFC4 Import Certification
With Both Import and Export Certification, Vectorworks Software Fully Meets International Standards for openBIM. Columbia, MD — Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. announces it has obtained IFC4 Reference View 1.2 Import Certification (Architectural Reference Exchange) from buildingSMART International (bSI), the worldwide industry body driving the digital transformation of the built asset industry, through the creation and adoption of open, international standards and s...
Five Ways Airports Can Prepare for Hurricanes
1. Secure the airfield and surrounding areas Tie down all aircraft, causeways, support vehicles, etc., and store all lightweight materials away from windows and low points of elevation. Heavy wind or severe flooding can cause stationary objects without these securities to become free moving without control which can cause damage to infrastructure and aircraft. 2. Mitigate flooding chances Limit or prevent unnecessary water damage to structures by constructing effective drainage plans, and p...
Civil Infrastructure Geoprofessionals Are Ready to Adopt the Cloud, New Report Says
Report highlights time-consuming data management practices, with data residing in disparate “‘silos’” CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND, July 19, 2023 – Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company, today announced the findings of its latest Geoprofessionals Data Management Report, which looks at the trends, challenges, and opportunities in geoscience data. Jo Knight, Chief Customer Officer, Seequent, said, “As civil infrastructure projects become larger, and budgets become tighter, it’s more crucial...
Partner in sustainability: A conversation with Ramboll
Marmormolen will be one of the largest contemporary timber structures in Denmark, combining office, retail, and public program on the popular waterfront of Nordhavn. Image credit: Sora Images We don’t hear this enough: a low-carbon future is possible. I come to that conclusion when I talk with our customers. Increasingly, they share stories that connect our software to their—and our—sustainability goals. They’re using our tools to embed carbon management into a building’s DNA. To...
State of Georgia Selects 120Water™ PWS Portal to Manage Lead Service Line Database
Software platform to streamline LSL inventory data and submission for utilities across the state ZIONSVILLE, Ind. (July 18, 2022) – Continuing to develop its network of statewide and multistate partnerships, 120Water has recently been selected to manage the data and submittal of Georgia’s lead service line (LSL) inventories. The state’s procurement of 120Water’s software grants all Georgia water systems individual licenses to access the Public Water System (PWS) Portal, which serves as a...
Low-carbon hydrogen critical for net-zero transition, says GlobalData
Oil companies are looking for avenues to move towards operations with net-zero emissions. Low-carbon hydrogen – with a low to zero net carbon footprint – presents an attractive avenue for industry players in their energy transition, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s latest thematic report, ‘Hydrogen in Oil and Gas,’ reveals that, as of June 2023, there were more than announced 1,500 low-carbon hydrogen projects, which are expected to come online by 2030. Nea...
Yunex Traffic partners with LYT to deploy NextGen emergency preemption solutions for Seattle and the University of Washington
The two companies bring together leading AI solutions to improve emergency vehicle preemption to improve emergency vehicle response times Santa Clara, Calif, - Yunex Traffic, a global leader in intelligent traffic systems, announced today that it has partnered with and LYT a leader in NextGen intelligent connected traffic technology solutions, to deliver NextGen emergency vehicle preemption solutions for the City of Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), and the University of Wa...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
