NELSON, Windward Alliance Creates Tier 1 Supplier Diversity Opportunity
Two NELSON professionals have joined Windward to lead program management efforts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – As more of our clients commit to supply chain diversity via accelerated spending with diverse-owned partners, NELSON Worldwide and Windward Engineering have taken an important step to support these efforts. As an enterprise partner, NMSDC-certified MBE Windward Engineering now offers full end-to-end program management services – including project management, planning and design, pr...
Infrastructure Investment Law Is Working, ARTBA Chair Paula Hammond Tells Congressional Subcommittee
"Buy America" Clarity Would Prevent Delays WASHINGTON — More than 36,000 transportation improvement projects - including at least one in every congressional district - have moved forward in the past 16 months as implementation of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) continues, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chair Paula Hammond told a congressional panel March 28. In her testimony, Hammond, a senior vice president with WSP USA, cited e...
Trimble's Applanix Transitions to the Trimble Brand Identity
Company embraces new aesthetic look and feel, while providing same trusted quality and expertise As you may have realized from our building, our website, and other promotional items, Applanix Corporation has fully adopted the Trimble global brand identity including the Trimble logo, colour scheme, and other standards and templates. The name Applanix does live on, however, as the brand name of the Positioning and Orientation Systems (POS) product line we first introduced to the mobile map...
Trimble Joins ResponsibleSteel to Further Sustainability Efforts in the Steel Industry
First Software Technology Provider to Join Industry Organization WESTMINSTER, Colo.—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has joined ResponsibleSteel, an independent, non-profit organization that is the steel industry’s first global multi-stakeholder standard and certification initiative. The steel industry, as one of the largest industrial emitters of CO2, is taking an industry-wide approach to ensure that steel is responsibly sourced and produced. Trimble is also the firs...
Woolpert Opens Paris Office, Expands Support for Google Maps Platform Customers in Europe
PARIS (March 27, 2023) — Woolpert has opened an office in Paris to expand support for Google Maps Platform customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Woolpert Senior Account Executive Eric Le Monnier will manage the Paris office, working in concert with Mark Williams, who manages Woolpert’s Google-focused office in London. Woolpert began providing Google Maps Platform services to EMEA customers in June 2022, after nearly a decade of delivering award-winning Google Maps and Googl...
Trends April 2023
In this section, Informed Infrastructure compiles infographics from trusted sources that reveal insight on infrastructure spending. We also compile some of the top infrastructure stories that shouldn’t be missed. For ongoing news coverage, turn to Informed Infrastructure online (www.informedinfrastructure.com), our Twitter feed (@IInfrastructure) and our weekly e-newsletter. Circular Economy of Cement Could Be Worth $110 Billion by 2050 A circular economy of concrete and cement c...
Matern Professional Engineering Adds Senior Designer Jeffrey J. Stash, LEED AP, to Ft. Myers Office
Fort Myers, FL.– Matern Professional Engineering is pleased to announce the addition of Jeffrey Stash, LEED AP, as the firm's newest Senior Designer in the Ft. Myers office. Stash joins the firm with over three decades of experience in project management, working primarily in the school building/government industry. He specializes in designing plumbing and fire protection systems on projects with predefined energy budgets by designing systems that use renewable energy sources, including photovol...
American-Marsh Pumps Announces Test Lab Facility Approved through Hydraulic Institute’s Pump Test Lab Approval Program
Collierville, TN. American-Marsh Pumps, A Wilo Brand, is pleased to announce the approval of our Collierville Tennessee pump testing facility through the Hydraulic Institute Pump Test Lab Approval Program. The Hydraulic Institute certification validates American-Marsh Pumps demonstrated ability to perform precise high efficiency pump performance testing for municipal, commercial, and industrial requirements in compliance with federal regulations. Recent capital improvements to the test lab in...
Leica Geosystems announces 3D machine control compatibility options for Caterpillar NGH excavators
Leica Geosystems and Caterpillar now offer simplified installation of the Leica MC1 3D machine control technology into the Caterpillar Next Gen 2D excavators. (Heerbrugg, Switzerland) Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, today announced a new option for Caterpillar Next Gen Hydraulic (NGH) excavator users to leverage Leica Geosystems’ 3D machine control solution with Cat Assist features. To get the job done right the first time, civil contractors want solutions that are easy to use....
AGTEK releases Gradework update and launches stand-alone software Materials SA and Underground SA for construction takeoff and production control
AGTEK introduces a host of new features to simplify takeoff and production control in construction to help earthwork, paving and utility contractors bid with confidence and complete work profitably AGTEK Development Company, part of Hexagon, announces today the introduction of its stand-alone software Materials SA and Underground SA and the release of the Gradework software suite for 2023. The new features will simplify takeoff and improve production control of construction materials, utility...