RMF Engineering Announces Leadership Transitions for Charleston Office
Craig Buck named Chief Buildings Mechanical Engineer; Beth Crutchfield and Don Zimmerman named Division Managers CHARLESTON, S.C. – RMF Engineering, a leader in full-service MEP engineering, today announced the elevation of Craig Buck, PE, LEED AP, HFDP, to Chief Buildings Mechanical Engineer. In his new role, Buck will be a resource for the firm to ensure that RMF remains at the forefront of building engineering. “In his time as Division Manager of the Charleston office, Craig has b...
DFI Announces Board of Trustees Election Results New President and Secretary
Hawthorne, N.J.: The DFI Board of Trustees has elected a new president and a new secretary starting in 2023. Incoming DFI President Gianfranco Di Cicco is president and CEO of Bauer Foundations, responsible for the Bauer Group on all U.S. construction operations. Di Cicco joined the DFI Board of Trustees in 2010 and was elected to the Executive Committee in 2016, while actively participating in several technical committees. After participating and directing major worldwide geofoundation p...
USDOT Providing Idaho $1.3 Million in Additional Emergency Relief Funding to Repair Roads and Bridges Damaged by Flooding
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $1.3 million in Emergency Relief funds for use by the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) as a down payment to offset cost of repair work needed to repair roads and bridges damaged by heavy floods in North Central and Northeastern Idaho earlier this year. Today’s funding announcement is in addition to the $3 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief fund...
Awe-Inspiring Adaptive Reuse Projects and Modern Masterpieces Finalists for Industry’s Top Design Honor
A 1952 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe design, finally brought to life. A winding canopy trail that gives humans a lemur’s-eye view. A 116-year-old unreinforced brick factory, upgraded for a second century of service--in a seismic zone, no less. A new place for travelers at one of the world’s busiest airports to begin their journeys and come home again. What do they have in common? They’re all built with American steel, and they’re all finalists for the steel industry’s top design honor, the America...
Commercial Development Resources Partners with AutoNation to Complete One of the Largest Service Centers in the United States
Commercial Development Resources worked with AutoNation to complete one of North America’s largest automotive service centers and parking structures, the House of Imports Mercedes-Benz located in Buena Park, CA. Costa Mesa, CA – Commercial Development Resources (CDR), California’s premier civil engineering land development firm, announced today the company has completed a new service center, the Mercedes-Benz House of Imports. The House of Imports in Buena Park in Orange County, Californi...
David Crotty Joins NELSON Worldwide as CCJ&E Regional Practice Leader
The seasoned architect will pursue and thoughtfully execute projects that reflect NELSON Worldwide’s innovative capabilities SAN JOSE, CA — Award-winning architecture, design, and strategy firm NELSON Worldwide is excited to announce the addition of David Crotty as Regional Practice Leader of the Civic, Community, Justice and Education (CCJ&E) practice. David will work collaboratively with fellow teammates to pursue and thoughtfully execute projects that reflect NELSON Worldwide’s innova...
K&L Gates Adds Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources Partner in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. - Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Martha (Marty) Groves Pugh as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. She joins the firm’s Tax and Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources practices, which also added a leading, multi-office renewable energy team earlier this year. Pugh joins K&L Gates from McDermott Will & Emery LLP. Pugh advises clients on federal income tax issues with a particular emphasis on the nuclear and energy industries. She has helped clients seek and recei...
First Mass Timber Middle-Income Housing Development in U.S., Tallest Mass Timber Building In Washington Hits Topping Out Milestone
Seattle’s tallest mass timber building will fill critical need for middle-income workers, benefitting environment and residents SEATTLE – Swinerton, a 134-year-old builder with a reputation for innovation, announced today the topping out of the nation’s first middle-income housing development constructed of mass timber; and the tallest mass timber building in the City of Seattle. Heartwood is a workforce housing development standing at eight stories and 67,000 gross square feet. With a t...
Hexagon adds speed, scalability and automation to digital twin creation with the acquisition of LocLab
Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies, today announced the acquisition of LocLab, a leader in 3D digital twin content creation. LocLab’s proprietary technology, enabled by a high degree of automation using proven workflows and artificial intelligence, allows the cost- and time-efficient creation of digital twins. LocLab’s in-house developed toolchain can leverage several data input formats to balance speed, cost and ac...
Biden-Harris Administration Invests More Than $84 Million in 36 Drought Resiliency Projects
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced a $84.7 million investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help 36 communities throughout the West prepare and respond to the challenges of drought. The selected projects will help bring clean, reliable drinking water to communities across the West through investments in innovative drought resilience efforts, such as groundwater storage, rainwater harvesting, aquifer recharge, water reuse, ion exchange treatment,...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
