Golden Software Enhances Grid Displays and Data Coordinate Conversion in Latest Surfer® Surface Mapping Package
Disperse Labels command makes the map easier to read by moving object labels so they don’t overlap. GOLDEN, Colorado – Golden Software, a developer of affordable 2D and 3D scientific modeling packages, has upgraded its Surfer® gridding, contouring, and 3D surface mapping package with improved grid display and data coordinate conversion options. “In the newest version of Surfer, our developers focused on giving users new display functions so they can communicate information more easily...
NELSON Worldwide Welcomes Kirt Neal as Regional Industrial Practice Leader
The seasoned architect will lead and develop the Industrial Practice teams of the Pacific Northwest and Greater Western Region SEATTLE, Washington — NELSON Worldwide, award-winning architecture, design, and strategy firm, welcomes Kirt Neal as Regional Industrial Practice Leader. Kirt will manage and develop the firm’s industrial practice teams, improving efficiencies, encouraging a healthy team dynamic, and fostering the financial success of this market in Seattle, the Pacific Northwes...
Vectorworks, Inc. Launches 2023 Version of BIM and CAD Product Line
New Version of Design-Centered Software Now Available to Supercharge Designers’ Workflows. Columbia, MD — Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. releases Vectorworks 2023, featuring performance improvements and tools developed to give users more time to design. The 2023 release includes Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals, Braceworks, ConnectCAD and Vision with the English-language editions of these versions available today. “We understand the...
Woolpert Welcomes Strategic Consulting Leader Scott Yates as Director of Digital Transformation
Yates will apply his business and technology experience to advance asset life cycle data management. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Scott Yates, an experienced technology consultant and a leader in facilities management, asset management and business operations, was hired by Woolpert to serve as its director of digital transformation. Yates will join the firm’s strategic consulting team, which is made up of veteran thought leaders from across multiple industries. Yates has built a career in business...
Melanie Harris Joins 2023 Forge Prize Jury
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction is pleased to announce that Melanie Harris, AIA, LSSYB, NCARB, will join Rona G. Rothenberg on the 2023 Forge Prize Jury. An expert in healthcare architecture, Harris is currently the national healing practice director at BSA LifeStructures. “I’ve watched Melanie break many molds in architecture and quickly rise through the ranks to become one of the authorities in healthcare design,” said Alex Morales, Associate AIA, EDAC, LEED Green...
Trimble Acquires B2W Software to Expand its Civil Construction Portfolio
Expanded Trimble Construction One Portfolio Enables an End-to-End Digital Experience for Heavy Civil and Infrastructure Contractors to Enhance Productivity, Profitability and Sustainability SUNNYVALE, Calif. —Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has acquired privately-held B2W Software, a leading provider of estimating and operations solutions for the heavy civil construction industry. Financial terms were not disclosed. With the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (...
BYD Launches Zero Emission Partnership with Los Olivos Elementary School District
LOS OLIVOS, CALIF. - BYD (Build Your Dreams) announced Wednesday that a partnership with the Los Olivos Elementary School District, will bring a BYD Type A electric school bus, “The Achiever” to students in Santa Barbara County and create the first U.S. school district to have a 100% zero-emission fleet of school buses. Members of the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) workers Union, Local 105, will final assemble the bus at BYD’s manufacturing facility in Lancaster, California....
Acentech wins national SMPS MCA award for best corporate website
Creative leadership team members, from left to right: Sandy Kane, Acentech’s Communications Manager; Kate Brannelly, Acentech’s Strategic Marketing Officer; Vanessa Schaefer, Clockwork Co-Founder and Creative Director; and Danielle Diforio, Clockwork Account & Project Director. Photo by Mike Fleischner. BOSTON — Acentech, a world-class consultant in architectural acoustics, noise and vibration control, and audiovisual and technology systems design, receives an Award of Excellence for it...
Port of Long Beach Earns Top West Coast Seaport Honors
Fourth consecutive annual award by trade publication Asia Cargo News The Port of Long Beach has been named the best West Coast Seaport in North America for the fourth consecutive year by the shipping trade publication Asia Cargo News. The honor was announced during the Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain Awards held recently in Hong Kong. Asia Cargo News hosts and organizes the awards ceremony yearly to recognize the top seaports, shipping lines and other logistics industry leaders....
Simpson Strong-Tie Brings Design and Manufacturing Tools and Tech Solutions to Building Component Manufacturers Conference
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, will bring a suite of adaptive, collaborative software and service offerings to the 2022 Building Component Manufacturers Conference (BCMC) September 12-16 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Simpson Strong-Tie partners with component manufacturers and lumber and building material (LBM) suppliers to improve business outcomes by facilitating collaboration bet...
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February Issue 2026
