How cover crops can protect the Chesapeake Bay
Planting cover crops early helps them hold onto more excess nutrients. That’s good news for the polluted Chesapeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay once produced tens of millions of bushels of oysters a year. Today, the oyster harvest is below one percent of these historic highs. What happened? “With modern farming and urban development in the watershed around the Bay during the mid-20th century, water quality declined rapidly,” says Ray Weil, a professor of soil science at the University of Mar...
NELSON Worldwide Welcomes Amanda M. Smith as Senior Director of Brand Marketing
Industry veteran will increase marketing effectiveness through strategy and creativity, delivering memorable brand stories across all regional markets and industries CHICAGO — On the heels of elevating brand and creative to a c-level position with the promotion of Bevan Bloemendaal, Chief Brand and Creative Officer, award-winning architecture, design, and strategy firm NELSON Worldwide welcomes Amanda M. Smith as Senior Director of Brand Marketing. Based in Chicago, Amanda will develop a...
Walter P Moore Announces Design-Build Leadership Appointment
Scott Martin designated as Design-Build Market Leader Tampa, FL - Walter P Moore has a long history of successfully executing design-build projects. In an effort to continue these relationships and build new ones, the international engineering firm has promoted Scott Martin as the Design-Build Market Leader. “The design-build market has grown tremendously and is expected to account for nearly half of all construction spending by 2025. With Walter P Moore’s expertise and integrated delivery,...
Stantec completes interior design at UPSIDE Foods’ new cultivated meat production facility
The collaborative space combines a modern office with research and production EMERYVILLE, CA, TSX, NYSE:STN Leading global design firm Stantec has completed the interior design and furniture, finishes, and equipment (FF&E) services for UPSIDE Foods’ new Engineering, Production, and Innovation Center (EPIC)—one of the world’s most advanced cultivated meat production facilities. Part of a new 53,000-square-foot campus, the project included the conversion of an existing grocery store in...
Trimble Introduces Next Generation High-Accuracy Mapping Solution for GIS Field Applications
SUNNYVALE, Calif.— Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today a new high-performance data collector for its Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) portfolio—the Trimble® TDC650 handheld. Built for GIS data collection, inspection and asset management activities, the TDC650 provides users a rugged solution with scalable high-accuracy Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning for professional field workflows. The TDC650 is fully integrated with today’s demanding GIS data envir...
Aurecon scales up Greater China business with strategic hire
Shanghai – International design, engineering and advisory company Aurecon has appointed Tang Jianyong as its new Commercial Director for Shanghai. Based in Shanghai, Jianyong will report directly to Alton Chow, Managing Director of Greater China. This strategic appointment is part of the company’s ongoing investment and expansion across Asia. With demand for infrastructure investments set to continue soaring in Asia over the next decade, this dynamic region remains a key strategic priority an...
Murphy McCullough new Business Unit President for Skanska Commercial Development USA
Murphy McCullough has been appointed as new Business Unit President for Skanska Commercial Development USA (CDUS) as of August 1, 2022. Murphy McCullough has worked for Skanska since 2011 and holds the position of Executive Vice President for CDUS in Seattle/Bellevue in the state of Washington since 2016. “Murphy has been instrumental in developing our business in Seattle and Bellevue. Under his strong leadership Skanska has successfully delivered several projects including 2+U, Skanska’s sin...
Soil Connect to Establish Digital Storefronts in Partnership with Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis and Local Construction Materials Suppliers
NEW YORK – Soil Connect today announced that it is rolling out a QuickStart program to partner with local construction material suppliers in the Indianapolis area - including quarries, concrete recycling facilities, landscape material suppliers, asphalt and concrete plants, and sand and gravel locations. These digital storefronts provide local material suppliers with a means to sell their products directly to the platform’s growing user base of construction professionals. Soil Connect is la...
Shaping the Metaverse: Nemetschek Group is a Founding Member of the Metaverse Standards Forum
Munich / Friedrichsdorf, Germany, July 12, 2022 - The Nemetschek Group, represented by its brand Maxon, a leading developer of professional 3D software solutions, is one of the founding members of the Metaverse Standards Forum. The newly established governing body aims to foster alignment on requirements and priorities for metaverse interoperability standards. Along with Adobe, Epic Games, Meta, Microsoft, and NVIDIA, amongst additional founding members, Maxon aims to help build an open and incl...
LDG and Bradford County Officials Hold Bridge Ribbon-Cutting
New County Bridge No. 21 replaces previous structure destroyed by flooding WILLIAMSPORT, PA – The Bradford County Commissioners and team members from Larson Design Group (LDG) held a ribbon-cutting event on June 21 for the reopening of a bridge over Towanda Creek that was destroyed by flooding in 2018. County Bridge No. 21 on Kellogg Road, which spans the South Branch of Towanda Creek, presented a challenging set of circumstances after the 2018 flooding. There were no signs of the previous...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
