U.S. Department of Transportation Provides $5.7 Million in Emergency Relief Funding to Repair Flood Damage in Montana
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $5.7 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief (ER) funds for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service to help repair flood damage to roads and bridges in Custer Gallatin National Forest in southcentral Montana. “The recent flooding in the Yellowstone region has washed away roads and bridges that residents rely upon for their livelihoods and tou...
DART Names Elizabeth Reich as New Chief Financial Officer
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Reich has joined the agency as the new chief financial officer (CFO). A proven and distinguished finance leader, Reich will assume her new role and responsibilities on July 18. A key member of the executive team, reporting to DART president & chief executive officer Nadine Lee, Reich will lead the agency's accounting, financial reporting, budget, treasury, fare collections and fare payment systems, debt management, investm...
Biden Administration announces historic coastal and climate resilience funding
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocates nearly $3 billion of funding over 5 years to NOAA Today, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo announced funding opportunities from NOAA's $2.96 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to address the climate crisis and strengthen coastal resilience and infrastructure. Over the next five years, NOAA’s targeted investments in the areas of habitat restoration, coastal resilience, and climate data and services will advance ong...
Nigel Fine retires after 13 years at IET helm
Nigel Fine, Chief Executive and Secretary (CES) of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) will step down from his position today, Thursday 30 June 2022, after announcing his plans to retire earlier this year. Nigel has been at the helm of Europe’s largest professional engineering institution since 2009. Under his leadership, the IET has been established as a world-leading membership and learned society, driving forward its charitable purpose to engineer a better world and growin...
APWA Announces 2022 Public Works Project of the Year Award Winners
June 30, 2022 – The American Public Works Association (APWA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2022 Project of the Year Awards. Each year APWA recognizes the efforts of public works agencies, contractors, and consultants who develop, own, and maintain infrastructure projects that promote excellence in construction management and administration. Awards are provided in four divisions and five categories. The divisions are (1) projects less than $5 million; (2) projects of $5 million but l...
CivilGEO’s GeoHECRAS is a 2022 Industry Leader with Top G2 Software Rankings
Widely recognized business solutions ratings platform, G2, has placed CivilGEO’s GeoHECRAS as its Summer 2022 Top Performer in the category of Best Civil Engineering Design Software. Basing its findings on over 100 reviews which awarded GeoHECRAS an average of 4.8 stars on a 5.0 performance scale, G2 placed CivilGEO’s software in the #1 spot representing 100% user satisfaction when compared to the top 20 performers in the category. In achieving the highest ranking in this sector, GeoHECRAS outpe...
Siemens Launches Building X, an Open AI-Enabled Suite for Net Zero Buildings
Building X is the first next generation offering designed and built as part of Siemens Xcelerator Modular, scalable, open smart building suite that seamlessly integrates building systems to eliminate complexity and enable net zero Facilitates co-creation with partners to address digitalization challenges faster Siemens Smart Infrastructure has launched Building X, a new smart building suite that is open, interoperable and fully cloud-based. The suite is the first next generati...
Siemens acquires Brightly Software to accelerate growth in digital building operations
Smart Infrastructure (SI) to acquire Brightly, a leader in cloud-based asset and maintenance management software Perfectly complements Siemens’ digital offerings for buildings, with strength in asset and energy management Acquisition puts Siemens in pole position to address fast-growing software market for buildings and built infrastructure Purchase price of USD 1.575 billion plus earn-out Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI), the frontrunner in digital buildings, has signed a...
Santos Selects HiberHilo to Monitor the World’s Remotest Oil and Gas Wells
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Santos, one of the largest oil and gas producers in Australia and the largest oil and gas producer and exporter of Papua New Guinea (PNG), has selected Hiber’s HiberHilo satellite-powered remote well-monitoring solution to ensure the safety and environmental security of numerous oil and gas wells in PNG. “We are delighted that Santos has selected HiberHilo to improve the sustainability and safety of their well monitoring activities,” said Hiber CEO Roel Jansen. “Our...
RMF Engineering Welcomes Martha Larson as New Director of Sustainability
Baltimore, Md. –– RMF Engineering, a leader in full-service MEP engineering, today announced that Martha Larson has joined the firm as its new Director of Sustainability. Working alongside leadership at each of RMF’s eleven offices, Larson will focus on climate-driven and carbon reduction efforts across the firm’s utility and energy planning portfolio. “Martha is joining the team at a pivotal moment for our organization,” said Ken Pitz, President of RMF and Chairman of the Board of Directors....
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February Issue 2026
