Woolpert Selected by USGS to Provide Elevation-Derived Hydrography for Oregon, Alaska
The data will be used to model and analyze surface water and flow patterns for use in flood-risk management, coastal resilience, engineering design, water resource management, etc. WASILLA, Alaska (May 12, 2022) — The U.S. Geological Survey selected Woolpert to process and delineate elevation-derived hydrography (EDH) from lidar data collected in Oregon and IfSAR data collected in Alaska. The high-resolution EDH data developed under these two task orders will be used to update the National Hy...
£7.7m project to drive new standards for safer, greener, more cost-effective UK infrastructure
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast will play an integral role in a new £7.7m collaborative project, aiming to change how important parts of the UK’s infrastructure are monitored and maintained. Healthy infrastructure, which includes bridges, telecom masts and wind turbines, is critical to ensuring the continued functionality and growth of UK society and the economy. Unfortunately, monitoring and maintaining the buildings and transport network is expensive. In the UK, a bac...
Sphera Tackles Scope 3 Emissions Reporting with Launch of its Automated Life Cycle Assessment Solution
New solution will allow businesses to aggregate and calculate life cycle assessments quickly and at scale CHICAGO, IL – Sphera®, a leading global provider of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance and risk management software, data and consulting services, today announced the launch of its new Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Automation software, building upon the company’s existing LCA solutions. The move comes as investor and regulatory pressures surrounding the standardiz...
WSP USA Announces Creation of Innovation Advisory Practice
New Property and Buildings practice will provide clients with integrated technology services and strategies to help clients achieve their operational, financial and efficiency goals. NEW YORK — WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, has announced the creation of a new Innovation Advisory practice, which will provide strategic consulting to the firm’s clients. The innovation advisory practice offers WSP’s clients outcomes-focused engagements in three pri...
NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM TO PRESENT 2022 HONOR AWARD TO ARUP
The National Building Museum bestows the Honor Award each year at its annual Gala. The award is designed by sculptor Ray Kaskey. Honor Award Image Credit: National Building Museum -Returning to the Great Hall after a three-year break, the Museum’s annual Gala on June 16 will celebrate the leading built environment consulting firm.- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Building Museum announced today it will present its 2022 Honor Award to global built environment consulting firm Arup. The...
Daikin Europe is pleased to support and participate in DecarbCities 2022
Brussels – Daikin Europe, a global HVAC leader, will be present during the DecarbCities initiative (11-12th May) in Vienna. DecarbCities wants to further ignite the debate on energy and climate plans as well as renovation strategies for the building stock. Renewable technologies can help phase out fossil fuels from the existing building stock, and Daikin Europe already sees the heat pump demand growing at an accelerating pace. “Europe is ready to be decarbonized. Daikin Europe is happy to be par...
President Biden Adds $234.3 Million to Bolster America’s Port Infrastructure
FY 2022 Appropriations Act Raises Port Infrastructure Development Program Funding to More Than $684 Million, the Highest Total Ever WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced that up to $684.3 million is now available for Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grants, to be awarded on a competitive basis to projects that improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a po...
How Sustainability Works for Your Contracting Company
MILWAUKEE – Sustainability is a growing concern for all segments of the economy, including construction and paving companies. Not only because of the environmental impact on the community, but for the economic impact on companies as well. In their World of Asphalt 2022 session “Developing a Sustainability Program that Works for Your Company,” University of Nevada Reno Professor Adam Hand and Granite Construction Sustainability Manager Raven Adams made the case for asphalt pavement and infrast...
Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, opens nominations for Carl Pulfrich Award 2022
Prestigious award honours advancements in the fields of photogrammetry, remote sensing, earth imaging (Heerbrugg, Switzerland) – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, requests professionals in the fields of photogrammetry, remote sensing and earth imaging to submit their nominations for this year’s Carl Pulfrich Award. The award recognises innovations that advance the industry. The award panel will accept nominations for projects and applied work involving hardware systems, software solutions...
FICEM and ACI Partner Towards Carbon Neutrality in Concrete
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.- The Federacion Interamericana Del Cemento (FICEM) and the American Concrete Institute (ACI) recently completed an addendum to their International Partner Agreement which calls for a joint effort to achieve carbon neutrality in the concrete/cement sector. The efforts of FICEM and ACI will be propelled through NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete (NEU), whose mission is to provide access to technologies and the knowledge needed to effectively and...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
