SurvTech Using SimActive Software for Energy Infrastructure Projects
SimActive Inc. is proud to announce the use of its Correlator3D product by Survtech Solutions, Inc. for use in energy infrastructure mapping and monitoring. Using aerial imagery to colorize lidar point clouds, a visual element is added to enhance the processing and development of mapping products. Spread across the US, SurvTech’s projects often cover long corridors where power lines either exist or are in development. Data acquisition is performed with both manned and unmanned aircrafts depen...
Zyter Collaborates with Qualcomm to Provide Applications and Dashboard for 5G Private Networks
ROCKVILLE, Md. – Zyter, Inc., a leading digital health and IoT-enablement platform, announced today that it has collaborated with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. to support the demonstration of 5G private networks by providing network management services, a user interface/dashboard, and three initial production-ready applications that include autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), LiDAR-based analytics and AI-based cameras. 5G private networks offer significant advantages over today’s public 5G and Wi-...
GSSI Announces 2022 Florida Showcase Focused on Ground Penetrating Radar for the Concrete and Utility Markets
GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, will be hosting a Florida Showcase in March 2022 focused on GPR applications in the concrete and utility industries. Experts will be on hand to demonstrate GSSI’s StructureScan™ Mini XT all-in-one concrete inspection GPR system and the updated UtilityScan® GPR system, featuring a new user interface that makes it easier than ever to locate and mark the depth of underground utilities in real-time in the field. T...
How a Program Management Approach Improves Emergency Response
Latest Experts Talk Interview Shares Insights from Disaster Recovery Expert Tory Jackson OMAHA, Neb. — Major weather and climate disasters are striking U.S. states with increasing frequency, causing billions in infrastructure damage every year. In the latest from HDR’s Experts Talk series, emergency response expert Tory Jackson, P.E., shares how a program management approach can improve recovery efforts for states and communities. She explains how this strategy helps ensure agencies receiv...
Caltrans Awards $312M For Beautification Projects
As part of Governor Gavin Newsom’s landmark $1.1 billion Clean California initiative, the California Department of Transportation recently awarded $312 million for 126 beautification projects along the state’s highway system. [Above photo by Caltrans] Developed in close collaboration with tribal and local governments, non-profits, and businesses, those 126 beautification projects – due to begin in April – include art installations, green space (such as parks or community gardens) and propo...
Passenger hand signalling at end of line as Telent installs new request to stop technology
Warwick, U.K. – Passengers at remote rail stations on the Far North Line in Scotland will soon wave goodbye to years of hand-signalling train drivers if they wish to board the train. A new ‘request to stop’ system is being deployed by critical infrastructure firm Telent at Altnabreac, Culrain, Dunrobin Castle, Invershin, Kinbrace, Kildonan, Rogart, and Scotscalder stations. Trains on the line currently operate on a request to stop basis – meaning passengers must hand signal approaching trains...
Skanska invests about SEK 470M in the residential project Kaprifolen in Solna, Sweden
Skanska invests about SEK 470M in the sustainable residential project Kaprifolen with 127 Nordic Ecolabelled apartments in Solna, Sweden. The construction contract is worth about SEK 300M, which will be included in the Swedish order bookings for the first quarter of 2022. The project in Solna, near Stockholm, strives to reduce the climate footprint from the time the shovel is placed in the ground until long after moving in. So-called green concrete, which has up to 50 per cent less climate im...
TPG Architecture Promotes Long Standing Team Member Ken Tracey to Managing Executive
His Commitment to Fostering Strong Client Relationships will Drive Continued Firm Growth NEW YORK — TPG Architecture, an award-winning New York City-based architecture and design firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of Ken Tracey to Managing Executive. Ken has been with TPG since 2011, and has cultivated an impressive career over the past 25 years. In his new role, he will work alongside the current distinguished group of managing executives and leadership to aid in the firm’s con...
President Biden and U.S. Department of Transportation Announce $1.14 Billion for Puerto Rico and U.S. Territories
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law delivers over 14% increase in funding to repair and rebuild roads and bridges WASHINGTON – President Biden and the U.S. Department of Transportation today announced more than $1.14 billion to repair and rebuild roads and bridges in Puerto Rico and four U.S. territories – American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands – under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs A...
Climate change: a threat to human wellbeing and health of the planet
Taking action now can secure our future BERLIN, Feb 28 – Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit, said scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released today. “This report is a dire warning about the consequences of inaction,” said Hoesung Le...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
