President Biden, EPA $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Accelerate Cleanup Efforts and Benefit Michigan
EPA Projects Work to Be Completed at 22 of 25 Remaining Great Lakes “Areas of Concern” by 2030 CHICAGO (Feb. 17, 2021) – Today, President Biden and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan will announce that as a direct result of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA will make significant progress in the clean-up and restoration of the Great Lakes’ most environmentally degraded sites, securing clean water and a better environment for millions of Americans in t...
SBC Rewards Spacewell Solution Accreditation Against the Smart Building Certification Framework
Antwerp/Amsterdam, February 17, 2022 – Smart Building Certification has rewarded Spacewell solution accreditation against the SBC framework. “We can all learn a lot from Spacewell,” said Nicholas White, Co-Founder Smart Building Certification. They have solutions that span the entire certification and can truly deliver holistic smart buildings, from asset management, facility management, maintenance, smart workplaces, energy efficiency, and now office re-entry. Whatever the subject around sma...
Efficient and sustainable wooden modular construction of 32 schools in Berlin
The sustainable and innovative wooden modular construction with its extremely short construction time aided the decision to build 32 wooden schools by 2025 in Berlin. First 6 schools have been successfully built and new schools are under construction by The Senate Department for Urban Development & Housing. Metsä Wood’s Kerto® LVL beams are used for offsite production. Modular wood construction – fast and economical construction method Wooden modular construction has experienced an extreme...
Philippine National Railways Modernizes Communication System For Improved Work Efficiency
Picture credit: Philippine National Railways MANILA, February 17th, 2022 – Hytera (SZSE: 002583), the global leading provider of professional communications equipment and solutions, announced today that it has completed the construction of a new digital TETRA network for the Philippine National Railways (PNR). The PNR railway system spans 78 kilometers and serves countless passengers daily across 15 train crossings and 17 stations, making it one of the Philippines’ most used public tr...
MoD keeping pace with its sustainability goals thanks to holistic approach, says GlobalData
The UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) recent annual report for 2020-2021, which shows that the department is either meeting or exceeding most of its sustainability targets, is a positive step for an industry that is comparatively less enthusiastic about enacting change when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG), according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that the aerospace, defense and security (ADS) sector ranked at the bottom of several survey quest...
Invention addresses the problems of running a red light at traffic intersections
Howell Li, principal research analyst, Joint Transportation Research Program, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University. (Purdue University photo/Vincent Walter) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – An invention from Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Transportation that uses wireless communication devices could save lives at high-speed traffic signals. Principal research analyst Howell Li and transportation research engineer Jijo Mathew of the Joint Transportation Research...
Interior Department Releases Blueprints for Implementing Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Spend plans submitted to Congress outline infrastructure investments that will deliver direct benefits to communities WASHINGTON — Several bureaus across the Department of the Interior submitted to Congress their fiscal year 2022 blueprints for implementing President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law this week, marking a significant step in the Department’s efforts to help communities tackle the climate crisis and address legacy pollution while creating good-paying union jobs, advancing e...
Woolpert Hires Construction Management and Inspection Team Leader Ian Lesko
The transportation project manager will support aviation and roads and bridges projects across the Midwest. INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 16, 2022) — Woolpert has hired Construction Management and Inspection Team Leader Ian Lesko. Lesko will lead Woolpert’s Midwest construction management staff and services, with a focus on aviation and roads and bridges throughout the region. He will work out of the firm’s Indianapolis office. Lesko started his career at the Indiana Department of Transportation and...
BST Global & HNTB Establish Strategic Partnership
Tampa, FL, USA - International software provider BST Global and infrastructure solutions firm HNTB established a strategic partnership on January 20, 2022. HNTB conducted an extensive evaluation process and ultimately selected BST Global and its latest Work Management solution, BST10, to help optimize the firm’s project management capabilities and processes for the future. “We wanted to find a solution that would empower our project, finance and leadership teams, providing visibility to r...
Jacobs to Design First Inductive Charging Project on a U.S. Public Road
Electreon-led consortium to deliver innovative wireless vehicle charging route DALLAS – Jacobs (NYSE:J) is part of a consortium selected by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to develop and implement an inductive vehicle charging pilot – the first of its kind in the United States. The project team will be led by Electreon, a leading provider of wireless charging solutions for electric vehicles (EVs). NextEnergy, a Detroit-based clean energy accelerator, will head up stake...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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