U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Availability of $1.5 Billion in RAISE Grants Made Possible by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Popular RAISE Discretionary Grant Program funds increased by approximately $500 million over last year under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help meet overwhelming demand WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $1.5 billion in grant funding through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program. The popular program helps communities around the country carry o...
USDOT Unveils New National Roadway Safety Strategy
The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new comprehensive National Roadway Safety Strategy or NRSS during a press event at the agency’s Washington D.C. headquarters on January 27. USDOT Secretary Buttigieg (seen above) said during that event that the NRSS provides “concrete steps” for the agency to address an “alarming rise” in roadway fatalities via “systemic changes” to prevent these “tragic and avoidable deaths and serious injuries.” [Above image via the USDOT] He added th...
Alpine Launches Engineering Services Platform—Trilon Group—Through Partnership With Waggoner Engineering
SAN FRANCISCO - Alpine Investors, a people-driven private equity firm committed to building enduring businesses, has announced the launch of Trilon Group, its newly formed engineering services platform. Waggoner Engineering, a Mississippi-based engineering services firm, is Trilon’s first platform partnership and will continue to operate independently under the Waggoner brand. Terms of the private transaction were not disclosed. Trilon was formed with the vision of building the next Top 20 de...
Eco Wave Power Finalizes Grid Connection Route Works for the EWP-EDF One Project in the Port of Jaffa, Israel
Stockholm, Sweden – Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (Nasdaq First North: ECOWVE and Nasdaq US: WAVE) (“Eco Wave Power”) is pleased to announce today that it has officially completed the grid connection route works in the Port of Jaffa, Israel, pursuant to the engineering coordination permit from the Municipality of Tel-Aviv Jaffa (permit number 2020-4345) for the deployment of the grid connection works of the EWP-EDF One wave energy project in Israel. The grid connection works were perform...
American-Marsh Pumps Announces NSF Certification at Booth C2929 during the 2022 AHR Expo in Las Vegas
Collierville, TN. American-Marsh Pumps (AMP), a Division of Wilo USA LLC, has received NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 and 372 certification for the 480 series vertical turbine potable water pumps manufactured at their Collierville, TN location. Currently, forty-eight U.S. States and eleven Canadian provinces have legislation, regulations, or policies requiring municipal potable water system components comply with, or be certified to, NSF/ANSI/CAN 61. As part of the certification process, a complete formu...
New ASCE Standard 72 Provides Design Guidance for Self-Supporting Structures
Reston, Va. – ASCE’s newest standard, Design of Steel Lighting System Support Pole Structures, ASCE/SEI 72--21, provides design parameters applicable to self-supporting structures, with base plates for installation on a concrete pier foundation, or as direct embedded, backfilled poles with the base section being either steel or concrete. This consensus standard covers proper specification and/or development of the various loads and load combinations to be applied to support str...
Changes in Metsä Wood's Management Team
MSc (For. and Econ.) Henrik Söderström has been appointed Metsä Wood’s Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing as of 1 February 2022. He will continue as a member of Metsä Wood's Management Team. Virva Juhola, who has been Metsä Wood's SVP, Sales and Marketing, since 2018, will start in new role as Metsä Fibre’s SVP, Sawn Timber Production. MSc (For.) Juha Kasslin has been appointed Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management and Member of the Metsä Wood's Management Team as of 1 Februa...
De Nora sponsors SWCC IDA Innovation Conference
Pictured above, De Nora ISIA Srl Middle East Sales Director Alessandro Meneghini with project managers from National Water Company, Riyadh. Water treatment expert and solutions provider demonstrates commitment to addressing severe water scarcity concerns in the Middle East MILAN – Committed to addressing water scarcity with innovation in treatment technologies, De Nora will sponsor the highly anticipated International Specialty Conference on Innovation in Desalination. The conferenc...
Reclamation Approves $20.5 Million to Build Drought Resiliency in Five States
WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Reclamation is making its initial 2022 selection of 13 projects for $20.5 million in grants to build long-term drought resiliency. These projects will leverage more than $66.7 million in non-federal funding to complete projects in five states. “Climate change presents growing challenges to our communities across the West and the natural systems that we all depend on,” said Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo. “The Department of the Interior will...
HDR Named Employer of the Year by WTS Colorado
Central Region Bridge Leader Tammy Heffron accepts the Employer of the Year Award from WTS Colorado on behalf of HDR. Colorado Rail Project Also Recognized in Annual WTS Awards HDR has been recognized as Employer of the Year by WTS Colorado. The group, which promotes the advancement of women in transportation, presented the award to HDR on Jan. 27 at the chapter’s annual awards luncheon. The Employer of the Year award goes to an organization that consistently supports the professio...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
