EV Charging Sessions to Exceed 1.5 Billion by 2026 Globally, as Mass Electrification Drives Infrastructure Requirements
A new study from Juniper Research has found the global volume of EV charging sessions, where an EV’s battery is charged using a charging point, will exceed 1.5 billion per annum in 2026, from just 200 million in 2021. This remarkable growth rate of more than 665% over the next five years will be driven by greater government incentives for electric vehicles, as well as more widespread charging service availability. The research identified incentives for EV ownership as having significantly inc...
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to provide Wisconsin with $1 Billion in needed resilience, water equity and infrastructure assistance
CHICAGO – Wisconsin will see $1 billion in water infrastructure, resiliency and water equity funding, as part of the historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the largest long-term investment in U.S. infrastructure in nearly a century. “For decades, water infrastructure in Wisconsin has received insufficient investment,” said Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “The American Society of Civil Engineers gave Wisconsin a C grade on its infrastructure report card and this historic...
San Diego Mid-Coast Trolley Blue Line Now Open to Public
WSP USA was lead environmental and engineering consultant and helped secure $1 billion in federal funds for light rail extension connecting UC-San Diego to downtown. SAN DIEGO — The Mid-Coast Trolley Project, an 11-mile light rail extension of the University of California (UC) San Diego Trolley Blue Line, celebrated its official opening on Sunday, Nov. 21. WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, served as the lead environmental and engineering consultant...
Watson-Marlow announces ground breaking of new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Devens, MA
Watson-Marlow is pleased to announce the ground breaking of its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Devens Massachusetts. A celebration ceremony was held on Thursday, November 18th at 16 Bulge Road in Devens MA. The new facility will be dedicated to Watson-Marlow’s range of industry leading products, including peristaltic pumps, tubing, fluid path solutions and BioPure components. The Devens, MA 150,000 square foot (14,000 square metres) facility will be close to the life sciences...
Skanska invests about SEK 340M in a residential development project in Gothenburg, Sweden
Skanska invests about SEK 340M in a residential block outside Gothenburg, Sweden. In total, 116 Nordic Swan ecolabelled apartments will be built, both tenant owned apartments and condominiums. The residential block Galleriet is located in Nya Hovås, Gothenburg. This is Skanska’s fourth development in the area and consists of four houses with a total of 116 apartments, divided into 102 tenant owned apartments and condominiums. The project offers penthouses with terraces, ground floor apartment...
Auburn University researchers part of interdisciplinary team seeking to make strides in future manufacturing, including homes constructed via 3D printing
Auburn University faculty are part of an interdisciplinary research team that received a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Science Foundation’s Research Infrastructure Improvement Program to develop composite materials from waste resources for additive manufacturing—more commonly known as 3D printing—to create more affordable and environmentally friendly housing or building components. Pictured, from left, are Auburn’s lead scientists, Maria Auad of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineeri...
PPXX ONLINE - GOES LIVE
The organizers of PPXX Amsterdam recently launched “PPXX Online” for the industry as many were not able to attend in person from 6 – 8 September 2021. PPXX Online is now accessible through the conference website at: https://ppxx.eu Users will be able to access the 48 videoed in-person presentations as well as the 22 PowerPoint voice-over presentations, papers in pdf format and speaker bios. In addition, users have access to sponsor and exhibitor profiles and links to their home pages. It is a...
Stantec grows its North Central Mechanical Engineering services with the addition of sustainability expert Elizabeth Tomlinson
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - NYSE, TSX: STN Elizabeth Tomlinson, PE, BCxP, LEED AP BD+C has joined Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, as Senior Associate, Mechanical Engineer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She will focus on integrating climate change mitigation and adaptation, commissioning, and energy transitions within a variety of project types—including healthcare, municipal, education, mixed-use, commercial, industrial, and transportation—across North America. Tom...
Ferguson Waterworks Partners with Trimble to Offer Utilities Greater Access to Technology for Digitizing Water and Wastewater Assets
PHOENIX - Alpine 4 Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALPP), a leading operator and owner of small market businesses, subsidiary Identified Technologies (Identified), has been awarded a multi-year site management drone-mapping contract for a US Army Corps of Engineers project based in Florida. Project Details: The Everglades Restoration Project is one of the largest water management projects in the country. It involves a 16-mile sand embarkment dam, a 10-acre reservoir, a perimeter canal and multiple w...
Nearmap Enhances and Expands Program in North America to Assist Disaster Relief Efforts Following Catastrophic Weather
Nearmap ImpactResponse will provide high-resolution aerial imagery and location data within days of major natural disasters to provide critical information to help organizations more quickly assess, respond and recover. SALT LAKE CITY - Leading aerial imagery and location intelligence company Nearmap has announced a major expansion of its post-catastrophe program, Nearmap ImpactResponse. The program allows users to assess, prioritize and respond to the magnitude of catastrophes, helping organiz...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
