Air Quality Engineer, Tim Kelly, Joins Ashland, VA, Office
Ashland, VA - Cardno, an international infrastructure, environmental, and social development company, is pleased to announce that Tim Kelly, PhD, PE, PG, has joined the firm as a Senior Consultant based in the Ashland, Virginia, USA, office. Tim has more than 20 years of experience as a recognized specialist in environmental, civil, and geological engineering. In his role at Cardno, Tim will deliver permitting and regulatory insight, enhance client relationships, and perform technical service...
Groundwater Flow to Colorado River May Decline by a Third over Next 30 Years
Looking upstream on the San Miguel River in Colorado in fall 2020 when baseflow (groundwater flowing to streams) is the primary contributor to streamflow. (Credit: Olivia Miller, USGS. Public domain.) A new study projects that a hot and dry future climate may lead to a 29% decline in Upper Colorado River Basin “baseflow” at the basin outlet by the 2050s, affecting both people and ecosystems. Baseflow is the movement of groundwater into streams and, on average, accounts fo...
BuildingConnected Data Reveals Top 15 Cities with Most New Projects Published [Report]
After one of the most difficult years in modern history, the construction industry appears to be taking 2021 to make up for lost time. In March of 2021, the Autodesk Construction Outlook Report found that bidding activity slowly began to recover in 2020 between March and October, hitting a high for 2020 in November and then an all-time high in January, 2021. These insights came from aggregated and anonymized data from BuildingConnected, a preconstruction solution within Autodesk Constructio...
President’s Awards Presented at DFI Annual Conference
Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI President Michael Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E., presented three President’s Awards at a luncheon during the DFI 46th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Las Vegas on October 14. Established in 2016, the DFI President’s Awards are given at the discretion of the DFI president to recognize the outstanding contributions and service of DFI members who advance the work of DFI. This year’s awards were presented to: Hannah Iezzoni, P.E., Keller – North America, is an active memb...
Lena Hök new Executive Vice President Sustainability & Innovation Skanska Group
Lena Hök has been appointed Executive Vice President Sustainability & Innovation for the Skanska Group. Lena will step into her new position and join Skanska’s Group Leadership Team on November 1. Lena currently holds the position as Senior Vice President Sustainability, Skanska Group. Before joining Skanska Lena worked as Head of Sustainability at Skandia and Head of Skandia’s foundation “Ideas for Life.” She is currently also Chair of the Swedish Sustainability Committee of the Internationa...
Nemetschek Group: Strong business development in Q3 2021 with high growth momentum in subscription/SaaS models
+48.0% revenue growth in subscription/SaaS models to EUR 34.5 million in Q3 +13.9% Group revenue growth to EUR 169.3 million +16.4% EBITDA growth in Q3 to EUR 54.4 million, EBITDA margin increases to 32.1% +35.7% growth in earnings per share to EUR 0.30 in Q3 Previously raised 2021 guidance for revenue growth and EBITDA margin expected to be at the upper end of the target range Munich, October 28, 2021 - The Nemetschek Group, one of the world's leading software providers for the c...
Woolpert Hires Aviation Energy and Resilience Leader Rusty Hodapp as Strategic Consulting Director
The nationally recognized aviation leader will help Woolpert clients assess their operational systems, infrastructure and posture from a risk perspective. DALLAS, Texas (Oct. 28, 2021) — Woolpert has hired longtime Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) Vice President Rusty Hodapp as a director of strategic consulting. Hodapp is nationally known for his aviation expertise and advancements in energy, resilience and asset management. Over the last 24 years, Hodapp served as a vice pre...
Trimble and Microsoft partner to drive digital transformation across industries
Initial Focus--Companies to Develop an Industry Cloud to Enable Construction Organizations to Harness the Value of Digital Construction Data Across the Project Lifecycle from Design, Build and Operate SUNNYVALE, Calif.- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and Microsoft announced today a strategic partnership to advance technology adoption and accelerate the digital transformation of the construction, agriculture and transportation industries. By leveraging the Microsoft cloud, Trimble and Microsoft will...
MSU Mass Timber STEM facility wins Forest Stewardship Council Leadership Award
Design and Build Award acknowledges university, project team for creating the state’s first mass timber building East Lansing, Mich. -- A leading forest-certification organization has acknowledged Michigan State University (MSU) for creating the state-of-the art STEM Teaching and Learning Facility – the Great Lake State’s first mass timber building. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Leadership Award in the building and construction category honors MSU and five project partners for innov...
DFI Announces Robert Stier as New Co-chair of Tunneling and Underground Committee
Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces Robert Stier of Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring is the new co-chair of DFI’s Tunneling and Underground Committee. He joins co-chair, Jim Morrison, P.E., P.Eng., COWI, and takes over for outgoing co-chair David Klug, David R. Klug & Associate. Stier oversees the Eastern region for Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring (DTDS), a leader in the specialty geotechnical construction industry that performs tunneling operations throughout the U.S. He...