Senator Murray Helps Pass Bipartisan Bill to Allow Unspent COVID Relief Dollars for Culvert Removal, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief
Bill will allow state, local, and Tribal governments to direct unused federal COVID relief funds for infrastructure projects, such as culvert removal, as well as natural disaster relief (Washington, D.C.) – Last night, following the U.S. Senate passing the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), who cosponsored the legislation celebrated the passage of the bill, which will make several categories of...
Hexagon Releases Power Portfolio 2022
Latest version empowers users with automated workflows and improved information sharing (HUNTSVILLE, Ala.) – Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division today announced the launch of Power Portfolio 2022, the latest version of its leading GIS, remote sensing, photogrammetry and geospatial data management products. The Power Portfolio helps organizations collect, process, analyze and understand geospatial data and organize it into centralized libraries for easy sharing through...
Renewable Energy Jobs Reach 12 Million Globally
Report by IRENA and ILO underscores the jobs potential of an ambitious climate strategy and calls for comprehensive policies in support of a just transition Abu Dhabi, UAE/Geneva, Switzerland – Renewable energy employment worldwide reached 12 million last year, up from 11.5 million in 2019, according to the eighth edition of Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2021. The report was released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in collaboration with the International L...
edotco Group launches inaugural Infrastructure Design Competition in collaboration with University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Expecting more than 100 entries from top engineering universities across 16 Asia countries KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - edotco Group ('edotco'), the region's leading telecommunications infrastructure services company, is organising the first in Asia, Infrastructure Design Competition in collaboration with the University Community Transformation Centre under Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia ('UCTC-UKM'). The competition is open to Year 3, Year 4, and postgraduate Engineering students who are cu...
Maptek Geology challenge winner solves data complexity problem
Maptek is pleased to announce the inaugural Maptek Geology Challenge winner as Henry Dillon, Senior Geologist with global consultants, Golder, a member of WSP. Dillon, who works in Christchurch, New Zealand, applied a combination of Maptek geology tools to model complex shallow surface geology beneath a proposed engineering structure. ‘Our key problem was how to use all the data in the boreholes to model all the geologies and still get the low and high density sands in the right places thr...
Stantec selected to lead Detailed Feasibility Study for Seminoe Pumped Storage Project
Comprehensive project to increase energy storage and grid reliability in the Western United States RAWLINS, WY NYSE, TSX: STN Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been selected by rPlus Hydro to conduct a detailed feasibility study for the Seminoe Pumped Storage Project, located on Seminoe Reservoir approximately 30 miles outside Rawlins, Wyoming. The proposed ~900 megawatt (MW) project will help to address energy storage needs in the Western United Stat...
New Lindapter Website... now live
Lindapter's new website is now live! It's bursting with innovative features and design tools to help you quickly find the optimum solution to your connection requirements. New features include the Girder Clamp Configurator, Hollo-Bolt Selector and BIM-compatible CAD files. As the website has been completely rebuilt, users of our old website will need to re-register to access these great features. We apologise for any inconvenience and hope you are pleased with the improvements this new website...
Skyward Integrates Updated LAANC for Night Airspace Access & Refined Grids
Latest generation of FAA’s LAANC introduces authorizations for drone flights at night and refined airspace grids for Skyward customers PORTLAND, Ore. – Skyward, A Verizon company, announced that the next generation of the FAA’s Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) is now live within the Skyward platform. The latest update introduces authorization requests for nighttime drone flights in controlled airspace, as well as refined airspace grids. Skyward cus...
Simpson Strong-Tie has New Tech Bulletin and Webinar to Detail Solutions for Meeting the DCA 6 Residential Wood Deck Construction Guide
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, today announced the publication of its newest tech bulletin, Connection Solutions to Meet the DCA 6 Prescriptive Residential Wood Deck Construction Guide, assembled as an at-a-glance manual to explain and provide Simpson Strong-Tie solutions for the popular DCA 6 construction guide published by the American Wood Council. With lumber prices decreasing from recent highs, homeowne...
Haiti Earthquake Recovery Begins
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In the first week of October 2021, 179 highly trained Haitian engineers and social communicators were equipped and dispatched to Les Cayes, a major capital of the region that was severely affected by the recent earthquake, to begin damage and repair assessments. This program employs a first-of-its-kind post-earthquake assessment that combines rapid damage assessment, debris assessment and repair quantity assessment in a simultaneous process. Each assessed structure will b...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
