U.S. Department of Transportation Awards Nearly $100 Million in Grants to Support Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Efforts
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced today that it is awarding $98,800,117 in grants to states, territories, and tribes to help enhance pipeline and hazardous materials safety programs at the community level for 11 different safety programs. “States and community groups play an important role in addressing the safety challenges associated with pipelines and hazardous materials,” said PHMSA Acting Admin...
City of Toronto Selects Trimble Unity for Water Infrastructure Management
SUNNYVALE, Calif.- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced that Toronto Water has selected the Trimble® Unity™ software platform to support its vision to improve operational efficiency across the entire organization. Trimble Unity can automate asset and infrastructure management workflows, improve data accuracy by eliminating redundancy and streamline processes between field and office teams to enhance Toronto Water's commitment to customer service and quality. Toronto Water is responsible for drink...
Oldcastle Infrastructure Enhances Solutions Offering with National Pipe & Plastics, Inc. Acquisition
ATLANTA, Ga. (October 1, 2021) – Oldcastle Infrastructure™, A CRH Company, announced today that it has acquired National Pipe & Plastics, Inc. (“National”). National provides PVC pipe based end-to-end solutions serving the potable water, wastewater, electrical conduit, and drainage markets from two East Coast locations. The company is headquartered in Endicott, New York, with manufacturing locations in Endicott and Greensboro, North Carolina. National has served the PVC pipe market for over 50 y...
Plex-Earth 5D: Plexscape launches new platform during Autodesk University 2021 - Taking the guesswork out of civil design
Plexscape, developers of Plex-Earth, a full-blown popular platform for AutoCAD that brings the world’s largest aerial and satellite imagery providers under a single umbrella, participates again in this year’s Autodesk University as a premier sponsor. Plexscape will be officially launching Plex-Earth 5D, its latest most powerful version during Autodesk University, as it is the year’s biggest event for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. In today’s rapidly changing...
New Jobba Release Features Latest API Updates that Allow Seamless Data Flow
Jobba releases multiple new tools and feature enhancements. Chicago, IL— Jobba, the roofing industry’s leading software provider, recently added a number of new tools and features to its platform. Updates include new API connections, scheduling, estimating and accounting advancements that enhance the already robust platform. Jobba is committed to delivering what the roofing industry needs for unsurpassed data flow and management. “We are tuned into the industry and the overriding need f...
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Second International Drone Show Competition
(Riga, Latvia) - European, North and Latin American and Asian drone show experts have joined efforts for the 2nd year in a row to unveil the best practices of the growing industry and run the Second International Drone Show Competition. The goal is to bring together the best representatives, their shows, animations and business approaches to exchange knowledge about breakthrough sustainable technologies for outdoor light events. Each of six winners will receive a diploma, special prize, and educ...
The Department of State Dedicates New U.S. Embassy in Maputo
In a display of the enduring friendship and strategic partnership with Mozambique, U.S. Ambassador Dennis Walter Hearne, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) Managing Director Tracy Thomas, Mozambican Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Ernesto Max Tonela, Maputo City Secretary of State Vicente Joaquim, and Maputo Province Governor Julio Parruque today dedicated the new U.S. Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique. The new campus provides a secure, innovative, sustainable, and resilient p...
Contractors from Virginia, Louisiana, and Illinois Receive 2021 ARTBA National Contractor Safety Awards
WASHINGTON — Transportation construction companies from three states were recognized for their outstanding employee safety programs during the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) Annual Convention, held in Pinehurst, N.C. The annual ARTBA “Contractor Safety Awards” were created to promote worker safety and health as core values of the transportation design and construction industry. The contractor finalists were competitively selected, based upon their accident an...
Vineyard Wind Announces Partnership with Crowley, City of Salem to Transform Harbor into Offshore Wind Port
Project Will Create Hundreds of Jobs Crowley to Redevelop Salem Port Site Vineyard Wind Partners to Serve as Anchor Tenants (SALEM, Mass.)– Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) today announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Crowley Maritime Corporation and the City of Salem (Mass.) to create a public-private partnership aimed at establishing Salem...
Skanska divests office building in Kiruna, Sweden, for about SEK 260M
Skanska has divested an office building in Kiruna, Sweden, to Luleälven Fastigheter AB for about SEK 260M. Construction of the six-storey building will start in 2021 and transfer of the property will take place in connection with completion in 2023. The transaction will be recorded by Skanska Sweden in the Commercial Development stream in the third quarter 2021. The office building, named Börsen H1, will be located on the town hall square in the new Kiruna city center, adjacent the town hall....
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
