Epiroc to acquire specialist in mining vehicle battery conversions
Stockholm, Sweden: Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has agreed to acquire the business and assets of FVT Research Inc., a Canadian company with expertise in converting diesel-powered mining machines to battery-electric vehicles. FVT Research, based in Vancouver, Canada, designs diesel-to-battery conversion kits and rebuilds mining machines to electric versions. The company has also recently been part of a successful proj...
Enhancements to Ideate Explorer Streamline Revit Warnings Management
San Francisco, CA– Ideate Software, an Autodesk® AEC Industry Partner and Autodesk® Authorized Developer, is pleased to announce that Ideate Explorer, which allows additional exported data from Revit to Excel for easy reviewing, is now integrated with Ideate Automation, a scripting solution that schedules the process to run at times convenient to the users. Ideate Explorer users will now find these additionally requested data fields included within the manual export to Excel or CSV file forma...
Sofia Berger to Lead U.S. Transportation Business at WSP USA
Third-generation engineer with extensive international transportation experience and leader of New York’s Penn Station master plan will succeed Joseph Pulicare, who is retiring. NEW YORK — Sofia Berger has been named executive leader of the Transportation national business line at WSP USA, one of the nation’s largest engineering and professional services consultancies. Berger, who currently is deputy director of the Advisory national business line, will assume her new role leading the c...
AISI Publishes AISI S250-21, “North American Standard for Thermal Transmittance of Building Envelopes With Cold-Formed Steel Framing, 2021 Edition”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published AISI S250-21, “North American Standard for Thermal Transmittance of Building Envelopes With Cold-Formed Steel Framing, 2021 Edition,” as a single source for calculating the thermal transmittance (U-factors) of walls and ceiling/roof envelope assembles that contain cold-formed steel framing. The standard is intended for adoption and use in the United States, Canada and Mexico and is available for free download at www.ai...
Two New Directors Join AASHTO’s Management Team
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently appointed a new director of communications and marketing while hiring a new director of technology and digital strategy. Maggie Kasperski Maggie Kasperski, AASHTO’s new director of communications and marketing, joined the organization in 2011 and held multiple positions during her tenure – interrupted briefly between 2014 and 2016 when she worked as a consumer issues media manager at the National Association of Rea...
Connections Researcher Amit Kanvinde Wins 2022 Higgins Lectureship Award
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction has awarded its 2022 T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award to Amit Kanvinde, PhD, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the College of Engineering at University of California, Davis. Kanvinde will present "Column Base Connections: Research, Design, and a Look to the Future" as a keynote speaker during NASCC: The Steel Conference, which will take place March 23-25, 2022 in Denver. Kanvinde will share his findings from 15 years of re...
Machine Learning technology helps validate job completion as Telent continues in its mission for improved productivity
Warwick, U.K.– Telent has successfully enhanced its innovative SOLO application, with Machine Learning (ML) technology, enabling it to build ultra-fast broadband infrastructure projects at scale and with predictable quality by providing digital information and photo evidence of completed work packages. The SOLO technology uses images captured via smart phones to validate job completion. The work is inspected and verified via the images with the support of ML technology, which are then stored for...
Hiber Signs Deal with Shell to Roll Out Remote IoT Monitoring of Wells
Hiber to deliver well-integrity monitoring solutions for energy giant Shell; HiberHilo solution improves well safety and sustainability AMSTERDAM: Hiber, an industrial IoT as-a-service startup, has signed an agreement with Shell to provide well-integrity monitoring solutions globally. The global framework agreement allows all Shell entities and subsidiaries to use the HiberHilo product across the world. Launched in October 2020, HiberHilo is an end-to-end IoT solution that makes well monit...
Woolpert Utilizes Esri Technology to Launch AirportWorX Application Portal
The GIS-based solution enables airports to efficiently manage work orders, inspections and leases. DAYTON, Ohio — Woolpert, an Esri Gold Partner, has developed an operations management application portal to help airports efficiently access and manage daily inspections, work orders and leasehold data. AirportWorX is a GIS-based solution designed to support the needs of general aviation, small commuter, Part 139 and non-Part 139 airports. The application portal aggregates and documents data, a...
Populous Completes Ken Garff Red Zone at Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah
New Addition Includes Team Facilities, Fan Lounges, Integrative Branding and Expanded Seating Capacity, as well as a Plaza Commemorating the 2002 Olympic Games Salt Lake City, Utah – Global design firm Populous announces the completion of the $80 million Ken Garff Red Zone at Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Populous conducted a master plan study of the project site back in 2017, and served as design architect for the stadium expansion, providing design an...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
