HDR Names New Regional Transportation Program Management Leaders
New East and Central Leadership Joined by New Principal Program Manager in South Carolina Mike Tugman, P.E. Paul Alsina, P.E. HDR has promoted two experienced transportation professionals to help lead its holistic program management services. Mike Tugman, P.E., has been promoted to East region program management leader, and Paul Alsina, P.E., has been named Central region program management leader. “HDR’s program management practice continues to grow a...
Lack of Water Linked to 10 Percent of the Rise in Global Migration
In Middle East and North Africa, the Region with the Highest Levels of Forced Displacement, Water Resilience is Key to Long-Term Growth WASHINGTON— As climate change accelerates a global water crisis, rainfall variability is expected to be one of the contributing forces in migration, according to a new World Bank report released today. The report anticipates that the world’s cities, which receive migrants and are now home to 55% of the global population, will face a rising number of “da...
Derq Joins the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program
Derq Serves as a Key Solution Provider, Offering Smart Solutions for Safer Roads to the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program Ecosystem DETROIT, MI (August 20, 2021) - DERQ, a Detroit- and Dubai-based start-up, announced today the company has joined the Qualcomm® Smart Cities Accelerator Program. As part of the Qualcomm® Advantage Network, the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program is designed to connect cities, municipalities, government agencies, and enterprises with an ecosys...
California Invests $1.4 Billion for Transportation Improvements
SB 1 provides $884 million of funding SACRAMENTO — The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated more than $1.4 billion for projects to repair and improve transportation infrastructure throughout the state. Senate Bill (SB) 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, accounts for more than half of this investment – $884 million. “California continues to make significant investments in fixing our roads, highways, bridges and transit systems,” said Caltrans Direc...
Spacewell Releases Opportunity Simulator for Offices
New analytical dashboard dynamically simulates space optimization scenarios and calculates space savings Supports CRE and workplace leaders to leverage the massive opportunity to optimize the office footprint and configuration (mix of workstations/collaboration spaces/concentration spaces) post-Covid Antwerp, August 23, 2021 – Spacewell, a global provider of building and workplace software and technology solutions, today launched its new Opportunity Simulator dashboard for the post-pandemi...
Simpson Strong-Tie Adds Three 2x Sizes for Field-Adjustable LSSR Rafter Hangers
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, now offers its versatile, patent-pending LSSR rafter hanger in 2x lumber sizes that can install with both miter-cut and square-cut joists for plated truss. The three new models — LSSR26Z, LSSR28Z and LSSR210Z — feature a ZMAX® finish for extra corrosion protection and respectively accommodate 2x6, 2x8 and 2x10 lumber. Like the original LSSR models, these new sizes are field-adj...
Dale Biggers, P.E., of Boh. Bros., Named 2021 DFI Distinguished Service Award Recipient
Hawthorne, N.J.: Dale Biggers, P.E., a vice president at Boh Bros. Construction in New Orleans, is the recipient of DFI’s highest award bestowed to an individual, the Distinguished Service Award (DSA). This award recognizes individuals who have made exceptionally valuable contributions to the advancement of the deep foundations industry. The award is being presented at the Awards Banquet on Thursday, October 14, during DFI’s 46th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Las Vegas. “Dale tru...
Beam, Longest & Neff, LLC merges with McIntosh Perry
Toronto, Ontario and Indianapolis, Indiana – McIntosh Perry Consulting Engineers Ltd. (McIntosh Perry), an award-winning consulting engineering company, is pleased to announce a merger with Beam, Longest & Neff, LLC (BLN), a leading infrastructure engineering firm headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. The partnership provides clients with a team of more than 800 engineers, project managers and technical experts focused on delivering high-quality projects from 21 offices across North Ameri...
Stantec Selected to Lead Two Strategic Plans for Transit-Oriented Communities Under Federal Transit Administration Grant Program
Raleigh, North Carolina and Riverside, California look to prioritize equitable transit access along growing corridors Raleigh, NC and Los Angeles, CA: (August 19, 2021) Global integrated design firm Stantec’s Urban Places practice has been awarded the contract to lead two Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) programs. The two projects, located in Raleigh, North Carolina and Riverside, California, are funded through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) competitive transit-oriented...
Registration Now Open for Virtual 9th Annual HOMER Microgrid and Hybrid Power International Conference
Join the Hybrid Power Revolution: Conference sessions are complimentary to attend and presented online on Oct. 12-14, 2021 Boulder, Colorado – August 19, 2021 – HOMER Energy by UL, global leader in developing standard-setting energy modeling software, announced today that registration is now open for its ninth annual Microgrid and Hybrid Power International Conference, which will occur virtually between Oct. 12-14, 2021. HOMER Microgrid and Hybrid Power International’s (HMHI) updated...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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