National Institute of Building Sciences Names First Female Board Chair
Anne M. Ellis, Executive Director with the Charles Pankow Foundation, recently was elected with a new slate of officers (WASHINGTON, DC) – The National Institute of Building Sciences, created by Congress in 1974, has named the first woman to serve as Chair of the Board of Directors. Anne M. Ellis, P.E., Hon.M.ACI, F.ASCE, M.NAC, Executive Director with the Charles Pankow Foundation, recently was elected to serve alongside several new officers. They include: · Thomas H. Phoenix, Sr...
Bipartisan Agreement on Infrastructure Will Create Thousands of Jobs and Billions in Economic Output for the Engineering Sector, New Study Finds
Washington, DC - On the heels of last week’s announcement that a bipartisan agreement had been reached on infrastructure, the American Council of Engineering Companies released a new report analyzing how the proposal might benefit the engineering and design industry in terms of economic output and job creation. “This is the first time we have taken a hard look at the numbers to see how a massive infrastructure investment would directly benefit America’s engineering industry,” said ACEC Presi...
Stantec-XL Construction start construction on new UC Davis Health Administrative Building
Modern facility designed to improve efficiency and support employee well-being Rancho Cordova, CA - Global design firm Stantec and Northern California-based general contractor XL Construction have started construction of new administrative office spaces for UC Davis Health, designed to support members of the university’s executive leadership team, as well as employees in the finance, revenue, and IT departments. The office environment is designed to facilitate collaboration and efficiency for...
Report showed ‘major’ damage before Florida condo collapse
Rescue workers search in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. The apartment building partially collapsed on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The ground-floor pool deck of the oceanfront condominium building that collapsed near Miami was resting on a concrete slab that had “major structural damage” and needed to be extensively repaired, according to a 2018 engineering report that also uncovered “abundant c...
Fugro’s Geo-data platform to accelerate delivery of Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind project
Fugro’s Gaia technology is providing a full life cycle solution for Geo-data delivery and management on the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind project Fugro has completed the first phase of a 2-year contract with Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (Atlantic Shores) to build and manage a centralised, cloud‑hosted Geo-data repository for the company’s lease development off the coast of New Jersey in the US. The web-based engagement platform was recently delivered and utilises Fugro’s Gaia technology...
AECOM to provide program management services for New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 1 to 4 Widening Program
LOS ANGELES — AECOM (NYSE: ACM), the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced that it has been selected to provide program management services for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s $1.1 billion Interchange 1 to 4 Widening Program. AECOM will provide program management, preliminary engineering, and environmental services for the project’s permitting, design, and construction phases. “We look forward to continuing to build upon our successful working relationship with t...
The AIRO Group and Stantec GenerationAV™ Form a Strategic Alliance to Advance UAM and UAS Systems in Global Markets
CHICAGO - The AIRO Group (AIRO), a global end-to-end Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and drone ecosystem company, and Stantec GenerationAV™, the AV consulting arm of global design firm Stantec, today announced the formation of a strategic partnership to provide advanced UAS aerial and autonomous platform solutions to the marketplace. AIRO's technical solutions, including AI-driven autonomous vehicle data collection, measurement, sensing, and surveillance will collaborate with the Stantec GenerationAV t...
Skyward and Federal Aviation Administration to Test Cellular-Connected Drones
Censys Technologies Sentaero equipped with Verizon 4G/LTE link. PORTLAND, Ore. - Skyward, A Verizon company, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to test cellular-connected drones. This announcement reaffirms that drone technology like the software developed by Skyward is one of the innovations needed to empower cellular-connected drones to unlock complex operations like beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), universal traffic management...
Archaeologist, Shawn Fackler, Joins Portland Office
Portland, OR - Cardno, an international infrastructure, environmental, and social development company, is pleased to announce that Shawn Fackler, RPA, has joined the firm as a Principal Archaeologist based in the Portland, Oregon, USA, office. Shawn has more than 15 years of experience managing cultural resources projects as a Secretary of the Interior-qualified professional archaeologist. In his role at Cardno, Shawn will be managing cultural resources studies, enhancing client relationships...
New School of Medicine Education Building Promotes Inclusive and Innovative Learning Environments
University of California Regents Approve Building at UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, CA – The Regents of the University of California have given final approval for the construction of the School of Medicine’s new $84-million Education Building II at UC Riverside. The Regents confirmed the selection of Hensel Phelps + CO Architects as the design-build partner for the project. The team was selected by the School of Medicine Education II working group and the UCR Office of Planning, Design, and Cons...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
