New ASCE Manual of Practice 144 Provides a Framework to Plan and Design for Hazards
Reston, Va. – Natural disasters such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, and storms, affect a large portion of the world’s population. Infrastructure resilience and sustainability are critical system characteristics to prepare and endure as a society. ASCE’s new book, Hazard-Resilient Infrastructure: Analysis and Design, MOP 144, provides guidance and underlying framework for creating consistency across hazards, systems, and sectors in the design of new infrastructure systems and in enhancing the...
Former Deltek Clients Choose BST Global As New ERP Solution Provider
TAMPA, Fla. - Global architecture firm Diamond Schmitt and civil engineering firm Moffatt & Nichol recently migrated their ERP system from enterprise software provider Deltek to join the BST Global client family. Both firms cited BST Global’s advanced data capabilities and exemplary customer service as just two of the many factors that motivated them to partner with the Tampa-based ERP provider. Moffatt & Nichol’s transition to BST Global was based on an intensive evaluation of three ERP prov...
Microlight3D selected for FET-Open European project aiming to combat ‘urban heat islands’ with nanotechnology
Project to enable concrete buildings to cool down naturally will use Microlight3D’s two-photon polymerization technology to develop microstructured concrete Grenoble, France – Microlight3D, a specialty manufacturer of high-resolution micro-scale 2D & 3D printing systems for industrial and scientific applications, today announces the award of FET-Open European funding to develop microstructured concrete that will transform a buildings capacity to cool down, naturally. This nanotechnology project,...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Announces $250 Million in American Rescue Plan Funding Allocations to Advance 22 Transit Projects in 13 States
Federal funding allocations will assist project sponsors with their local funding contributions WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg today announced a total of $250 million in federal funding allocations to help communities across the country protect the jobs of workers involved in constructing transit projects, ensuring the continued advancement of those critical pieces of infrastructure, despite the impacts of COVID-19. Twenty-two transit projects in the Federal Transit...
Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors Hires Miller/Wenhold for Association Management
Murrysville, PA – The Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors (PSLS) has announced the firm of Miller/Wenhold Association Management has been selected to provide association management services for the organization effective June 1, 2021. “We are thrilled to hand the reins over to Miller/Wenhold,” said Amy Hopkins, PLS, President of the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors. “The firm brings an abundance of experience in association management and expertise in the surveying profession.” A...
IMAGINiT Technologies Releases Powerful New Utilities for Autodesk Revit, Civil 3D and Vault 2022 Software
Baltimore, MD ― JUNE 15, 2021 — IMAGINiT Technologies now offers more than 75 utilities that extend the capabilities of Autodesk® Revit, Civil 3D and Vault 2022 software. The new Utilities enable teams to improve both productivity and accuracy by removing redundancies and rework, as well as by reducing errors associated with manual updates and changes. As a longstanding Autodesk Authorized Developer, IMAGINiT’s dedicated team of software developers rigorously beta test the Utilities to ensur...
WSP USA’s Gary Hamilton Elected to National Society of Black Engineers’ Leadership Role
Motivated by disparities in COVID-19’s impact on communities of color, WSP USA senior vice president will serve as deputy director for nonprofit’s national healthcare innovation board. WASHINGTON, D.C., June 15, 2021 — The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) has elected WSP USA’s Gary Hamilton to serve as deputy director of its Healthcare Innovation Special Interest Group (HISIG) board. Hamilton, senior vice president and Northeast region healthcare practice lead at WSP, a leading e...
EW Howell Construction Group Completes Two New Communities for Sunrise Senior Living in Huntington, NY and Summit, NJ
(Plainview, N.Y. ) – EW Howell Construction Group, one of the region’s leading education, retail, cultural, government and healthcare builders, has completed two new senior living facilities in Huntington Station, N.Y. and Summit, N.J. for the McLean, Va.-based Sunrise Senior Living, an owner and operator for over 35 years of more than 320 senior living facilities throughout the U.S., Canada, and United Kingdom. Sunrise of Huntington, the 90-unit, 108-bed luxury senior community in Huntin...
Stantec Completes Phase II of Study Supporting Revitalization of Western Washington Shellfish Industry
Photo credit Cameron Karsten Global firm provides key findings on hydrodynamics in Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay Montesano, WA - Stantec—a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm—recently completed the second phase of the Twin Harbors Sediment Study, a critical project aimed at revitalizing the local shellfish industry in Pacific County, Wash. In partnership with the Grays Harbor Conservation District (GHCD), Stantec developed a coastal model of the Grays Harbor and Willa...
Christopher Griffith Promoted to President of KCI
Sparks, Maryland - KCI Technologies Inc., a multi-disciplined engineering firm with offices throughout the United States, is pleased to announce the promotion of Chief Operating Officer Christopher J. Griffith, PE, CCM, to president. The promotion follows Griffith’s exemplary career of over two decades of leadership for KCI’s core business units. Under his new post, he will retain the role of COO. KCI’s board of directors and Nathan J. Beil, PE, D.WRE, who became president in 2006 and chief e...