One of the UK’s largest traffic signal maintenance contracts awarded to Telent
West Yorkshire traffic maintenance contract is the company’s 28th in the country Warwick, U.K.– Critical digital infrastructure specialist Telent has been awarded a contract to maintain West Yorkshire’s traffic signals, the largest contract of its kind. Telent is responsible for the maintenance, fault rectification and repair of 1,600 sites over a geographical area covering 2,029 km². The sites include assets such as traffic signals, lights, vehicle detectors and monitors, and other r...
Skanska builds Center for Adaptive Innovation and Creativity in Radford, Virginia, USA, for USD 81M, about SEK 680M
Skanska has signed a contract with Radford University to build the Center for Adaptive Innovation and Creativity (CAIC) in Radford, Virginia, USA. The total contract value is USD 81M, about SEK 680M, which will be included in the US order bookings for the second quarter of 2021. The 16,500-square-meter CAIC represents the largest capital construction project in the university’s history and will allow for cross-disciplinary collaboration of educational programs. It will include state-of-the-ar...
World first concept for rechargeable cement-based batteries
Imagine an entire twenty storey concrete building which can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, such a vision could someday be a reality. Researchers from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering recently published an article outlining a new concept for rechargeable batteries – made of cement. The ever-growing need for sustainable building materials poses great challenges for researchers. Doctor Emma Zhang,...
TDOT Awards Contract on the I-40 Hernando DeSoto Bridge Repair
MEMPHIS – Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Clay Bright announced today the emergency bridge repair project has been awarded to Kiewit Infrastructure Group. The selection was based on qualifications, experience, and availability of personnel and equipment. The contractor is expected to start work as early as Wednesday. The repair will be performed in two phases. Both phases will need to be completed before traffic can re-open on the bridge. At this point, we are unable to pr...
Woolpert and Planet Partner to Deliver Satellite and Aerial Data, Imagery Worldwide
This SkySat capture of the Ohio Statehouse and surrounding Columbus area is provided courtesy of Planet Labs Inc The geospatial partnership will support the infrastructure and planning needs of federal, state and local governments. SAN FRANCISCO — Planet and Woolpert have expanded their long-standing partnership to provide high-frequency satellite data and high-resolution aerial data and imagery to federal, state and local governments around the world. The partnership combines the glo...
Stephen Nuss joins Stantec to grow Water presence in Washington
BELLEVUE, WA - NYSE, TSX:STN: Stephen Nuss has joined Stantec—a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm—as a principal and practice leader in the company’s Water group. Nuss will work with Stantec’s Washington Water team to win, manage, and deliver projects in the Pacific Northwest. With more than two decades experience directing and leading civil and environmental engineering projects with multidisciplinary teams, Nuss brings a wealth of project and construction management unde...
Worldwide Transport Activity to Double, Emissions to Rise Further
Latest projections presented at global summit of transport ministers Global transport activity will more than double by 2050, and traffic emissions will rise by 16% compared to 2015 - even if existing commitments to decarbonise transport are fully implemented. Any currently expected emissions reductions will be more than offset by the increased demand for transport. However, transport CO2 emissions can be cut by almost 70% over the 2015-50 period with the right policies. A reduction...
Parker’s clearcurrent® ASSURE Filters Provide Best-in-Class Protection and Performance for Advanced Gas Turbines
ALTON, U.K. - The Gas Turbine Filtration Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, today announced the launch of its clearcurrent® ASSURE filters for high-performance gas turbines. All components within the latest advanced gas turbines must be able to withstand the harsh environments and multiple contaminates that these systems are continuously exposed to. Leveraging decades of filtration engineering experience and direct feedback from cust...
Skyward, A Verizon company introduces mapping and modeling powered by Pix4D
Skyward Mapping & Modeling, powered by Pix4D, enables customers to create, view, measure, and export 2D orthomosaic maps and 3D photogrammetric models right from Skyward’s web app PORTLAND, Ore. - Today, Skyward, A Verizon company, announced its integration with Pix4D, giving customers the ability to turn drone data into 2D maps and 3D models. Enterprises and drone pilots can now plan flights, receive approval to fly in controlled airspace with LAANC, fly with Skyward’s InFlight ground c...
IMAGINiT Clarity 2022 Adds AutoCAD Task Processing and Deepens Secure Data Integration for Autodesk Revit Users
BALTIMORE, MD ― May 17, 2021 — IMAGINiT Technologies has released Clarity 2022, an enterprise level suite of products that improves building information model (BIM) integrity and collaboration via access to business insights, metrics and time saving automation. With the arrival of the 2022 release, IMAGINiT Clarity has added Autodesk AutoCAD task processing, extending this new functionality to Autodesk Revit teams as well as AutoCAD and Autodesk Civil 3D users in AEC Firms. Alongside new data-in...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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