Water Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Remains Steady as Usage Surges in Pandemic, J.D. Power Finds
A combination of major regional service interruptions, significantly increased water consumption, higher utility bills and a lack of effective communication during the pandemic have resulted in no change year over year in customer satisfaction with residential water utilities, according to the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Water Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study,SM released today. Overall customer satisfaction remains at 737 (on a 1,000-point scale) as usage has increased about 6% nationwid...
SPACEWELL Joins Smart Building Certification Ecosystem
Smart Building Certification was founded by Elizabeth Nelson, Nicholas White, and Wouter Truffino in February 2020 as an initiative to establish an honest and independent platform that appraises buildings all around the globe on the basis of how smart they are. The Smart Building Certification is: ‘Founded in Science, refined in practice and constantly optimized by our network of experts’. The certification has a strong foundation in academic research and partnerships as well as what is growi...
Murphy Administration announces $47.3 million in FY2021 Local Bridge Fund grants
Each county to receive $1 million plus additional funds based on deck area (Trenton) – The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) today announced 39 Local Bridge Fund grants totaling $47.3 million to help counties maintain local bridges in a state of good repair. “The Murphy Administration is committed to improving the quality of life in New Jersey, and the Local Bridge Fund program does that as part of NJDOT’s Commitment to Communities,” NJDOT Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti...
DuPont Performance Building Solutions Announces Launch of Education Hub
WILMINGTON, Del. — The DuPont Residential Construction Educational Hub (EDU HUB) Offers Customized and Convenient Online Learning Options DuPont today announced the launch of the Educational Hub (EDU HUB), a customized learning resource for residential construction professionals. The EDU HUB is available 24 hours a day, making it a convenient tool to learn more about the portfolio of DuPont residential construction products, current industry trends and to access a broad range of interactive c...
Software 2021 FARO® Releases RevEng™
-Features New Auto-Surfacing Capabilities for Creating Fast, High-Quality CAD Surfaces-- LAKE MARY, Fl. – FARO® (Nasdaq: FARO), a global leader of 3D measurement, imaging, and realization solutions for the 3D Metrology, AEC (Architecture, Engineering & Construction), and Public Safety Analytics markets, today announced the release of FARO® RevEng™ Software 2021, the latest update to its RevEng software platform, which now features automatic surfacing capabilities (NURBS), creating surfaces qu...
National Traffic Study Shows Driving and Accidents Plummeted In 2020
Go Safe Labs whitepaper offers new insight into traffic patterns in unusual pandemic year San Francisco, CA – Go Safe Labs today released its inaugural quarterly traffic safety report revealing that driving miles and frequency dropped in 2020 after shelter in place orders were enacted nationwide. The non-profit transportation safety group’s report also found that small drops in travel have generated large decreases in total accident occurrences (~15-55%), a trend that may continue as a l...
Milwaukee Tool to Expand Corporate Operations into Downtown Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE, WI - Milwaukee Tool is proud to announce the expansion of their corporate operations into downtown Milwaukee, Wis. The company’s current global headquarters in Brookfield, Wis., will remain the central location for the company’s corporate operations. This new expansion will provide increased space to accommodate the company’s rapid growth. Anticipated to open in October, this building will house 1,200 employees within the next 3 years. “Over the past ten years we’ve grown at an inc...
Commercial Real Estate Design/Building Leader Clayco Establishes West Coast Office; Expands Team
Industry veterans Rob Jernigan and Emery Molnar Join Clayco in Los Angeles Expansion [Chicago, Illinois] – Clayco, a full-service, turnkey real estate, architecture, engineering, design-build and construction firm with headquarters in Chicago, announced today that the firm is expanding its operations and establishing a West Coast regional office in Los Angeles. As part of that expansion, the firm has hired esteemed industry veterans Rob Jernigan and Emery Molnar to join Clayco as senior...
Q-Free sells parking division to concentrate on core business lines
The divestiture allows Q-Free to focus on traffic management and tolling while maintaining a collaborative partnership with the new owner. SAN DIEGO, CA – Q-Free (OSE: QFR), a global leader in mobility solutions for smart city infrastructure, today announced the sale of its parking division to the unit’s executive vice president, Dave Radford. Morten Andersson, Q-Free’s senior executive vice president of traffic management, says the sale will benefit all stakeholders. “At the company’s h...
DFI Announces Jon Sinnreich as New Chair of Seismic and Lateral Loads Committee
Hawthorne, N.J. : Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces Jon Sinnreich, P.E., of Load Test Consulting as the new chair of its Seismic and Lateral Loads Committee. He takes the helm from Kwabena Ofori-Awuah, P.E., D.GE, ENV SP, of Koforia. Sinnreich earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in structural engineering at the University of Florida (UF), and previously worked for Fugro Loadtest. He has participated in hundreds of international bi-directional test pr...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
