AISC Education Foundation Seeks Help to Grow the Future of Steel Design & Construction
CHICAGO - A new fundraising drive by the American Institute of Steel Construction's Education Foundation is designed to provide new opportunities for both students and faculty. "'Funding the Future' is a new program to help future designers gain more experience with structural steel," explained Christina Harber, SE, PE, AISC's Director of Education. The AISC Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that already awards more than $150,000 in scholarships annually to ju...
Burke Joins WSP USA as National Toll Practice Consultant
Industry veteran brings extensive experience in congestion pricing and toll-financed projects. ORANGE, California — Christopher Burke, an industry leader with nearly two decades of experience in tolling, has joined WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, as a national toll practice consultant. Burke will collaborate with Jeff Heilstedt, national director of tolling services at WSP, to enhance and reinforce the firm’s growing range of toll industry service...
Innoviz Announces Another Breakthrough in LiDAR Technology - 30X Performance Improvement and Embedded Perception Software
Revealing the new InnovizTwo specifications, the Company sets a new transparency standard; InnovizTwo scales in performance and cost and is designed to exceed customer expectations and democratize autonomous driving. TEL AVIV, Israel - Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: INVZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state LiDAR sensors and perception software, unveils its groundbreaking InnovizTwo LiDAR sensor performance. The new generation achieves a 30x performance impr...
EPA Celebrates Koch Industries in Wichita as 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year
(Lenexa, Kan.) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 and the U.S. Department of Energy are celebrating Koch Industries Inc. as a 2021 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year. “ENERGY STAR award-winning partners are showing the world that delivering real climate solutions makes good business sense and promotes job growth,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “Many of them have been doing it for years, inspiring all of us who are committed to tackling the climate crisis and lea...
Waga Energy to deploy its break-through landfill renewable natural gas technology in Quebec
Waga Energy, the European leader in landfill gas-to- renewable natural gas (RNG) technology, has been enlisted by The Mauricie Residual Materials Management Board (RGMRM) to deploy its innovative gas upgrading solution at the Saint-Étienne-des-Grès landfill, in Quebec. The green gas produced will be purchased by Énergir, the largest gas distribution company in the province, and injected into its gas grid onsite. This landfill gas-to-RNG project will be the first in Canada to use the WAGABOX® tec...
Neste and Finnair present Sustainable Aviation Fuel based solution to reduce business travel emissions
Neste and Finnair are joining forces to reduce carbon emissions related to Neste employees’ business travel by using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Neste has recently made 300 tons of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ available at Helsinki Airport in Finland for Finnair’s use. By replacing a part of the fossil jet fuel with SAF on its flights departing from Helsinki Airport, Finnair will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 900 tons of CO2 equivalent. This represents a significant share of...
ACI Hires Additional Resource Center Manager, Announces Opening Programs in Southern California
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The American Concrete Institute (ACI) Resource Center will open on May 1, 2021, in San Bernardino, CA, USA. To carry out and facilitate programming and further access to ACI knowledge, the Institute recently hired Sarah Mauri as Resource Center Manager. Mauri will lead the effort at the Southern California Resource Center, offering regularly scheduled and on-demand certification programs, educational seminars, and hands-on training. Mauri is a former examiner for sev...
FRA Taking Steps to Advance Minority and Women Owned Business Participation in Federally Funded Rail Projects
Underscoring the Biden-Harris Administration’s focus on promoting diversity and inclusion, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is conducting a first of its kind nationwide small, minority-owned and woman-owned business disparity study, seeking to determine whether the playing field is level for firms aspiring to win subcontracts from grantees receiving Federal funds administered by the agency. “We are firmly committed to increasing equity across the A...
Woolpert Welcomes GIS, Aviation Specialist Prateek Sharma as Geospatial Project Manager
Sharma describes himself as a ‘Jack of all trades’ when it comes to providing GIS solutions for airports. ORLANDO, Fla.— Woolpert has hired GIS and airport expert Prateek Sharma as an aviation geospatial project manager. Sharma has extensive experience in creating, managing and leveraging geospatial databases and new technologies to improve asset management and operations at busy airports. Sharma comes to Woolpert after serving as an embedded consultant and GIS manager for the Greater Orla...
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Welcomes New Principal Carlos E. Ospina
Based in Houston, Ospina specializes in marine infrastructure projects in Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean Carlos E. Ospina, Ph.D., P.E., FACI, joined Simpson Gumpertz & Heger as a Principal based in the firm’s Houston, Texas, office. Ospina’s experience includes analyzing, designing, and providing construction support for marine structures in container, liquid/solid bulk handling, multipurpose, and cruise terminals in more than twenty countries. His technical pract...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
