Kiewit-Stantec design-build team breaks ground on groundwater remediation projects in Los Angeles
The Kiewit-Stantec design-build team recently broke ground on two multi-year projects that together total $400 million and will help remediate water from the San Fernando Valley Groundwater Basin (SFB) for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). The SFB covers 226 square miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The new state-of-the-art facilities at the North Hollywood Central Response Action Treatment Facility and Tujunga Well Field Response Action Treatment Facility will addr...
HNTB’s Wendy Taylor recognized as WTS Puget Sound Woman of the Year
SEATTLE – Wendy Taylor, HNTB project director and senior vice president, was recognized this week by WTS Puget Sound as Woman of the Year. This award honors an outstanding woman who is a leader and a role model in the transportation industry. Taylor received her award March 10 during the 2021 Virtual WTS Awards & Scholarships Gala. She was nominated by one of her team members and fellow WTS member, Diana Giraldo, PE, HNTB project manager and associate vice president. “Throughout her career...
AECOM, Houston METRO continue to advance automated, zero emissions transit technology with $1.5 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration
HOUSTON – AECOM, the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, has partnered with Houston METRO, the region’s largest public transit provider, to accelerate deployment of automated technology in transit vehicles. Funded through a $1.5 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the team will pilot one of the nation’s first automated electric shuttle buses that will serve Texas Southern University, University of Houston, and Houston’s Third Ward neighborhood. AECOM work...
$4m Harmony Preschool Opens In Wantagh, NY at the Time of Great Need For Childcare
Harmony Early Learning Center, a Levittown, NY-based school serving children aged six-weeks through Pre-Kindergarten, has opened its second location at 635 Wantagh Avenue in Wantagh, NY. Constructed by McAlpine Contracting, the new 12,900-square foot building was designed by Michael F. McNerney Architect PLLC (MFMA) and Vintage Interior Design. Photo by Ola Wilk Harmony Early Learning Center, McAlpine Contracting, Michael F. McNerney Architect, Vintage Interior Design, and KOW Building Consul...
Pinnacle Introduces Next Evolution of Reliability Modeling
Proving out new methodology estimated to reduce facilities’ reliability spending by 10% to 30% PASADENA, TEXAS – Pinnacle, the world’s leading provider of data-driven reliability and integrity programs, today introduces an improved approach to reliability modeling, called Quantitative Reliability Optimization (QRO). This new approach streamlines current reliability methodologies into a single, comprehensive analysis, empowering leaders in processing industries to make smarter decisions at a...
WSP USA to Help Solano County, California Transition to Zero-Emission Buses
Designing inductive charging stations for SolanoExpress and developing a plan for five agencies in Solano County to convert to all-battery-electric bus fleets by 2040. SUISUN CITY, CALIFORNIA — The zero-emission bus (ZEB) business at WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, has been selected to provide services on two major projects for the Solano Transportation Authority (STA). WSP is leading design services for the first STA project to construct four ind...
Fact Sheet: U.S. Department of Transportation Details the American Rescue Plan’s Benefits for Transportation
WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Department of Transportation highlights the transportation elements of the historic American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), which will provide immediate relief for American workers, help communities that are struggling in the wake of COVID-19, and ensure that our transportation system keeps running. ARP includes a total of $43.2 billion in resources for the Department to continue its response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “Transportation workers have been o...
NDOT Awards $39 Million I-515 Viaduct Rehab Project in Downtown Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, NEV. – The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) last week awarded a $38.8 million construction contract to Las Vegas Paving Corp. to rehabilitate the aging Interstate 515 (U.S. Highway 95) viaduct from Interstate 15 to Eastern Avenue in downtown Las Vegas. (A viaduct is a long bridge-like structure carrying an elevated roadway. It’s not to be confused with an aqueduct that conveys water). The project will extend the near-term service life of the viaduct, portions of which wer...
Piaggio Fast Forward and Trimble Announce Proof–of-Concept Collaboration to Utilize Proprietary Smart Following Technology
BOSTON and SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 18, 2021—Piaggio Fast Forward (PFF), a leader in smart following technology and subsidiary of the Piaggio Group (PIA.MI), and Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today a proof-of-concept collaboration to enable robots and machines to follow humans and other machines in industrial applications. Together, the companies have integrated a patent-pending PFFtag™ smart following module prototype developed by Piaggio Fast Forward onto a Boston Dynamics’ Spot® robot p...
Hy-Brid Lifts Announces Director of Sales Northeast
RICHFIELD, Wis. (March 18, 2021) – Hy-Brid Lifts, an industry leader in aerial lift equipment, announces Dave Ritz as director of sales covering the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Ritz’s responsibilities will be to provide customer support as well as continue the growth and channel development of Hy-Brid Lifts’ line of low-level scissor lifts. “I’ve been following Hy-Brid Lifts’ product progression since my time at Volvo Rents when one of our franchises bought some early...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
