Skanska builds Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute in Florida, USA, for about USD 64M, about SEK 524M
Skanska has signed a contract with Orlando Health, Inc. to construct the new Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute in Orlando, Florida, USA. The contract is worth about USD 64M, about SEK 524M, which will be included in the US order bookings for the fourth quarter 2020. The new 371,000-square-foot (about 35,000 sqm) institute will include an eight-story hospital that will house 75 inpatient rooms and 10 operating rooms (ORs). An adjoining 6-story medical office building will include two...
Simpson Strong-Tie Donates $78,000 to Community Organizations During the 2020 Holiday Season
Pleasanton, Calif. — Through its headquarters and other facilities, Simpson Strong-Tie has donated $78,000 over the 2020 holiday season to community organizations across the country and internationally. Several of the company’s locations donated funds normally reserved for holiday celebrations to nonprofits in the communities they serve. The company’s headquarters in Pleasanton, Calif., donated $15,000 each to the Alameda County Community Food Bank and Eden I&R, which runs the county’s 211 ho...
ACI Virtual Concrete Convention to Be Held March 28-April 1, 2021
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — The American Concrete Institute announces that the ACI Virtual Concrete Convention will be held March 28-April 1, 2021. Originally scheduled as an in-person event in Baltimore, MD, USA, this 100% virtual event will provide ease for participation from anywhere around the world while prioritizing attendee safety. “The ACI Virtual Concrete Convention held last October provided a record-breaking number of attendees the opportunity to participate in our programming,” st...
Green Building Initiative Announces Election of Dr. Charles Kibert as Chair of the Board of Directors
Portland, Ore.- The Green Building Initiative (GBI) is pleased to announce the election of Dr. Charles Kibert, Professor and Director of the Powell Center for Construction and Environment at the University of Florida, as Chair of its Board of Directors. GBI’s membership also elected three new Directors, Sara Greenwood, GGP, and Principal of the Greenwood Consulting Group; Tehmina Husain, GGP, GPCP, and Sr. Sustainability Consultant of Merrick and Company; and Andrea Rutledge, CAE, and CEO of the...
Simpson Strong-Tie Announces Mike Olosky Has Joined the Company’s Executive Leadership Team as Chief Operating Officer
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, recently announced the appointment of Mike Olosky to Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.’s executive leadership team as Chief Operating Officer (COO). A senior executive with more than a decade of global management experience in Asia and Europe, Olosky was most recently President of Henkel North America and Head of the company’s Industrial and Electronics division. Previously Olosky was...
ARTBA's Brad Sant Earns Associate Safety Professional Credential
(WASHINGTON)— American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Senior Vice President of Safety & Education Brad Sant has earned the Associate Safety Professional (ASP) credential from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP), which establishes standards and certifies competency criteria in professional safety practice. The responsibilities of safety professionals continue to expand, requiring continued investment in their base of knowledge. BCSP certifications are inte...
Propex GeoSolutions is Hitting the Refresh Button in 2021
Chattanooga, Tenn. – Propex GeoSolutions kicked-off 2021 with the launch of its new corporate website. Visitors to PropexGlobal.com will now find a new look and upgraded customer experience. “From the beginning, our goal for the new website was to improve customer experience, especially for those customers using mobile devices,” said Mike Gorey, CEO of Propex GeoSolutions. “Customers commonly need information from our website while in the field, so creating a site that’s easy to navigate fro...
General Equipment Company Introduces High-Powered EPIC Series Two-Man Hole Diggers
OWATONNA, Minn. – General Equipment Company has introduced its 332H and 348H EPICÔ Series two-man hole diggers. Featuring 5.5-horsepower (4.1 kW) Honda GXV160 four-stroke engines, the new models are capable of digging holes up to 18 inches (457 mm) in diameter. They offer an ergonomic design and heavy-duty construction to handle a wide range of construction-related hole digging projects, from simple backyard fencing to more complex landscaping or soil sampling jobs. Like other hole diggers in th...
Midwest states prepare for the future of transportation
From data-driven traffic management systems to automated vehicle technology, the pace of innovation in transportation is accelerating. In the second of a special three-part series of Transportation Connects Us, the official podcast of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), three Midwest state transportation chiefs discuss the ways the member states of the Mid America Association of Transportation Officers (MAASTO), are collaborating to plan the future of transportation. In the s...
Building Industry technology company Cityzenith is forecast to explode onto the world stage in a market set to grow 10-fold over the next 5 years
Cityzenith’s Digital Twin technology SmartWorldPro2 Chicago-based technology company Cityzenith has cemented its place as a business to watch after a watershed 2020, which positioned it as a leader in the fast-growing Digital Twin and Smart City markets. The worldwide Digital Twin market grew significantly in 2020 to $3.1 billion in 2020 and is now set to soar $48.2 billion a year by 2026, at a CAGR of 58%, according to a recent Markets & Markets report. Cityzenith featured consist...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
