GF expands footprint in South America
GF Piping Systems, a GF division, announces the acquisition of FGS Brasil Indústria e Comércio Ltda. (FGS), Cajamar (Brazil). As a leading manufacturer of polyethylene piping systems, FGS serves the local water and gas distribution market and other industrial segments. The acquisition will provide GF Piping Systems with a unique platform for further growth in Brazil and the South American region. Founded in 1997 and privately owned by two main shareholders, FGS became Brazil's leading manufac...
The Wild Releases ‘Tours’ to Facilitate Collaborative Presentations in VR/AR
Portland, OR – Today, VR/AR collaboration software company TheWild announced their biggest release to date, ‘Tours’, to turn creative visions into a shared experience in a collaborative virtual workspace. Tours in The Wild is a compelling new immersive presentation feature to help architecture, design, and enterprise teams frame focused stories through their design spaces. Tours helps prompt meaningful conversation and present smarter to clients and collaborators by guiding them through preci...
Leica Geosystems Introduces One App for All Terrestrial Laser Scanning Portfolio
All Leica Geosystems’ terrestrial laser scanner users, now including Leica ScanStation P-Series users, can seamlessly capture and document high-quality data and verify registration with a few simple clicks with the Leica Cyclone FIELD 360 mobile-device app. Award-winning mobile-device app, Leica Cyclone FIELD 360 now expands in-field data acquisition and visualisation for all Leica Geosystems 3D terrestrial laser scanners (HEERBRUGG, Switzerland) – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexa...
Hycrete Chosen for “Little Island” - Pier 55 Renovation Project
Fairfield, N.J. – Hycrete, Inc., a leader in waterproofing and corrosion protection technologies for concrete, is proud to announce that it has been chosen as the waterproofing and anti-corrosion admixture for the "Little Island" Pier 55 Project in New York. Hycrete was used in the deck slab and utility room structure at the soon to be opened Pier 55 park project, located on the Hudson River near 14th Street in downtown Manhattan. Due to the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, the pie...
American Chemical Society headquarters attains esteemed LEED Platinum® recertification
WASHINGTON — The two American Chemical Society (ACS) headquarters buildings in Washington, D.C., have earned LEED Platinum® recertification from the U.S. Green Building Council, affirming the Society’s commitment to advance sustainability and the environment. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design™ (LEED®) is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement and leadership. ACS reached the premier level within the LEED® green building program by implementing practical and meas...
Q-Free announces Kinetic™ Mobility, blazing a trail to unify local, intercity, and regional traffic operations in a single platform
Cutting-edge platform will dramatically simplify traffic management and bridge the gap between traditionally siloed operations including signal and freeway management CARLSBAD, CA – Q-Free (OSE: QFR), a global leader in mobility solutions for smart city infrastructure, today introduced Kinetic™ Mobility, an integrated traffic management platform delivered in an entirely new way. Changing the existing industry model, Kinetic Mobility enables agencies to collaborate on common mobility goals acr...
Golden Passes "GoEV City" Resolution Committing to 100% Electric Transportation
GOLDEN, CO – Last Thursday night, Golden City Council took a big step toward cutting transportation pollution by adopting a GoEV Resolution — a set of ambitious targets to electrify the city fleet, public transportation, taxis and ride-share companies, micro-mobility vehicles, and all passenger vehicles in the City of Golden, Colorado. In becoming a “GoEV City,” Golden joins Boulder County, Denver, Summit County, and City of Boulder in committing to 100% electric transportation and giving re...
ESIG Expands Leadership Team to Support Strategic Growth
Reston, Va. – Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG), the leading source of global expertise for energy systems integration and operations, today announced the expansion of its leadership team with three key additions. Debra Lew joins ESIG as Associate Director and Ryan Willis will serve as the Director of Marketing and Operations. Additionally, Mark O’Malley, on secondment from University College Dublin, has been named Chief Scientist. “Debbie, Mark and Ryan have years of involvement w...
McMaster and Stusrud join HNTB in new national Advisory practice
New practice group serves as lead commercial advisor on complex projects and programs, working with clients’ executive-level management to provide strategic and commercial advice WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sean McMaster and Katherine Stusrud both joined HNTB Corporation as national practice consultants in the firm’s new national Advisory practice. Based in HNTB’s Washington, D.C. office, they serve clients nationwide as infrastructure strategic consulting executives, focusing on the transportation se...
FRA Publishes Final Rule for State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action Plans
All states and the District of Columbia impacted WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published a final rule requiring 40 states and the District of Columbia to develop and implement highway-rail grade crossing action plans to improve public safety. In addition, the rule requires 10 states that have already developed grade crossing action plans, as required by the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA) and FRA’s implementing regul...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
