ASME Announces Keynote Speakers and Award Nominees for Impact.Engineered Virtual Event, Dec. 3-4
ASME’s fourth annual forum convenes leading engineers, impact investors, scholars, and social entrepreneurs to cultivate and accelerate engineering driving sustainable development NEW YORK – The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)’s Engineering for Change (E4C) has announced keynote speakers and award nominees for its fourth annual Impact.Engineered forum, a virtual event and networking experience, 9 a.m. to 2p.m. EST, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 3-4, 2020. Keynote speakers...
Autodesk Kicks Off Autodesk University 2020 Digital Conference
SAN RAFAEL, Calif.- Autodesk University – This week, Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) welcomes innovators from around the world – designers, engineers, builders and creators – for the company's first digital conference experience: Autodesk University (AU) 2020. This multi-day, interactive event takes place Tuesday, November 17 – Friday, November 20, 2020 and encourages attendees to join Autodesk in reimagining what's possible across the industries of construction, manufacturing, architecture, engin...
2021 International Bridge Conference Call for Papers
Deadline to submit: November 23, 2020 Technical Papers have always been the heart of the IBC. Attendees can watch, listen and learn about various topics of the Bridge Industry. 2021 Topics: Asset Management Bridges Constructed under P3 Process Construction Drone Bridge Inspections Flood Vulnerability Assessment Load Testing & Instrumentation NBIS/NTIS Inspections Rehabilitation/Preservation Security Issues & Solutions Seismic Design Timber Bridges And...
AEC Angels invests in Rhumbix and OpenSpace
Investor group draws from decades of first-hand AEC and technology experience New York, NY – AEC Angels, a venture capital fund focused on developing technologies in the architecture, engineering and construction sectors, has announced investments in Rhumbix and OpenSpace, two later-stage technology platforms for increasing efficiency and improving workflows. AEC Angels is a venture fund covering seed through Series B + investments. Members include Thornton Tomasetti, STO Building...
New York State Thruway Authority’s $355 Million cashless tolling project now operational
Design-build project reduces congestion and improves safety by removing toll booths from 450 miles of roadway Albany, NY-TSX, NYSE: STN: Stantec, along with project partners Cashless Tolling Constructors, LLC and KC Engineering and Land Surveying, P.C. celebrate a significant milestone as the New York State Thruway Authority’s (NYSTA) $355 million project to implement cashless tolling along 450 miles of roadway is now operational. As part of the design-build project, 70 steel gantries were i...
Senate Appropriations Committee Releases FY 2021 Funding Bills
The Senate Committee on Appropriations released all 12 of its fiscal year 2021 funding measures and subcommittee allocations on November 10: paving the way for negotiations to begin with the House of Representatives, which released a “minibus” of appropriations bills on July 31. Sen. Richard Shelby “By and large, these bills are the product of bipartisan cooperation among members of the committee. As negotiations with the House begin in earnest, I look forward … to resolve our differences in a...
USDOT Transition Team Unveiled By Incoming Biden-Harris Administration
The incoming Biden-Harris administration has released the names of the 18-member transition team for the U.S. Department of Transportation, which will also review the National Transportation Safety Board, Amtrak, and the Federal Maritime Commission. Jeff Marootian The transition team has significant representation from urban transportation, public transportation, and labor. Jeff Marootian – director of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation and a member of the American Associati...
Board Of Directors Adopts New Strategic Plan For AASHTO
The board of directors for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials formally adopted a new five-year strategic plan for the organization on November 13 during the group’s annual meeting. The plan reinforces AASHTO’s vision to provide improved quality of life through leadership in transportation, along with its mission to support state departments of transportation to connect America with the transportation system of today and tomorrow. The three main goals...
AASHTO Elects New President, Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer
The board of directors of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials elected Victoria Sheehan (above at left), commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, to serve as its 2020-2021 president on November 13 during its annual meeting: only the second woman to serve as AASHTO president in the association’s 106-year history. The board also elected Shawn Wilson, Ph. D. (above at right), secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Deve...
ALLPLAN Launches Innovative 3D Modeling Tools for Precast
Automated 3D modeling tools for precast structures make detailed shop drawings quick and easy, saving time and increasing accuracy. West Chester, PA, November 17, 2020 – Fully detailed 3D modelling of precast concrete structures has never been easier with new automated design tools from ALLPLAN. Automated Python Parts (APPs) build on ALLPLAN’s support of the precast concrete industry with new tools that streamline the design and detailing process, particularly for buried structures and build...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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