Georgiou AECOM Consortium to deliver Townsville Ring Road Stage 5
TOWNSVILLE — AECOM, the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, as part of the Georgiou AECOM consortium has been awarded the contract to design and build a six-kilometre stretch of road that will duplicate the last remaining two-lane section of the Townsville Ring Road. Stage 5 of the Townsville Ring Road will improve access and connections to key services in the local community and facilitate safer movement of freight and tourist traffic along Queensland’s major north-south corridor...
Michael Baker International Promotes Mohamed A. Bagha, P.E., PMP, CFM, to Vice President and Regional Practice Lead – Water
Mr. Bagha brings more than two decades of water resources engineering to new leadership role HOUSTON - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services celebrating 80 Years of Making a Difference, announced today that Mohamed A. Bagha, P.E., PMP, CFM, has been promoted to Regional Practice Lead – Water. In his new role, Mr. Bagha will build upon his 15 years with Michael Baker and facilitate the ongoing growth of the firm’s Water practice in the Gul...
Jacobs Awarded Sustainability Engineering Services Contract by LA Metro
DALLAS - Jacobs (NYSE:J) has been selected to provide engineering services to design and manage the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (Metro) solid waste, recycling and hazardous waste compliance program. Jacobs will design mission critical plans associated with waste management, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, decreasing air pollutants, reducing solid and liquid waste generation, managing hazardous waste and increasing recycle and diversion from landfills. "Sup...
Port of Long Beach and Caltrans open new Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project in Long Beach
HNTB performed type selection, conceptual and preliminary design and owner’s engineer responsibilities for the new 2,000-foot-long cable-stayed bridge LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Port of Long Beach and Caltrans officially dedicated the new Gerald Desmond replacement bridge in Long Beach with a virtual opening ceremony on October 2. Motorists can access the new bridge beginning the morning of October 5. The new bridge offers several improvements, including three lanes in each direction with wide...
Congress Extends FEMA Flood Mapping, Highway Bill, Through September 30, 2021
Fairfax, VA – Two of the most important geospatial programs in the Federal government were extended for a full year by the Continuing Appropriations bill enacted this week. Authorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which produces Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) and the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act or "FAST Act", commonly known as the Highway bill, were both slated to expire on September 30, 2020. Both progra...
ASE Gift Establishes AISC Terry Peshia Early Career Faculty Awards
CHICAGO - Thanks to a generous donation from the Associated Steel Erectors of Chicago, the American Institute of Steel Construction’s award for outstanding young educators is now dedicated to a remarkable man. The Terry Peshia Early Career Faculty Awards are named in honor of the late Terry Peshia, Chairman & CEO of Garbe Iron Works, Inc., in Aurora, Ill. The awards, which recognize tenure-track faculty who demonstrate exceptional promise in the areas of structural steel research, teaching, a...
BIM-Enabled Facilities Management with ALLPLAN’s Bimplus Platform
OpenBIM platform Bimplus integrated within MCS 20 Integrated Workplace Management Software from Spacewell, delivering on FM leaders’ vision of BIM-enabled Facilities Management Munich – ALLPLAN, global provider of BIM solutions for the AEC industry, today announced the integration of its Bimplus collaboration platform within MCS 20 from Nemetschek Group sister company Spacewell. This partnership development supports Spacewell’s vision of BIM-enabled facilities management and further exte...
Trimble Announces Tekla 2020 Global BIM Awards Winners
SUNNYVALE, Calif.— Trimble (NASDAQ; TRMB) announced today the winners of its Tekla Global Building Information Modeling (BIM) Awards, a biennial competition showcasing the world’s most impressive structural construction projects that use Tekla solutions. The winner of the best BIM project of 2020 is the Randselva Bridge in Norway, which holds the distinction of being the world’s longest bridge to date that has been designed and constructed using a drawing-free, model-based process, and illustrat...
Woolpert Enlists Experienced Aviation Professional Jill Geboy as Strategic Consultant and Project Manager
An associate member of the ACI-NA Operations, Planning, Safety, Infrastructure and Development Committee, Geboy will support the firm’s expansion out West. COLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct. 2, 2020) — Woolpert has hired Strategic Consultant and Project Manager Jill Geboy, an Ohio State University graduate with a decade of experience in facility and asset management. Geboy has worked on the West Coast for most of the past decade, serving numerous aviation, health care and federal clients. She will work out...
Grand Opening Heralds Arrival of Gerald Desmond Bridge
New Long Beach cable-stayed bridge enhances a critical cargo route for one of the busiest U.S. ports, replacing a through-arch bridge that served the region since 1968. LONG BEACH, California, October 2, 2020 — Today, a combined virtual and live grand opening will celebrate completion of the new replacement for the Gerald Desmond Bridge, a signature cable-stayed span that replaces the adjacent arch bridge that connected the Port of Long Beach (POLB) with the mainland for more than half a...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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