Woolpert Providing Frayt with Google Maps Platform Services, Technical Team Support
The Google Premier Partner will help the shipping and delivery startup expand and optimize its services. CINCINNATI — Woolpert has been hired to provide Frayt Technologies Inc. with Google Maps Platform services and technical team support. Frayt is a Cincinnati-based technology company that matches customers who have shipping and delivery needs with professionals who can provide those services, on demand and within the hour. Frayt operates online via desktop and mobile app and is active in 3...
National Competition Will Select America’s Two Best Transportation Projects
Twelve state department of transportation projects were named finalists in the 2020 America’s Transportation Awards competition by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; projects that make travel across America safer, better, and more accessible to motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians alike. [Above photo by the Georgia DOT.] The 12 state DOT projects in Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virgin...
Virtual Surveyor Offers Enhanced Functionality in Free Version of Drone Surveying Software
AARSCHOT, Belgium, 8 September 2020 – In release 7.4, Virtual Surveyor has added new functionality to the free pricing level of its popular drone surveying software. The “Valley” plan of Virtual Surveyor now allows users to create engineering CAD models from drone orthophotos and/or LiDAR data sets. “Originally offered as a free viewing tool for imagery and elevation models captured by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), our Valley software plan now enables surveyors to create topographic line s...
Environmental Program Specialist, Jeff Thommes, Joins Cardno's Fridley, MN Office
FRIDLEY, MN (Sept. 8, 2020) -- Cardno, an international professional infrastructure and environmental services firm, is pleased to announce that Jeff Thommes has joined the firm as a Senior Consultant in the company’s Fridley, Minnesota, USA office. Jeff has 26 years of experience in program management, corporate leadership, client relations and business development, which includes specialized work in routing, siting, and permitting energy projects. Jeff has extensive technical biological re...
Congress urges DOT, FAA to release funds for workforce program
As the federal fiscal year quickly ticks away, members of Congress are urging the Department of Transportation and the FAA to implement two important aviation workforce grant programs that have been authorized but not awarded for nearly two years. Led by Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) and Sam Graves (R-Mo.), the recent letters from the...
New Chair, Vice Chair for Highways and Transportation Commission
JEFFERSON CITY – Michael T. Waters, Orrick, is the new chair of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, and John W. Briscoe, New London, is the new vice chair. The commission elected them yesterday at its monthly meeting that was held virtually. Waters, a Republican, was appointed to the commission in March 2015. Briscoe, a Democrat, was appointed to the commission in December 2015. Both appointments expire March 1, 2021. Briscoe and Waters had served previously as chair and vice...
North Dakota Department of Transportation wins AAMVA awards
The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) has announced the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) is the recipient of the 2020 Public Affairs and Consumer Education (PACE) Overall Campaign Award (Budget under $50k) for their Nelson Rural Roads campaign. Additionally, NDDOT employee, Melia Shaw of Minot was named as the 2019 Certified Driver Examiner of the Year for North Dakota. The 2019 campaign originated from 2017 data that showed 84.9% of fatal crashes o...
HNTB wins IBTTA Toll Excellence Award for work on Northwest Corridor Express Lanes in Georgia
HNTB served as program management consultant for the project, which was led by the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Office of Innovative Delivery and operated by the State Road and Tollway Authority. ATLANTA – HNTB Corporation was recognized by the International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association with a 2020 Toll Excellence Award for work as program management consultant on the Northwest Corridor Express Lanes in Georgia. HNTB was honored in the category of Private Sector Innovation...
FARO® Hires Two Industry Veterans to Lead its Global Hardware and Software R&D Teams
Lake Mary, FL – FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FARO), a global leader of 3D measurement, imaging and realization solutions for the 3D Metrology, AEC (Architecture, Engineering & Construction), and Public Safety Analytics markets, today announced it has hired two industry veterans to join its senior leadership team and manage the global hardware and software R&D teams. Avi Ray-Chaudhuri, who serves as Vice President of Hardware R&D, and Wesley Tilley, who serves as Vice President of Software R&...
MBTA, MAPC, MassDOT, Massport, and 13 Metropolitan Area Municipalities Announce Unprecedented Effort To Significantly Reduce Construction Costs in Order To Advance Quick-Build Transit and Active Transportation Projects
New collective purchasing effort led by MAPC and MBTA allows state and local agencies to purchase red, green, and white striping materials critical for building new bus, bicycle, and pedestrian safety treatments on roadways at lower, more reliable costs. The MBTA, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), Massport, the City of Boston, the City of Cambridge, the City of Somerville, the Town of Brookline, the City of Everett, th...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
