Architizer A+Awards Names Vectorworks, Inc. a 2020 Jury Winner
Vectorworks Architect 2020 is the Jury Winner for the Design Tools-Software & Digital Tools category Columbia, MD (August 19, 2020)—Now in its eighth year, the Architizer A+ Awards has selected global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. as a 2020 Architizer A+ Award winner. Notably, Vectorworks Architect 2020 is this year’s Jury Winner in the Design Tools-Software & Digital Tools category. The award-winning BIM software was previously named a finalist for the second year i...
Impressive Architecture and Efficient Construction: The Irina Viner-Usmanova Rhythmic Gymnastics Center in Moscow
The Irina Viner-Usmanova Rhythmic Gymnastics Center in the Luzhniki Complex, Moscow, Russia | Rendered Image | Courtesy of CPU Pride Munich, August 19, 2020 – The annual report of the Nemetschek Group features an impressive architecture project: the Irina Viner-Usmanova Rhythmic Gymnastics Center in Moscow. Software solutions from GRAPHISOFT, Solibri, and Allplan were involved in planning and “shaping” this building. The sports facility seats 4,000 people and hosts competitions and training eve...
Inspected Appoints Industry Veteran Johnny Goetz to Lead its Government Relations
Austin, TX – Inspected, a virtual inspection software company, announces the appointment of Johnny Goetz as its director of government relations and chief building official. A veteran in the building and construction industry, Goetz is responsible for leading the company’s government affairs as well as working with building departments. Goetz joins Inspected with over 15 years of experience as a building official and over 25 years in construction management. Goetz has a strong history of pro...
Urban Areas With the Worst Roads: Top 3 Are in California
While 2020 will be an anomaly, the number of miles traveled on American roads tends to increase each year and travel on urban roads has continued to rise alongside increased urbanization. Yet road conditions in the nation’s urban regions remain deficient — and costly to motorists. Apart from being unpleasant to drive on, poor roads are linked to worse traffic, reduced safety, and increased vehicle ownership costs. Research from AAA found that potholes alone cost U.S. drivers $3 billion a year...
Woolpert Renovation of University of North Carolina Charlotte Academic Complex Complete
The firm was contracted to provide design and engineering upgrades to five campus buildings. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Aug. 18, 2020) — The $17 million renovation of the Academic Complex at the University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC) is complete. Five academic buildings make up the complex at the southeast end of campus. The buildings include and were renovated in the order of Denny, Macy, Barnard, Garinger and Winningham. The university contracted with Woolpert in 2015 to upgrade the mechani...
Design Assist vs. Delegated Design – Industry Experts Release Recommended Guidance
CHICAGO - Over the past few years, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) have worked together to study design collaboration techniques commonly used in the construction industry. As a result of this joint effort, the AIA and AISC have published a paper titled "Design Collaboration on Construction Projects. Delegated Design, Design Assist, and Informal Involvement – What Does it all Mean?" Along the way, the AIA and AISC discovered t...
Azelio signs agreement with ALEC Energy to set up renewable energy storage site in Masdar City
Azelio will install a verification project in Abu Dhabi in Q3 2020 together with Masdar and Khalifa University. The purpose of the installation is to evaluate Azelio’s energy storage technology for inclusion in the Masdar product portfolio for current and future renewable energy projects. An agreement has now been signed with ALEC Energy to set up the Azelio project site in Masdar city, Abu Dhabi. The preparation for Azelio’s energy storage installation in Abu Dhabi is progressing according...
COVID-19 trends impacting the future of transportation planning and research
TRB Executive Director Neil Pedersen recently shared insights on how the transportation industry has been impacted by and will continue to be shaped by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic. He presented Thursday, August 13 at the closing plenary session of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) virtual annual meeting. Pedersen shared a number of statistics on how different modes are performing in comparison to last year and then honed in on some of the behavioral change...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces New Guidance for Transit Joint Development Projects
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced new guidance that increases flexibility for transit agencies to work with developers to build projects that benefit transit systems and their communities. A notice about the new guidance appears in today's Federal Register. "We are committed to supporting transit agencies that pursue joint development projects to capture the economic value of transit," said FTA Deputy Administrato...
MoDOT's Champ Clark Bridge Project Wins Two Awards
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Transportation’s new Champ Clark Bridge, which carries U.S. Route 54 over the Mississippi River at Louisiana, Missouri, has won two awards for excellence – a regional award in the America’s Transportation Awards competition in the “Quality of Life/Community Development, Medium Project” category and a National Award of Merit from the Design-Build Institute of America. The $60 million project opened to traffic in August 2019. Massman Construction Comp...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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