National transportation group honors Winneconne bridge
The recently completed WIS 116 bridge over the Wolf River, located in Winneconne, has been selected for recognition from America’s Transportation Awards. In 2019, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) reconstructed the bridge to current design and safety standards. The new structure also provides safer accommodations for fishing, snowmobiling and river traffic. “In addition to an improvement to the region’s transportation system, the new Winneconne bridge represents a unique inv...
Diversified Product Development Breaks Ground on New Headquarters
WACO, Texas — Diversified Product Development, marketer of the LineWiseÔ, LiftWiseÔ and DesignWiseÔ brands, has broken ground on a new headquarters and production facility in Waco, Texas. The 60,000-square-foot building, which is scheduled for completion in January 2021, will replace the company’s current facility in Waco. Diversified currently employs approximately 60 people, including engineers, designers, sales and support staff, with plans to hire additional workers after moving into the...
New York State Partners with Arcadis to Pilot Early Detection of COVID-19 in Wastewater
Game-changing approach will help inform decision-making, protect public health in upstate communities Highlands Ranch, Colo. — The New York State Department of Health and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have partnered with Arcadis for a pilot project to identify and track SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in municipal wastewater collection systems in Onondaga County, Albany, Newburgh and Buffalo. Arcadis will identify and monitor the presence of SARS-C...
CFSEI Announces Winners of 2020 Design Excellence and Creative Detail Awards
The Hub State Street project by raSmith was awarded First Place in the Residential/Hospitality category of the 2020 CFSEI Design Excellence Awards. Photo by raSmith. WASHINGTON, DC—The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) has announced the winners of its 2020 CFSEI Design Excellence and Creative Detail awards. The awards are usually presented during the annual CFSEI Expo, but this year’s event, originally scheduled for May 19-20 in Tampa, Florida, was canceled due to the COVID-...
Pickard Chilton Awarded 2020 AIA Connecticut Sustainable Architecture Award for 609 Main
New Haven Architect Recognized for Sustainable Design of Office Tower in Houston, Texas with Excellence Award in New Construction Category (New Haven, Conn. ) – Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, has received a 2020 AIA Connecticut Sustainable Architecture Award of Excellence in New Construction for 609 Main at Texas, a 48-story, 1,850,000-square-foot Class-A, next-generation...
GNSS RTK rover with Visual Positioning increases safety, simplifies surveying
New GS18 I GNSS RTK rover with Visual Positioning can measure what you see (HEERBRUGG, SWITZERLAND, 18, August 2020) – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, unveils the Leica GS18 I (announced by Hexagon yesterday), a versatile, GNSS RTK rover with Visual Positioning. The GS18 I allows users to capture points of interest from a distance and measure points from the images in the field or the office. Visual Positioning technology (sensor fusion combining GNSS, IMU and a camera) allows user...
State DOTs Award Bridge, Highway Improvement Contracts
The Missouri Department of Transportation and the Nevada Department of Transportation recently gave the go-ahead to major bridge and highway improvement contracts. [Above photo by the Missouri DOT.] The Missouri DOT awarded a $21.3 million contract on August 12 that could eventually improve, repair, or replace more than two dozen bridges in the southeastern part of the state via the Bootheel Bridge Bundle design-build project. “The purpose of the Bootheel Bridge Bundle project is to rep...
AASHTO Transitions to a Virtual Annual Meeting
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2020 Annual Meeting — originally planned to be held in Baltimore, MD, November 4-8 – will be held virtually the week of November 9-13. The premiere national gathering of state department of transportation leaders, federal transportation officials, and industry professionals, AASHTO said many of the sessions typically associated with a yearly in-person conference will continue virtually, includ...
State DOTs Still Seeking Emergency Funding from Congress
Funding shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of movement on a new five-year federal surface transportation reauthorization bill continue to put pressure on the bottom lines of state departments of transportation across the country. Most observers anticipate Congress (which officially recessed on August 14 until September 8 without passing legislation to provide further COVID-19 relief) will pass a continuing resolution to maintain current federal surface transportation funding,...
Mid-American State DOT Projects Win Awards for Transportation Improvements
A host of transportation projects in Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin earned regional recognition in the 2020 America’s Transportation Awards competition that boost mobility, save lives, and improve the overall quality of life for their communities. Patrick McKenna. Photo by Cathy Morrison/Missouri DOT “The people who planned, engineered and built these projects deserve recognition for the positive impacts they have provided through these investments in local communities,” explained Pa...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
