New Topcon laser with mobile app display connectivity to bring improved productivity to today’s job sites
LIVERMORE, Calif., U.S./ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, the Netherlands – Topcon Positioning Group announces mobile device connectivity control has been added to its pipe laser offering. By pairing an Android mobile device via Bluetooth with the new TP-L6 pipe laser, operators will be able to set up and make changes right from their phone to any of these lasers in their fleet. The mobile app connectivity is designed to provide greater flexibility for making adjustments and ease of use on the job site. ...
Why Sustainability and Resiliency Make Fiscal Sense: HDR’s Latest Experts Talk, with Pamela Yonkin
OMAHA, Neb. — With stiff competition for every dollar, transportation agencies need facts and data to make the best decisions for their communities. Sustainable, resilient projects last longer, can save money in the long term and can withstand unique shocks and hazards. Resiliency and sustainability planning makes good financial sense — just ask an economist. In HDR’s latest Experts Talk, economist Pamela Yonkin explains the difference between resiliency and sustainability, why it makes sense...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $11.2 Million in Grants for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced $11.2 million in grants from the Fiscal Year 2019 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise/Supportive Services (DBE/SS) program to help eligible small businesses compete for federal highway contracts in 47 states, as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. “Grants like these help small business owners create jobs while keeping costs low, which is a powerful way to help strengthen the America...
Woolpert Selected by National Safe Skies Alliance to Develop UAS Response Guidebook for Airports
The document will provide planning considerations, response strategies and resources for airports to employ when a UAS is detected. DAYTON, Ohio (July 28, 2020) — The National Safe Skies Alliance, through its Program for Applied Research in Airport Security (PARAS), has contracted with Woolpert to develop a guidebook to assist airports in working collaboratively to plan for and respond to unmanned aircraft system (UAS) threats. According to the project’s RFP, federal agencies and the U.S. Con...
Apex-Brasil hosts virtual webinar on state of Brazil’s infrastructure industry
Brazil aligns its infrastructure concession strategy, making the country an attractive foreign investment destination even amid COVID-19 BRASÍLIA, Brazil – Apex-Brasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, today hosted a virtual media salon webinar on the positive outlook for Brazil’s infrastructure industry against the backdrop of COVID-19. This high-level roundtable discussion outlined the steps that the Brazilian government and key industry players have taken to make...
DFI Announces New Chair of Project Information Management Systems Committee
Hawthorne, N.J. : DFI announces that Jamey Rosen, P.Geo., a senior principal geoscientist at Geosyntec Consultants, is the new chair of its Project Information Management Systems Committee (PIMS). Rosen succeeds Massimo Mucci, director of R&D at Bencor Global, a Keller Company. Rosen has more than 20 years of experience focused on the management, visualization, modeling and analysis of construction, geotechnical and environmental data using database and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)...
American Concrete Institute and Post-Tensioning Institute Announce Expanded Partnership
Collaboration on joint committee and new structural post-tensioned concrete code requirements to benefit designers, industry, and public FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – In direct response to expressed industry need for building code requirements that address the unique aspects of post-tensioned concrete design, the American Concrete Institute and the Post-Tensioning Institute are pleased to announce a new, expanded partnership to increase efficiency for design of structural post-tensioned conc...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $47.5 Million in Grant Awards to Select Projects Nationwide to Improve Passenger Ferry Service
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced approximately $47.5 million in grant awards to selected projects nationwide to improve access, safety, and reliability of America’s ferries and their passengers. A total of 12 projects in 12 states will receive funding from FTA’s Passenger Ferry Grant Program. "This $47.5 million in federal funding will improve mobility and enhance safety for passenger ferry services across our nation," s...
Kansas DOT Begins Highway Expansion Project, Issues CCLIP Funds
Julie Lorenz, secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation (at left in above photo), joined Kansas Governor Laura Kelly (D) (at right in photo) on July 20 to officially “break ground” on a long-delayed U.S. 50 highway expansion project. [Above photo via the Kansas DOT.] Concurrently, the Kansas DOT said it plans to distribute $18.5 million over a two-year period via its City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP) to fund 36 projects making improvements to state highways that e...
AASHTO, Industry Letters Highlights Immediate Fiscal Need of State DOTs
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials urged in a July 20 letter to Congressional leadership that state departments of transportation across the country need an “immediate infusion” of at least $37 billion to prevent disruptions to planned transportation proje...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
