JCJ Architecture Designs New Boys & Girls Club of Hartford Facility
The New South End Club Will Support More Than 1,500 Local Youth HARTFORD, CT— July 23rd, 2020 — JCJ Architecture, the forward-thinking and nationally ranked planning, architecture, and interior design firm, is excited to announce that The Boys & Girls Club of Hartford (BGCH)’s South End Club broke ground earlier this month. The socially distanced ceremony marks the beginning of construction and took place alongside state officials, community leaders, and representatives from the Boys a...
Woolpert’s Qassim Abdullah Named to TRB New Users of Shared Airspace Committee
The inaugural national committee addresses how to safely support emerging aviation applications like UAS and UAM in an already occupied airspace. ARLINGTON, Va. (July 23, 2020) — Woolpert Vice President and Chief Scientist Qassim Abdullah has been named to the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) inaugural Standing Committee on New Users of Shared Airspace. The committee focuses on how emerging and growing aviation applications—including commercial space operations, unmanned aircraft systems...
Vectorworks, Inc. is a Finalist in 2020 Architizer A+Awards
Vectorworks Architect 2020 competing in Software & Digital Tools category until voting closes on July 31 Columbia, MD (July 23, 2020)—For the second year in a row, global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. is an Architizer A+Awards finalist. Specifically, Vectorworks Architect 2020 is competing against three other products for the 2020 Architizer A+ Popular Choice Award and the Jury Award in the Software & Digital Tools category. Vectorworks Architect 2019 was the 2019 Arc...
Illinois rolls out $3 billion transportation plan
Illinois officials rolled out a $3.15 billion transportation plan Tuesday, the second year of transportation projects funded in part with higher state gasoline taxes. But with the announcement of transportation projects for the upcoming fiscal year, there was a warning about the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on transportation projects. With stay at home orders and businesses being forced to close, people will travel less and less money will be generated through the state’s gasoline tax....
New LEED Guidance from USGBC Helps Cities and Communities Expand Resilience Efforts in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Credits integrate public health and social equity with sustainability planning Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released two new Safety First pilot credits as part of the LEED for Cities and Communities rating system. The new credits are designed to help local governments and development authorities better prepare for and respond to future pandemic events. The guidance includes strategies for planning, risk assessment and training, as well as evaluating equ...
New ASCE Publications Offers Insight for the Design Stage of Electric Transmission Structures
RESTON, Va. – In this age of increasing dependency on electricity to support digital lifestyles and economic development, new transmission lines are continually being required. Public opinion has evolved from welcoming new power lines as a sign of societal progress to now having to accept their presence on the landscape as a necessity. ASCE’s latest publication, Aesthetic Design of Electric Transmission Structures provides a greater understanding of aesthetics in the design of transmission li...
Woolpert Contracted to Plan, Design Northwest Concord (N.C.) Community Park
The firm will solicit input from the community to determine the desired amenities for the 28.6-acre site. CONCORD, N.C. — Woolpert has been contracted by the city of Concord, N.C., to provide park master planning, conceptual design, and engineering and architecture services for its new 28.6-acre Northwest Concord Community Park. The park site is at 1252 Cox Mill Road in Concord, adjacent to Cox Mill Elementary School and across the street from Cox Mill High School. Woolpert Project Manager...
Co-Located Events AEC Next, SPAR 3D, International Lidar Mapping Forum and Geo Week Announce 2021 Dates in Denver, CO
Portland, ME (USA) – AEC Next, SPAR 3D Expo and Conference, International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) and Geo Week announced the dates and location of their next in-person event. The events will be co-located together from March 30 – April 1, 2021, at the Colorado Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Denver in Denver, CO. The 2021 events in Denver will continue to include co-location partner events: USIBD Annual Symposium, WIPFLI’s Building Tomorrow Together Summit, and the ASPRS Annual Conferenc...
Stantec Leads Design for I-83 North York Widening Project
The $300 million project will widen a 5-mile stretch of congested interstate and reconstruct three interchanges in southern Pennsylvania York, PA - TSX, NYSE: STN: Top ten global design firm Stantec is leading design for the I-83 North York Widening Project in York, Pennsylvania, approximately 25 miles south of Harrisburg. As part of the $300 million project being led by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), approximately five miles of the four-lane interstate will be reco...
Green Infrastructure in Kansas City
Going from Gray to Green to Keep it Clean in the Historic West Bottoms. When most people think about heavy construction projects, acres of lush, green landscaping are not exactly what come to mind. But when it comes to developing creative solutions to stormwater and sewer overflow issues, those plants and trees you see on the surface are more than meets the eye. Welcome to green infrastructure in Kansas City. Green alternatives to infrastructure projects not only produce an appealing...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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