ACI Hires Resource Center Manager, Prepares for Opening in Southern California
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The inaugural American Concrete Institute (ACI) Resource Center will open next month in Southern California. The ACI Resource Center will coordinate with ACI chapters and sponsoring groups to offer direct, on-demand access to all certification and educational offerings from the Institute. To help assist the industry and meet the growing demand for further access to ACI knowledge, the Institute recently hired William “Rusty” Owings, III, AIA, as Resource Center Mana...
Open Source Wood gathers structural calculation tools in one place
Wood is a renewable and strong construction material that stores carbon, yet it accounts only for a very small fraction of global construction. Open Source Wood is a collaboration platform for architects, engineers, students and professionals in wood construction to share their innovations in modular wood construction. Open Source Wood offers innovation, ideas and a library of element and module designs, freely available to everyone. Now, Open Source Wood also offers easy access to structural ca...
Kansas cities receive $18.5 million for road improvements
TOPEKA, Kan. - Cities in Kansas are receiving $18.5 million for road improvement projects. The Kansas Department of Transportation says 36 projects improving intersections and roads in Kansas cities have been selected for funding through the Kansas Department of Transportation’s City Connecting Link Improvement Program, which funds improvements for state highways that extend through cities. KDOT says cities will receive a combined total of $18.5 million in funding under the CCLIP for the proje...
WSP USA Begins Design for Two Texas Transportation Projects
Providing design services for I-30 Dallas Canyon Interchange project, improvements to overburdened Odessa highways. DALLAS, TEXAS — WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, was selected by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to provide design services for the Interstate 30 (I-30) Dallas Canyon Interchange project and the planning of highway improvements in the Odessa District’s Permian Basin. Dallas I-30 Canyon Reconstruction WSP will take t...
Russelectric, A Siemens Business, Announces Quickship Program for Automatic Transfer Switches at Healthcare Facilities
Designed to meet ever-changing market needs during COVID-19 Hingham, MA – Russelectric, A Siemens Business, a leading manufacturer of power control systems and automatic transfer switches, announces its Quickship Program, which will be used for automatic transfer switches at healthcare facilities responding to the current global health crisis. Russelectric’s factories in Hingham, Massachusetts and Broken Arrow, Oklahoma have capabilities to meet expedited deliveries. Russelectric has manuf...
The DFI Educational Trust Awards Women in Deep Foundations Professional Development Grants
Hawthorne, N.J. : The DFI Educational Trust has awarded five Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Professional Development Grants of $1,750 each to women working in the deep foundations industry to attend DFI’s 45th Annual Conference. The grant includes complimentary conference registration and covers related expenses for attending the conference. The grants will be presented during the Annual Conference at the Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) 6th Annual networking event. The recipients are: T...
GPRS Uses Ground Penetrating Radar to Expand Business
Versatile technology helps company diversify the services they offer By GSSI Many early adopters of ground penetrating radar (GPR) technology found concrete scanning to be the effective application. Those anchoring, saw cutting, or core drilling concrete would hire a contractor to scan the area before cutting to avoid accidentally hitting an object. For this reason, construction firms have come around to the notion that concrete scanning is vital to job site safety and efficiency. In recen...
AiRXOS Launches New Unmanned Aircraft Systems Solution for Energy Industry
GE Aviation’s all-in-one solution enables comprehensive operational oversight for safe, scalable, repeatable commercial UAS operations BOSTON -- AiRXOS, a leading provider of Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) solutions, today announced a comprehensive Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) solution for Energy organizations to plan, schedule, operate and monitor all facets of their UAS operations from a single platform. AiRXOS’ new Enterprise Energy Solution provides digital compliance, full...
SDOT: Our Precautionary Plan to Repair and Preserve the West Seattle Low Bridge to Ensure it Continues to Play Essential Role
While we have written a lot about the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge which is undergoing stabilization measures as we continue to analyze repair or replacement options, we have also been continuing to focus on creating a precautionary plan to repair and preserve the West Seattle Low Bridge, also known as the Spokane St Swing Bridge, for years to come. The Low Bridge has come to play an extremely important role in Seattle’s transportation system. With the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge closed f...
Trimble Introduces Subscription Options for Real-Time Monitoring Software
SUNNYVALE, Calif.— Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today the latest version of its software platform for real-time displacement monitoring—Trimble® 4D Control™ software (T4D). T4D version 6.0 introduces three- and 12-month subscriptions, and three-tiered edition options. These new subscription options give providers of monitoring services the flexibility to choose the appropriate subscription model based on the project duration. The new subscription levels reduce the upfront costs of real-time...