The ACI Concrete Convention, Raleigh, NC, USA
Highlights Include Student Competition, Networking Events, and ACI Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards Gala FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – Engineers, students, contractors, educators, manufacturers, and material representatives from around the world attend the ACI Concrete Convention. This year’s convention will be held at the Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh Marriott, and Raleigh Sheraton, Raleigh, NC, USA, October 25-29, 2020, where attendees will collaborate on concrete codes, sp...
Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference is Going Digital
Annual Event for Infrastructure Professionals and Thought Leaders Launches—Virtually—in October EXTON, Pa., USA – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure today announced that its annual infrastructure event, the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference, is “going digital.” This new digital format will bring together, now for a broader global communi...
DOE Announces $11 Billion in Energy Cost-Savings from Better Buildings Initiative Partners
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced nearly $11 billion in energy-cost savings by more than 950 public and private sector organizations in DOE’s Better Buildings Initiative. To date, partners have saved nearly 1.8 quadrillion British thermal units of energy, which is equivalent to the electricity consumption of 27 million homes in America over one year. “Under the Trump Administration, we are turning efficient energy and buildings technologies into tangible cos...
Scaling up for 2021: AW-Energy seeking growth capital to deliver its first scheduled commercial wave energy projects with its certified technology
Finland: AW-Energy Oy (AWE), the Finnish global leading wave energy technology company, is using corporate finance advisory firm Fredericks Michael & Co. in New York to identify and approach potential strategic partners and investors for additional growth capital needs in support of the commercial WaveRoller® deliveries scheduled in 2021. With projects in US, Europe and Asia, AWE expect to see rapid growth for its technology as governments, operators and energy policy strive for cleaner and...
AISI Publishes Cold-Formed Steel Framing Research Report to Support Development of New Energy Standard
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published a new cold-formed steel framing research report, “AISI RP20-2: Development of a U-Factor Calculation Procedure for Cold-Formed Steel C-Shaped Clear Wall Assemblies.” The report is available for free download at http://www.buildusingsteel.org. The research was undertaken to support a new energy standard being developed by AISI’s Committee on Framing Standards. In addition to its work in research and development, AISI...
USGBC Releases New LEED Guidance to Address COVID-19 and Support Buildings with Reopening Strategies
Washington, D.C. – (June 9, 2020) – The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released four new Safety First Pilot Credits in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The credits outline sustainable best practices that align with public health and industry guidelines related to cleaning and disinfecting, workplace re-occupancy, HVAC and plumbing operations. The credits can be used by LEED projects that are certified or are undergoing certification. The Safety First credits are p...
Rosendin Provides Scholarships for Summer Interns
San Jose, California (June 9, 2020) – The COVID-19 pandemic has closed college campuses and canceled summer internships, but one construction company is still supporting college students. Rosendin, the largest employee-owned electrical contracting firm in the U.S., will give each one of its summer interns a scholarship. Rosendin’s showcase program is one of the most coveted in the nation for students studying project management, electrical engineering, construction, computer modeling, and oth...
OnScale and Lexma Launch Moebius LBM CFD Solver for Advanced Fluid Dynamics Simulations
Silicon Valley, CA (June 9th, 2020) – OnScale, the global leader in Cloud Engineering Simulation, today announces the availability of the Moebius Lattice-Boltzmann Method (LBM) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solver on the OnScale Cloud Engineering Simulation platform. “Moebius represents a step-change in CFD speed, power, and democratization for digital prototyping of devices involving fluid flows,” says David Freed, CTO of OnScale and a Digital Physicist with a 25 year track record of ad...
A Revolution In Underground Duct Bank Installation
Irving, TX, June 2020 - With the rollout of its RED-E-DUCT™ Precast Electrical Duct Bank System, Forterra is changing the way underground electrical duct bank systems are installed. With significant time, cost, and labor savings, construction teams can complete underground installations faster, restoring site access more quickly while enhancing worker safety. A new approach to duct bank installation In traditional underground duct bank installation, multiple PVC conduit runs are “stick-bu...
SimActive Introduces Cloud Sharing and Reflectance Calibration with New Version 8.5
Montreal, Canada, June 9th, 2020 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, announces the release of Correlator3D version 8.5. The new version allows users to share and visualize projects in the cloud. It also features new tools for the calibration and processing of multispectral imagery. Specifically, results can be exported to the cloud directly from the software interface, and shareable links are automatically created for online visualization. Moreover, calibr...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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