Carlisle Construction Materials Changes Name of Its Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants, and Elastomers (CASE) Business
Accella Polyurethane Systems – CASE Business Is Now Carlisle Polyurethane Systems CARLISLE, PA – Carlisle Construction Materials, an operating segment of Carlisle Companies Incorporated (NYSE: CSL), announced today that it is changing the name of its CASE business from Accella Polyurethane Systems to Carlisle Polyurethane Systems (CPS). Carlisle acquired the Accella Performance Materials family of companies in November 2017 which included spray foam insulation, tire fill, and CASE busine...
Tensar Announces Civil Engineering Scholarship and Faculty Curriculum Support Program
The global geosynthetics firm is offering educational resources to build next generation expertise. (ATLANTA, GA) May 22, 2020 – Tensar International, a leading geosynthetic products innovator known for its unique geogrid solutions, is offering two $1000 scholarships to engineering students who compete in a construction design challenge. The scholarship is one component of the company’s ongoing professional education efforts to share the expertise behind its geogrid technology and its 40-yea...
Electric VTOL Aircraft Startup Archer Launches
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Archer, an aerospace company building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft focused on improving mobility in cities, today announced its official launch. Marc Lore, the CEO of Walmart eCommerce, is the largest investor in the company. Based in Palo Alto, Archer is dedicated to reshaping urban air mobility, focusing on saving time for users in urban areas. Archer is designing a fully electric aircraft that will take off and land vertically, and can carry fou...
Envision Solar Opens New International Market with First Canadian Order
SAN DIEGO - Envision Solar International, Inc., (Nasdaq: EVSI, EVSIW) (“Envision Solar,” or the “Company”), the leading producer of unique and sustainable infrastructure products for electric vehicle charging, energy security and outdoor media today announced the first Canadian order for the Company’s EV ARC™ solar-powered charging infrastructure product, expanding global reach. EV ARC™ units are already deployed in the U.S., Brazil, Spain and The Caribbean. “Canada is the 10th fastest electr...
Hill International Continues Work as Leader of International Consortium for Infrastructure Projects in the Western Balkans
PHILADELPHIA and BELGRADE, Serbia - Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that it has signed a contract extending the budget of its ongoing assignment providing technical assistance services to the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the implementation of the Infrastructure Project Facility 7 (IPF7) in the Western Balkans. In 2018, Hill began leading a consortium of international companies in the implementation of the IPF7, financed by...
Transportation Leaders Across the Country Report 50-to-90% Reduction in Traffic and Revenues Due to COVID-19
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), the worldwide association for the owners and operators of toll facilities and the businesses that serve tolling, today convened national, state and local transportation leaders from around the country for a briefing on “The State of U.S. Transportation During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in advance of the Memorial Day holiday weekend. During the briefing, national, state and regional transportation leaders discu...
PHIL Offers SSAB Hardox® HiTemp Steels for Hot Slag Applications
PEORIA, Ill. — Philippi-Hagenbuch Inc., a global leader in off-highway truck customization, announces the use of new SSAB Hardox® HiTemp steel in its customized Hot Slag Bodies — part of their lineup of specialty HiVol® Truck Bodies. The new steel is specially designed to withstand extreme temperature environments. As part of PHIL’s Hot Slag Bodies, it reduces necessary plate thickness while maintaining the product’s service life for increased productivity in processing applications. “As a tr...
Designing the Kinnet Tunnel for a 100-Year Service Life
The Kinnet tunnel. Image courtesy: Arava Drainage and Streams Authority / Glimmer - Industrial Consultation The Kinnet tunnel was designed to collect flood water from the entire Arava region and the city of Eilat, Israel. It is being constructed in a highly aggressive environment with sulfate-rich ground and extremely hot weather conditions. Moreover, the regions’ flood water is considered soft water, which contains very few minerals and is very aggressive toward concrete. The aggress...
DART gets $229M in Cares Act funds
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has received notification that it has been allocated $229 million from The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, enacted on March 27. Funding from the CARES Act allows access to valuable financial resources in the battle to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. DART has continued through the pandemic to provide bus, light rail, paratransit, streetcar, police and Trinity Railway Express transit service to ensure North Texans have access to...
Everett Joins WSP USA as Texas Transportation Lead
Brings two decades of transportation engineering experience in the state to his new role with firm’s Technical Excellence Center. AUSTIN — Brian Everett has been named regional civil transportation Technical Excellence Center lead for Texas at WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy. In his new role, Everett will lead the civil team responsible for project management, design, coordination and delivery of transportation projects for public and private clie...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
