Rinker Materials™ Directs Traffic at Hendricks Gateway Park
Stormwater Management System Helps Companies Navigate New Industrial Campus MONROVIA, Ind. – Core5 Logistics Center at Hendricks Gateway Park recently opened a nearly two million square-foot multi-facility campus making it one of the highest concentrations of modern logistics and distribution space in the Midwest. Conveniently located along I-70 about 25 miles southwest of Indianapolis, Hendricks Gateway Park required a stormwater management system featuring concrete components from Rink...
Tight spaces tip presence of petrochemicals
Rice engineers’ study reveals critical role of molecular confinement in interpreting NMR HOUSTON – Rice University engineers have put to rest a long-held theory about the detection of oil and gas that hides inside the nanoscale pores of shale formations. The Rice researchers determined that puzzling indicators from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tools are not due, as thought, to the paramagnetic properties of the rock but solely to the size of the space that traps the petrochemicals....
Dewberry to Continue Providing Coastal Resilience Planning and Engineering Services for City of Virginia Beach
Dewberry to Continue Providing Coastal Resilience Planning and Engineering Services for City of Virginia Beach Dewberry recently completed the City’s Sea Level Wise adaptation strategy report. The report summarizes five years’ worth of research to understand the impacts of future flood conditions and includes recommended development planning, policy, and engineering strategies. The final integrated strategy combines community preparedness, nature-based and engineered defense interventions, and...
Esri and FEMA Provide Free Access to Data and Mapping Technology in Response to COVID-19
REDLANDS, Calif.— Esri, the global leader in mapping and location intelligence, today announced that it has been working closely with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide its mapping and analytics technology in support of an integrated, multi-agency geospatial platform for supporting COVID-19 response. This includes distribution of its technology to FEMA partner entities and organizations across the country. This collaboration leverages Esri’s enterprise agreement at the...
AGA Announces New Executive Director
Centennial, Colo. - The American Galvanizers Association (AGA) Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Melissa Lindsley to the position of Executive Director. She will be transitioning into the position over the next six months with the full support of the current executive director, Philip Rahrig, who is retiring in Q4 Ms. Lindsley has been with the AGA since 2005 and for the past 13 years serving as Marketing Director. In that time she has become the drivi...
USDOT Announces $1 Billion for Amtrak in Response to COVID-19
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is making over $1 billion available to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to support the railroad’s activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States and its impacts on operations and business. The funding is being provided under the recently e...
Water quality could change in buildings closed down during COVID-19 pandemic, engineers say
Purdue engineering professor Andrew Whelton holds up a water sample from a building faucet. The pink color indicates the presence of chlorine, a disinfectant. Whelton’s team is investigating how water quality might change in buildings during a time of limited occupancy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Purdue University photo/Matt Kerkhoff) Study part of national effort to understand how extended shutdowns affect water quality in buildings WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — While restaurants, gyms,...
230,000 U.S. Bridges Need Repair, New Analysis of Federal Data Finds
46,000 Are “Structurally Deficient” and in Poor Condition NYC’s Brooklyn Bridge and D.C.’s Theodore Roosevelt Bridge Make List National, State and Local Data Available: www.artbabridgereport.org WASHINGTON)— Nearly 231,000 U.S. bridges need major repair work or should be replaced, according to an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) analysis of the just released U.S. Department of Transportation’s 2019 National Bridge Inventory (NBI) database. That figur...
Earth Challenge 2020 World’s Largest Citizen Science Initiative Launched for Earth Day 2020
World’s Largest Citizen Science Initiative Launched for Earth Day 2020 Individuals Around the Globe Use Smart Phone App to Take Action and Contribute to New Citizen Science Cloud Washington DC — Earth Challenge 2020 (Earth Challenge) launched today marking the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. This project creates a global expansion of open source citizen science data and opportunities for civic engagement. Earth Challenge has two goals. First, to aggregate existing citizen science f...
8th Annual NCSPA Project Of The Year Winners Announced
The 8th Annual NCSPA Project of the Year Awards were held virtually on Tuesday, April 7th, 2020. Over 20 amazing projects were submitted from 8 different companies. Winners were crowned in 8 different categories ranging from Rehabilitation to Special Applications. Let's give a round of applause to our winners! Click here for details
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
