Special Awards 2020 Call for Nominations
Call for Nominations Due April 13, 2020 Do you know someone in the industry deserving of special recognition? We are accepting nominations for the SEAOI Special Awards, and we would appreciate your help! The John F. Parmer Award is presented to a structural engineer in reco...
Free Online Training for Linemen Available from Steel Utility Pole Coalition
CENTENNIAL, CO – With social distancing and stay-in-place measures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, many lineman schools have closed, making traditional training avenues impossible. But students and journeyman/apprentice linemen can continue their instruction with complimentary remote and online resources from the Steel Utility Pole Coalition (SUPC). The free-to-use “Essential Lineman Training: Working with Steel Utility Poles” course was initially developed to assist with the minimal le...
2020 International Bridge Conference UPDATE
Due to the COVID-19, the 2020 IBC has been postponed until the fall. New dates are coming soon. For updates, please visit our website https://eswp.com/bridge/bridge-home/ As the COVID-19 crisis continues to unfold, we have been considering the impact this pandemic will have on the 2020 International Bridge Conference (IBC) with a keen focus on keeping our stakeholders safe and healthy. Currently there is strong direction from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Contro...
Kiewit Corporation Tops Out Stantec-Designed Regional Headquarters Campus
Campus design provides easy access to public transportation and flexibility for expansion Earlier this month, the design staff at Stantec joined Kiewit Corporation for a topping out ceremony for Kiewit’s new regional headquarters campus in the RidgeGate development of Lone Tree, Colorado. The approximately 400,000-square-foot office complex is designed to accommodate more than 1,700 employees, enabling Kiewit, one of North America’s largest construction and engineering organizations, to...
Senate Passes Stimulus Package With Billions, Potentially, for Construction
Following five days of tough negotiations among Republican and Democratic leaders and the White House, the Senate has overwhelmingly approved a massive measure aimed at helping laid-off workers, financially strapped companies and a stressed health care system—all due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Senate vote, late on March 25, was 96-0. The measure still must win House approval. Under the final version—the product of a bipartisan agreement announced early in the day—billions of dollars...
Dynamic Infrastructure responds to coronavirus and allows free use of its AI-based bridge maintenance technology
Transportation should keep moving: Dynamic Infrastructure responds to coronavirus pandemic and allows free use of its AI-based bridge maintenance technology by DOTs and PPPs worldwide The New York and Tel Aviv based company Dynamic Infrastructure has decided to open free of charge its AI-based technology to enable Departments of Transportation and Private Public Partnerships (PPP) to continue to remotely manage the critical maintenance of bridges and tunnels during the global emergency r...
CFSEI to Host Webinar on "Design Considerations for Cold-Formed Steel Light Frame Diaphragms" on April 9, 2020
Washington, DC — The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) will host a webinar on “Design Considerations for Cold-Formed Steel Light Frame Diaphragms” on Thursday, April 9, 2020 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT. The webinar is designed for architects, engineers, building officials and contractors. Participants are eligible for 1.5 PDHs. The webinar will cover the basic design of cold-formed steel light frame diaphragms as envisioned in the provisions articulated in AISI S100-16, North...
Woolpert Senior Vice President Jeff Lovin Named President of ASPRS
The Certified Photogrammetrist and Professional Surveyor was inducted today during the geospatial organization’s online event. DAYTON, Ohio — Woolpert Senior Vice President and Market Director Jeff Lovin, CP, PS, was named president of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) today. He was sworn in during the ASPRS annual conference program, portions of which are taking place online this year. Lovin has been with Woolpert for 33 years and was certified as a photo...
Eka Releases Free COVID-19 Risk Monitoring App
Press Release: New York: Eka Software Solutions, the #1 cloud platform for commodity management, announced the release of COVID-19 Risk Monitoring, a free app designed to help customers and prospects quickly gain visibility into supply chain risks to better assess and mitigate risk. The app provides specific insights into the impact of COVID-19 by showing a company’s contract position across countries with reported cases of the virus. Based on company data, the app instantly visualizes contracts...
TerraView Demonstrates Commitment to the Building of the American Drone Industry with Introduction of Second Commercial UAV Model
RangePro X8P (Pixhawk), the follow-up to the RangePro X8, is proudly designed and manufactured in the USA, with U.S.-made flight control system (FCS) components and highly secure radio options Valencia, CA — TerraView, a California-based unmanned aircraft system (UAS) development and manufacturing company, today unveiled the RangePro X8P - Pixhawk, a follow-up model to last year’s RangePro X8, now with system components and options that meet federal government and Department of Defense (DoD)...