American Concrete Institute Announces Recipients of the ACI Certification Award and ACI Construction Award
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The American Concrete Institute (ACI) is pleased to announce the recipients of the ACI Certification Award and the ACI Construction Award. Mark A. Cheek receives the ACI Certification Award: “For outstanding leadership and service on ACI Certification committees, and dedication in developing, promoting, supporting, and delivering ACI Certification programs.” Mark A. Cheek, FACI, is Vice President of The Beta Group, Engineering and Construction Services, in Gretna, LA...
Tanjuaquio Named West Construction Services Lead at WSP USA
Former Caltrans engineer brings nearly three decades of experience to new construction services leadership role covering a six-state region. ORANGE, CALIFORNIA — Allan Tanjuaquio has been named a senior vice president and construction services lead for the West region at WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy. Tanjuaquio bring 29 years of program management and construction management (PM/CM) experience to his new role at WSP. He will provide his extensiv...
DFI Educational Trust and Terracon Foundation Announce a New Scholarship Fund
Picture: Terracon presents a $50,000 check to DFI. Left to right: Theresa Engler, executive director, DFI; Bernie Hertlein, senior consultant GEI and DFI Educational Trust board member; Liz Smith, senior principal, Terracon; and Andrew Verity, national account manager, Terracon Hawthorne, N.J. : Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust and the Terracon Foundation announce the establishment of the DFI Educational Trust/Terracon Consultants Scholarship Fund, which will provide s...
Dow teams up to contribute carbon savings from anti-corrosion steel coatings to Official Carbon Partnership with IOC
Collaboration with PPG to offer solutions with reduced GHG emissions to the industrial coatings market and help lessen high maintenance costs of steel infrastructure MIDLAND, Mich. – Announcing the latest contributor under Dow’s Official Carbon Partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Dow (NYSE: DOW) is teaming up with PPG (NYSE: PPG) to reduce the carbon impact of anti-corrosion coatings for steel commercial infrastructure. The collaboration between Dow and PPG, a globa...
ODOT Names New Head of Public Transportation Division
SALEM -- ODOT has a new leader for the newly-formed Public Transportation Division. Karyn Criswell steps into the role of division administrator February 1, 2020. "We are excited to tap into Karyn’s experience bringing diverse interests together to forge partnerships that improve the public and active transportation system as an integral part of our state’s transportation system," said Cooper Brown, ODOT’s Assistant Director for Operations. Criswell will oversee the passenger rail and tran...
Brennan Named WSP USA Regional Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Texas/Mountain Region
Andrew Brennan has joined WSP USA to lead the firm’s transportation alternative delivery projects in the Southwestern U.S. HOUSTON — WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, has hired Andrew Brennan as Texas/Mountain region’s director of strategic initiatives for alternative delivery projects. Based in the firm’s Houston office, Brennan will manage the pursuit and execution of alternative delivery projects covering various markets, including highways, tra...
IQGeo drives digital transformation with Network Manager for Utilities
Cambridge - IQGeo (AIM:IQG) announces the launch of Network Manager for Utilities, a new product that extends the IQGeo platform to design, maintain and edit networks, as well as host network asset data. IQGeo’s mobile-first, scalable and flexible solution accelerates productivity and collaboration by streamlining the planning, design and construction processes for utility network operators. Distributed renewables, the proliferation of distributed energy resources (DER), IoT deployments, adop...
Wärtsilä GEMS energy storage technology to enhance Wärtsilä engine plant and integrate renewables in Honduras
The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to add a 10 MW/26 MWh energy storage solution to a power plant owned by Roatan Electric Company (RECO) on the Caribbean island of Roatan in Honduras. Wärtsilä’s proprietary GEMS energy management software solution will control the utility’s energy system, including earlier delivered Wärtsilä engines, and solar PV. The order was placed with Wärtsilä in December 2019. The addition of energy storage and GEMS solution to RECO’s generation resource...
Sensera Systems and Trimble Announce Reseller Agreement
GOLDEN, CO — Sensera Systems, Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive, real-time jobsite intelligence solutions today announced a reseller agreement with Trimble. Trimble and its BuildingPoint channel will offer Sensera's cutting-edge jobsite intelligence solutions including solar/wireless cameras and Sensera SiteCloud® service to extend its jobsite management portfolio including Trimble CrewSight. Trimble CrewSight combines a jobsite access control system with a worker database for increas...
John "JB" Byrd Recognized for1 5 Years of Service at JMP&A
(1-r) Paul Miller, John "JB" Byrd, John Palatiello" FAIRFAX, VA- John "JB" Byrd was recognized today on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of his employment with John M. Palatiello & Associates, Inc. (JMP&A), a government relations and association management firm. Since joining JMP&A in January of 2005, Byrd has built a reputation as a trusted and effective advocate for the firm's clients, and has become a recognized subject matter expert on issues related to the surveying and geosp...