FINLEY Bridge Designers, Jan Zitny and Jiri Bures Obtain Licenses and are Promoted to Bridge Engineers
Tallahassee, Fla. – January 15, 2020 – FINLEY Engineering Group (FINLEY), Tallahassee-based bridge design and construction engineering firm, is pleased to announce that Jan Zitny has passed his Professional Engineering exam and is a licensed Engineer in the State of Texas, and Jiri Bures has passed his Chartered Engineering exam in the Czech Republic. FINLEY recognized these significant accomplishments by promoting both Zitny and Bures to Bridge Engineers. Jan Zitny, P.E. Jan Zitny, P.E....
ACEC Announces New Volunteer Leaders
Washington, DC – The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) – the voice of America’s engineering industry – is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has elected five new members to its Executive Committee, with terms beginning later this year at the ACEC 2020 Annual Convention and Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C. At the Convention, Charlie Gozdziewski, principal emeritus at Hardesty & Hanover in New York City, will take over the role of Board Chair from current ACEC...
Federal Transit Administration Launches $11 Million Innovation Initiative
WASHINGTON – Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Acting Administrator K. Jane Williams today announced the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) initiative, which supports and advances innovation in the transit industry. Speaking at the Transportation Research Board 2020 annual meeting, Williams described the AIM initiative, which encourages innovation throughout the industry by promoting forward-thinking approaches to improve transit system design, service,...
Wärtsilä converts Brazilian power plant to run on gas for improved sustainability and competitiveness
The technology group Wärtsilä will convert a Brazilian power plant to 100 percent natural gas operation, while at the same time increasing output from 85 MW to 92 MW. This will reduce the plant’s operational costs, and lessen its environmental impact. The contract with Rio Amazonas Energia (RAESA) is for the Cristiano Rocha power plant in Manaus, Brazil, and was signed in November 2019. In addition to the conversion, the two companies have signed a long-term service agreement with power plant pe...
Alstom selects Teleste’s information displays for the REM transit system in Canada
TURKU, FINLAND – Teleste Corporation will supply Alstom with information displays for the stations of the REM (Réseau express métropolitain) light-rail transit system in Montreal, Canada. The deployment will consist of 284 ETL certified indoor and outdoor TFT LCD displays, which will be delivered to Alstom from 2019 to 2022. Once completed, the REM Montreal light-rail transit system will be one of the largest automated transport networks in the world. The system will cover 26 stations and its...
New LEEA Chair Heralds Association’s Future
Richard Money becomes Chair of The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) from January 2020, taking over from Paul Fulcher, with Kat Moss of Catena replacing Richard as Vice Chair. Keen to be a key player in driving LEEA forward, Richard introduces some of the initiatives to propel the association into the new decade. At the end of 2019, as we reflected on our 75-year history and how far we have come, it is clear that LEEA is an association in a great place. But, in taking on the rol...
ARTBA Foundation Seeks Nominations for the 2020 Transportation Development Hall of Fame Class
WASHINGTON — The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Transportation Development Hall of Fame. Launched in 2010, the Hall “honors individuals or families from the public and private sectors who have made extraordinary contributions to U.S. transportation development during their careers.” Nominees are considered in two categories: Transportation Design & Construction Industry Innovators: Honors the men and wome...
OnScale Revolutionizes CAE Licensing with a Pay-as-you-Simulate SaaS Model
Thermal-mechanical and ultrasonic cloud engineering simulation of a next-generation handset. This multiscale simulation study includes all aspects of the design - from system-level to detailed component-level. The time-domain 58 million degree of freedom simulation ran in the OnScale platform in under 25 minutes. Silicon Valley, CA – OnScale, the leader in Cloud Engineering Simulation, today announces the availability of its Pay-as-you-Simulate SaaS model making scalable enterprise-grade...
NACTO Announces New Executive Board Leadership
NEW YORK – Today, the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) announced the election of Robin Hutcheson, Director of the Minneapolis Department of Public Works, as the board’s President, and Eulois Cleckley, Executive Director of the Denver Department of Transportation & Infrastructure, as the board’s Vice President. The board’s previous President, Los Angeles Department of Transportation General Manager Seleta Reynolds, has stepped down following five years of service on...
USDOT Announces Availability of More Than $900 Million for Infrastructure Investments Across America
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the latest round of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program, which is making available more than $900 million for American infrastructure investments. The Department’s Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is available here. The INFRA program is expected to award $906 million to significant projects that support the Administration’s focus on infrastructure improvem...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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