ODOT names three key leaders to new Office of Urban Mobility and Mega Project Delivery, including the new tolling program
SALEM – The Oregon Department of Transportation is developing a new focus on comprehensive solutions to congestion, access, and mobility issues, which affect quality of life and economic health far beyond the Portland metro area. This new focus responds to public and stakeholder feedback and aligns with the visions of the Oregon Transportation Commission and ODOT Director Kris Strickler for the future of the transportation system. ODOT’s newly formed Office of Urban Mobility and Mega Project...
King named Mississippi Transportation Commission Chairman
JACKSON, MISS. – At its first meeting of 2020, the Mississippi Transportation Commission named Commissioner Tom King, Southern Transportation District, as chairman. “I am so honored to be elected as chairman; it is a responsibility I will take pride in” said King. “As chairman, my goal is to ensure the commission continues to focus on sustaining a transportation infrastructure that promotes economic growth throughout the state, as well as the needs of the public when it comes to safety.” K...
Thornton Tomasetti Launches BEACON, First-of-its-Kind Embodied Carbon Measurement Tool
The open-source tool gives users the ability to develop carbon reduction strategies in real time. (New York – Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, has launched Beacon, an innovative embodied carbon measurement tool poised to change the way structural engineers understand and manage embodied carbon optimization. The tool – first-of-its-kind – gives users the ability to measure embodied carbon, allowing for more informed decisions throughout the design process. Beaco...
UMC Celebrates Its Centennial Anniversary in 2020
Seattle/Mukilteo - UMC begins its 100th year of providing mechanical design and construction, facilities service and maintenance, energy services, building automation and fabrication/manufacturing throughout the Puget Sound region and beyond. Since its 1920 founding in Seattle, UMC has been dedicated to serving clients and owners by navigating the inherent complexity of building systems to take worry and angst off clients’ minds and help them create comfortable, productive, energy-efficient and...
Western Specialty Contractors Completes Metal Roofing, Siding Façade on New Kansas City Campus for Animal Care Facility
St. Louis, MO- The Western Specialty Contractors - Kansas City Roofing and Sheet Metal Branch recently completed installation of metal roofing and siding on the new $26 million Kansas City Campus for Animal Care facility – home to KC Pet Project, one of the Top 5 no-kill, open admission animal shelters in the U.S. Located at the corner of Elmwood and Gregory streets in Swope Park, the 54,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art animal campus opened to the public on Jan. 1, 2020 and includes a full-s...
A Decade Later, Inspection Shows Eight Mile Road’s FRP Bridge Deck and Beam System In “Like New” Condition
DAYTON, Ohio - Composite Advantage engineers recently inspected Hamilton County, Ohio’s Eight Mile Road Bridge to see how its fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) deck was holding up after more than a decade of vehicle traffic. The span was the first bridge in the U.S. to receive Composite Advantage’s FiberSPAN prefabricated, drop-in-place system with FRP tee-stiffened panels. Installation for the 22 ft.-long, 62 ft.-wide two-lane crossing took one day. Eight Mile’s specifications called for L/800...
Pipe Beveling Machine Creates Perfectly Square Beveled Ends
A portable, easy to operate pipe beveling tool that is designed to produce perfectly square and parallel bevels to help assure high-integrity welded joints has been introduced by Esco Tool of Holliston, Massachusetts. The Esco Wart MILLHOG® Portable Pipe Beveler mounts securely into the pipe I.D. using a self-centering draw rod assembly with a mandrel featuring expandable clamps. Designed to create precise square and beveled pipe ends with ± 0.001” accuracy, it has a 3-blade holder that can...
Leica BLK2GO named CES 2020 Best of Innovation winner, BLK247 recognised as Innovation Award Nominee
Heerbrugg, Switzerland – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, today announced two more BLK products have been recognised by CES as part of the annual CES Innovation Awards, the series' fourth appearance since 2017 in the annual awards programme For the 2020 awards, the Leica BLK2GO was named a CES 2020 Best of Innovation Award Winner and the Leica BLK247 was named a CES Best of Innovation Award Nominee, both in the category of Digital Imaging and Photography. Previous BLK products that have bee...
Virtual Reality Paving the Way for Enhanced Safety and Efficiency in the Power Industry, Reveals GlobalData
Virtual reality (VR) technology can help the power industry to deliver workforce training and education in an immersive environment. The VR market, worth nearly $7bn in 2018, is set to become a $28bn industry by 2030, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13% over the forecast period. GlobalData’s latest theme report, ‘Thematic Research: Virtual Reality in Power’, highlights that VR training could kick off in a big way and bring new value to the power industry. However, while VR vendors...
Woolpert Welcomes Former AGC, Director of Warfighter Support, Senior Geospatial Strategist Michael Harper
The U.S. Army veteran will help the firm expand its mapping and spatial data support of the U.S. Armed Forces. ARLINGTON, Va. — Michael A. Harper has joined Woolpert as a senior strategist to support the firm’s rapidly expanding Geospatial Sector, working out of the firm’s Arlington office. Harper worked for the U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC) from 2005-2019, providing leadership, strategic planning, and direct geospatial engineering and intelligence support for all levels of command. Pr...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
