U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Up to $502.9 Million Loan for Infrastructure Projects in Hampton Roads, VA
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau (the Bureau) will provide up to a $502.9 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission (HRTAC) in Virginia to help finance several of HRTAC’s Regional Priority Projects. “This $502.9 million federal investment in transportation infrastructure in the Hampton Road...
Construction Complete on KAI-Designed Addition, Renovation to Concord Missionary Baptist Church Youth Space in Dallas
Dallas, TX - Construction has been completed on an addition and renovation to the youth educational space at Concord Missionary Baptist Church (Concord Church) in Dallas, Texas. KAI provided architecture, interior design and MEP engineering services on the project. KAI’s team provided a re-imagined, modern design for an existing 15,000-square-foot space for youth education, plus designed a 1,347-square-foot addition. The addition provides an energetic space for teens to gather and hang ou...
U.S. Solar Market and 15 States See Best Quarter Ever for Residential Solar
WASHINGTON, D.C. and HOUSTON, TX – The U.S. residential solar market reached record highs in the third quarter of 2019 with 712 megawatts of solar installed, according to the latest U.S. Solar Market Insight report from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). The U.S. solar market added 2.6 gigawatts of solar photovoltaics in the third quarter, swelling total U.S. solar capacity to 71.3 gigawatts. The increase in residential installations helped t...
Nearmap Acquires Pushpin Technology To Provide Roof Geometry Insights
SALT LAKE CITY – Leading aerial imagery company Nearmap today announced that it has acquired technology and assets from Pushpin, a deep learning and analytics technology company that extracts data from 3D models to provide roof geometry insights to a variety of sectors including roofing, solar and government. The technology acquisition allows Nearmap to rapidly extract and disseminate roof geometry from its wide scale 3D models and offer a new form of location content to its customers. ‘‘By...
Debbie Gies joins HNTB Corporation in Boston as transit senior project manager
BOSTON – Debbie Gies joined HNTB Corporation as a senior project manager for program management. Based in the firm’s Boston office, Gies works with transit agencies in the areas of project management, operations coordination, construction staging logistics and public outreach. “Debbie brings an impressive background in transit system operations, having served in nearly every operations capacity for the MBTA’s Green line,” said Gary Bua, PE, HNTB’s Massachusetts office leader and vice presiden...
Sarah Lee joins HNTB as office leader in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Sarah Lee, Esq., has been named HNTB Corporation’s office leader for the firm’s Ohio offices in Columbus and Cleveland. She is based in Columbus. Lee, an associate vice president, brings more than 15 years of industry, legal and entrepreneurial experience to the role, and recognized expertise in advancing diversity and inclusion in the public transportation sector. As Ohio office leader, she leads more than 30 multi-disciplinary professionals committed to delivering highway,...
Stantec Selected as Lead Designer for I-64 Widening Project in West Virginia
Charleston, WV- TSX, NYSE: STN: Top ten global design firm Stantec has been selected to lead design for the I-64 widening project in Cabell County, West Virginia. As part of the $71.7 million design-build project, approximately 2.5 miles of the four lane Interstate will be widened to six or eight lanes and five overpass bridges will be replaced. Stantec will also lead extensive drainage design services for the new impervious area along the road, with the addition of bio-retention ponds and perfo...
Fugro wins nearshore site characterisation contract for Copenhagen megaproject
Danish consulting firm COWI has awarded Fugro a nearshore geotechnical site investigation for CPH City & Port Development’s Lynetteholmen megaproject in Copenhagen. Fugro’s site investigation will be used to inform the detailed design of the new artificial island, which will cover approximately 275 hectares and increase the Danish capital’s land mass by around 2 %. Fugro’s solution will acquire high-quality geotechnical data in shallow water depths from a single jack-up, and ensure fast and effi...
Renewable energy to become dominant energy source in France’s capacity mix by 2027, says GlobalData
Nuclear power, currently the dominant energy source in France, is expected to be overtaken by renewable energy by 2027. The share of renewable energy in France is expected to reach 42.9% of the country’s power mix by 2023, up from 19.9% in 2018, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s latest report, 'France Power Market Outlook to 2030, Update 2019 – Market Trends, Regulations, and Competitive Landscape', reveals that in 2018 nuclear power dominated the cap...
Winners Named in 2nd Annual NOCoE TSMO Competition
Three state departments of transportation and the Houston Transtar traffic management consortium took home top honors in the second annual National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) Transportation Systems Management and Operations or TSMO awards competition. The North Carolina Department of Transportation won for its “Statewide Central Signal System Initiative” in the Agency Improvement: Use of Capability Maturity Model category, while the Georgia Department of Transportation won for it...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
