Woolpert Designing Dedicated Wrestling Facility for Jennings County School Corporation
NORTH VERNON, Ind. — The Jennings County School Corporation (JCSC) has contracted with Woolpert to design a 23,700-square-foot wrestling addition the Jennings County High School gymnasium in North Vernon, Ind. The first-class facility will be dedicated to the district’s wrestling program. It will be connected on the south side of the gym by a corridor that is adjacent to the weight room. The facility will seat 785, house two locker rooms and include a large equipment storage area with a gara...
ASTM International Establishes Werner H. Gumpertz Award in Honor of SGH Co-Founder
WALTHAM, Massachusetts – ASTM International has established a new industry award in honor of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) co-founder Werner H. Gumpertz. The organization’s board of directors approved the Werner H. Gumpertz Award following their board meeting in Boston, MA, last month. “As a result of his exceptional work on standards over six decades, Werner Gumpertz played a major role in creating a strong technical foundation for our modern built environment,” said ASTM International Pres...
Carlson Named WSP USA Northern California Environmental Planning Manager
Environmental veteran’s responsibilities include oversight of firm’s Northern California environmental planning efforts. SAN FRANCISCO — David Carlson has joined WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, as the firm’s Northern California environmental manager. He will lead development of the firm’s growing environmental planning practice in San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland and Sacramento. Carlson brings more than 30 years of experience in transportation,...
Call for Abstracts for DFI45 – Due Dec. 13
DFI's 45th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations (#DFI45) will be held Oct. 13-16, 2020, in National Harbor, Maryland. The theme for the conference is People. Purpose. Passion. Presentations will highlight the hard work, passion, connections, technologies and professionalism that drive the deep foundations industry worldwide. Those interested in making a presentation at #DFI45 should submit a brief abstract (300 words or less) describing the subject matter of their proposed presentation no la...
HNTB adds Community Transit veteran Carol Thompson as senior transit planner in Seattle
BELLEVUE, Wash. – Carol Thompson has joined HNTB Corporation as senior transit planner, bringing nearly 50 years of industry experience in transportation planning within Snohomish County and the Puget Sound region. She is based in the firm’s Bellevue office. Most recently, Thompson was with Community Transit in Everett, Washington, working closely with partner agencies in Snohomish County and the greater Puget Sound area. “In addition to extensive hands-on experience directly addressing th...
KAI Hires Radhika Dharanipalan as Senior Project Manager at its Atlanta Office
St. Louis, MO- KAI announces the hiring of Senior Project Manager Radhika Dharanipalan, RA, NCARB, PMP, LEED AP BD+C, of Milton, Georgia at its Atlanta office. As Senior Project Manager, Dharanipalan will be responsible for managing budgets, deliverables and schedules for multiple architecture and engineering projects of various sizes and across different sectors. She will interface with clients, prepare proposals and pricing, in addition to preparing prime- and sub-contracts in coordination...
USDOT Announces $25 Million Infrastructure Investment in Aurora
AURORA – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Trump Administration will invest $900 million in American infrastructure through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. This includes an award of $25 million to Aurora for the I-70/Picadilly Interchange project. “The Administration is targeting BUILD Transportation grants to repair, rebuild, and revitalize significant infrastructure projects a...
Latin America and Caribbean on the Brink of Massive Solar Power Growth
Lima, Peru – Latin America and the Caribbean could grow their installed solar capacity by a factor of 40 by 2050, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows. Annual investmens exceeding seven billion would see the region's solar PV capacity rise from 7 gigawatts (GW) today, to more than 280 GW by mid-century. While solar energy remains the highest in Asia, North America and Europe, market growth is set to shift to other regions in the world. By that time, solar PV...
10-year Anniversary of Ideate BIMLink for Revit Brings Major Enhancements
San Francisco, CA – Ideate Software, a veteran Autodesk Developer Network member, announced enhancements to Ideate BIMLink, its Revit productivity application that simplifies model management by facilitating the movement of data from Autodesk® Revit® software to Microsoft Excel for editing, and then back into Revit with speed, ease and accuracy. “As we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Ideate BIMLink, we enjoy looking back at the meaningful enhancements added with every release,” said Glyn...
Construction Complete on University of Colorado Boulder’s Newest and Largest Residence Hall Williams Village East
St. Louis, MO - The new Williams Village East residence hall at the University of Colorado Boulder proudly welcomed its first students in August for the fall 2019 semester. The 178,000-square-foot residence hall, the university’s largest, houses a total of 705 students. The $96.7 million residence hall was designed by St. Louis-based KWK Architects as part of the design-build team, which also included architect-of-record alm2s of Fort Collins, CO and Whiting-Turner Contracting Company of Den...