ARTBA Foundation Announces Four Transportation Development Hall of Fame Inductees
WASHINGTON - Fred Fehsenfeld, Sr., Dr. T. Peter Ruane, Ethel A. Birchland and William “Bill” Boyd Burgett are the 2019 inductees into the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation’s Transportation Development Hall of Fame. The announcement was made Sept. 23 at the association’s National Convention in Savannah, Ga. Launched in 2010, the Hall “honors individuals or families from the public and private sectors who have made extraordinary contributions to U.S. transp...
SmartPM™ to Seamlessly Provide Automated Project Analytics Within the Procore Platform
Atlanta, GEORGIA - SmartPM™ Technologies, leading provider of Automated Project Analytics Software for the Construction Industry, announced today they are partnering with Procore, a leading provider of construction management software, to seamlessly provide access to SmartPM’s Analytics Engine directly from within the Procore application. As part of Procore’s newly released Embedded Experience capability SmartPM’s Project Oversight, Process Improvement, and Forensic Delay Analysis capabilities w...
Crescent Communities Announces Construction of Flex Industrial Facility in Southwest Charlotte
Charlotte, NC – Crescent Communities today announced that it has secured and will start development on 15 acres for a flex office and industrial facility in Fort Mill, SC. Stateline Logistics Center by Crescent Communities will offer 104,000 square feet of single-story shallow bay commercial space with a compelling 24-feet of clear height. The project will include 26 trailer parking spaces in addition to surface parking. Stateline Logistics Center is located within Lakemont East Business P...
Neste and Lufthansa Collaborate and Aim for a More Sustainable Aviation
Neste, the world’s leading renewable fuel producer, and Lufthansa, one of the leading airlines in Europe, strengthen their collaboration regarding the development of renewable solutions for aviation. As part of the collaboration, Lufthansa will use Neste’s sustainable aviation fuel, blended with fossil jet fuel on flights departing from Frankfurt. The first batch of sustainable aviation fuel was delivered to Lufthansa earlier this year. “We are very happy to continue our collaboration with L...
Video: How to Restore an Earthquake-Destroyed UNESCO Heritage Palace
Originally built in 1908, Gaddi Baithak reflects the influence that European architecture had on Nepal at that time. Primarily composed of brick with alternating mud and lime mortar layers, the building includes a double-height great hall with timber trusses, wood-framed ceilings and floors and minimal use of steel for connections above the ceiling. Two box-like appendages on either end of the hall include mezzanines. The south face of the building features a terrace with six sets of double colu...
PERI Releases PD 5 Shoring System
“10K Shoring” has been a generic term in the US concrete industry for decades for simple frame towers, used for tall shoring applications. The 10K stands for 10,000 lbs. capacity. And while formwork manufacturers have since come up with many other sophisticated, time and labor saving shoring options, 10K continues to have its place in any contractors shoring portfolio. With PD-5, PERI is now bringing the smart features of some of the higher-tier products to traditional 10K shoring frames. Thi...
Engineers Mull Cause of Bridge Collapse
The Nanfangao Bridge in Yilan County’s Suao Township is pictured after the bridge collapsed yesterday morning. Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times Yesterday’s collapse of the Nanfangao Bridge (南方澳橋) in Yilan County might have been due to rusted anchoring points, Taipei Technology College of Engineering dean Sung Yu-chi (宋裕祺) said. Video footage showed that the vertical cable at the center of the bridge’s steel arch was the first to snap, Sung said. However, the bridge is sus...
Automated Bus Consortium Transit and Transportation Agency Members Announce Candidate Pilot Projects Across the US
DETROIT--The Automated Bus Consortium (Consortium) convened its private industry forum to explore the feasibility of implementing test-pilot automated bus projects across the United States. The event was hosted by AECOM, a fully integrated infrastructure firm and the Consortium’s program manager and founding agency member, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT)/PlanetM. The forum brought together over 100 attendees including representatives from member agencies, bus manufacturers and techn...
Profile Products Hires Director of Human Resources
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. — Profile® Products is pleased to announce the hiring of Michelle Lee as director of human resources. Lee will be responsible for all HR activity throughout the company and will work closely with the executive leadership team on strategic initiatives. “Michelle has a wealth of knowledge in employee relations, recruiting and training in manufacturing and corporate work environments,” said Cal Stuart, vice president and chief financial officer of Profile Products. “We are co...
Updated LORD Corporation Sensing Software Offers Inertial Product Support for Optimal User Experience
CARY, N.C. — LORD Corporation — a global leader in sensing systems, has released the latest version of its SensorConnect™ sensing software, featuring significant updates that support sensor management and data collection and visualization for MicroStrain inertial products. This update is designed to fully replace the inertial data collection and visualization capabilities in MIP Monitor™. MIP Monitor will continue to be available on the website but will no longer be updated to support new produc...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
