ARTBA Honors WSP USA Diversity with Glass Hammer Award
Prestigious award honors WSP’s successful initiatives to increase female leadership across all business segments over the past year. SAVANNAH, GA — In recognition of its commitment to diversity and inclusion within the workforce, WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, was selected as the 2019 winner of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation Women Leaders Glass Hammer Award. The award was presented Monday at the Found...
South Australia Looks to Take Lead in Green Hydrogen Race
An Australian state with and abundance of renewable energy has unveiled a plan to become a leading global exporter of certified green hydrogen. South Australia is already a world leader in wind, solar and battery storage to the point where excess renewable energy is often shed during peak production periods. The South Australian Government today released its Hydrogen Action Plan...
New Scoop Research Reveals That 62% of Americans Did Not Apply for a Job Because of the Commute
SAN FRANCISCO - Scoop, the largest enterprise carpooling solution in the country, today unveiled the results of its first-annual State of the American Commute report, which offers key insights and a better understanding of the impact of lengthening commutes on American workers’ physical, financial, and emotional well-being. The report, which highlights how commuting leads to lower productivity, higher costs, longer workdays, and different lifestyle choices, is based on a survey of more than 7,00...
USDOT Announces Nearly One Billion Dollars in Infrastructure Grants to 354 Airports in 44 States
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants to 354 airports in 44 states and Puerto Rico and Micronesia. This is the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States. “Infrastructure projects funded by these grants will advance safety, improve travel, generate jobs and provi...
Cummins Pilots New Experiment for On-demand Multimode Transportation at Purdue University
Web-based mobile app and micro transit shuttles enable campus commuters to request a free ride along Purdue’s West Lafayette and airport routes Today, Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced a four-month pilot project in Indiana to evaluate an on-demand transit solution, in partnership with Purdue University and Energy Systems Network (ESN). The pilot begins September 30. The collaborative experiment called, Leaper X, includes a web-based mobile application powered by Cummins, and...
Tama Snow Joins Stantec to Lead Southern California Water Practice
San Diego, CA -mNYSE, TSX:STN: Tama Snow has joined Stantec—a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm—as a senior principal and water area manager in the firm’s San Diego, California, office. Snow will apply her nearly three decades of experience in water resources planning and infrastructure to the firm’s Southern California-based water practice. Snow is a professional engineer specializing in the planning, design, and construction of water-related facilities—water delivery, re...
Pype Secures Second Patent and Multiple ENR Enterprise Partnerships Following Rapid Growth
WASHINGTON - Pype, a leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider for the construction industry has experienced tremendous growth this year following multiple enterprise partnerships with top ENR companies while also securing its second patent, #10417178. The company has more than doubled its staff following two years of rapid revenue growth, further accelerated by new investments from Pritzker Group and Blackhorn Ventures. Reflective of this accomplishment, the software company has moved it...
HxGN Content Program Now Offers High-definition Aerial Data in the United States
HxGN Content Program now offers high-definition aerial data in the United States WASHINTON, D.C., USA (24 September 2019) — Hexagon’s Geosystems division announced today the HxGN Content Program, the largest library of on-demand aerial imagery after five years of continuous aerial data collection across the United States, offers a new high-definition orthophoto layer of 15-centimetre- wide area and 5-cm urban area coverage. The program moves from 30 cm to 15 cm resolution across the c...
Mike Patterson, former Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation, joins HNTB as transportation practice consultant in Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY – Mike Patterson joined HNTB Corporation as a national transportation practice consultant and vice president. He is based in the firm’s Oklahoma City office. Patterson serves as a strategic advisor to HNTB’s newly-named Oklahoma City office practice leader, Heidi Katz, PE. Together they will help drive growth and exceptional project delivery to highway and toll clients in the Central U.S. region. Patterson also supports HNTB’s national DOT and toll market teams in building...
Rail Safety Week 2019 – A shared responsibility
MONTREAL - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) today launched its railway safety awareness campaign kicking off Rail Safety Week 2019 across Canada and the United States. “2019 is a very special year for CN as its marks our 100th anniversary. Since the origin, safety has been a core value at CN,” said Stephen Covey, chief of police and chief security officer at CN. “On our journey to become the safest railroad in North America, we want to continue to collaborate with the communities where we operate to...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
