Ohio Wins USDOT Automated Driving Systems Grant
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s already prominent role in the development of self-driving vehicles took a major leap forward today with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s award of a $7.5 million grant to an Ohio-based team of industry, academia and community partners. The Automated Driving Systems Demonstration Grant will develop and deploy automated transportation solutions focused on Ohio’s rural roads and highways. “The award of this grant shows that Ohio continues to be at the center of this n...
Federal grant will advance US 191 bridge improvements on Navajo Nation
PHOENIX – Winning a $10.4 million Federal Highway Administration grant will allow the Arizona Department of Transportation to advance improvements to four US 191 bridges in a corridor important to residents of the Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The bridges cross major drainages on the Navajo Nation between Chinle Wash at milepost 470 north of Many Farms and Lukachukai Creek at milepost 488. ADOT plans to use accelerated bridge construction methods on the projec...
Oregon Transportation Commission Offers ODOT Director Position to Kris Strickler
SALEM -- On Tuesday, the Oregon Transportation Commission offered the position of ODOT director to Kris Strickler, who is currently Oregon’s Highway Division administrator. If Strickler accepts the OTC’s offer and is confirmed by the Oregon Senate, he will become ODOT’s 12th director. The commission decided to extend the offer to Strickler during a Tuesday afternoon meeting held by phone. The decision culminates a six-month national search for the next director by the commission. Strickler woul...
Two Pickard Chilton Projects Win Prestigious American Architecture Awards
Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons(above) Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons and ATCO Included Among Winning Projects for 25th Annual Awards Ceremony (New Haven, Conn. – September 11, 2019) – Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and sophisticated design of high-performance corporate headquarters and campuses, was honored with two American Architecture Awards for its design of Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons in Milwaukee, Wis.,...
HNTB Names Three Executive Vice Presidents
Market opportunities nationally lead to new appointments for veteran HNTB professionals KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Responding to ongoing growth and a robust U.S. transportation market, HNTB Corporation appointed three new executive vice presidents: John Friel, PE, president, Western Region, United States Keith Hinkebein, PE, president, Design Build, providing alternative delivery services nationally Scott Butzen, PE, enterprise operations officer “In order for HNTB to respond to m...
Rezatec Launches Deployment to Monitor Water Pollution Around Lake Maumelle for Central Arkansas Water
Harwell, Oxfordshire – Central Arkansas Water, a metropolitan water utility system located in Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA has partnered with Rezatec, a world leading data analytics company, to conduct a deployment to identify and monitor sources of contaminants entering one of its primary drinking water sources, Lake Maumelle. Lake Maumelle is a 13.9 square mile man-made reservoir that provides approximately 65 percent of all drinking water to the Arkansas state capital city of Little...
Select and Download Sections of Large Point Clouds Right in Your Browser with NavVis IndoorViewer 2.5
The upcoming release of NavVis IndoorViewer 3D building visualization software will include a new feature to select, crop and download point cloud sections in browser. The beta version of the extended point cloud functionality in NavVis IndoorViewer will be previewed at INTERGEO 2019. Munich, Germany – NavVis, the leading global provider of indoor spatial intelligence technology and enterprise solutions, announces the beta release of NavVis IndoorViewer 2.5. This major software relea...
The Lincoln Avenue Pedestrian Bridge in Lone Tree Wins Prestigious Design Award
Denver, Colorado - Recipients of Chicago Athenaeum’s 2019 American Architecture Awards have just been announced. Winners will be recognized at an awards gala on October 10th and featured in the forthcoming New American Architecture (Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd). Now in its 25th year, the American Architecture Awards are the highest public awards given in the United States by a non-commercial, non-trade affiliated, public arts, culture, and educational institution. They are also the centerpiec...
State-of-the-Art St. Louis Community College Center for Nursing and Health Sciences Opens to Students
St. Louis, MO- Representatives from the community, students and educators gathered on Aug. 23 to celebrate and cut the ribbon on the new St. Louis Community College (STLCC) Center for Nursing and Health Sciences – the first new building at the STLCC-Forest Park campus in 20 years. Minority-owned KAI Enterprises and Tarlton Corp., both based in St. Louis, are credited with the design and construction of the state-of-the art facility. “We are really excited about the Center for Nursing and Hea...
BIMobject appoints Founder Stefan Larsson to step in as interim President of the North American subsidiary
Malmö, Sweden - Today, BIMobject has decided to part ways with Mark Haddad, who served as President of BIMobject North America. Stefan Larsson, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, steps in as interim President until a replacement has been recruited. A recruitment process has been initiated. “It is very positive that Stefan Larsson steps in as Interim President to lead and realize BIMobject’s full potential in the North American market until we find the right candidate. Stefan is familiar with...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
