ARTBA Seeking Nominations for Annual Industry Leader Development Program Deadline: April 1
(WASHINGTON) - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s Foundation is accepting nominations for its 2022 Industry Leader Development Program (ILDP), a basic introduction to federal and state advocacy on transportation policy, regulatory and legal issues. The program, exclusively sponsored by HNTB, is scheduled for May 15-17 in the Nation’s Capital. The ILDP and its associated Industry Leader Development Council (ILDC), boasts of more than 800 graduates from over 200 industry...
Resilient Roads Roundtable Announces Inaugural Innovators and Influencers List
Ten Transportation Infrastructure Public Sector and Agency Leaders Recognized. (Atlanta, GA, February 18, 2022): The Resilient Roads Roundtable announced its inaugural list of Resilient Roads Innovators and Influencers. The objective of the Resilient Roads Innovators and Influencers list is a bi-annual recognition of those whose advocacy is clear and effective amongst key transportation infrastructure decision-makers as well as those who are creating and adopting new materials, methods...
University of Central Florida's Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty Honored with Prestigious National Research Award
WASHINGTON — Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty, a professor and trustee chair at the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, is the 2022 recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) prestigious S.S. Steinberg Award. Named after the founding president of ARTBA’s Research & Education Division (RED), the Steinberg Award recognizes “an individual who has made remarkable contributions to transportation education....
Woolpert Hires Construction Management and Inspection Team Leader Ian Lesko
The transportation project manager will support aviation and roads and bridges projects across the Midwest. INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 16, 2022) — Woolpert has hired Construction Management and Inspection Team Leader Ian Lesko. Lesko will lead Woolpert’s Midwest construction management staff and services, with a focus on aviation and roads and bridges throughout the region. He will work out of the firm’s Indianapolis office. Lesko started his career at the Indiana Department of Transportation and...
RIEGL Announces Management Change to RIEGL Canada
RIEGL USA Inc. is excited to announce the new Managing Director of RIEGL Canada Ltd., Michael Sitar, who is also acting as Airborne Division Manager for the North American territory. Michael will be joining Kelly Martin who has been Managing Director for RIEGL Canada since 2019. His appointment to this position comes as Susan Licari, former Managing Director for RIEGL Canada and RIEGL USA’s Sales & Marketing Director, passes the torch to him as she focuses on other initiatives for RIEGL USA. “As...
AISI Steel Bridge Task Force Announces Recipient of 2022 Richard S. Fountain Award
Photo, left to right: Brian Hanks, North Carolina Department of Transportation and AASHTO T-14 Vice Chair; Ronnie Medlock, High Steel Structures; Mike Grubb, M.A.Grubb & Associates; Richard S. Fountain Award Winner Todd Helwig, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin; Karl Frank, National Steel Bridge Alliance; Robert Wills, American Iron and Steel Institute; and Chris Garrell, National Steel Bridge Alliance WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Steel Bridge Task F...
Nominate an Industry Leader or Innovator for the 2022 Transportation Development Hall of Fame
WASHINGTON — The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation is accepting nominations for the 2022 Transportation Development Hall of Fame. Launched in 2010, the Hall “honors individuals or families from the public and private sectors who have made extraordinary contributions to U.S. transportation development during their careers.” Nominees are considered in two categories: Transportation Design & Construction Industry Innovators: Honors the men and women who di...
DFI Educational Trust Appoints New Members to Board of Trustees
Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, recently appointed Tom Richards and Thad Tobaben to the Board of Trustees to serve two-year terms. Thomas D. Richards, Jr., P.E., D.GE, is retired chief engineer, and now a consultant, at Nicholson Construction Company. For over 30 years at Nicholson, he has dealt with technical aspects of a multitude of specialized geotechnical projects using micropiles, anchors, soil nails, diaphragm walls and n...
GHD names Ted Whiton to lead U.S. business
Accomplished strategic leadership and operational experience in water and environmental market Santa Rosa, CA - Ted Whiton has been appointed Executive General Manager – USA at GHD, one of the world’s leading professional services companies. Ted has more than 20 years of experience with GHD including his most recent role as Regional General Manager – US West and member of the United States Leadership Team. With a background in environmental engineering and vast experience in munic...
Andres Fernandez to Lead WSP USA Hydrogen Energy Business
WSP vice president will focus on carbon reduction and promoting new strategies for clients to help them hit their environmental, social and governance targets. HOUSTON — As the new national lead for hydrogen at WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, Andres Fernandez sees tremendous opportunities to guide the firm’s Energy clients through “the forefront of an energy transition wave” in the U.S. “It is exciting to be part of a company that is willing to i...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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