USDOT Transition Team Unveiled By Incoming Biden-Harris Administration
The incoming Biden-Harris administration has released the names of the 18-member transition team for the U.S. Department of Transportation, which will also review the National Transportation Safety Board, Amtrak, and the Federal Maritime Commission. Jeff Marootian The transition team has significant representation from urban transportation, public transportation, and labor. Jeff Marootian – director of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation and a member of the American Associati...
LEEA welcomes Martin Halford to the Board
Martin Halford has joined the Board of The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), the leading trade organisation for the global lifting sector. Martin is Managing Director and owner of Dynamic Load Monitoring (UK) Ltd, which specialises in the Design and Manufacture of Load Cells and Load Monitoring Equipment. He is also Director at Vulcan Offshore Ltd, an Engineering services specialist for the Offshore Industry. Commenting on joining the board, Martin said: “LEEA is a great fo...
Environmental Strategy Expert, Karen Beattie, Joins Cardno's Portland, OR Office
PORTLAND, OR - Cardno, an international professional infrastructure and environmental services firm, is pleased to announce that Karen Beattie has joined the firm as a Business Unit Manager in the company’s Portland, OR., USA, office. Karen has more than 40 years of experience in environmental management programs, permitting, and project management on significant projects across the Pacific Northwest. Karen has performed extensive engagement with key stakeholders, including federal, stat...
Tiago Sabino Dias, President and CEO of Arevon Energy Management
Scottsdale, Arizona — Arevon Energy Management (AEM) is pleased to announce that Tiago Sabino Dias will be leading the organization as President and CEO. AEM is a newly formed organization focused on innovation of power products through the integration of renewable energy, storage solutions, distributed generation, and power marketing services. AEM has an exclusive partnership with Capital Dynamics’ Clean Energy and Infrastructure (CEI) platform supporting the origination of renewable based stru...
DFI Europe Board of Trustees Announces Two New Members
Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI Europe, a regional chapter of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), announces Anne Lemnitzer and Stig Weiss have joined its Board of Trustees as new members. Anne Lemnitzer, Ph.D., P.E., is on the faculty in geotechnical engineering at the University of California, Irvine, and is a visiting scholar at the University of Applied Sciences, Leipzig, Germany (HTWK). Her involvement with DFI includes being co-editor in chief of the DFI Journal and a member of the DFI Boar...
Mark Moschella joins HNTB as senior project manager in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Industry veteran will assist with HNTB’s transportation infrastructure programs across the region KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (Nov. 10, 2020) – HNTB Corporation has named Mark Moschella, PE, senior project manager in the company’s King of Prussia office. Moschella, an industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience in transportation infrastructure, will help manage and deliver HNTB projects with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Allegheny County and other valued clients across th...
DFI Announces New Technical Committee Chairs
Hawthorne, N.J : Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces new chairs for two of its 28 Technical Committees: Sustainability Committee and Testing & Evaluation Committee. Gerald Verbeek, of Verbeek Management Systems (VMS) and Allnamics Pile Testing Experts, has taken the helm of DFI’s Sustainability Committee. He was recently the chair of the Testing & Evaluation Committee. Verbeek is very active in promoting soil and foundation testing philosophies and equipment. He recently s...
Election 2020: Wins For Incumbent Governors, Transportation Ballot Measures
Out of the 11 state governorships up for election in 2020, incumbents seeking re-election won nine of them – six of them Republican and three Democrat – with two open seats captured by Republican candidates. [Above photo of Gov. Mike Parson (R) by MoDOT.] Meanwhile, voters in 18 states approved a record 94 percent of state and local transportation-focused ballot initiatives so far, providing an additional $14 billion in one-time and recurring revenue for transportation improvements through...
ASCE installs new, ‘more clear and concise’ Code of Ethics
ASCE has updated the primary document that guides and protects decisions made by civil engineers around the world. At its quarterly meeting Oct. 26, the ASCE Board of Direction approved the suggested changes to the Society’s Code of Ethics, marking the first wholesale update of the code since 1974. The changes went into effect immediately. “It has been a while since we had a comprehensive review of our Code of Ethics, so it was time that we did one,” said ASCE 2020 President K.N. Gunalan,...
Thornton Tomasetti’s Raymond Daddazio Inducted into National Academy of Construction
Open Source App Provides Customizable Health Reporting And Contact Tracing Capabilities New York, NY – November 10, 2020 – Thornton Tomasetti has open sourced its proprietary Healthy Reentry (HR) application for health monitoring and contact tracing. Designed to facilitate the safe return of employees to the workplace, the web-based solution can be customized to meet the needs of large and small companies while protecting the privacy of staff. Healthy Reentry enables employees to reco...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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