ACI Hires Industry Expert to Assist Centers of Excellence
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has hired Dean A. Frank to develop programs to assist in supporting the use of nonmetallic reinforcement and reducing carbon emissions in the concrete construction industry. Frank will initially be working primarily with NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete, assisting in the development of assessment, validation, and certification programs as identified by NEU. Frank joins ACI Staff as a Program Developer...
National Institute of Building Sciences Names New CEO AC Powell
Powell previously served as CEO of the Association for Facilities Engineering (WASHINGTON, DC, August 12, 2022) – The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) Board of Directors is proud to announce the selection of AC Powell, JD, CPS, as the new President and CEO. Powell officially joins NIBS on September 12, 2022. Powell comes with extensive leadership in the built environment, most recently serving for nearly five years as Executive Director and CEO of the Washington, DC-bas...
Ideate Software is Growing Again
Jesika DiGregorio (front left) with some of the Ideate Software team at a recent gathering in Portland, Oregon San Francisco, CA – Ideate Software, an Autodesk® AEC Industry Partner and Autodesk® Authorized Developer, is pleased to announce that its team is growing. “Increased demand for our Revit plug-in solutions and the success of the newly launched Ideate Automation have prompted the need for us to expand the Ideate Software team,” said Glynnis Patterson, Director of Software Deve...
NELSON Worldwide Welcomes Robert Cohoon as Central Regional Technical Leader
The licensed architect brings over three decades of market-wide expertise and will coordinate the implementation of technical firmwide standards CHICAGO — NELSON Worldwide, award-winning architecture, design, and strategy firm, welcomes Robert Cohoon as Regional Technical Leader. Robert will work alongside workplace project teams in the Central Region in a technical leadership role to coordinate drawing/document production and implement firmwide drawing standards. Robert will also provid...
Steel Fabricators of Monroe Welcomes Hale as Project Coordinator
MONROE, La. – Steel Fabricators of Monroe (SFM), a Lexicon, Inc. company, has added Jake Hale as project coordinator. Hale will utilize his coordination, communication and management skills to deliver the highest level of service to the company’s clients. "As a recent graduate, Jake is a shining example of the next generation of constructors who will carry our industry forward," said Joe Tannehill, executive vice president of SFM. "It's been exciting to watch him advance from an intern to his...
Simpson Strong-Tie Announces 2022-2023 Scholarship Winners
Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, announced the recipients of its Student Scholarship, part of the company’s Strong-Tie Undergraduate Fellowship program, for the 2022-2023 academic year. The 100 scholarship recipients are undergraduates in their junior and senior years, majoring in architecture, civil/structural engineering or construction management across the country. The Simpson Strong-Tie® Student Scholarship supports higher educati...
DFI Educational Trust Awards Women in Deep Foundations Professional Development Grants
Hawthorne, N.J. (August 8, 2022): DFI Educational Trust has awarded six Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Professional Development Grants of $1,750 each to women working in the deep foundations industry. The recipients are invited to attend DFI’s 47th Annual Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, October 4-7. The grant includes complimentary conference registration and covers related expenses for attending the conference. The recipients are: • Genesis Figueroa Palacios, graduate student r...
WaterIQ TechnologiesTM Appoints Board of Directors to Drive Next Phase of Growth for Ultrasonic Algae and BioFilm Treatment Solutions
Accomplished Leaders Edgar Jannotta, Vishal Sunak, J. Patrick Lupo and Tom Kalishman to Serve on WaterIQ Board WILSON, Wyo. – WaterIQ Technologies, the leader in next-generation ultrasonic solutions to combat harmful algae and biofilm without the use of chemicals, has announced world-renowned individuals to its Board of Directors. Edgar D Jannotta, Jr, of Warwick Capital Partners; Vishal Sunak, Founder and CEO of LinkSquares; J. Patrick Lupo, the former chairman and CEO of DHL World...
Karen Ohland Begins Term as ASME’s 141st President, Three New Members of the Board of Governors Announced
NEW YORK – Effective July 1, Karen Ohland has begun her term as the 141st president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society announced during its annual meeting in June. Ohland is an ASME Fellow and has been an active member of the Society since 1983. Karen Ohland Ohland is the associate director for finance and operations at the Princeton University Art Museum, where she provides strategic leadership, strengthening and sustaining the process for planning and ma...
Society of Women Engineers Names Chicago Native Dayna Johnson as 2023 President
Chicago — The Society of Women Engineers has named Dayna Johnson, P.E. for GE Gas Power Chicago, as the 2022-2023 SWE President. Johnson is the Emerging Technology Programs and Operations Leader at GE Gas Power. She joined GE in 2012 as a commercial manager, leading large teams through the bidding process to develop proposals for high-voltage electrical substations. Her performance in her former role earned her a position in GE’s Accelerated Leadership Program. Before joining GE, she worked...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
