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Local Motors, Stantec Launch Strategic Alliance to Deliver, Test Self-Driving Shuttles and Needed Infrastructure

January 3, 2017 - in Transportation

Global design firm Stantec and Local Motors, a US-based technology company that designs, builds and sells vehicles, have entered into a strategic alliance to accelerate the worldwide implementation of connected automated vehicles. The two companies will combine…

Dewberry Announces the Promotion of Brian Batten, Ph.D.

January 3, 2017 - in News, People

Dewberry is proud to announce the promotion of Brian Batten, Ph.D., CFM, to associate in the firm's Richmond, Virginia, office. Batten is a senior coastal…

AECOM, EnergySolutions Joint Venture Wins San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Decommissioning Contract

January 3, 2017 - in Corporate, News

LOS ANGELES  — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, and EnergySolutions, a nuclear waste management and decommissioning…

Arup Officially Certified as Design Partner for ProRail

January 3, 2017 - in Lifecycle

Arup in the Netherlands received the official recognition certificate by ProRail in their category of 'engineering firms'. As of today Arup is recognised engineer for rail carrying as well as non-rail carrying civil structures and designer for utility structures…

HNTB Compiles America THINKS 2016 Survey Results Discussing Americans’ Views on Transportation

January 3, 2017 - in Events

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – HNTB Corporation released a new compilation of America THINKS 2016 survey results. It highlights Americans’ views on U.S. transportation through three national surveys in 2016 that studied issues associated with funding and mobility,…

Unique Precast Pipe Structure Helps Community Park with Increased Stormwater Run-Off

January 3, 2017 - in News, Projects, Stormwater, Water

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa.  – Unsettled with the increasing storm water flowing through the Hanover Township Community Park, in Bethlehem, Pa., the Hanover Township Public Works Department teamed with Oldcastle Precast to devise a unique storm water solution,…

A Scientist from Kazakhstan Invents a Wind Turbine 1.5 Times More Powerful than Comparable Turbines

January 3, 2017 - in Energy, Renewables

Marat Issekeyev, a scientist from Kazakhstan, has invented a cheap wind turbine that can generate almost 1.5 times more electricity than comparable turbines. Mr. Issekeyev, who holds a PhD degree in Engineering, has won the Future Energy national competition…

U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration Announces $75 Million for Bus Rapid Transit Project in San Francisco

January 3, 2017 - in Transit, Transportation

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the award of $75 million in federal grant funds for construction of the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project, which will significantly improve…

U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration Announces $39 Million for Bus Rapid Transit Project in Reno, Nevada

January 3, 2017 - in Transit, Transportation

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the award of approximately $39 million in federal grant funds for construction of the 4th Street/Prater Way Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project…

FRA Unveils Recommendations for Faster Rail Travel in the Northeast Corridor

January 3, 2017 - in Rail, Transportation

More trains. Faster travel. Smoother rides. After four years of gathering ideas from elected and state officials, as well as the public, the Federal Railroad Administration this month released its recommendation for faster, more modern train travel along the…