​​The full House Appropriations Committee on July 17 approved a fiscal 2018 transportation funding bill that would make cuts in transit assistance and end the popular TIGER grants, after brushing aside a push by minority Democrats to add an infrastructure…
Congress Deciding on Future Federal Spending in Infrastructure and Science
The House Appropriations Committee had a busy week, passing the remaining five (out of 12) appropriations bills this week, part of the process Congress…
FLIR Releases FLIR Blackfly S GigE Machine Vision Camera Family
WILSONVILLE, Ore. – FLIR Systems Inc. (NASDAQ) today released a new Gigabit Ethernet-based (GigE) machine vision camera, the FLIR Blackfly S.…
Chinatown Public Library in Chicago Wins Steel Design Award
(Chicago, IL) – The Chinatown Public Library in Chicago has earned national recognition in the 2017 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program (IDEAS2). In honor of this achievement, members of the project team…
Los Angeles Valley College Monarch Center Wins Steel Design Award
(Chicago, IL) – The Los Angeles Valley College Monarch Center in Valley Glen, Calif., has earned national recognition in the 2017 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program (IDEAS2). In honor of this achievement,…
Esri Honors Architect of the Capitol, Woolpert for Special Achievement in GIS
SAN DIEGO — The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) and Woolpert were awarded Esri’s Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award on Wednesday at the 2017 Esri User Conference in San Diego. The team was among 180 selected from more than 300,000 eligible candidates…
AECOM Appoints Julie L. Labonte Senior Vice-President and Senior Program Manager within its Design and Consulting Services Group’s Program and Construction Management Business
SAN FRANCISCO — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that Julie L. Labonte has been named senior vice-president and senior program manager within its Design and Consulting Services group’s Program and Construction…
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $152.2 Million Loan to Riverside County Transportation Commission Toward Funding the I-15 Express Lanes Project
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau (Bureau) will provide a $152.2 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Riverside…
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $290.6 Million in Infrastructure Grants to 105 Airports
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $ 290.6 million in airport infrastructure grants to 105 airports in 38 states across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport…
MDOT Refunds Bonds, Saves Taxpayers Millions
Batesville, Miss.–The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently refunded H.E.L.P (Highway Enhancement through Local Partnerships) bonds for Marshall County on the Interstate 269 project saving the taxpayers of Mississippi $3,844,769, announced…
