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11-story patient tower is part of Geisinger’s $900 million campus investment and is designed to support future expansion Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania –  O’Donnell & Naccarato  (O&N), a leading structural engineering firm specializing in innovative and client-focused design solutions, celebrated the topping out of the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center expansion, a major milestone in Geisinger Health System’s $900 million campus investment and one of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s largest healthcare projects. Following years of planning and foundation work, steel has now topped out on the 11-story, approximately 600,000-square-foot patient tower, marking a major milestone in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center’s large-scale expansion and renovation project. O&N is providing structural engineering services for the project, working alongside owner Geisinger Health System, architect FCA, and general cont...

Kincheloe leading a 40-person water/wastewater team across four offices in Virginia and Maryland. Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has announced that Richard Kincheloe, PE, has been promoted to business unit manager for Dewberry’s mid-Atlantic water group. Kincheloe is also an associate vice president. Kincheloe has 20 years of experience, including 15 years with Dewberry. He began his career with the firm in 2005 in the Richmond, Virginia, office and has held multiple technical and leadership roles supporting water and wastewater clients. Kincheloe’s areas of technical expertise include utility master planning and hydraulic modeling for water and sewer infrastructure; and planning and design of water/wastewater infrastructure, collection/distribution systems evaluation, and pump station optimization. Since rejoining Dewberry in 2018, he has helped support and expand the firm’s growing mid-Atlantic water practice from Dewberry’s Fairfax headquarters. ...

Study Helps Identify Roadway Segments Where Pavement or Roadway Conditions May Be Linked to Higher Crash Risk A University of Houston professor of civil and environmental engineering is using artificial intelligence, specifically large language models, to bring together roadway crash data. The Texas Department of Transportation funded research assesses pavement structure, surface condition, road geometry and crash records from police reports.  Research results can help transportation agencies select candidates for pavement-safety projects by identifying pavement conditions associated with elevated crash risk. A University of Houston professor of civil and environmental engineering is using artificial intelligence to make roads safer by connecting information that is usually analyzed separately. In a study funded by the Texas Department of Transportation, Lu Gao used AI to analyze large-scale roadway condition data, including pavement structure, surface condition, roadway geome...

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  – The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) is proud to announce the publication of the  6th Edition of the SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering  — the most comprehensive and authoritative reference ever developed for the fire protection engineering profession.  Since its groundbreaking first edition in 1988, the SFPE Handbook has profoundly shaped the profession, becoming the go-to global resource for fire safety engineers, researchers, code officials, and students. Today, the 6th Edition continues that legacy with significant updates, expanded content, and vital new chapters reflecting the latest developments in fire protection engineering, science, and technology.  Key Enhancements in the 6th Edition:  New Section 4:  Fire Test Data for Engineering Methods (4 new chapters) New Section 11:  Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires and Environmental Impacts (7 new chapters) New and Updated ...

New buildings will bring 300+ affordable housing units to a prominent Los Angeles suburb WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. –  R.D. Olson Construction , a leading general contractor specializing in multifamily developments, is building a 301-unit affordable housing community in Woodland Hills, a prominent Northwest suburb of Los Angeles. In partnership with  Meta Housing ,  The Alcove  is a master site development consisting of two apartment complexes that align with the Warner Center 2035 Specific Plan and will transform a car-centric neighborhood into a thriving downtown destination for the San Fernando Valley.  “Los Angeles’ affordable housing crisis extends beyond city limits,” said Bill Wilhelm, president and CEO of R.D. Olson Construction. “We are elated to work with Meta Housing to deliver over 300 units to support the Warner Center 2035 Specific Plan to deliver economic prosperity to Woodland Hills.”  The first phase of the project,  Val...

As organizations rethink how buildings are designed and operated, technology coordination is becoming a core component of commercial construction  Austin, TX  —  CSP Consultants Group , a national leader in construction technology and connected workplace infrastructure, today announced strong mid-year growth, having completed 70 projects year-to-date and remaining on pace to deliver approximately 125 projects in 2026. The company has also increased repeat business by 27% as demand grows for integrated technology infrastructure delivered through a single point of accountability.  From return-to-office initiatives to AI-enabled building systems and cloud-based security platforms, organizations are increasingly designing buildings around connectivity, automation and operational intelligence rather than treating technology as a final installation. As technology becomes central to how buildings operate, planning is moving earlier in the construction process and becomi...

The Asheville, N.C., company will demonstrate its multi-agency field data platform for environmental permitting at the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s July 31 showcase in the Washington, D.C., area ASHEVILLE, NC – Ecobot, Inc., the field data platform for environmental permitting, today announced that the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has selected Ecobot: Multi-Agency Field Data Platform for Environmental Permitting to showcase at the inaugural Permitting Innovators Expo on July 31, 2026, in the Washington, D.C., area. Permitting Innovators is a program of CEQ’s Permitting Innovation Center, conducted in collaboration with NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation under a 2025 White House directive to update permitting technology for the 21st century. Following a national Call for Solutions open from April 28 through June 2, 2026, a panel of professionals evaluated submissions against CEQ’s publis...