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Giles County Schools partnered with Wold Architects & Engineers to modernize building systems and enhance performance at this historic facility Pulaski, Tenn.  — The  Giles County Board of Education  announced the completion of key building improvements at  Bridgeforth Middle School , one of the oldest facilities in the district. Designed by local architecture firm,  Wold Architects and Engineers , the renovation aimed to replace outdated and deteriorating building systems, improve indoor air quality and modernize facility equipment to ensure a safer, more reliable learning environment for students and staff.  District leaders and school administrators marked the milestone with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 13, welcoming community members to tour the updated space – a space rich in history. Located in Pulaski, the building has been a priority for leaders to maintain and upgrade, to extend its lifespan while enhancing daily conditions for students...

Record number of students submit designs for a botanical garden and event center as part of the competition CLEVELAND, OHIO —  www.mbma.com:  The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) is pleased to announce the winners of the fifth annual MBMA Student Design Competition. On March 3, 2026, the association granted $32,000 in awards to 10 winners and their faculty advisors in both Undergraduate and Graduate Divisions in an online ceremony. A record number of submissions were received this year with 28 undergraduate entries and 52 graduate entries. That’s almost double the number of graduate submissions compared with last year.   For the Undergraduate Division, the first-place award and $5,000 was presented to Abigail Weston, a student at California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State). She was advised by Mark Roddy, FAIA, a Lecturer from the Department of Design. The second-place award, along with $3,000, went to Jaden Flint, who is also at Sacramento...

Farmington Hills, Mich. —   The Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI)  opened submissions for the 2027 PTI Project Awards, an awards program that recognizes exceptional post-tensioning structures.  Submission categories include buildings, parking structures, bridges, slab-on-ground, repair, rehabilitation and strengthening and industrial or special application. The Institute also awards one project with the Project of the Year award, honoring the most outstanding demonstration of post-tensioning design and construction execution.  Award-winning projects will be celebrated during the 2027 PTI Project Awards ceremony on Tuesday, May 4, 2027, during the 2027 PTI Convention in Lake Buena Vista, Fl.  All 2027 Project Award submissions must be fully completed by Nov. 2, 2026, at 11:59 PM EST. Entries must feature post-tensioning as the primary structural system and must have been constructed or rehabilitated no more than 60 months before the submission date. To subm...

Frisco, Texas — Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) has appointed Philip Wheat, PE, as a vice president. Based in the firm’s Frisco office, Wheat serves as North Texas infrastructure practice leader, overseeing water and wastewater infrastructure projects for municipal clients across the region.  Wheat has 17 years of experience specializing in large-diameter water and wastewater pipeline design, rehabilitation and project management for municipal clients. His expertise includes hydraulic modeling, lift station and meter station design, utility relocations and coordination, cost estimation and delivery of complex infrastructure projects in fully developed urban corridors.  As a leader of LAN’s North Texas practice, Wheat oversees a team of professionals and serves as a key client manager for several regional utilities. He has also helped expand LAN’s presence in North Texas, including supporting the establishment and growth of the firm’s Frisco office and leading the...

Awards build on a two-decade legacy of recognized innovation, setting the benchmark for excellence across the world’s most critical infrastructure assets. Call for nominations now open; submissions will be accepted through May 3, 2026. EXTON, Pa. —   Bentley Systems, Incorporated  (NASDAQ: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced the opening of submissions for  the Year in Infrastructure event and YII Awards  program, which recognizes digital innovation in how infrastructure is designed, built, and operated using Bentley software.  Submissions will be accepted through May 3, at 11:59 p.m. EDT. “Originally, the Bentley awards recognized designers who used 3D technology to drive efficiency,” said Monica Schnitger, founder, president, and principal analyst of Schnitger Corporation. “Now they assess how massive projects are building and leveraging rich data assets to create value throughout the entire lifecycle of a project ...

Austin, Texas — Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) has appointed Laura Casset, PE, CFM, CPESC, as a vice president. Based in the firm’s Austin office, Casset serves as practice leader for LAN’s stormwater team, overseeing projects focused on stormwater management, flood mitigation and drainage infrastructure for public sector clients across Central Texas. Casset has more than 23 years of experience in civil engineering specializing in surface water hydrology and hydraulics, channel analysis and design and flood risk reduction. Her work includes complex drainage infrastructure projects, FEMA studies and map revisions and natural channel design solutions that help communities manage flood risk while protecting surrounding environments.Casset recently served as hydraulic engineer and design lead for the Lebow Channel and NE 28th Street Natural Stream Reconstruction project in Fort Worth, which received the ACEC Texas Engineering Excellence Award Silver Medal in the Water Res...

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Ware Malcomb , an award-winning international design firm, today announced construction is complete on a new urgent care facility for Washington Health, located adjacent to Washington Hospital in Fremont, CA. Ware Malcomb’s Pleasanton office provided interior design and civil engineering services for the 3,500 square foot project, located at 2682 Mowry Ave.  Headquartered in Fremont,  Washington Health  is an independent, community-based health system dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate care to residents of the East Bay and Tri-Valley regions. Kirsten Lien, Director, Interior Architecture & Design, Ware Malcomb, said, “the goal with this project was to offer the community an urgent care option that addressed unexpected needs and offered a more affordable choice to the emergency department. Our team reconfigured and combined two existing hospital-owned suites to create an efficient urgent care environment supported by comprehensiv...