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Dunaway Shares How Early Right-of-Way Planning Reduces Infrastructure Project Risk

An integrated approach helps project teams identify challenges early, streamline coordination, and keep momentum. HOUSTON, TX — The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) recently approved its 2027 Unified Transportation Program, allocating nearly  $138 billion  in transportation investments over the next decade. As projects of increasing scale and complexity move forward across the state, coordination across right-of-way (ROW), design, surveying, and utility disciplines will become increasingly important to keep infrastructure projects moving. Dunaway, a Texas-based multidisciplinary design firm, is integrating right-of-way professionals earlier in the planning and design process to help clients anticipate property, access, utility, and acquisition challenges before they affect project delivery. “The greatest value right-of-way brings to a project is the ability to identify challenges early enough to address them before they affect schedules, budgets, or stakeh...

Coulsons Creek Road Claims Top Honors at 2026 NSW EISSI Awards

Daracon Group is celebrating a significant achievement, with Coulsons Creek Road Merriwa (MR358), taking out not one but two major honors at the 2026 NSW Excellence in Surveying & Spatial Information (EISSI) Awards. The project was named the winner in the AusSearch Project of the Year – Infrastructure & Construction category and consolidated that win by receiving the prestigious Overall Project of the Year title, sponsored by C.R Kennedy. Presented on 19 September at Sydney’s Hyatt Regency, the NSW EISSI Awards recognize excellence across the surveying and spatial information profession, celebrating projects and individuals that demonstrate outstanding technical expertise, innovation and impact on industry and community outcomes. The award-winning Coulsons Creek Road project involved restoring a critical transport route that had been closed for almost five years following a major landslip. Delivered for Upper Hunter Shire Council, the complex rehabilitation works ...

STV Bolsters Rail Systems Leadership with Two Strategic Hires

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NEW YORK, NY  – STV today announced that Richard Mascara, MBA, PMP, and Paul Salvatore have joined the firm as vice presidents in its national systems practice, strengthening STV’s leadership in train control, signaling, communications and systems integration. Their appointments expand  STV’s ongoing investment  to rail and transit agencies as they  modernize critical infrastructure  and pursue safer, more reliable operations. “Rail agencies are entering a defining era of modernization that will shape safety, reliability and capacity for decades,” said   Christopher Hertz, PE, PMP, vice president and national technical leader for the systems team . “Richard and Paul bring the technical judgment our clients need to navigate to make consequential infrastructure decisions with confidence.” Mascara , based in Pittsburgh, will advance STV’s national strategy for Communications-based train control (CBTC), signaling modernization and systems integration, helping clients impro...

Forte Construction Helps Inspire the Next Generation of STEAM Innovators

The Salvadori Center and Forte Construction supported students in redesigning the community room at NYCHA’s Roosevelt Houses. Forte Construction Corp., a leading general contracting firm delivering major transit and public works initiatives throughout the New York metropolitan area and Long Island, continued its commitment to giving back to the communities it serves through its participation in the Salvadori Center’s STEAM Innovators program. In partnership with the New York Building Foundation and the Public Housing Community Fund, the Salvadori Center’s STEAM Innovators program works with under-resourced schools and NYCHA communities in New York City to teach science, technology, engineering, arts/architecture, and math (STEAM) through hands-on learning that uses the built environment to connect STEAM concepts to students’ everyday lives. A key part of STEAM Innovators is providing students with skills and resources to create positive change in their communities by allow...

Wold Architects & Engineers Continues Strategic Growth with Third Acquisition of 2026, Expanding Government Design Practice

Partnership with Klein McCarthy Architects strengthens Wold’s national presence while preserving the relationship-driven approach both firms are known for Minneapolis, Minn. —   Wold Architects & Engineers , a nationally recognized planning, architecture and engineering firm, today announced its acquisition of  Klein McCarthy Architects , a Minnesota-based architecture firm specializing in government and justice facility design.  The partnership marks Wold’s third strategic acquisition of 2026 and continues the firm’s long-term growth strategy of partnering with organizations that share its values, specialized expertise and commitment to making a difference in the communities they serve.  Rather than entering a new market, the acquisition strengthens Wold’s already established government practice by bringing together two complementary teams with decades of experience serving counties, municipalities and public agencies throughout the Midwest...

Wold Architects & Engineers Completes Transformative Healthcare Expansion at WinnMed

The completion of a new outpatient center marks the latest milestone in a longstanding partnership and a comprehensive vision for the future of care Decorah, Iowa –  Wold Architects & Engineers , a full-service planning, architecture and engineering firm specializing in healthcare, senior living, education and government design, is celebrating the completion of a multiphase expansion and renovation project at  WinnMed  in Decorah, Iowa. The project includes a new 42,000-square-foot outpatient center, the final major phase of WinnMed’s Transforming Tomorrow project, a transformative effort to advance care across the campus.  The completion of the outpatient center is the latest milestone in Wold’s longstanding partnership with WinnMed, which began with the development of a comprehensive master facilities plan. As the organization adapted to evolving community needs and lessons learned following the COVID-19 pandemic, the master plan evolved alongside it, creating a roa...

Kayla Foulk Joins raSmith’s Transportation Division as Real Estate Appraiser

MADISON, Wis. — Kayla Foulk has joined raSmith as a real estate appraiser in the transportation division at the firm’s Madison office. Foulk brings appraisal and valuation expertise to the firm’s growing real estate acquisition team, providing services for transportation, utility, and other infrastructure projects serving public sector clients throughout Wisconsin. With more than six years of real estate services experience, Foulk supports right-of-way, eminent domain, and land acquisition projects. Her work has included assignments for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) and other public agencies, as well as valuations for roads, airports, electric transmission lines, pipelines, quarries, and highway improvements. She also has experience with full and partial acquisitions and other complex appraisal assignments associated with public infrastructure development. “We are pleased to welcome Kayla to raSmith as we continue to expand our real e...