معلومــة

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. —  The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has successfully conducted its first Spanish-language certification exams for Concrete Field Testing Technician – Grade 1 and Concrete Strength Testing Technician at the ACI Southern California Resource Center, marking a significant milestone in ACI’s ongoing commitment to workforce development and providing information in multiple languages across the concrete industry. The exams provided Spanish-speaking professionals the opportunity to earn internationally recognized ACI certifications in their primary language, helping remove barriers to participation while maintaining ACI’s rigorous technical standards. “These first Spanish-language exams represent an important step forward for ACI and the concrete industry as a whole,” said Michael Morrison, director, ACI Certification Program Development. “By expanding access to certification in Spanish, we are supporting a broader segment of the workforce, strengthening qual...

Veteran nuclear and energy executive with more than 35 years of leadership and board experience. CHICAGO,Illi. — Lochner, an Egis Group company, has appointed Karen Wiemelt to its Board of Directors. Wiemelt brings more than 35 years of leadership experience in the nuclear and energy sectors, with deep expertise in program management, environmental remediation, nuclear operations, strategic planning, and organizational transformation. “Karen’s experience leading complex, mission-critical programs and governing global organizations makes her an exceptional addition to our Board,” said Lochner CEO Terry Ruhl. “Her perspective will be invaluable as Lochner and Egis continue to expand our combined technical capabilities, strengthen operational excellence, and pursue long-term, sustainable growth in the U.S. market.” Wiemelt is a recognized industry leader who has served on numerous industry, project, and corporate boards, including the Energy Facility Contractors Group, Idaho Environme...

Reykjavik, Iceland — COWI has been awarded the preliminary and detailed design contract for the Fljótagöng tunnel project by Vegagerðin, the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration. The assignment covers the design of approximately 24 km of new road infrastructure and a 5.3 km tunnel intended to strengthen year-round connectivity between Siglufjörður and the Fljót district, with design completion scheduled for November 2026.  COWI’s role spans multidisciplinary engineering and technical advisory services, including geotechnical engineering, road and bridge design, water and wastewater systems, structural design, electrical engineering, and tunnel control and safety systems. The project brings together expertise across tunnel engineering, transport infrastructure, environmental planning, and climate resilience.  The new route is intended to replace an increasingly vulnerable mountain road affected by subsidence, severe winter weather, and periodic closures. Designing infra...

WASHINGTON, DC — DiscoverE (Discover Engineering) has announced the winners of the 2026  Future City  global STEM Competition, celebrating the innovative minds of both middle and high school students who tackled this year’s challenge: ‘Farm to Table’. Participants envisioned cities that addressed food waste and kept citizens healthy and safe, demonstrating creativity, engineering prowess, and teamwork. Since last fall, the program has engaged more than  92,000 middle and high school students in the United States and select international locations  — the largest participation in the program’s history. Students have imagined, researched, designed, and built these cities of the future. Emphasizing the engineering design process and project management, students collaborated in teams, led by coaches, to create an essay and a digital model showcasing a sustainable city solving the annual challenge. The competition culminated in a live presentation before a panel of STEM ...

What the past six years of Rising Stars can tell us about the future.   By Luke Carothers   The Leaders Shaping the Future of AEC   Every year, firms across the AEC industry nominate professionals they believe best represent the future of leadership.  Over the past six years, 135 individuals have been named a Rising Star.  Taken together, their stories reveal something powerful about where the AEC industry is headed.  Zweig Group’s Rising Stars are engineers, architects, project managers, and technical specialists in the middle of building something bigger.  They are leading complex projects, mentoring younger staff, influencing culture, and shaping client relationships long before they hold form C-suite titles.  The Rising Stars designation isn’t about potential alone.  It reflects visible impact.  It signals that someone is already changing the trajectory of their fi...

New ownership reflects firm’s continued investment in its people-first culture Charleston, S.C. —  SeamonWhiteside  (SW+), a full-service site design firm with offices throughout the Carolinas, today announced the elevation of six key leaders to shareholder, a strategic expansion of the firm’s ownership as it scales operations across the Carolinas. The move recognizes the contributions of the leaders who have helped shape the firm’s growth, culture, and long-term direction.  The firm welcomes the following leaders to the shareholders: Mount Pleasant: Preston Busbee  is a civil engineering team leader and graduated from Clemson University with a degree in environmental engineering. Following graduation, he moved to Charleston to begin working with SW+. He focuses his time on commercial and industrial developments, working with both private developers and local economic developers. Busbee is a Member of the South Carolina Economic Developers Association (SCEDA), C...

BarhaleEnpure JV has completed an £18m phosphorus removal programme at Dewsbury Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) in West Yorkshire to help improve water quality in the River Calder. Delivered in partnership with Yorkshire Water, the scheme has achieved a 90% reduction in phosphorus levels in the final effluent at the WwTW, exceeding Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) targets for England. Fourteen existing primary settlement tanks (PSTs) have been replaced with three new larger tanks and two new primary sludge pumping stations. Prior to construction an existing beck was diverted to accommodate the new tanks’ footprint. The project took advantage of off-site manufacturing to precast the concrete wall sections before they were assembled on site to form the new 45m diameter, 8.5m deep (deepest at the central desludge cone) settlement tanks.  BarhaleEnpure JV constructed a new chemical dosing plant and installed a UMON4 device to upgrade monitoring to MCERTS (mon...