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ACEC’s Engineering Excellence Awards Gala to be Broadcast on June 17th Washington, DC (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The American Council of Engineering Companies is pleased to announce that the 54 th  annual Engineering Excellence Awards Gala will be broadcast over the internet at 3:00 PM Eastern on June 17 th .  Registration is now open for this signature event. More than 170 engineering firms took part in the juried competition, which recognizes outstanding achievement in engineering design.  36 top projects  have been selected to receive either a Grand or Honor Award and hundreds more will be honored during a special National Recognition Award program.  The much sought-after Grand Conceptor will be chosen from the Honor Award category as the ultimate example of engineering excellence for the year. “The Engineering Excellence Awards brings together the nation’s top engineering talent to showcase the amazing work our industry does to improve and innovate projects in th...

UH Researchers’ New Prototype LED Lightbulb Emits Less of That Troublesome Blue Light HOUSTON— LED lightbulbs offer considerable advantages over other types of lighting. Being more efficient, they require much less electricity to operate. They do not give off unwanted heat the way old-school incandescent bulbs do, and the best of them long outlast even fluorescent lightbulbs. But LEDs are not problem-free. Questions linger over suspected links between health concerns such as fatigue, mood disorders, and insomnia from overexposure to the blue-tinted light produced by today’s standard LED bulbs. Plus, higher prices can prompt lightbulb shoppers to weigh other options. A University of Houston research team led by Jakoah Brgoch, associate professor of chemistry in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and principal investigator in the Texas Center for Superconductivity, is developing an LED bulb that emits most of its energy from the safer violet segment of the visib...

Belle Glade, Florida – FINFROCK, the only vertically integrated design-builder and manufacturing company of its kind in the industry, recently celebrated the groundbreaking of its 140,000-sq.-ft. precast concrete manufacturing facility on 94 acres in the Glades Gateway Commerce Park in Belle Glade, Florida. Participating in the groundbreaking were FINFROCK CEO Allen Finfrock; City of Belle Glade Mayor Steve Wilson; City of Belle Glade City Manager Lomax Harrelle; and Business Development Board of Palm Beach County President and CEO Kelly Smallridge. FINFROCK is now clearing the site for construction. The new South Florida facility will serve clients throughout southeast and southwest Florida who will benefit from the efficient and cost-effective services of precast/prestressed concrete design, manufacturing and construction solutions offered by FINFROCK. The company is widely recognized for its proprietary  DualDeck Building System , a unique brand of offsite construction th...

Game-changing update to InEight Control will provide enhanced revenue and forecasting tools for improved accuracy and visibility of project progress   SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–   InEight Inc. , a global leader in construction project management software, has today  introduced a time-phased  budget and forecasting feature to InEight Control, that will provide project teams with enhanced connected  insights to help ensure construction projects stay on schedule and under budget. With a time-phased approach to budget and forecast, project  stakeholders can proactively take control of financials with real-time data, rather than using traditional monthly processes that can deliver out of date information. Ultimately, project teams will be able to more accurately and efficiently track and predict costs, allowing them ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. – CAMO® and deck-building contractor Simcoe Decks partnered on two decks with four winning entries in the North American Deck and Railing Association (NADRA®) National+ Deck Competition. Michael Scott, owner of Simcoe Decks of Barrie, Ontario, placed in the Alternative Deck, Refinished/Restored Deck, Deck Inlay and Manufacturer Project categories. Open to pro deck builder members from the United States and Canada in 24 categories, NADRA hosted its 11th Annual Awards Celebration last month in Clearwater, FL. “As a system, CAMO provides a fastener and a tool for every application,” said Michael Scott. “We now use CAMO products exclusively because we want to provide the best for our customers. It’s an amazingly easy system for my crew to learn—and if we ever have a problem, I know CAMO has our backs.” Simcoe’s composite deck that won Second Place in the Alternative Deck Under $25K category and Third Place in the Deck Inlay category featur...

Reston, Va.  – Automated people movers (APM), fully automated guided transport system, are most often found at airports, theme parks, and downtown urban areas, as a safe and efficient transportation option. ASCE’s newly updated  Automated People Movers Standards  (ANSI/ASCE/T&DI 21-21), establishes the minimum requirements necessary to achieve an acceptable level of safety and performance for an automated people mover (APM) system. This revision includes substantive changes and additions of mandatory requirements; including new requirements that address separation assurance for Automated Transit Networks (ATNs), revised requirements for the structural design of APM specific guideways, revised requirements for the application of safety provisions, and four new appendixes. Key topics in this standard include requirements for an APM in passenger operation, including chapters on security; system verification and demonstration; operation, maintenance, and traini...

San Francisco, CA  – Ideate Software, an Autodesk® AEC Industry Partner and Autodesk® Authorized Developer, announced enhancements to its Revit productivity applications. “We are pleased that once again, we updated our software shortly after Autodesk released its newest version of Revit software,” said Glynnis Patterson, Director of Software Development. “In addition to aligning our software with Revit 2022, we made several improvements. One of the most significant changes is the translation of all our products into Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. Now, users around the world will be even more productive as they use our software in their native languages.” Additionally, Ideate Software’s cloud network licensing now works in VDI and most other remote access environments, and the products now support Revit 2022 and the change from BIM 360 to Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC). Below are highlights of some enhancements made to individual products: ...

Manufacturing Leader Honored with Prestigious National & International Awards MESA, Ariz. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  QuickFrames USA , the leader in engineered structural support systems, today announces its recent award wins. The company first earned spot #1,609 on the  Inc. 5000  list of  Fastest Growing Private Companies  in the U.S. in 2020, as a result of its impressive 268% three-year revenue growth rate. QuickFrames’ acceleration of growth over the years is a credit to its extraordinary customer service and quality products. Following the Inc. 5000 honor, QuickFrames went on to win a Silver American Business “Stevie” award for  Customer Service Success , as well as an award from  BUILD  magazine for  Best Commercial Construction Structural Support Systems  in the Southwest USA. “These awards are much more than feathers in our cap,” said Bob Hasulak, partner & director of operations at QuickFrames USA. “They symbolize how tire...

Focus issues will feature scientific research on new technological and regulatory advances in vapor intrusion remediation projects (WESTERVILLE, OH)  The National Ground Water Association (NGWA)  announced a focus issue of its research publication  Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation (GWMR)  will be published this month on advances in vapor intrusion risk assessment. Vapor intrusion occurs when vapor-forming chemicals from subsurface sources, such as groundwater, migrate into buildings above the subsurface source. While vapor intrusion was first largely researched as a pathway for radon exposure in the 1980s, vapor-forming chemicals can include many volatile organic compounds such as trichlorethylene and benzene. High levels of exposure to certain chemical vapors may lead to various health issues for those who occupy buildings contaminated through vapor intrusion. The upcoming focus issue of  GWMR,  titled “Advancements in Vapor Intrusion Risk Asses...

Marine environments are extremely aggressive and corrosion protection in these areas requires an especially careful approach. Application of VpCI ® inhibitors in the hydrostatic testing process is of great importance since the test water can be aggressive to pipeline material. The same goes for seawater ballasting of ships. M-645 is a float coat used to inhibit corrosion in vessels containing saltwater or brine. It floats on the surface of the water, forming a self-healing protective film on adjacent metals. The film displaces water containing chlorides from the surface of the vessel. As the water is raised or lowered, M-645 coats every square inch of the vessel’s interior— including ring stiffeners, girders, piping, and side shells—with a sufficient amount of product to protect against corrosion. M-645 is ideal for ballast tanks that are frequently emptied and refilled. Because M-645 floats on the surface of the water, the non-aqueous formula does not contaminate ballast water, allo...

BATON ROUGE, La. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sometimes years’ worth of studies and research can turn into a collaboration that will not only help the nation’s military but also coastal land-margin regions around the globe. Such is the case with LSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Professors Scott Hagen and Clint Willson and LSU College of the Coast & Environment Professor Robert Twilley, who recently received a $9.3 million grant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to work alongside the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory (ERDC-EL) and the University of Delaware to explore how sea-level rise and other impacts of climate change will affect coastal military bases and ecosystems. This is the largest grant ever awarded to a single coastal engineering and science team at LSU. Hagen, who holds the LSU Louisiana Sea Grant Laborde Chair and is the director of the LSU Center for Coastal Resiliency, has spent the last decade developing a research prog...

Woodard & Curran Board of Director’s Chair Doug McKeown is pleased to announce the appointment of two Internal Directors, Jennifer Anders and Sue Guswa, who were elected by the firm’s Senior Principals at the recent Annual Stockholders meeting. Senior Client Manager Jennifer Anders and National Practice Leader Sue Guswa will each serve 3-year terms beginning in July, while also serving on one of the Board Committees. Anders joined Woodard & Curran in 2014 and is a Senior Client Manager and Senior Principal based in the firm’s St. Charles, MO office. She has extensive experience in public and industrial sectors with a thorough understanding of the O&M and consulting business. She brings a geographically diverse experience within those markets and has been critical in establishing and growing Woodard & Curran’s business in the Midwest. Guswa joined Woodard & Curran in 2016 and is National Practice Leader for Municipal Wastewater and a Senior Principal based in the f...

The firm receives special honors for its “clued-in senior management” based on employees’ survey responses BROOKFIELD, Wis. — raSmith was recently recognized as a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2021 Top Workplace and received special honors for its “clued-in senior management.” This recognition is based on standout scores for employee responses to survey questions. raSmith has been honored as a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Top Workplace for nine consecutive years. This year, the firm ranked 13 out of 59 in the category of medium company size (150 to 499 employees). “We are excited, honored, and humbled to receive this special recognition of our leadership and to be identified again by our employees as one of the best places to work in southeast Wisconsin,” said Richard A. Smith Jr. (Ricky), raSmith president. “Our staff has helped to create an amazing environment at raSmith by working well as a team, demonstrating their passion, dedication, and resilience throughout the COVID-19 p...

Pompano Beach, FL (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  Brownie’s Marine Group, Inc. (OTCQB: BWMG), a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of tankless dive equipment and high-pressure air and industrial compressors in the marine industry, today announced that they have entered into an exclusive distributor agreement with Chrysalis Trading CC DBA Bright Weights for the US and the Caribbean. Robert Carmichael, Chairman of Brownie’s Marine Group stated “We have been looking for the proper ballast systems that provides flexibility and is more unique than the traditional source of lead ballast available here in the US. Bright Weights provide us with additional items to service the dive community that are complementary to our Brownie’s line of tankless diving equipment. This exclusive distributorship will provide our customer base, as well as new sources of distribution, an alternative to traditional lead, that will allow the end user to customize weight, customize weight placement and have a ...

Aims to achieve zero CO2 emissions within 30 years Santa Clara, CA and Kyoto, Japan (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  ROHM  Semiconductor today announced its “Environmental Vision 2050” program, which will contribute to achieving a sustainable society by 2050. In addition to pursuing zero carbon emissions (zero CO 2  emissions), ROHM will promote business activities in harmony with the natural cycle to protect biodiversity based on the three themes of climate change, resource recycling, and co-existence with nature. ROHM’s corporate philosophy is: “ Quality is our top priority at all times .” Since the company’s founding, it has actively contributed to societal and cultural progress through a consistent supply, in all conditions, of high-quality products in large volumes to the global market. The role of semiconductors – ROHM’s main product focus – is becoming increasingly important to achieving a decarbonized society. In particular, improving the efficiency of motors and power...

Mr. Sokoloski will oversee owner-side services on complex, multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects for large design-builds, public-private partnerships and other owner engineer services BRITISH COLUMBIA – AECOM , the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, announced today that Darren Sokoloski has been named vice president of public-private partnership (P3) advisory services for its Canada business. Mr. Sokoloski is based in the Vancouver region and  is a seasoned infrastructure executive with a strong track record of building teams and delivering major projects. He will work with AECOM’s clients and partners throughout the country to foster an integrated owner-advisory team. “We’re very pleased to have Darren join AECOM,” said Marc Devlin, AECOM’s regional chief executive, Canada. “As the leader of our P3 advisory practice, we will be able to leverage his extensive industry experience and business network to expand our footprint in Western Canada while also having him...

Since 2009, Edmonson has engineered more than 30 residential communities across the Greater Houston region HOUSTON, TX — This month, civil engineering firm Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. announced the promotion of Amanda Edmondson, P.E. to Vice President. The first employee added to the Pape-Dawson Houston team, Edmondson played an integral role in growing the Houston office when it first expanded to the region in 2009. She has been involved in every single-family residential community Pape-Dawson has engineered in the area—more than 8,000 homes covering 3,000 acres of residential development—and has engineered more than 30 residential communities across Greater Houston. Edmondson will continue to lead land development projects for the firm in the region. Edmondson joined Pape-Dawson in 2003. During her time with the firm, Edmondson has successfully provided feasibility analyses on residential land development projects; construction cost estimates; Municipal Utility District creation a...

OMAHA, Neb.  — Nathalie Beauvais, APA, AIA International Associate, LEED AP, has joined HDR as a community planning resiliency lead. In every community and market, projects are requiring an increased focus on resiliency, equity and the impacts of climate change. Beauvais will provide climate change planning and resiliency leadership across markets to help clients develop more resilient projects. As a technical expert and climate lead, Beauvais will assist HDR teams and clients with implementing performance-based risk assessment, climate change assessment and adaptation plans, vulnerability assessments, business continuity planning, greenhouse gas management plans, asset management plans and more. “Providing for resiliency as well as using the best available information is a challenge that requires flexibility and adaptability,” Beauvais said. “I am looking forward to collaborating with the many areas of expertise at HDR to elevate climate change planning, which requires the integ...