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IRVINE, CA  – California’s leading work zone traffic control equipment , signage and services provider, Statewide Safety Systems , announced plans to relocate its southern California area   branch in Garden Grove , CA to a n upgraded facility nearby at 2722 S. Fairview St., Santa Ana, CA 92704, effective July 1, 2021.   “Our new er , larger Santa Ana branch will provide greater visibility for our operations in the main financial and governmental center of Orange County,” said Don Nicholas , Statewide’s Chief Executive  Officer. “We believe th is new location in the county seat will enhance our ability to serve our current customers and provide us with an exceptional facility that will support our continued growth.” Conveniently located minutes from John Wayne Airport, the new branch location features 54,000-sq.-ft. of industrial, warehouse and office space. Incorporating energy efficient features, the Santa Ana site also offers fast access to Souther...

Reston, Va. – Evolving threats from bombings, civil disturbances, biological attacks, and other malevolent events have raised the importance of physical security at buildings of all types, from traditional municipal buildings to “soft” targets like cultural venues and stadiums. ASCE’s new book, Structural Design for Physical Security , MOP 142, provides an overview of the typical design considerations encountered in new construction and renovation of facilities for physical security. Editors, Van Eepoel and Gallant, note that “the constant evolution in aggressor profile, threat tactics, and types, combined with advances in the field of mitigation strategies, were the driving force behind this manual of practice, developed as a guide for protective design professionals.” This book serves as a replacement for the 1999 technical report Structural Design for Physical Security: State of the Practice and is intended to provide a roadmap for designers and engineers involved in physical ...

U rban planning professional brings more than 25 years in civil engineering and transportation experience  to firm , with specialty in urban mass transit and community development . POMPANO BEACH, Florida   — Winsome Bowen, an urban planning professional, has been named s enior d irector of p roject d evelopment and f inance at WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy. In her new role, Bowen will serve as a national resource on project development strategy for major transportation projects. She will l ead WSP’s project development practice within the project development and finance business line , providing strategic advice to clients on project phases, from project planning to design and construction. Her responsibilities also include cross-discipline collaboration with WSP leadership to craft innovative management consulting services in support of transit and rail client s . “ Winsome ’s inspiring and engaging leadership , as we...

Power stations are usually ugly. In addition, coal, oil , and gas power stations are turning out to be expensive write – offs for power companies, particularly facilities that are not very old. The new IDTechEx report, “ Stationary Energy Storage Without Batteries: Grid, Microgrid, UPS, Trackside 2021-2041 ” has the answer – repurposing as energy storage. Raghu Das, CEO of analyst firm IDTechEx explains, “We all know that renewables increase intermittency so we need more and more energy storage – delayed electricity. Cost reduction of solar generation is the fastest and its increasing share means two problems – dead at night, feeble in winter. W ind power can be dead for weeks in some regions and that only adds to the problem. Lithium-ion batteries currently favored for stationary storage self-leak over weeks let alone seasons and they are not the easiest to scale to GW levels or improve to 20 – year life, easy recycling or even best safety .” That leaves other forms...

ASK award-winning Chief Operations Officer of a successful engineering business on International Women in Engineering Day who is her role model and it’s clear where she finds her inspiration. Shiby Bernard, COO of McMenon Engineering Services, was named in The Manufacturer’s magazine’s Top 100 list of the most dynamic leaders and innovators in manufacturing for 2020. Shiby manages day-to-day operations of McMenon Engineering Services, which has a global reputation for design, engineering and manufacturing quality flow and temperature measurement instrumentation and is expanding its calibration services. Based at a 10,000-square-metre site at Workington, in Cumbria, the business operates in a range of industries including energy, nuclear, renewables, water, process, and food and drink sectors. Acquired from global power and automation technology group ABB three years ago, McMenon is focused on achieving further growth in the UK as well as continuing its strong global presence, expor...

Crane Carrier Company (CCC) , a Battle Motors truck manufacturing company,  is proud to announce the first delivery of battery-powered, electric refuse trucks to New York City with Liberty Ashes, Inc. , a family-operated business providing the New York City metro area with waste removal & recycling for over 50 years. Liberty Ashes, Inc. will be using the Battle One Severe Duty Refuse (formerly LET) and Battle One Crew Cab (formerly LET2) trucks to service customers in the Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Nassau, and Suffolk areas. In February 2020, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order mandating a fully electric municipal fleet by 2040, furthering his December 2015 NYC Clean Fleet sustainability plan to create the largest electric vehicle fleet of any U.S. city and reduce NYC’s municipal vehicle emissions by half by 2025 and by 80% by 2035. De Blasio’s ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goal prioritizes the environmental direction of NYC...

Stantec led conceptual design for new landscape installation surrounding giant community mural Reno, NV   – The City of Reno, Nevada, was recently selected as one of 16 city projects in the first year of the  Bloomberg Philanthropies Asphalt Art Initiative . The selection, coupled with an additional Nevada Main Street grant, enables a critical city beautification project more than a decade in the making to move forward. In collaboration with the Downtown Reno Partnership and the City of Reno, global design firm Stantec led the conceptual plan for the beautification of the Reno Transportation Rail Access Corridor (ReTRAC). The ReTRAC beautification project will feature a large community-themed mural as its centerpiece, complemented by a large variety of perennials and grasses to emulate the motion of the mural with different seasonal colors and textures. The project is part of a larger placemaking and programming goal for the Downtown Reno Partnership and is set to serve as a...

Optimize Production, Standardize Workflows, Simplify Maintenance Birmingham, AL – Command Alkon , the global leader in comprehensive supply chain technology solutions for heavy building materials suppliers, haulers, and buyers, introduces Libra Drum to capture real-time visibility and control for blending and total plant automation. With Libra Drum, a fully graphic operator interface eases monitoring complex drum control operations to increase production and accuracy and seamlessly integrate with overhead loadout. “Libra Drum is reputable for reliability, configurability and accuracy,” said Greg Fleisch, Libra Sales Manager at Command Alkon. “The system’s highly customizable design allows the user to design custom software switches, create reports, and adapt to the current and future plant control requirements.” Each bin can hold multiple materials at multiple calibration points, increasing productivity and efficiency. The system is simple to read and provides complete plant status...

As a World First, Nouveau Monde Has Signed a Collaboration Agreement with Caterpillar for the Development of a Zero-Emission Solution for the Matawinie Mine. Nouveau Monde and Caterpillar have signed an agreement pursuant to which Caterpillar will develop, test and produce Cat® “zero-emission machines” for the Matawinie graphite mining project in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Québec, Canada The collaboration between the companies focuses on Nouveau Monde’s goal to fully power the site with zero carbon footprint renewable energy Nouveau Monde and Caterpillar are committed to supporting the mining industry’s move toward a more sustainable future Nouveau Monde’s intended all-electric fleet will be complemented by its access to clean and attractively priced hydro-electricity Nouveau Monde is on track to provide its potential client base with high-quality, green and carbon-neutral battery anode material MONTRÉAL, CANADA – Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. (“Nouveau Monde” or the “Company”) (N...

University of Missouri engineers are partnering with the U.S. Geological Survey to better understand how to stop invasive carp from damaging both the economy and the environment. For more than two decades, Duane Chapman, a fish biologist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS), has been chasing the spread of invasive carp, a family of fish originally from Europe and Asia, which individually are known as bighead carp, black carp, grass carp and silver carp. After their introduction to the U.S. in the 1970s by way of aquatic farms, they escaped into the Mississippi River and began to reproduce, causing widespread economic and environmental damage as they out-competed native fish populations for food and other resources. Now, Chapman and his colleague Robert Jacobson, a research hydrologist from the USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center, are partnering with University of Missouri researchers to use an approximately $200,000 grant from the USGS Aquatic Invasive Species Comp...

New Projects to meet increased activity and new vessels HOUSTON – McCarthy Building Companies has been awarded three port construction projects along the Texas Gulf Coast. Two of the projects, which total $99 million, are for Port Houston Authority (PHA) – Bayport Wharf 6, a continued expansion of the Bayport Terminal, and Container Yard 3N at Barbours Cut Terminal. The other is a barge dock project for a private petrochemical company along the Houston Ship Channel. The Port of Houston is a 25-mile-long complex of nearly 200 private and public industrial terminals along the 52-mile-long Houston Ship Channel and is consistently ranked 1st in the United States in foreign waterborne tonnage. “We are very pleased to continue our more than 25 year working relationship with the Port Houston Authority and assist them in modernizing the port, and we are happy to have earned the trust of a new client,” said Fitz O’Donnell, Vice President Marine/Industrial for McCarthy Southern Region. “Our v...

Former South Dakota lawmaker brings valuable petroleum and geological engineering experience to new leadership role with firm’s U.S. Energy team. RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA   — Former South Dakota state representative Scyller Borglum has joined WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy , as the national u nderground s torage m arket s ector l eader for the firm’s Energy business. In her new role, Borglum will pursue work and build relationships with current and emerging clients , develop strategies to grow the firm’s business in the underground storage market, manage underground storage pursuits across the U.S . , and promote u nderground storage a s a cost-effective, safe and long-term solution for storing industrial quantities of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons . “ Scyller brings a strong combination of technical skills and diverse work experience to WSP ,” said Roger Blair, WSP national Energy business line leader . “She share...

The rapid growth of the electric vehicle market has driven the development, manufacture , and sales of batteries, especially lithium-ion batteries. I n the meantime, interests in solid-state batteries have attracted the attention of material providers, battery vendors, component suppliers, automotive OEMs , and investors. The popular discussions on solid-state batteries have brought development both in academia and industry. With an increasing number of players working in this field and some milestones being achieved, the solid-state battery market is expected to grow to $8 billion by 2031, according to IDTechEx’s new report “ Solid-State and Polymer Batteries 2021-2031: Technology, Forecasts, Players ”. Solid-state batteries can be a game-changer In 2015, Volkswagen got a 5% stake in QuantumScape , Dyson acquired Sakti3, Bosch acquired SEEO , and Johnson Battery Technologies sold its solid-state batteries to BP. Although in 2017, Bosch gave up SEEO and was selling the ...