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St. Louis, MO – KAI Design is pleased to announce the hiring of Charles Hoffmann, AIA as Senior Project Architect at its Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas office. Hoffmann has more than 35 years of experience in design, production and construction administration. As Senior Project Architect, Hoffmann is responsible for functional space planning, development of design and construction documents, and working with KAI’s multi-disciplinary team to maintain design continuity and constructability of the building project. “KAI is thrilled to have Chuck join our design team. He is a seasoned and experienced technical architect that really knows how to put a building together,” said KAI Managing Partner Brad Simmons, FAIA. “Chuck understands the art and science of architecture and how to successfully apply that expertise in a methodical, coordinated and design-focused manner that produces an outstanding end-product. His leadership style and approach to mentoring younger practitioners is outstanding.”

Revolutionary software will streamline community involvement to deliver better infrastructure programs   AUSTIN, Texas — Aurigo Software , North America’s leading capital planning and construction management solution provider, announced the launch of Aurigo Engage, an AI-based, secure, cloud-based application designed to collect and incorporate community feedback for public agencies during the capital planning process. Gathering public feedback is mandatory on all infrastructure programs that use federal funds. Public agencies need their constituents to weigh-in on a project’s specific location, design, and impact to the community. Annually, tens of thousands of projects across the country go through this process. The earlier feedback can be incorporated on a project, the better. The recently-passed Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act, a historic investment in Americas’ transportation, technology, and water infrastructure, will accelerate the need for agencies to publish, gather

At this year’s NAHB International Builders’ Show (IBS 2022), Barricade Building Products will demonstrate how its patented structural sheathing and drainage house wrap products help builders deliver energy efficient homes that consumers are demanding. Richmond, Virginia (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Barricade Building Products will showcase Barricade Thermo-Brace Structural Insulated Board (SIB), Barricade Thermo-Brace Lightweight Sheathing, and Barricade Plus Drainage Wrap at  IBS 2022  in Orlando, Florida from February 8-10.  The event will host more than 90,000 attendees, making it the largest light construction trade show in the world. Barricade Thermo-Brace Structural Insulated Board  (SIB) Barricade Thermo-Brace SIB, a 4-in-1 reversible structural insulated sheathing with Barricade Thermo-Brace Structural Sheathing with  BASF Neopor® GPS  insulative foam, offers an additional energy-efficient insulative barrier against external elements and a tight, simple, and secure install for builde

HCSS Technology Empowers Employees to Do More with Less SUGAR LAND, Texas (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HCSS, a leading provider of innovative software that helps heavy civil businesses streamline their operations, announces that the company is poised to help civil contractors improve productivity and efficiencies to help meet the increase in business from the Infrastructure bill. With more jobs than ever before coming from the increase in funding, more contractors will be competing for these jobs. HCSS can help businesses empower their employees with technology that gives them a competitive advantage. “The $1.2T funding will affect everyone in the construction ecosystem,” says Tom Webb, VP of Strategic Initiatives and Customer Relations, HCSS. “There will be more jobs than ever before and more contractors competing for those jobs. To keep winning jobs at the rate you are today, you will need something that gives you a competitive advantage over the next five years. Technology is a great way

TORONTO (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AOMS Technologies, a leader in advanced IoT solutions for construction and industrial applications, announces it has formally rebranded the company to  Brickeye . The name change comes four months after the company’s acquisition of Brickeye, the construction risk mitigation platform. The shift away from AOMS, which stood for Advanced Opto-Mechanical Systems, underscores Brickeye’s focus on providing actionable data and insights to customers in addition to delivering the ruggedized IoT sensors that the company has long been known for. “There’s a lot of value in a name as it’s both a form of identification and a signifier of a company’s brand promise. That’s why when we discussed the change to Brickeye, our team understood that we wanted to reflect the value we deliver to our customers,” said Tim Angus, President and CEO of Brickeye. “The world of industrial IoT is changing. Contractors need insight into the conditions of their working environments in order

Philadelphia-based structural engineering firm enters exciting period of growth with new leadership while maintaining established legacy of collaboration PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Keast & Hood , the Philadelphia-based structural engineering firm known for designing new buildings with leading architects and for preserving some of the nation’s most iconic historic structures, is excited to announce the transition to its third generation of ownership.  On January 1st, 2022, firm veterans Denise Richards, PE and John Davis, PE assumed full ownership of the firm with Ms. Richards as the majority shareholder. Richards and Davis are committed to building on the legacy of quality work and client collaboration instilled in the firm by its founders. Former owners Frederick Baumert, Constantine Doukakis, and Thomas Normile will remain fully engaged with the firm to ensure a seamless transition and the transfer of institutional knowledge. Keast & Hood was founded in 1953. “Keast & Hood ha

MILPITAS, Calif. and BELLEVUE, Wash. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — View, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIEW) (“View”), the leader in smart building technologies, has been selected by global construction and development leader Skanska to be featured in The Eight, a Class-A high-rise office tower and one of the first buildings in the Bellevue Central Business District to feature smart windows. Built, developed, and owned by Skanska USA Commercial Development, The Eight is a 25-story, 541,000 square-foot commercial office tower featuring retail spaces, a public plaza, and numerous exterior balconies. View Smart Windows will be part of a suite of tenant-focused amenities, including a dedicated floor for tenant events, a health and wellness center, electric vehicle and e-bike charging, and more. The windows will provide continuous views of Lake Washington and downtown Bellevue, while also reducing energy consumption at The Eight. View Smart Windows use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust in response to

Sulzer Chemtech will provide its SuRe  BTX technology to recover high value circular petrochemicals downstream of Encina’s mixed plastics catalytic conversion process. Sulzer Chemtech has finalized an agreement with Encina Development Group, LLC. Sulzer Chemtech will provide technology to recover high purity circular aromatics from cracked oil products derived from Encina’s mixed-plastics-to-aromatics catalytic conversion platform. Encina’s 1000 tons per day waste plastics recycling facility will be located in Northeast United States, and is expected to be operational in 2024. Encina has developed a catalytic platform wherein the cracked products selectively contain high levels of circular aromatics as well as other valuable by-products. Sulzer Chemtech will provide its hydrotreating and aromatics extraction technology (SuRe BTX) to recover high purity circular benzene and toluene. Sulzer Chemtech’s flagship aromatic extraction technology (GT-BTX®) has been deployed worldwide for ar

Skanska Uses Wisej to Build Internal Software Suite. WASHINGTON (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Skanska, a multinational construction group, has decided to use Ice Tea Group LLC’s Web Development Framework, Wisej, to modernize their complex project management suite to a modern web application. The  SPIK  software suite covers the entire building process, from early cost estimates to complex project planning, including cost calculations and reporting. The application, originally written for Windows Desktop, was migrated to Wisej, a web-based .NET solution, at a fraction of the time and cost it would have taken with other web technologies like Angular, Blazor, or  ASP.NET . Wisej’s modernization toolkit provides an extensive control suite and requires minimal changes to the application’s UI and business logic. The SPIK application, which serves 4,500 users, was completed within one year compared to an internal estimate of approximately 27-man years for a manual rewrite. The deployment cycle has b

MILPITAS, Calif. /PRNewswire/ – – Richard Walker, a nearly 30-year veteran of the construction and real estate industries, has been elevated to chief executive officer of XL Construction, a rapidly growing Northern California-based general contractor firm. He assumed the role as part of a planned executive transition, with the company’s co-founder and former CEO, Eric Raff, becoming executive chairman. Since 2019, Walker has served as president and facilitated substantial growth, as well as helped drive the advancement of the company’s strategic anchors, particularly in delivering specialized expertise such as mass timber and in developing people. Walker’s responsibilities encompass all strategic activities and continuing to support the company’s purpose of building to improve lives. He will work in partnership with the leadership team to set enterprise direction, drive performance and team member development initiatives as well as foster external relationships. “I’m grateful for th

Worn Again Technologies builds on its ambition to develop textile recycling plants integrated into the urban ecosystem. Worn Again Technologies (WAT) and its strategic partners gathered in Copenhagen to discuss the next steps towards building modern polymer recycling facilities for textiles. Drawing on inspiration from Amager Bakke, an energy-from-waste plant with an outdoor sports center on its roof, the organization aims to engage communities and change perceptions around manufacturing, both environmentally and culturally. Worn Again Technologies (WAT) and its strategic partners met in Copenhagen to discuss the next steps towards building polymer recycling facilities for textiles. After completing extensive feasibility and pilot scale tests, as well as laying out its future vision of the textile recycling industry, Worn Again Technologies is getting closer to building its first full-scale plant. The technology relies on innovative polymer separation and purification technologies

Inflexion, a leading mid-market private equity firm, has made a minority investment in the fast-growing renewables engineering consultancy, Wood Thilsted, who are at the forefront of designing major offshore wind projects worldwide. The investment, from Inflexion’s Enterprise Fund V, which is focused on ambitious SMEs, will see Wood Thilsted’s founders (Alastair Muir Wood and Christian LeBlanc Thilsted) remain as majority owners, continuing to drive the business forward as global energy production makes its transition towards renewable sources. Founded in 2015, and currently employing over 140 people in five countries, Wood Thilsted is looking to expand further globally to meet strong demand for its services in feasibility, development, engineering, installation and operation. Delivery of 8GW of projects across four continents includes SSE and Equinor’s Dogger Bank, ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia Hub and Vineyard Wind, America’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm. The

Swedish technology and design startup  STILRIDE  has raised £2.5m to produce sustainable electric motorcycles and scooters using a groundbreaking process dubbed ‘industrial origami’. The trailblazing manufacturing technique involves robots which are able to fold single sheets of recyclable steel into intricate, lightweight and durable new structures – significantly reducing the environmental impact of production. This process is being used to create the chassis and body for a fleet of next-generation e-motorcycles which will be made available to consumers in Europe later this year. This £2.5m seed round was joined by angels and private investors that include Gustaf Hagman, Saeid Esmaeilizadeh, Sam Bonnier and Andreas Adler. STILRIDE’s pioneering industrial origami technology, called STILFOLD , is the brainchild of best friends Tue Beijer and Jonas Nyvang, whose backgrounds span the worlds of fashion, industrial design and engineering. With STILRIDE, the duo aim to reimagine how hi

New design reflects the country’s geography, iconic sites, and relationship with the ocean The Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL), Chile’s primary airport and hub for international connections, is opening a new international terminal. Designed by global integrated design firm Stantec, in partnership with local firm Amunategui Barreau Arquitectos, the project also converts the original terminal into a domestic terminal and expands the terminal complex by more than 175,000 square meters. With an initial capacity of 30 million passengers, the terminal complex can be increased to 38 million passengers per year, through previously designed additions. Stantec played a major role in the development of SCL airport. First as the architects of the original International Terminal in 2000 under the Consortium SCL Terminal Aéreo de Santiago S.A., and more recently as the designers of the new terminal when Stantec and Amunategui Barreau Arquitectos were retained by the Chilean Minis

OMAHA, Neb.  — The latest installation in HDR’s Experts Talk series features strategic communications professionals Chelsea Collinge and Sabrina Colón explaining how data-informed engagement can help create more equitable infrastructure. Data-informed engagement, which combines the expertise of communications professionals and geospatial experts, uses readily available, public data to inform and enhance community engagement. The result is an approach that improves understanding of a community and leads to more informed planning and design. “By leveraging a broad range of interactive, publicly available geospatial datasets, we can shed light on those who are traditionally left out — whether that’s because of their age, income, language barriers or other conditions,” Collinge said. Collinge, a senior strategic communications coordinator, and Colón, HDR’s South Atlantic strategic communications lead, use these strategies daily as they lead public engagement efforts for transportation i

Integration with Procore Construction Management Platform Provides Industry’s Most Comprehensive View into Jobsite Performance SAN FRANCISCO –   Safe Site Check In  announced Safe Site Check In Advanced Edition, a jobsite management platform that provides a more cost effective way for commercial construction companies to maximize labor productivity and project profitability. Safe Site Check In Advanced Edition bridges the gap between field and office workers through a private QR-code check-in app for worker, contractor and visitor management. It also features a data and analytics platform that provides insight on construction jobsites to engineers, project managers, and executives. Construction companies use Safe Site Check In to always know who is or was on a jobsite, how long they were there, and their role. When an employee or subcontractor arrives at work, they use their smartphone to check in through a dedicated Safe Site Check In QR-code poster. The general contractor can custo

Strategic combination creates market-leading testing and inspection services business for critical infrastructure assets in the Western U.S. RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA and PHOENIX, AZ –   RMA Group of Companies  (“RMA”), a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners, announced that it has merged with  Western Technologies, Inc.  and  Enviro-Drill, Inc.  (collectively, “Western Technologies” or “WT”) to create a leading provider of technology-enabled laboratory testing, inspection, and quality management services for critical infrastructure end-markets. Ed Lyon, RMA’s President and CEO, will lead the newly combined business, supported by an experienced management team consisting of leaders from both RMA and WT. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The strategic combination of RMA and Western Technologies significantly enhances the firms’ collective service capabilities, geographic reach, and end-market expertise. The combined business will employ over 600 talented engineers, geologist,

More than 4,000 members of the precast concrete industry will gather March 3-5 at the Kansas City Convention Center for  The Precast Show 2022 . The Precast Show is the largest precast-specific trade show in North America and the one place you can find the industry’s most important suppliers and foremost equipment experts under one roof. With the recent passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, it is estimated that between 20 and 25% of upcoming projects will include precast concrete elements, including water systems, wastewater systems, electric vehicle charging stations, electrical vaults and solar panel foundations, as well as traditional infrastructure projects for highways, bridges, ports, airports, rails and transit systems. Approximately 350 exhibiting companies will be joined by members of the National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA), Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) and Interlocking Concrete Paving In

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sordoni Construction Co. is excited to announce the newest team member: Giancarlo Lanzano as a Senior Director with a focus on Business Development. With over 15 years of experience developing both regional and national clients, he has increased revenue, established and retained client-based relationships, and increased construction-based opportunities. Giancarlo’s involvement with Business Development enabled him to partake in a vast variety of management opportunities, marketing, sales, networking, relationship building, and more. His clientele consists of numerous market sectors within the construction industry, including retail, grocery, multi-family, pharmaceutical, life sciences, automotive, training facilities/health clubs, department stores, hospitality/hotel, higher education, and arena-type buildings. Coupled with Giancarlo’s exceptional customer service and Sordoni’s standard of excellence, clients will receive first-class treatment and