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Combines High Sample Accuracy and Proven Reliability with Small Diameter Dexter, MI (DATE) – Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative environmental products and subsidiary of Graco Inc. (NYSE: GGG), highlights its Well Wizard ST1000, which provides the high sample accuracy and proven reliability of QED’s Well Wizard dedicated bladder pumps in a smaller diameter format. The sampling device is the heart of every low-flow groundwater monitoring system. This is why the ST1000, which goes deeper than other pumps and has a durable construction, provides tremendous value to organizations with these systems. The ST1000, being 0.80” (20mm) OD, can sample wells as small as 1” diameter at depths over 600 feet (183m), which is far deeper than other small diameter bladder pumps. Further, you can sample wells at almost unlimited depth with its optional drop tube inlet kit. This pump also fits larger wells with partial obstruction. The product of QED’s decades of e...

St. Louis, MO – KAI Design is pleased to announce the hiring of Scott Clark, Assoc. AIA, as Senior Architectural Designer at its St. Louis office. Clark’s new role includes contributing to the design process to prepare presentations and documents during Schematic Design, Design Development and Construction Documents. He capitalizes on the talent and abilities of KAI’s multi-disciplined team environment to find strategic advantages and leverages them for project, group and firm success. Clark has 16 years of ground-up and renovation architectural experience, having designed a wide range of projects from corporate office campuses to data storage facilities, public libraries, mission-critical facilities, multi-family housing, educational facilities, mixed-use buildings, sports complexes and industrial facilities. “Scott has already proven to be a wonderful addition to the KAI Design team—he has already shown that he is a skilled practitioner with an astute design se...

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) is joining the lifting industry in looking forward to the return of the LiftEx Exhibition in the UK, which will be held on 5-6 October 2022 at P&J Live in Aberdeen. LiftEx 2022 provides the first major opportunity in three years to meet face-to-face with lifting equipment providers. Taking part will be a tremendous opportunity to reconnect with customers, meet new clients and get back to business. A packed schedule of new and exciting features for this year’s event includes Knowledge Sharing and Industry Insights . These will comprise a series of sessions on Day One, delivered by the LEEA team and industry experts, that will discuss topics of recent interest, issues, trends, and recruitment strategies – through panel discussions, guest speaker interviews, case studies and interactive sessions. There will be an Exhibitor Fast Pitch , providing an easy way to find out what products and services are on offer. This new feature fo...

Morningstar Ranch Features Single-Family Homes Priced From the $380s BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —   LGI Homes, Inc.  (NASDAQ: LGIH) announced the grand opening of its second community in the Bakersfield, California market,  Morningstar Ranch . This new community is located in a premier location and offers a variety of single-story homes outfitted with incredible, included upgrades. “We are excited to continue our expansion into the Bakersfield market with the opening of our newest community, Morningstar Ranch,” said Chris Kelly, division president at LGI Homes. “With its convenient location and incredible area amenities, paired with our simplified homebuying process, Morningstar Ranch is the ideal setting for buyers to find their perfect new home.” Ideally located just off California State Route 178 in Bakersfield, Morningstar Ranch places homebuyers near the center of it all. Enjoy an exceptional community situated only ten minutes from all the exciting attr...

Pleasanton, Calif. —   Simpson Strong-Tie , the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, has introduced a selection of knee brace connectors to its popular Outdoor Accents Avant Collection decorative hardware line, providing contractors and DIY enthusiasts with a fast and easy way to add structural strength and aesthetic allure to an almost endless variety of outdoor living projects. Available in two sizes to accommodate both 4x and 6x lumber, the Outdoor Accents APVKB knee brace connectors are fabricated from ZMAX® galvanized steel with a black powder coat for corrosion protection against the elements. Both sizes are installed with the 3½” structural wood screw and STN22 hex-head washer, making it easy to add decorative flair to diagonal supports and other applications where knee brace connections are preferred or required. The knee brace connectors feature convenient screw holes to help take the guesswork out of screw placement, making for easy, conf...

Laboratory for geosynthetic, geotechnical, aggregate and concrete materials to replace facility destroyed by fire in 2021; designed by WSP USA architects to be more efficient.   ATLANTA  — A Golder Associates construction materials testing services laboratory destroyed by fire in March 2021 has been relocated and reopened on Feb. 21, with the assistance of Golder’s parent company, WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy. Following the arson fire, which caused significant damage and shut down the construction materials testing laboratory. The original facility location in Chamblee, northeast of Atlanta, warranted a relocation to a new facility as the best option over reconstruction of the previous site. Golder, which is now integrated with WSP as one company, partnered with WSP architects prior to the integration to design a laboratory space for the geosynthetic, geotechnical, aggregate and concrete labs to operate safely and efficiently. The new...

Protecting sludge handling equipment Large wastewater treatment facilities often incorporate an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to handle sludge and deliver heat as well as electrical energy to support the operation of the site. Process performance depends on equipment reliability and getting the most out of the feedstock. Improved efficiency enables plants to increase throughput without expanding the site and this can be achieved by optimizing the sludge handling equipment. Gabriele Casella, Sales Manager MEA, for Sulzer Water BU, looks at how sludge treatment and anaerobic digestion processes can be optimized with a simple addition. Waste streams that feed into a treatment plant can vary enormously, depending on the surrounding industry. Agriculture, abattoirs, breweries, food waste all pose their own challenges in terms of particle size and fiber content, and for the anaerobic digesters, this mix of sludge content has a significant impact on both the productivity as well as effici...

70+ additional upgrades for Control Center software facilitate construction documentation   Upper Saddle River, NJ  – EarthCam, the leader in webcam technology and services, announced a major upgrade for  Control   Center 8 , its software-as-a-service (SaaS) for visual collaboration, available to all EarthCam clients. A new  AI Media Dashboard  simplifies the complex task of organizing, navigating, analyzing and sharing imagery and data in relation to construction projects. Today’s jobsites generate massive amounts of imagery, from mobile devices, webcams, UAVs, 360° reality capture and BIM. The new AI Media Dashboard creates a destination for information to be automatically uploaded and shared to a centralized, secure, asset database which places all visual information at stakeholders’ fingertips. Data extracted from imagery is presented in powerful 4D visualizations drawing from millions of data-points to give a new level of insight and search ability, ...

New team members add comprehensive design and project management skills to the rapidly growing firm DALLAS — Premier, an end-to-end architecture, design, procurement, and project management firm, has hired seven project managers to support the company’s growing hospitality, multifamily, and student-housing portfolios. Today’s announcement represents Premier’s commitment to providing efficient, end-to-end services for prestigious brands including Hyatt, Hilton, and the Ritz-Carlton. Each team member brings years of experience that will enhance Premier’s broad industry expertise in a variety of sectors and regions. “Our industry-wide reputation for completing projects on time and within budget stems from our incredible project management team,” said Johannes Michalsky, Premier’s Senior Vice President of Project Management and Corporate Engineering. “As Premier continues to grow and navigate issues caused by the pandemic and the supply chain, our new team members will allow the firm to...

Experienced technical team and robust technology will augment Altair One platform TROY, Mich. – Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), acquired Cassini, a next-generation cloud native technology for Industry 4.0. With the acquisition, Altair deepens its expertise and strengthens its ability to offer digital thread solutions via the Altair One cloud platform. A digital thread provides a 360-degree view of conceptualized product data, streamlines and accelerates new product development, and improves processes, creating a seamless experience between the digital and physical worlds. “Led by visionary founder and industry veteran in both mechanical and electrical data management solutions, Raghuram Tera, Cassini brings innovative technology and an incredibly talented team to Altair.” said James R. Scapa, founder and chief executive officer, Altair. “Upon integration, customers will have a comprehensive view of digital thread act...

COSTA MESA, Calif. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB:  CETY ), a clean energy company offering products and solutions in the energy efficiency and environmental sustainability market, announced that it has formed a technology partnership with Enertime, a clean technology company focused on large scale ORC solutions above 1 MW of power generation. Enertime manufactures ORC modules to recover heat and generate electricity, high temperature large heat pumps and natural gas expanders. ORCs replace steam with organic fluid allowing electricity to be generated from low-medium temperature heat sources dramatically reducing a power plant’s dependance on grid electricity. The organic fluid has a lower boiling point and is therefore able to use low temperature heat sources to produce electricity. We believe ORC systems are one of the most technically advanced and economically viable solutions available today, with higher performance and lowe...

Riga, Latvia – February 25, 2022 – SPH Engineering offers new opportunities for LiDAR experts offering UgCS EXPERT software license dedicated to LiDAR surveying purposes. The UgCS LiDAR toolset allows to plan and fly LiDAR area scans, perform corridor mapping; and it comes with in-built IMU calibration tools. SPH Engineering introduced the UgCS LiDAR toolset in July 2021. It  supports the most popular UAV-based LiDARs and is currently compatible with DJI M300, DJI M600 with integrated cameras, and DJI Matrice 200/210 series. The toolset allows optimizing time and cost-effectiveness at all stages of data collection and processing.  At the flight planning stage, time could be saved on mission planning with flight patterns and turns designed specifically for LiDAR surveys. At the flight stage, one may acquire high-quality laser data with preset IMU initialization patterns and anti-shake LiDAR turns. During post-flight data analysis, the high accuracy of acquired data ensures ...

Rendering courtesy of VLK Architects Pecos, Texas –  On February 15, 2022, VLK Architects joined  Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD  to celebrate breaking ground on the construction of Eagle Stadium at Rotary Field. Eagle Stadium at Rotary Field will be the home to the Pecos High School Eagles and serve as a premier event stadium. Once complete, this stadium will be able to host football and soccer games, track and field events, band competitions, and more. “We are excited to bring a new, dynamic stadium to PBTISD that will be the envy of other districts across West Texas,” said  Brent Jaco, Superintendent of PBTISD . “Though the former structure is gone, the land remains … this land has been the site of athletic events for over 90 years in the community. So, the memories will always remain for everyone that comes through PBTISD.” The project includes a new pressbox, home and visitor seating, concession stands, and restrooms. Along with the stadium’s reconstruction, there ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Steel Bridge Task Force; the National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA); and the American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) T-14 Technical Committee for Structural Steel Design have named Todd Helwig, Ph.D., director of the Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory and professor of engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, as the recipient of the 2022 Richard S. Fountain Award.  Named for the founder of the AISI Steel Bridge Task Force, the Richard S. Fountain Award was established in 2001 to recognize leadership in steel bridge research and outstanding efforts to advance AASHTO specifications. Dr. Helwig received the award at the meeting of the AISI Steel Bridge Task Force on February 2, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. The award was presented by Michael Grubb of M.A. Grubb & Associates, who is also the first winner of the Richard S. Fountain Award; Ronnie Medlock of High Steel...

Acquisition of Martin Pevzner Engineering BLOOMINGTON, Minn. /PRNewswire/ —  ISG, a nationally recognized architecture, engineering, environmental, and planning firm, is excited to announce the acquisition of Bloomington-based engineering firm  Martin Pevzner Engineering . Martin Pevzner provides full mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems design services for a wide range of business units, specializing in education, commercial, and housing. Founded in 2000 by Roger Martin, PE, Boris Pevzner, PE, and Chad Martin, PE, the Martin Pevzner team will relocate to the  ISG Bloomington office . All staff will be integrated into ISG’s multi-disciplinary firm of over 400 architects, engineers, planners, and other professionals, to continue serving the needs of their existing clients as well as ISG clients nationally. “The Martin Pevzner team provides us added depth to scale our services with our clients to a greater extent, expand our reach, and grow our MEP tea...

CALGARY   — AECOM, the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, announced that it has formed a partnership with FMIS (Fort McKay Industrial Solutions) to create an energy hub for engineering, environment, and water solutions in Northern Alberta. The agreement, which is already in effect, will provide a centralized source for energy operations within the region and will advance leading edge solutions to climate change and greenhouse gas reductions through carbon capture utilization and sequestration. “AECOM is committed to making a positive impact to the communities we serve and this agreement with FMIS reinforces our collective drive towards sustainable long-term goals, values, and principles that support the environment and communities in which we live and work,” said Ian Dyck, senior vice president with AECOM’s Canadian Water business. “We’re  honoured and privileged to have the opportunity to build this relationship that recognizes the ancestry, heritage, ...

Belgian consortium Hyoffwind has signed an agreement with John Cockerill and BESIX to design and build a green hydrogen production unit in Zeebrugge. This agreement represents a new milestone for Hyoffwind, which is playing a key pioneering role in line with the Flemish, Belgian and European hydrogen strategy. Collaboration between partners across the entire energy chain The Hyoffwind project is being developed by a consortium active across the entire energy value chain. The consortium, consisting of Virya Energy (generation and sale of renewable energy) and Fluxys (transmission of green molecules), aims to develop a power-to-gas facility that can convert renewable electricity into green hydrogen. Green hydrogen is a crucial building block for a renewable energy economy, as it can be used as a raw material for industrial processes and for a variety of mobility applications. Hyoffwind will also contribute to the flexibility and balance of the energy system by providing an effective s...

WASHINGTON  — Associated Builders and Contractors reported that its Construction Backlog Indicator declined to 8.0 months in January, according to an ABC member survey conducted Jan. 20 to Feb. 4. The reading is down 0.2 months from December 2021, but up 0.5 months from January 2021. ABC’s Construction Confidence Index readings for sales, profit margins and staffing levels all inched lower in January. All three indices remain above the threshold of 50, indicating expectations of growth over the next six months. View ABC’s  Construction Backlog Indicator  and  Construction Confidence Index  tables for January 2022. “Despite the omicron variant, ongoing supply chain issues, elevated energy and materials prices and rampant staffing shortages, the average nonresidential contractor remains upbeat,” said ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu. “Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the survey findings is the expectation that industry profit margins will expand during com...