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A Coventry University graduate’s work to help prepare Coventry for the electric car revolution, has seen him honoured with a top project management award. Anujan Metheus, who completed his Masters in Engineering Project Management at Coventry University last year, was presented with the Association of Project Management (APM) Student of the Year Award, earlier this year. During his course at Coventry, Anujan led a team developing a project delivery plan for Coventry City Council to install 39 taxi ULEV (Ultra Low Emission Vehicle) chargers across the city centre with the purpose of promoting environmentally friendly transport and contributing to the local strategic infrastructure program. With the UK planning to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, the need to expand the UK’s network of electric car charging points is vitally important. Using their local knowledge the team identified 15 locations for chargers, weighing up multiple factors before deciding where they w...

A new prototype sensor that provides an early warning signal if a bridge is at risk of scour – the number one cause of bridge collapse globally – has been developed by a Queen’s University Belfast researcher. Scour is erosion of riverbeds and banks, which can cause major bridge structural failure problems. Dr Myra Lydon has been working on a sensor since last year to tackle the problem. An initial prototype senor has been developed in partnership with Somni Solutions Ltd and testing has now completed. Dr Lydon hopes it will be in place on a Northern Ireland bridge this Summer and after further research there will be a wider roll out of the sensor. The project has been funded by UK Research and Innovation’s Impact Acceleration Accounts (IAA) and Invest NI has provided additional funding for market exploration. Dr Lydon explained the significance of the new sensor at Queen’s University Belfast’s ‘Research with Impact’, which took place at the Sonic Arts Research Centre. She comments...

DALLAS  –  McCarthy Building Companies, Inc . has announced two executive level changes for the company’s Southern Region. Joe Jouvenal, who most recently was the company’s Southern Region president, has been promoted to Chief Administrative Officer for McCarthy Holdings Inc. (McCarthy Holdings, Inc. is comprised of McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. and Castle Contracting, LLC.). Bryan Kuster, who previously served as senior vice president, business unit leader in the McCarthy Southwest Region, has been promoted to Southern Region president. McCarthy’s Southern Region maintains offices in Austin, Channel View, Dallas and Houston, Texas, as well as Atlanta, Ga., serving a variety of markets including healthcare, aviation, renewable energy, mission critical, civil, and marine. Both Jouvenal and Kuster will be based in the firm’s Dallas office. “McCarthy has been building across the southern U.S. for more than four decades, and these leadership transitions represent our ong...

SHARC Energy and HTS Ontario to Supply Two PIRANHA T15 Wastewater Energy Transfer Systems Deal represents the tip of a growing pipeline of sales opportunities in Ontario. Vancouver, B.C, Canada  –  SHARC International Systems Inc . (CSE: SHRC) (FSE: IWIA) (OTCQB: INTWF) (“SHARC Energy” or the “Company”), a world leader in energy transfer from wastewater, is pleased to announce that the Company  and  HTS Ontario (“HTS”) ,  a representative of SHARC Energy products, have been selected to supply  two  PIRANHA T15  Wastewater Energy Transfer (“WET”) systems to be installed in Ottawa . These units will help a new housing complex recover the thermal energy from wastewater. This project represents the second PIRANHA site in Ottawa, Ontario. The units are expected to ship in the fourth quarter of 2022. This deal is a key milestone as it marks the beginning of HTS’s growing SHARC Energy pipeline turning over and  validates the Company’s strategy ...

Hawthorne, N.J. : Registration is open for the 2nd DFI-PFSF Piling & Ground Improvement Conference taking place November 16-18, 2022, at International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney in Australia.  This conference — hosted by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and Piling & Foundation Specialists Federation (PFSF) —promotes all aspects of the deep foundations, earth retention and ground improvement works. The technical program focuses on the following topics: Design and construction solutions to foundation problems Innovative site investigation methods and techniques Ground improvement for structural support and retention works Testing of foundations Developments and innovations in construction equipment, methods and materials Potential environmental and structural impact of piling work on adjacent structures Infrastructure works projects from PPPs, government authorities, builders, consultants and contractors Case studies with lessons learned The conference feat...

Being fearless has helped Dr Lorena Caires Moreira forge a career in the male-dominated world of engineering – now the Coventry University researcher says it is one of her five top tips for future female engineers. Lorena has been working with engineering and technology for a decade and is a  research fellow  in Coventry University’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering ( AME ), where she helps transform engineering problems into innovation opportunities by leveraging the capabilities of emerging technologies. A recent report released by the  House of Commons  revealed that companies with a higher percentage of female leaders outperformed those dominated by men and highlights that women should play a major role in the UK’s post-pandemic economic recovery. Lorena hopes that report will stimulate further change in her industry. She said: “Currently, the very dynamic global scenario including customers’ demands for personalised products, fast technol...

London, UK  — The 21st June marked the 10th anniversary of Supply Chain Sustainability School (the “School”), an industry-wide collaboration of major companies to enable a sustainable built environment through knowledge and collaboration. The milestone marks a decade that has seen significant growth and acknowledges collaboration and innovation across the UK Built Environment Industry. The Supply Chain Sustainability School, which launched in June 2012 with only 7 founding Partners and 2000 members, today has near 180 Partners and engage with over 50,000 members from 17,000 businesses. In April 2022, the School was awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development in recognition of the significant environmental, social, and economic benefits it has delivered to its Members and Partners. In addition, the recently published 2022 Impact Report reflects how the School continues to positively impact organisations and supply chains, with 73% of School member...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — If the central role of semiconductors, commonly known as integrated circuits or computer chips, in almost every facet of modern life wasn’t clear before, the pandemic has made it abundantly so. Virtually anything electronic has at least one semiconductor chip inside it and likely many more. A worldwide shortage and COVID-related supply chain disruptions have made it more difficult to source, produce and ship these essential components and, consequently, more difficult – and expensive – to manufacture and purchase everything from a new game console to a new automobile, and myriad other products that contain semiconductors. The situation has the federal government and major companies in the industry pushing for a rapid expansion of semiconductor production capacity in the U.S. to increase supply and reduce reliance on overseas sources. Despite these efforts, however, an essential component of the semiconductor industry could well remain in short supply – people. ...

Polymer, metal, wax, sand, concrete – as the 3D printing technology landscape has grown in diversity and complexity, so has the variety of materials compatible with these many processes. Whereas 3D printing used to be synonymous with low-cost thermoplastics for less demanding applications, it now sees more unique and high-performance materials enter the market annually, from metal-matrix composites to bio-ceramics to recycled plastics. This portfolio of compatible materials continues to expand as end-users demand higher quality products, greater choice, flexibility, and in the case of prototyping, materials that accurately mimic the final product’s appearance and behavior. Importantly, this wider materials portfolio comes alongside increased adoption of additive manufacturing (AM), as important end-users begin to fully understand the value-add that 3D printing brings to their supply chain. With users spanning valuable industry verticals like medicine, automotive, and aerospace, there ...

Lancaster, NY – Pfannenberg, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of thermal management technologies, highlights the new Outdoor Filterfan®, a rainproof filter fan with an unrivaled airflow suitable for outdoor weather conditions, which makes a rainhood unnecessary for most applications.    The Outdoor Filterfans® are certified to TYPE 3R. providing electrical enclosures with protection against ingress of falling dirt, harmful effects of rain, sleet, snow and external ice formation. Further, it features UV resistance plastic to prevent premature degradation from direct sunlight. Traditional outdoor solutions would require installation of a metal hood (rainhood) over the filter fan. Pfannenberg’s Outdoor Filterfan® eliminates the component cost and labor for installing such a rainhood.  Like the millions of field-installed Filterfans® 4.0, the Outdoor Filterfan® reaches a particularly high airflow with flow optimized fins and rotor blades. The fluted filter-mat pr...

Old Saybrook, CT  – Infiltrator Water Technologies, a leading manufacturer of products for the decentralized water and wastewater industries, is pleased to announce the launch of new buoyancy control guidance materials and strap kits for use with Infiltrator tanks when buoyancy control is necessary. Infiltrator has published updated buoyancy control guidance manuals and videos on their website at  www.infiltratorwater.com . These resources can easily be accessed and shared among septic system installers, designers, regulators, and distributors. The new buoyancy control strap kits are specifically designed to use with the Infiltrator line of tanks to ensure reliable, fast installation of tanks where buoyancy control is necessary. The kit contains a set of two, four-strap kits including: two, five-foot-long straps with sewn, looped ends and a 14-ft-long strap with a hooked end to be inserted into a ratchet strap with hooked end. “The heavy weight polyester strapping and stain...

WASHINGTON, D.C.  — The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) will host a webinar on “The SE 2050 Commitment Program: Committing to Net-Zero Embodied Carbon” on Thursday, June 30, 2022 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT. The webinar is designed for architects, engineers, building officials and contractors. Participants are eligible for 1.5 PDHs. Structural materials are a major contributor to a building’s embodied carbon footprint, which represents the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the manufacturing, construction and demolition of the building’s components. Therefore, structural engineers play a critical role in reducing the environmental impacts of a building or renovation. The Structural Engineers 2050 (SE 2050) Commitment Program by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a program created for structural engineers to become engaged in understanding, measuring and reducing embodied carbon in structural syste...

Giulia Alimonti, AIA, LEED AP  was promoted to Principal Architect and Group Director, Architecture & Building Science. Alimonti has over 20 years’ experience and specializes in building envelope consulting and commissioning for new building design and retrofit, rehabilitation/repair and historic preservation. She is a licensed architect in New York, Texas and Italy and leads CTLGroup’s New York City office. She earned a Bachelor of Architecture in Architecture Technology from the University of Rome, Italy. Kevin Arias  was promoted to Chemist II, Analytical Chemistry. Arias specializes in X-Ray Fluorescence and X-Ray Diffraction Analysis as well as other qualitative and quantitative analytical chemistry techniques. Arias joined CTLGroup in 2019 and earned his Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois Chicago. Jaclyn Ferraro  was promoted to Senior Petrographer & Group Director of Concrete & Mortar Laboratories, while still holding ...

Bay Area   shortage  in housing and commercial space lead   t o d e v elop m e n t on   f o r m er  railyard and  lan d f ill   s i t e S A N F R A NC I SC O   –   ENGEO , the world’s leading geoscience engineering firm, has initiated the necessary geotechnical analysis to optimally recover 684 acres of land at the Baylands site, one of the largest undeveloped sites between San Francisco and Silicon Valley, in Brisbane, California. ENGEO will provide ongoing geotechnical services throughout the project’s duration to determine the requirements of redevelopment on soft compressible soil and landfill waste material. The redevelopment is projected to create over 2,200 residential units, 6.5 million square feet of commercial office space, with 2.5 million square feet allocated for life sciences laboratories and an additional 500,000 square feet for hospitality facility development. “ENGEO is honored to spearhead ...

The purpose of this guide is to provide educational information to both new and sea-soned truck scale buyers. It is intended to provide more and different information than you find in sales brochures. While brochures typically discuss “who” and “what,” this guide answers “how” and “why.” Most content in this guide is intended to be unbiased and universal in nature. However, there are occasional notes that reflect information about METTLER TOLEDO products. Most often, this is to explain how our systems and components work. You should have no trouble distinguishing the universal information from the information that is specific to METTLER TOLEDO. Whitepaper The post Truck Scale Buying Guide appeared first on Civil + Structural Engineer magazine . source https://csengineermag.com/truck-scale-buying-guide/

AUSTIN, Texas, – Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATCX) (“Atlas” or the “Company”), a leading Infrastructure and Environmental services provider, announced today that it recently entered an interest rate cap transaction (“the transaction”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JP Morgan”). The transaction is intended to mitigate the risk of potential interest rate fluctuations on the Company’s interest expense. “Reducing leverage and continuing to simplify our capital structure remain a top priority for Atlas,” said L. Joe Boyer, Atlas’ Chief Executive Officer. “Since becoming public in February 2020, we have taken several steps to simplify our capital structure. This transaction represents another step in our effort to further simplify our balance sheet and mitigate risk going forward.” Under the transaction, the variable portion of the Company’s interest expense which is tied to LIBOR is capped at 3.0%. Under the transaction, JP Morgan will make payments to the Company on a mo...

Riga, Latvia – June 28, 2022 – SPH Engineering and GreenValley International partner   combining their expertise to deliver drone software technologies for LiDAR data collection   and processing. The companies align UgCS mission planning software and LiDAR360 data   processing software to optimize the workflow with LiDAR data collected with a UAV.   The partnership is ready to provide a full end-to-end software toolchain for airborne LiDAR   applications. It includes flight planning and data collection (done with UgCS) and data processing   (using LiDAR360), which are necessary for delivering meaningful results such as elevation  models, terrain mapping and modeling, forestry scanning, and power line inspection.   “Manual drone flight planning does not guarantee a stable flight. Moreover, during large-scale  projects, you cannot see the drone at all times. Automated mission planning using UgCS allows  users to plan LiDA...

Laguna Hills, Calif.  —The High Efficiency Dehumidification System (HEDS) was selected by the United States General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) for their technology demonstration and validation program. The goal of the program is to help reduce greenhouse emissions from commercial buildings through high-performance, low-carbon solutions set forth by the GSA Green Proving Ground (GPG) and DoE High Impact Technology innovation catalyst (HIT Catalyst) programs. Conservant is one of only nine technologies selected through the very competitive global GSA/DoE process seeking technologies for net-zero carbon buildings. The field evaluations are intended to validate the technical and operational characteristics of the technologies and their potential for future deployment. The DoE/HEDS technology demonstration aims to showcase how HEDS-based HVAC designs can be developed that provide 100% decarbonized, 100% electrified HVAC systems. “We are so proud ...