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Carollo Engineers to be a tenant and sustaining partner at The Water Tower   GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia  – Carollo Engineers has committed to being a Sustaining Partner at The Water Tower Innovation Center, a 55,000-square-foot research collective on The Water Tower Global Innovation Hub Campus located in Gwinnett County, Georgia. The campus will serve as an accelerator for water innovation by bringing together utilities, technology providers, educational institutions, and other industry partners to conduct applied research, technology innovation, workforce development, and community engagement.  “We are so excited to have Carollo participate not only as a tenant, but now as a Sustaining Partner of The Water Tower,” said Melissa Meeker, CEO of The Water Tower. “Carollo’s decades-long commitment to advancing both water science and technology will make them an outstanding partner on our campus.” Ranked by  Engineering News Record  as the country’s largest water-...

ST. LOUIS, MO –  John Farnen of Caseyville, IL has joined Kwame Building Group as Vice President of Operations. Farnen is responsible for leading Kwame Building Group’s healthcare, higher education and corporate divisions. He also develops and maintains strategic partnerships and directs marketing and business development activities. Farnen has an illustrative career with more than 30 years of experience in planning, design and construction, including an extensive background in healthcare construction. He was Vice President of Planning, Design and Construction for Mercy for 24 years and has managed hundreds of healthcare projects worth over one billion dollars. Farnen holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He is a Certified Healthcare Constructor and a member of the American Society for Healthcare Engineers’ (ASHE) Training Certification and Executive Leadership committees. Farnen has extensive community leadership experience, i...

WASHINGTON D.C.  – The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) has initiated revisions affecting the use of press-brake-formed steel tub girder (PBTG) bridges that will be included in the 10 th  edition of the  AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications , which will be published in 2023. The Specifications employ Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) methodology for use in the design, evaluation and rehabilitation of bridges and are used extensively in highway design and construction throughout the United States. The revisions apply to Specification Equation 6.11.2.2-3, which is “intended to provide adequate boundary conditions at the web-top flange juncture of composite tub sections in flexure such that the web and compression-flange buckling formations with the specification are sufficiently accurate,” according to the ballot reviewed by the American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) T-14 Technical Committee for Structural Steel ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Patented and patent-pending technologies developed by Purdue University engineers enhance methods to detect, identify and quantify chemicals in a range of natural, industrial and consumer settings. Joe Sinfield , professor of civil engineering, and researchers in his laboratory at Purdue University’s  Lyles School of Civil Engineering , have created a suite of technologies to expand applications of Raman spectroscopy – a chemical analysis technique that makes use of light to assess the chemical composition of materials. The technique has traditionally been carried out with either expensive, sophisticated devices in controlled settings like laboratories, or lower-cost and much less capable instruments in harsher environments. When chemical differentiation, sensitivity and/or specificity is required, those in need of chemical analysis typically resort to taking samples of a substance to a laboratory for analysis, which can be expensive and time consuming. “T...

Solving housing issues with new, cutting-edge technology MELBOURNE, Fla. and NEW ORLEANS (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —   Apis Cor , the company that prints buildings, and VPG Enterprise, a leading developer of affordable and workforce housing ,  announced their partnership to 3D-print homes in the greater New Orleans area. As partners, Apis Cor and VPG are designing 3D-printable houses that can be reproduced quickly and at affordable prices. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2023. “There’s really no other way to attack the affordable housing shortage other than construction costs. There’s not enough subsidy, there’s not enough soft dollars and there’s not enough cheap land in New Orleans to support the housing needs of our community,” said Michael Merideth, co-founder VPG Enterprises and VPG Construction. “In a market like New Orleans, no matter how much we value engineered, we could not make the acquisition and rehab numbers work.” The cost of the finished home can be up to 30% l...

As transportation policy and multimodal strategy principal in Washington, D.C., Kim will work with U.S. transportation executives to guide policy-making and incoming federal funding. WASHINGTON, D.C.  — David S. Kim, who has served as secretary of the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) since 2019, joined WSP USA as the firm’s national transportation policy and multimodal strategy principal. In his new senior vice president position, Kim will work with WSP’s Advisory national business line, collaborating with public and private senior transportation executives across the U.S. He will guide policy-making that supports federal funding for transportation projects anticipated under the U.S. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in November 2021. He will also guide the delivery of transportation capital projects, including strategic planning and policy, environmental process, funding and finance and capital delivery. Kim’s career in public service spans more than 35 years,...

University of Missouri/Colorado Boulder Residence Halls Achieve LEED Platinum Certifications   St. Louis, MO – Colleges and universities today are looking for sustainable facilities, and a number of them choose to participate in the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) process to obtain a measurable level of sustainability. LEED is a green building certification program used worldwide. Developed by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in 1993, LEED includes a set of rating systems for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of green buildings. The goal of the program is to help building owners and operators be environmentally responsible and use resources efficiently. Buildings can qualify for four levels of certification based on a point system, with higher points earned correlating to greater energy efficiency: Certified (40-49 points), Silver (50-59 points), Gold (60-79 points) and Platinum (80 or more points). “LEED provides a ...