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On 17-18 May 2023 at ExCeL London,  Digital Construction Week  (DCW) returns to shine a light on the tech and tools solving the built environment’s most pressing challenges. Around 5,800 of the brightest minds in digital construction attend DCW each year to learn, discuss ideas and connect in-person. And now you have the chance to be part of the conversation, by applying to speak at the 2023 show. Why apply to speak? DCW is the ideal platform to raise your profile and share your knowledge with an engaged and ready-to-learn audience looking to shape the future of the industry. The free-to-attend event features an impressive speaker programme made up of over 300 sessions across the two days. Each year the line-up includes hundreds of built environment thought-leaders and industry groundbreakers, who share their stories with one of the biggest audiences in digital construction. Selected speakers will be promoted on the DCW programme, both online ahead of the event and in pr...

Reston, Va.  – ChronosHub and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) are proud to announce a new collaboration for processing ASCE’s author fees, including article processing charges (APCs) for open access (OA) publications, as well as color charges for both OA and hybrid publications. The service will go live for authors on January 4, 2023. ASCE authors will be guided through what would otherwise be an increasingly complicated process, allowing for a much simpler and less time-consuming author experience, through clear communication and a consistent workflow for all types of charges.  The collaboration includes an integration with ASCE’s peer review system, Aries Systems Editorial Manager, where authors can see an APC quotation during the submission process. Post-acceptance, authors are guided to the ASCE environment on the ChronosHub platform where APCs and/or color charges can be paid by credit card or invoice. Credit card payments are fully integrated via AS...

Architecture, art, and advisory firm Svigals + Partners, renowned for inspiring higher education environments, has announced the completion of the Southern Connecticut State University’s College of Health and Human Services building on its campus in Hamden, Conn.  Designed by Svigals + Partners with Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, the new four-story, 94,750-square-foot building consolidates the multiple departments of Southern Connecticut State University’s College of Health and Human Services program from eight campus-wide locations encompassing nearly two-dozen disciplines, uniting their academic centers, clinics, and institutes into one inviting, interdisciplinary experience.  “As you know, there are critical shortages in many areas of Connecticut’s healthcare industry and this new building will allow us to both increase enrollment and further diversify the state’s healthcare professional workforce,” says, Joe Bertolino, president of Southern Connecticut Stat...

Today APTIM will celebrate the grand opening of its new headquarters on The Water Campus in Baton Rouge, the international company’s hometown. With the office’s proximity to the Mississippi River, downtown Baton Rouge, and its new neighbors—who share APTIM’s priority of making the Gulf Coast more resilient—the move symbolizes APTIM’s growing relationship with the community and state. Attendees will include APTIM Chairman and CEO Mark Fallon, APTIM teammates, and local leaders from the State of Louisiana, the City of Baton Rouge, LSU, and Southern University. “We are excited to be moving to a corporate headquarters that offers our people a beautiful and state-of-the-art facility to collaborate and innovate, that strengthens the relationship with our home city, and that connects our headquarters to the river and the levee. This location speaks directly to APTIM’s purpose and leadership in resilience and sustainability,” said Fallon. With a local flavor, the event will feature live musi...

Chicago-based Helios Visions ( www.heliosvisions.com ), a rapidly growing national provider of  drone services , today announced its expansion into Texas, with offices now located in Houston, Austin, and Dallas/Fort Worth. Supporting client projects throughout the region as the company rapidly expands to meet the extraordinary demand for drones to visually inspect critical infrastructure and construction projects. “Houston, Austin, and Dallas/Fort Worth are large markets, and it is a natural next step of our continuing expansion strategy. Moving into the Texas market allows us to best serve the needs of both existing and new clients in architecture, engineering, construction, and commercial real estate. Coupled with the urgent need for infrastructure inspections across the United States, it was the right time to expand our drone services in Texas. This also represents the continued growth and value provided by the commercial drone services industry as a whole,” said Co-Founder of ...

Nextech AR Solutions Corp . (“Nextech” or the “Company”) ( OTCQB: NEXCF ) ( CSE: NTAR ) (FSE: N29) is pleased to announce today that it has determined to pursue a direct spinout of its  Toggle3D  design studio SaaS Software platform through a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Subco”). The transaction is currently anticipated to proceed by way of plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) pursuant to which the  Toggle3D  and associated assets will be spun out into a new Subco, but will be subject to final tax and legal structuring considerations. Nextech shareholders will receive Toggle3D (Spinco) Shares distributed directly to the shareholders of Nextech on a  pro-rata  basis. Visit the Toggle3D website –  click here On October 26th, 2022 Nextech successfully completed the spin-out of  ARway  (ARWY: CSE) ( ARWYF:OTC ) on the Canadian Securities Exchange (“CSE”) which unlocked tremendous shareholder value in a very short amount of time. ...

Ware Malcomb, an award-winning international design firm, today announced it has opened its third Canadian office in Ottawa at 1420 Blair Towers Place, Suite 104, Gloucester, Ontario K1J 9L8. The firm also announced John Holland has joined the firm as Regional Director to lead the new office. In this role, Holland will be responsible for the overall growth and management of the firm’s operations in Ottawa.  “John has been involved in the industry since 1986 and has a wealth of sought-after expertise,” said Frank Di Roma, Principal, Ware Malcomb. “We are extremely pleased he has joined us and look forward to his leadership and contributions as we continue to expand our Canadian presence.” Holland’s broad architectural experience includes the design of industrial, office, retail, mental health and drug rehabilitation facilities, mixed-use, multifamily, and institutional and educational projects. A licensed architect in Ontario, Holland is a member of the Ontario Association of...