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A diverse group of influential thinkers from within and outside the water community put forth 10 recommendations for a technologically-advanced water future in the second think tank report of the Water 2050 initiative. Published today by the  American Water Works Association  (AWWA), the  Water 2050 Technology Think Tank Report  is the second in a series of five think tank reports associated with the initiative. Water 2050 seeks to envision the future of water and chart a course for sustainability. The 26 participants in the Water 2050 Technology Think Tank, which took place Dec. 5-7, 2022, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, included highly respected voices from the water and wastewater utility, manufacturing and consulting community, innovation incubators, Silicon Valley thought leaders, privacy and cybersecurity experts, regulators and academics, CEOs and an agriculture research hydrologist. The group engaged in a series of facilitated d...

Datum Engineers is expanding its reach by opening a Chicago regional office. “Until now, our offices have all been in Texas, but we’ve worked on projects across the entire U.S. – and beyond,” says. “As Texas has grown to become more of a national player for design firms and great design work, we are growing nationally too.” Heading the Chicago operations is industry veteran Jim Pawlikowski, SE, LEED AP. Jim joins Datum with a distinguished engineering track record, including over 24 years with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill where he became one of the leaders of the firm’s Chicago structural practice. He has a diverse and extensive resume, working on significant projects both in the U.S. and throughout the world, including lead roles on Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the new NATO headquarters in Brussels, OKO Tower in Moscow, and the new Campus Instructional Facility at the University of Illinois. “While buildings and structures are what we design, our business has always been about people an...

Microdesk, a leading provider of BIM, Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) services, announces a new partnership with One Click LCA, the world’s leading construction Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) software provider.   Building LCA is a science-based methodology for quantifying the lifetime environmental impacts of a building and One Click LCA makes the assessment easy since the science is embedded in the tool. One Click LCA helps to measure and reduce the environmental impacts of buildings, achieve green building certifications, and comply with regulations that are nowadays a mandatory part of planning in many countries. The environmental targets the construction industry is working to meet also extend to the products used to build its projects. Thus, manufacturers have begun to meet the increasing need to produce Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) to reliably quantify and communicate the...

COWI in North America’s Wekiva Parkway Section 6 is among 11 engineering projects that will soon be honored with the American Council of Engineering Companies of Florida (ACEC-FL) Engineering Excellence Grand Award. Wekiva Parkway Section 6 has also been designated as one of the top finalists to enter the national competition sponsored by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). COWI delivered the project for the Florida Department of Transportation, working with the design- build team Superior Construction Company and WGI, Inc. The award-winning project The three signature bridges of the Wekiva Parkway Section 6 are located over Central Florida’s treasured Wekiva River near Orlando, Florida. This $235M design-build project includes three new cast-in-place segmental bridges with span lengths of (260’, 360’, 260’) built in balanced cantilever. COWI was the Engineer of Record and the Construction/Specialty Engineer for the three bridges. COWI’s scope included the cofferd...

Western Specialty Contractors – Chicago Facades Branch  and  KBS , one of the largest owners and operators of premier commercial real estate buildings in the nation, are completing the restoration of a curtain wall at  Accenture Tower , an award-winning, 1.46-million-square-foot, 42-story Class A office and retail property at 500 West Madison Street in Chicago, Illinois. The tower, completed in 1987 and formerly known as 500 West Madison, has twice earned The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) Award Internationally by The Building Owner and Managers Association. The building, which features numerous top-tier amenities, contains 40 stories of office space and 80,000 square feet of retail space over two levels. Sitting above the Ogilvie Transportation Center, the sixth-busiest railway commuter station/terminal in North America, Accenture Tower has earned a UL Verified Healthy Building verification and is LEED Gold and WiredScore Gold certified. KBS con...

Michael Kennedy, Jr., CEO of KAI Enterprises and The UP Companies (UPCO), has the prestigious honor of being named a 2023 St. Louis Titan 100 – a program recognizing the area’s most accomplished C-level executives for their exceptional leadership, vision and passion. Collectively, the 2023 St. Louis Titan 100 and their companies employ more than 94,000 individuals and generate $28 billion dollars in annual revenues. They embody the true diversity of the St. Louis business landscape, representing technology, manufacturing, education, healthcare, construction/real estate, professional services, hospitality, transportation and non-profit organizations among many others. They will be honored at an annual awards ceremony on April 6. “The Titan 100 are changing the way that business is done in St. Louis. These preeminent leaders have built a distinguished reputation that is unrivaled and preeminent in their field. We proudly recognize the Titan 100 for their efforts to shape the future of ...

LYT, a leader in intelligent connected traffic technology solutions, announced today it has signed a partnership agreement with Yunex Traffic, a global leader in intelligent traffic systems. Under the  partnership , the companies will leverage both companies’ intelligent transportation technologies to ease congestion for commuters and emergency responders. Cities today are getting larger and more complex, especially in a post-pandemic world. This entails the right urban mobility with forward-looking and sustainable infrastructure and transport solutions that enable the movement of commuters and first responders more efficiently. Traffic management systems, simulation, tunnel management, AI-powered digital solutions, and infrastructure for autonomous driving are benefitting from the use of digitalization to transform cities into places where people can live, work, and move more freely. As one of the world’s most respected traffic management companies, Yunex Traffic develops innova...