AASHTO

IsoTruss Engineers Critical Tower Solution for Wyoming Bureau of Land Management

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Monday, October 3, 2022
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The Elk Mountain system shelter, which features an articulating tower mast, is a major communications site servicing approximately 180 square miles. The Wyoming BLM manages emergency communications for wildland fires, along with any aircraft--including federal aircraft--helping with wildland fires, as well as managing communications with administrative and other staff, such as biologists conducting field activity for the BLM.

Key Points: 
  • IsoTruss, Inc. , an engineering, design, and manufacturing services provider, today announced the installation of a lightweight, durable IsoTruss carbon fiber cell tower solution for the Wyoming Bureau of Land Management s remote critical communications infrastructure located at the top of Elk Mountain, Wyoming.
  • The Elk Mountain IsoTruss tower is a great example of our helping a client resolve an ongoing repair and maintenance issue at a remote critical infrastructure site with a sustainable, innovative solution.
  • IsoTruss engineered and transported a 40 foot IsoTruss carbon fiber tower weighing 250 lbs., then bolted and connected it to the existing system shelter.
  • IsoTruss was able to design a tower solution that fit like a glove, which was very impressive.

Acrow Bridge Permits Uninterrupted Traffic Flow During Highway Construction in Colorado

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Thursday, September 29, 2022
Federal Highway Administration, Gunnison River, Maintenance, City, AASHTO, State, Transport, Leadership, Rehabilitation, GLOBE, Business development, Tunnel, Bridge, Jack post

As traffic increased over the years, the structure had become inadequate to safely handle the volume or weight of vehicles and had a Federal Highway Administration sufficiency rating of 27 out of 100.

Key Points: 
  • As traffic increased over the years, the structure had become inadequate to safely handle the volume or weight of vehicles and had a Federal Highway Administration sufficiency rating of 27 out of 100.
  • With a full rehabilitation of the bridge prohibitively expensive, a replacement was considered the best option.
  • It was designed to AASHTO HL-93 load specifications to accommodate truck traffic and has an anti-skid aggregate epoxy road surface.
  • Rapidly installed in days, Acrows detour solutions offer numerous benefits to traditional phased bridge construction, added Bill Killeen, Acrow CEO.

Infotech Joins buildingSMART USA to Support Open Data Standards for Civil Infrastructure

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Commercial Building & Real Estate, Other Transport, Technology, Construction & Property, Urban Planning, Transport, Software, Building Systems, Architecture, Data Management, Transport, Industry Foundation Classes, Software, Adoption, Construction, Building, State highway, BuildingSMART, 3D, Efficiency, Digital, BID, DOT, Rail transport by country, Consultant, Information, American Association, Industry, BIM, AASHTO, Technology, Solution, Building information modeling, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, IFC, Research, Software as a service, Business consultant, 3D printing, Revenue, Information technology

Infotech , a leader in infrastructure construction software solutions, announced today that the company joined buildingSMART USA to support the advancement of digital project delivery and open data standards for civil infrastructure.

Key Points: 
  • Infotech , a leader in infrastructure construction software solutions, announced today that the company joined buildingSMART USA to support the advancement of digital project delivery and open data standards for civil infrastructure.
  • As a member, Infotech will contribute to the development and use of open data standards as well as the adoption of digital transformation in the infrastructure construction industry.
  • buildingSMART USA (bS-USA) is the United States chapter focused on proactively facilitating the active use and dissemination of open data standards for civil infrastructure.
  • Shifting to open data standards moves our industry away from being locked into proprietary data standards that do not support a full adoption of digital project delivery.

International Concrete Expert and Advocate David Smith Joins Solidia Technologies

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Monday, September 19, 2022
Green Technology, Environment, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Sustainability, Zero, Carbon, YouTube, APWA, VP, Breakthrough Energy, Development, Virginia Tech, ASCE, ASTM, Twitter, CPP, Smith, Organization, LinkedIn, Investment, Industry, BP, ACI, Certification, AASHTO, Pattern language, Instagram, Professional, Solution, Region, Foundation, CPP Investment Board, Board, Interlock (engineering), Management, Road, Renewable energy, Research, Paver

Solidia Technologies announced today that concrete industry leader, champion, and educator David Smith has joined their team as senior technical director to help advance their decarbonizing technology with increased performance for building and pavement materials.

Key Points: 
  • Solidia Technologies announced today that concrete industry leader, champion, and educator David Smith has joined their team as senior technical director to help advance their decarbonizing technology with increased performance for building and pavement materials.
  • I have dedicated my career to the singular goal of institutionalizing segmental concrete pavements systems, said Smith.
  • A prolific writer and author, Smith published Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavements (2017) and Patios, Driveways and Plazas: The Pattern Language of Concrete Pavers (2002).
  • Based in Piscataway, N.J. (USA), Solidia Technologies is a leading provider of decarbonization technologies and sustainable solutions to the construction and building materials industries.

Universal Engineering Sciences Strengthens Footprint in Texas by Acquiring Rock Engineering & Testing Laboratory

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Tuesday, July 12, 2022
P.C, Culture, State, San Antonio Spurs, Compliance, Software testing, Engineering, Morgan, LLC, Transport, Education, Multimedia, Acquisition, Geoservices, Arthur Weisberg Family Engineering Laboratories, MAC, Laboratory, American Association, Building material, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Social media, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, AEC, Construction, McGinley, AASHTO, Growth, Industry, UES, Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Civil engineering

DALLAS, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Engineering Sciences® (UES), a national leading engineering and consulting company specializing in geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, building code compliance, threshold inspections, and environmental consulting, has acquired Rock Engineering & Testing Laboratory, LLC (RETL), a geotechnical engineering, geotechnical drilling, and construction materials engineering testing firm based in Texas. This acquisition expands UES' coverage and depth in the Texas market.

Key Points: 
  • Rock Engineering & Testing Laboratory has more than 85 team members based in offices in Corpus Christi, San Antonio, and Austin/Round Rock.
  • UES's recent acquisitions include prominent engineering firms such as GFA International, Inc., NOVA Geotechnical & Inspection Services, Contour Engineering, Wallace-Kuhl & Associates, Construction Testing & Engineering, SUMMIT Engineering, Laboratory & Testing, P.C., GEOServices, LLC, McGinley & Associates, Geotechnology, Inc., Alpha Testing, GSI Engineering, Speedie & Associates, and now Rock Engineering & Testing Laboratory, which have made Universal Engineering Sciences one of the largest, most resource-rich organizations of its kind nationwide.
  • Rock Engineering & Testing Laboratory was established in 1998 by Mark C. Rock, P.E., and Roetta C. Rock in Corpus Christi, Texas.
  • Alpha Testing, LLC, was first established in 1983 as a professional geotechnical engineering firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and provides geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, and environmental engineering.

IsoTruss, Inc. Receives USDA Funding Award for Rural Broadband Project

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Monday, July 11, 2022
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IsoTruss, Inc. , an engineering, design, and manufacturing services provider, announced today it has received a funding award for $124,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Key Points: 
  • IsoTruss, Inc. , an engineering, design, and manufacturing services provider, announced today it has received a funding award for $124,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
  • In this rural broadband project, the enterprise will utilize its patented geometry to create a lightweight, space-saving mobile cell site to provide temporary network coverage, one that can be assembled and disassembled quickly, without additional equipment.
  • These structures have been successfully applied to rural telecom towers because of their reduced weight and significantly lower installation and maintenance costs.
  • This is the enterprises second funding award from the USDA.

FORO Helps Indiana Make Automotive History Again

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Artificial intelligence, Transport, Adoption, AASHTO, Car, GLOBE, Intelligence, Man, DDA, Goal, Dots, Private sector, Budget, Public sector, Woman, Traction, DOT, Machine learning, Fourth, Solution, AI, Elwood Haynes, Crossroads, INDOT, Medical device

ATLANTA, June 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FORO of Atlanta, GA, and their AI-powered Data and Decision Analysis Solution (DDA) for DOTs gain traction.

Key Points: 
  • ATLANTA, June 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FORO of Atlanta, GA, and their AI-powered Data and Decision Analysis Solution (DDA) for DOTs gain traction.
  • For many years, Indiana was the center of the automobile industry.
  • Elwood Haynes built one of the first successful automobiles in 1894 and tested it on the Fourth of July in Kokomo.
  • Fast forward 125 years later to 2019 when the Indiana DOT had the same desire as Elwood Haynes.

Infotech and HDR Work Together to Expand BIM Solutions for Civil Infrastructure Projects

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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
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As experts in the use of BIM and digital project delivery for transportation infrastructure, HDR will consult Infotech on the companys strategic BIM for Infrastructure (BIMFi) plan.

Key Points: 
  • As experts in the use of BIM and digital project delivery for transportation infrastructure, HDR will consult Infotech on the companys strategic BIM for Infrastructure (BIMFi) plan.
  • Understanding BIM and future industry expectations is critical for the success of civil infrastructure projects, and we are excited to collaborate with HDR to enhance our BIMFi strategy.
  • Infotech and HDR will work together to expand the use of BIM throughout project delivery of civil infrastructure projects by focusing on open data standards to support the asset lifecycle.
  • Info Tech, Inc., DBA Infotech (Infotech) is a leading SaaS solutions provider for the infrastructure construction industry.

ARA Hires Erin Flanigan, P.E., PMP | Transportation Operations and Safety

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Monday, June 13, 2022
Risk management, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, NCHRP, Program, Research, Marketing, PMP, Transport, Purdue University, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, AASHTO, Policy, Environment, DHS Office of Operations Coordination, Solution, University, Biomedical engineering, Moses Austin, State highway, Systems analysis, GLOBE, Technology, Transportation Research Board, TRB, Federal Highway Administration, Efficiency, ARA, Engineering, Health, FHWA, Education, Defence Nuclear Material Transport Operations, Construction, Civil engineering, Science, Safety

Washington DC, June 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Erin Flanigan, P.E., PMP has joined Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) as a principal for Transportation Operations and Safety.

Key Points: 
  • Washington DC, June 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Erin Flanigan, P.E., PMP has joined Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) as a principal for Transportation Operations and Safety.
  • In this role, she will support clients nationwide in the advancement of transportation systems management and operations (TSMO), safety, emerging technologies, and infrastructure.
  • Flanigan joins ARA from another consulting firm where she served as vice president and Program Manager overseeing Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Operations and Office of Safety contracts.
  • We have a broad range of technical expertise including transportation infrastructure, operations, and safety.

ForneyVault® to Interface with AASHTOWare Project™ for DOTs

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Tuesday, May 17, 2022
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ForneyVault , an integrated construction materials testing platform, will soon be available to all department of transportation (DOT) agencies through an interface with AASHTOWare Project .

Key Points: 
  • ForneyVault , an integrated construction materials testing platform, will soon be available to all department of transportation (DOT) agencies through an interface with AASHTOWare Project .
  • "This interface with AASHTOWare Project will enable many of the error-prone manual tasks and labor-intensive data entry and paperwork to be replaced by intuitive, automated processes," says Joel Simpson, Senior VP, Sales & Marketing, Forney LP.
  • The combination of AASHTOWare Project and ForneyVault will undoubtedly reduce the risk of errors, increase compliance and drive more positive outcomes for DOTs and partner labs."
  • Integrating AASHTOWare Project and ForneyVault was a perfect fit for this initiative," says Brian Korschgen, Project Manager, AASHTOWare Project.