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Engineering News // csengineermag.com Magazine Webinars Advertisers Events Structures + Buildings WSP USA Wins Five ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards june 23, 2021 Grand Award presented for New York City's Canarsie Tunnel rehabilitation; other honors include groundbreaking renovation of U.S. Open tennis center. READ MORE... Trimble and Doosan North America Announce Factory-Installed Machine Control Solution for Doosan Crawler Excavators june 22, 2021 Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) and Doosan Infracore North America announced that Doosan will offer the Trimble® Earthworks Grade Control Platform for Excavators as an optional factory-installed machine control solution for the North American market. Trimble Earthworks is a grade control solution designed to make grading more accurate, faster and easier in a range of applications, including residential and commercial sites, trenches, embankments, ditches and finished slope work. READ MORE... Environment + Sustainability Commitment to Environment Core Pillar of Panasonic Business Strategy june 24, 2021 Yuki Kusumi, CEO of Panasonic Corporation, outlined his leadership strategy for the organization during a media briefing on May 27, 2021. The briefing first focused on his management philosophy and its approach to addressing global environmental issues, and followed by an explanation of the strategy for enhancing competitiveness across Panasonic. Today we're going to take a look at the new CEO's management philosophy in the context of a rapidly changing society and the company's commitment to the environment. READ MORE... HARDWAX OIL FROM INTERBUILD UNIQUELY CERTIFIED AS A CARBON AND CLIMATE NEUTRAL PRODUCT june 23, 2021 The wood treatment Hardwax Oil from Interbuild Global Distribution Ltd., contains no VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds), and causes very little emissions of GreenHouse Gases. READ MORE... 56% of firms report a need to hire professionals with 7-10 years of experience.  Job Inquiries Advertiser Inquiries Transportation + Infrastructure Atkins hires Richard Wyche to join Community & Intermodal Infrastructure's business june 24, 2021 Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has hired Richard Wyche, PE, to join its Community & Intermodal Infrastructure (C&II) business as a project director. READ MORE... ENGINEERING SUCCESSES CELEBRATED AT THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS EAST MIDLANDS ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY june 23, 2021 On Thursday 10 June, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) held this year's EastMidlands Awards Ceremony (EMMAs), which took place online due to the pandemic. READ MORE... Water + Stormwater City of Jarrell Selects LAN to Prepare Alternatives Engineering Report for New Wastewater Treatment Plant june 23, 2021 The City of Jarrell has selected planning, engineering and program management firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) to prepare an alternatives engineering report for a new wastewater treatment plant. READ MORE... LAND & WATER STARTS WORK ON THE RIVER OF LIFE PROJECT june 21, 2021 Wetland habitats are considered to be biologically significant and vital in reducing flood risks and protecting aquatic life, yet they are decreasing at a rapid rate, causing many species to decline. READ MORE... Business News How have principals been managing their time differently since the pandemic? june 22, 2021 Zweig Group surveyed 142 principals since January 1st of 2020 for its recently released 2021 Principals, Partners & Owners Report of AEC Firms. Using data collected before and after the start of the coronavirus pandemic allowed for key breakdowns between the time frames throughout the report: "Pre-COVID" and "COVID" eras. READ MORE... raSmith Named a 2021 Best Firm To Work For by Zweig Group june 8, 2021 The firm is one of only a few Wisconsin companies awarded in the civil engineering category. READ MORE... Software + Technology raSmith Welcomes Dave Neumann as Director of Information Technologies (IT) june 23, 2021 Dave Neumann has joined raSmith as director of information technologies (IT) to lead the IT division at the firm's Brookfield office. Dave has more than 20 years of IT experience, including 15 years of experience in the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Dave brings a diverse, technical skillset in developing technology solutions; supporting network infrastructure; and applying a strong, servant-based leadership style. READ MORE... New photovoltaic system will supply power for cloud-based data june 22, 2021 A prototype designed by the UOC uses installed solar power for computing applications. READ MORE... Unmanned Systems IDTechEx Discusses Technology Development to Drive Long-term EV Adoption june 16, 2021 The resilience of global electric vehicle (EV) sales during 2020 provided some optimism as to the maturing state of the electric vehicle market. However, sales are still primarily underpinned by government policy, and improvements in cost and performance to Li-ion cells and packs, not to forget other aspects of the vehicle or grid infrastructure, are needed for widespread adoption. READ MORE... Acoustic consultancy develops new R&D capability june 7, 2021 Acoustic Consultants, KP Acoustics, is restructuring its business. The acoustic consultancy will now sit within the holding group, KP Acoustics Group, which also includes KP Monitoring and KP Acoustics Research Labs. The company is now in the unique position of being the only acoustic consultancy which possesses its own Research and Development capability in-house. READ MORE... Surveying Channel Sponsor: Leica Geosystems raSmith Promotes Paul Schafer to Director of Construction Services june 15, 2021 Effective July 1 Paul Schafer will lead raSmith's Construction Services Division; Pat Zimmer will assume the assistant director role as part of a planned leadership transition. READ MORE... Trimble Expands its Geospatial Automated Monitoring Portfolio with Worldsensing Geotechnical IoT Solutions june 8, 2021 New Products Enable Trimble's Global Distribution Channel to Provide a Complete, Turn-Key Automated Monitoring System for Infrastructure and Construction Projects. READ MORE... Continuing Education Foundations for Extremes airing august 19 and 26, 2021 Join CHANCE® for a two-part webinar to learn how extreme events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, storm surges, hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters often cause substantial damage to the foundation of existing structures that requires rapid response for repair. In some areas, recurring events produce repeating damage to traditional foundations of lightly loaded residential and commercial structures. Learn why helical piles are an attractive engineered solution that can be used to provide rapid high capacity load bearing characteristics in most geologic settings for both new foundations and remedial repair. register now! Overview & Insights from Zweig Group's 2021 Financial Performance Survey airing june 23, 2021 Zweig Group's 2021 Financial Performance Report of AEC Firms is an extensive and comprehensive publication. This webinar will complement the report, allowing attendees to utilize and apply this insightful set of data to their firm. READ MORE... Coming in July's Unmanned Systems focused issue! After the Flood Emerges as Winner of 2021 EDVY Effectively Planning with Climate-Related Technologies Practical BIM Implementation for Facility Management: Part I Improving Risk Mitigation with Artificial Intelligence  FREE digital subscription! 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