ROCKFORD, Illinois – Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announces the hiring of Kyle Saunders as Chief Strategy Officer. With more than a decade of experience in municipal leadership and water infrastructure, Saunders joins Fehr Graham’s administrative leadership team. He is spearheading the firm’s growth strategies, analyzing operational Key Performance Indicators and fostering relationships across the firm. Fehr Graham President Mick Gronewold is optimistic about the contributions Saunders brings to the firm. “Kyle’s leadership and experience in operations, o ..read more

Investing in a true U.S. innovation, Los Angeles International Airports has revealed photos and details of its new concourse project, “utilizing a first-of-its-kind construction technique called Offsite Construction and Relocation (OCR) … being built in nine segments roughly a mile and a half away from the project’s site.” LAX’s Midfield Satellite Concourse South, known as MSC South, is taking shape on the open site and will be moved, segment by segment, to its location extending the West Gates at Tom Bradley International Terminal. The architect is Woods Bagot with Raw International ..read more

Heerbrugg, Switzerland – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, today announced the launch of Leica iCON gps 120 — a smart antenna designed to further empower construction professionals with scalable and flexible machine control solutions. The new Leica iCON 120 Machine Smart Antenna is integrated into the existing Leica MC1 solution platform. Thanks to its flexibility, scalability and modularity, it extends the machine control solution offering to more applications and machine types. Construction machines like compaction rollers, which usually require only sub-metre accuracy without heading ..read more

San Francisco – Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced an interoperability agreement with the Nemetschek Group to improve open collaboration and efficiencies for the architecture, engineering, construction and operations (AECO) and media and entertainment (M&E) industries. The agreement will enhance existing interoperability between the two companies’ industry cloud and desktop products and improve the fluent exchange of information across solutions. Whether constructing buildings or highways or producing media assets, working with cloud-connected tools powe ..read more

Bare head construction makes this nut driver ideal for accessing tight spaces Burlington, NJ – Cementex, the safety tool specialists, highlights their bare headed nut driver options, offering unparalleled reach and access to tight spaces. Designed specifically for electricians, maintenance operators, linesmen and technicians, this offering of bare headed nut driver options permits access to equipment with limited clearances such as terminal blocks, bus bars and beyond. This tool is a great addition to customers’ toolkits when one of Cementex’ s standard nut drivers will not fit. The Bare ..read more

We are proud to commemorate French & Parrello Associates’ (FPA) 50th Anniversary today, March 29, 2024! Founded by four engineers in 1974, today our firm has grown to more than 200 employees, offering comprehensive engineering and consulting services across the East Coast.  “This is a moment to reflect on the firm’s success, while also focusing on the core values that have facilitated our longevity and growth and will continue guiding us into the future,” said President & CEO Steven A. Tardy, PE. “We believe in treating our employees with respect, serving our communities, and bein ..read more

People in AEC Profile: Selasie Buatsi Selasie Buatsi has been a Project Manager for BOND Civil & Utility Construction for the past four years, but she has been around the AEC industry for her entire life.  Growing up in Ghana on the West Coast of Africa, Buatsi describes herself as a curious kid and often tagged along with her father to work.  Her father owns several construction companies, and Buatsi’s curiosity was her introduction to the AEC industry.  Of course, she wasn’t content with just hanging around; she wanted to know how things work, and this led to several engin ..read more

The building provides technical spaces to support hands-on learning and research activities that are critical to the field of engineering Prairie View, TX – Prairie View A&M University recently opened their new Engineering Classroom and Research Building (EnCARB). The three-story building provides instructional and research laboratory space for the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering and supports undergraduate education, student innovation, and emerging areas of research across various engineering disciplines. Global integrated design and engineering firm Stantec provid ..read more

Faster Overall Workflow AARSCHOT, Belgium – Virtual Surveyor has enhanced its popular smart drone surveying software with new planimetric survey capabilities. In addition to multiple performance modifications, Virtual Surveyor version 9.5 now enables users to quickly, easily, and accurately survey 2D features from drone orthophotos and add them to the 3D topographic model generated from the same data set. “The new planimetric tools significantly improve the speed with which users can survey the features that reside on top of the topography,” said Tom Op ‘t Eyndt, Virtual Surveyor CEO. “Th ..read more

Reston, VA – Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (the “Company” or “Bowman”) (NASDAQ: BWMN), a national engineering services firm delivering infrastructure solutions to customers who own, develop, and maintain the built environment, today announced the acquisition of Moore Consulting Engineers (“Moore”), a mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection (“MEP/FP”) engineering firm based in Shamong, New Jersey.    Moore provides comprehensive MEP/FP engineering services to private and public sector clients throughout the United States. Founded in 2003 by current presiden ..read more