article thumbnail

Trimble Announces 2024 Tekla Global BIM Awards Winners

Civil + Structural Engineer

WESTMINSTER, Colo., — Trimble ® (Nasdaq: TRMB) announced today the winners of its 2024 Tekla ® Global Building Information Modeling (BIM) Awards. The overall winner for the best BIM project of 2024 is the Kruunuvuori Bridge in Helsinki, an end-to-end BIM project.

article thumbnail

Celebrating the successful completion of Caltrain’s electrification

Civil + Structural Engineer

The electrification initiative includes the introduction of 19 new, high-performance seven-car electric trainsets, replacing diesel-hauled trains. The firm also oversaw the procurement of multiple new electric units for Caltrain and the upgrade of the existing maintenance facility to accommodate the new fleet.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

BAM JV bags UK’s largest electricity transmission project

Construction Enquirer

BAM in joint venture with Hitachi Energy has clinched the deal to build two major converter stations on the planned electricity superhighway project from Peterhead in Scotland to Drax in Yorkshire. The Eastern Green Link 2 project will see the longest HVDC cable in the UK and is the UK’s single largest electricity transmission project ever.

article thumbnail

5 Steps to Cracking the Code for a High-Performance Home

The Pro Builder

The software was used to help determine and then optimize the size and capacity of the home’s heating and cooling system. The half-depth practice not only reduces the cost of the spray-foam application but also makes installation and future servicing of the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and other utility runs in those walls easier.

article thumbnail

Adair County Awarded Preserve Missouri 2024 Project of the Year Project with Veregy

Civil + Structural Engineer

renovation project integrated energy-efficient systems into the 126-year-old courthouse structure, reducing energy consumption while maintaining the building’s historical integrity. This esteemed honor results from the county’s recent restoration of its 1898 Courthouse, a project steeped in history.

article thumbnail

Skanska Awarded $220M Contract to Paint and Rehabilitate the Commodore Barry Bridge in Chester, PA and Bridgeport, NJ

Civil + Structural Engineer

The scope of the bid-build project includes blast cleaning and repainting the cantilever truss, steel barriers, and overhead gantries, as well as repairing and strengthening the truss members, stringers, bearings, vibration absorbers, wind pins, and the installation of temporary jacking systems.

article thumbnail

Plantd Finds First Farmer for Perennial Grass

The Pro Builder

Plantd’s factory will be automated, 100% electric, and multi-product capable. The start-up estimates that with its system, it can produce the same amount of material as wood OSB while using nine times less land—due to the fast-growth rates of grass-farming coupled with its near-zero waste production process.