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WSP Selected to Develop Low/No Emissions Transition Plan for Regional Transportation District in Denver

Civil + Structural Engineer

The first step in that transition is to understand and consider all aspects of RTD’s system, including its facilities, infrastructure and transit service delivery model. In 2008, a subfleet of hybrid diesel-electric fixed-route buses was introduced to the system. Johnson, RTD general manager and chief executive officer.

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Built on Happiness: Meet Pro Builder's 2023 Builder of the Year

The Pro Builder

He’s happy because a member of his team gave a shout-out (“kudos,” as they’re known internally) to another staff member for helping a customer use an electric-vehicle charger in the company’s parking lot. It becomes a sort of self-reinforcing system.” in 2017 and to Nashville, Tenn., It’s more like collaborative problem-solving.

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Housing, Industrialized: Designing for Off-Site

The Pro Builder

Photo: Davies Imaging Group Oakwood’s long history with off-site framing, well before the company’s purchase in 2017 by Clayton Properties Group (#10 in our 2023 Housing Giants rankings ), means its in-house design team is trained and geared to follow that protocol. We’re building it as we draw it, which is a departure from the norm.”

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Innovation Valley: A Mecca for Energy

Business Facilities

From the July/August 2017 Issue. A s the home to leading research in energy at Electric Power Research Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and Y-12 National Security Complex, Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley has long been a mecca for renewable and alternative energy. By the BF Staff.

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Disaster response planning around the globe

Civil + Structural Engineer

This makes it a significant challenge to allocate the equivalent time and resource into planning for natural disasters as one might do for the supporting infrastructure systems that are consistently in demand. It also allows for the prioritization of repair to assets contributing to long-term food security, such as water harvesting systems.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

A state may have the largest installed capacity of a certain type of renewable energy, but that state won’t meet its renewable energy portfolio standard’s goal if only 10 percent of its electricity is generated from renewables. BF Editor in Chief Jack Rogers noted that the top three—and this year’s no. Ellison, Lowe’s president and CEO.

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The Start of Celebration: the 2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement

Civil + Structural Engineer

It features elements that maximize the safety, security, and efficiency of the travel process including 100 percent automated screening lanes, 100 percent facial recognition “e-gates” for international departure, an innovative landside terminal design, and 100 percent trackable RFID Independent Carrier System.