FHWA announces NPRM to discontinue its general waiver of Buy America requirements for manufactured products used in federal-aid highway projects

March 8, 2024  |  News

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to discontinue its general waiver of Buy America requirements for manufactured products used in federal-aid highway projects. In the rulemaking, the agency proposes di…
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ASTM International honors Kurt Kelsey with Outstanding Achievement Award

March 8, 2024  |  News

ASTM International’s soil and rock committee (D18) has presented its A. Ivan Johnson Outstanding Achievement Award to Kurt Kelsey, director of earth science division at American Excelsior Company. The award is presented in recognition of outstanding and significant contributions to the s…
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Officine Maccaferri bets on IoT and acquires Nesa

March 7, 2024  |  News

Officine Maccaferri has finalized the closing of the acquisition of a majority stake in Nesa S.r.l., a technology-driven company and a leading provider of environmental and industrial monitoring and early warning systems. Founded in 2004 in Vidor, Treviso, Italy, by engineers Pierluigi Bassetto and …
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Rivercyclon DW receives AS/NZS 4020:2018 certification

March 6, 2024  |  News

Rivertex, a leading supplier of innovative textile solutions, announces the release of its new Rivercyclon® drinking water range, in conjunction with approved certification to Australian and New Zealand drinking water standard 4020:2018. This certification validates that the Rivercyclon® 385 DW, R…
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Webinar – Improving Infrastructure Resilience Against Extreme Weather Events – May 7

March 6, 2024  |  News

A one-hour live webinar – Improving Infrastructure Resilience Against Extreme Weather Events – will be held on May 7 at 11 a.m. CDT. It is presented by Sam Justice, P.E., civil engineer, Presto Geosystems, you can earn 1 PDH credit, and you can register here. When extreme weather events occu…
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Herculite Products Inc. promotes Jake Ritchie to business manager

March 5, 2024  |  Company News, Industry News, News

Herculite Products Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance and custom fabrics, announced the appointment of Jake Ritchie as the new business manager for its Custom Engineered Solutions – Agricultural Barn Curtain division. As business manager, Ritchie will oversee the strategic direction of H…
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Navigating unexpected contaminants with your geomembrane system

March 5, 2024  |  News

By Felon Wilson Geomembranes are long-term containment barriers. As such, it is not uncommon for them to be called upon to contain liquids not originally planned. That is particularly true in applications which are more likely to produce changing or varying liquid containment requirements. This blog…
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FHWA’s Ocel receives 2024 Richard Fountain Award

March 4, 2024  |  News

The Steel Bridge Task Force – comprised of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) and the American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials Steel and Metals Technical Committee – has named Justin Ocel with the Federal Highway Admi…
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COMANCO installs stormwater collection pond for gypsum stack at phosphate mine

March 1, 2024  |  News

COMANCO and Kemron Environmental Services Inc. were selected to help with a gypsum stack closure on a Superfund Site in Mississippi. This closure includes installing a geosynthetic liner system to the gypsum stack to protect the ground from harmful stormwater contact.   The first…
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Ohio DOT helps provide $59M for local bridge projects

February 29, 2024  |  News

Nearly $59.5 million will be awarded to support 17 bridge projects in 12 counties through the Local Major Bridge Program overseen by the Ohio Department of Transportation. That funding is partially the result of an expanded definition of a “local major bridge” initiated by Governor Mike DeWine …
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