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Mott MacDonald and Microsoft To Create Cloud-based Smart Infrastructure Platform
Mott MacDonald and Microsoft have teamed up to create a cloud-based smart infrastructure platform to help cities deliver sustainable public services. Using performance modeling, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence, the platform will help cities better manage their assets.
Industry News / Infrastructure Funding
Report Finds that $232 Billion in Needed Public Transit Investment Would Yield $928 Billion in Economic Activity
A report by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) has identified at least $232 billion in critical public transportation investments. APTA estimates that making that investment over ten years would result in $928 billion in economic activity over a 20-year period.
Industry News / Infrastructure Funding
37 States Have Introduced 185 Bills in 2019 to Boost Transportation Funding
States continue to take the lead in transportation investment, with 37 states introducing 185 bills in the first two months of the year to boost transportation funding, according to a report by the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center. In 2018, 40 states considered 214 transportation measures, with 19 states passing 27 bills.
Industry News / Member Firms
Black & Veatch Collaborates to Produce Movie Promoting Experiential Learning
Black & Veatch, the Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) and Overflow Companies have collaborated on a feature-length documentary touting the profession-based education model, in which high-school students fast forward their careers via outside mentors in their chosen fields.
Engineering / Industry News
Massachusetts Tops Study of Nation's Most Innovative States
Massachusetts is the most innovative state in the country, according to a new study by WalletHub.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing & Urban Development approved an annual funding bill that increases investment levels for most federal transportation infrastructure programs for the coming fiscal year.
The bill fulfills FAST Act funding levels for highway programs at $46.4 billion from the Highway Trust Fund and adds an additional $2.7 billion from the General Fund for surface transportation block grants, railway-highway crossing safety improvement, and bridge repairs.
Seven innovative technology startups – focused on sustainability solutions that range from artificial intelligence and next-generation analytics to autonomous heavy equipment and electric vehicle energy management – have been selected to join Black & Veatch’s IgniteX Cleantech Accelerator.
Montreal-based WSP Global Inc., says it intends to grow its U.S. presence further with a planned $65-million acquisition of environmental consultant Lancaster, N.Y.-based Ecology and Environment Inc.
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