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- June 27, 2019
- 2019 EEA Gala Red Carpet Interviews Online, Ready for Download
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One of the highlights of the 2019 Engineering Awards Gala was the Red Carpet interviews. More than 50 Grand, Honor, and National Recognition Award winners stepped onto the red carpet to talk about their projects and the night’s festivities with D.C. TV Personality Michelle Wardlaw.
- May 17, 2019
- Guest Post: UBER IN or UBER OUT?
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2018-19 ACEC/Florida President Rick Baldocchi, vice president of Avcon, Inc. in Orlando, recounts how the recent ACEC Annual Convention stimulated his thinking about the impact of technology on the engineering industry and the American economy.
- May 13, 2019
- Watch the Video Celebrating the 2019 EEA Grand Conceptor Award Project
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WSP USA won the 2019 Engineering Excellence Awards Grand Conceptor Award, which honors the year's most outstanding engineering achievement, for the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program in Seattle.
- May 10, 2019
- EEA Winners Celebrate on Capitol Hill
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Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) (center) was one of several U.S. Representatives who toured a display of Engineering Excellence Awards winners on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Perlmutter represents the district in which Muller Engineering designed the award-winning U.S. 6th and 19th Street Interchange project in Golden. Pictured left to right: Muller Project Manager Nancy Lambertson; Vice President Matt Andrews; Congressman Perlmutter; City of Golden Public Works Director Dan Hartman; and President Gray Clark.
- May 8, 2019
- Futurist Salim Ismail Forecasts Exponential Near Term Societal Changes - Copy
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Speaking to attendees at the ACEC Convention in Washington, DC this week, Futurist Selim Ismail was not shy in sharing his thoughts how society and humankind will change over the coming few decades. Based on past patterns of exponential growth in a host of technologies, he forecast that within four years combustion-engine automobiles will no longer be manufactured; solar energy will be capable of powering all of global electricity needs within 12 years, and channeling another futurist, the United States will no longer exist within 25 years.
- May 7, 2019
- Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program Named Year’s Most Outstanding Engineering Triumph
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The groundbreaking Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program in Seattle has won the 2019 “Grand Conceptor” Award signifying the year’s most outstanding engineering achievement in the 53rd annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA).
- May 7, 2019
- CEO Panel Offers Restrained Optimism About Federal Infrastructure Funding Before 2020 Election
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Infrastructure association leaders participating on a panel at the ACEC Convention this morning were measured in their expectations about major infrastructure funding legislation this year, but added that it is one of the few issues the political parties can agree on and that Congress and President Trump will want a legislative win prior to the 2020 election. Pictured left to right: ACEC President/CEO Linda Bauer Darr, Edison Electric Institute President Thomas Kuhn, Associated General Contractors of America Stephen Sandherr, American Public Transportation Association President/CEO Paul Skoutelas, Waterways Council President/CEO Mike Toohey, AASHTO Executive Director Jim Tymon, and ACEC Chair ACEC Chair Manish Kothari and ACEC CEO/President Linda Bauer Darr moderated a panel of infrastructure association leaders at the ACEC Convention this morning:
- May 6, 2019
- Political Analysts Brazile and Perino Address Polarization, Infrastructure, Election at ACEC Convention
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FOX News analysts Donna Brazile and Dana Perino discussed the polarization of national politics, prospects for an infrastructure funding bill, and the presidential election at the 2019 ACEC Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. today.
- April 26, 2019
- Thanks to All of Our Engineering Excellence Awards Sponsors
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The Engineering Excellence Awards Gala on May 7 at the 2019 ACEC Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. will be the best attended ever! ACEC would like to thank the Gala sponsors, without whom this wouldn't have been possible.
- April 18, 2019
- Share Some Cheer with ACEC/PAC at the Upcoming ACEC Annual Convention
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ACEC/PAC will host an Irish Pub Night on May 6 during the upcoming 2019 ACEC Convention in Washington D.C. Enjoy Irish-themed food and drinks and a live band. For more information, contact Jennifer Pugh at jpugh@acec.org or 202-347-7474, ext 322.
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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