David Goodyear, P.E., S.E., T.Y. Lin International Senior Vice President and Chief Bridge Engineer, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Election to the NAE is regarded as one of the highest and most exclusive professional distinctions that can be awarded an engineer in the United States. One of only 69 new American members elected from a highly-competitive field of over 500 nominations, Goodyear was cited “for leadership in concrete segmental, cable-stayed, and hybrid
Entries are now open for the bauma Innovation Awards to be presented at the international construction and construction equipment trade fair bauma in Munich in 2016.
As last time, in 2016 the awards are again being presented in five categories:
• Machinery
• Components
• Construction process/Construction work
• Research
• Design
bauma 2016 in Munich is a major international showcase for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and c
British construction equipment manufacturing giant JCB is to provide machines and generators worth more than US$500,000 to assist vital clean-up work in the typhoon-hit Philippines.
The company is sending a fleet of three 3CX backhoe loaders after Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded on land, left up to 2,500 people dead. In addition, more than 120 JCB electrical generators are being provided through the company’s Filipino dealer Camec.
The generators are already being used to po
Atlas Copco has entered a strategic partnership with Wuxi Drilling Tools Factory (WTDF) in a bid to increase its impact in the Chinese exploration drilling equipment market. The move, which was officially recognised in a signing ceremony at bauma China 2012, will see WDTF sell DCDMA standard Atlas Copco exploration drilling rigs in China. In exchange, the Swedish mining and quarrying equipment giant will sell WDTF’s range of GB standard exploration drilling tools. Speaking prior to the official strategic pa
