MTA Chairman H. Dale Hemmerdinger today announced that Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) President Helena E. Williams will serve as interim Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, pending MTA Board approval at its regularly scheduled meeting on May 27. Williams' appointment will remain in effect until a new Chairman and CEO is nominated by Governor Paterson and confirmed by the State Senate. Williams will retain her title and responsibilities as LIRR President.
C&S Companies was again recognized as one of the country’s foremost engineering firms by Engineering News-Record magazine. The magazine’s Top 500 Design Firms rankings for 2009 were published in their April 20 issue. C&S achieved a ranking of 186—moving up seven spots from the firm’s 2008 ranking of 199. ENR ranks firms based on their revenue across a number of market sectors.
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B&L assisted the Village of Ellenville with their single jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan, recently approved by FEMA.
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B&L's growth recognized by ranking in ENR's Top 500 Design firms for the country.
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KCI Technologies Inc., a multi-disciplined engineering firm with offices in the Northeast, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, today celebrated the official opening of its new green headquarters in Sparks, Md. Among those in attendance for the open house and ribbon cutting ceremony was Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith, who presented the firm with a Green Renaissance citation.
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May 18, 2009 – RailComm has been selected to provide a wireless remote control yard system at CSX’s Tilford Yard in Atlanta, Georgia. The RailComm Domain Operations Controller (DOC®) System will provide remote control to seventeen (17) GETS HydraSwitch machines and a crossing gate. RailComm’s DOC® system will be configured to control all switches individually as well as provide eNtrance eXit (NX) routing functionality.
RailComm’s 2.4 GHz RADiANT™ data radios will provide a wireless communications network to link the office with the field locations.
May 4, 2009 – RailComm has been selected to provide a wireless remote control 3rd rail and switch heater system for Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) in New Jersey. The turnkey control system will include the RailComm heater controllers communicating to a central office via a dedicated data radio network. RailComm’s Domain Operations Controller (DOC®) System resides in the central office and provides the operator with a user interface to control the 3rd rail and switch heaters. The RailComm system dramatically reduces energy costs, while also increasing safety and reliability
(Albany, NY) – The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) was presented with the 2008 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Annual Award for Success in Enhancing Ridership this week at the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) annual Bus and Paratransit conference held in Seattle, Washington. CDTA was one of 10 transit agencies nationally to receive a ridership award, selected for excellent ridership gains and broad transferability of initiatives to other transit agencies.
Landmark document consolidates standards and specifications for street design materials and infrastructure-from pavement to street lighting-in one resource.
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WASHINGTON, DC, May 11, 2009 – The Federal Highway Administration’s Web site provides a Web page detailing the status of the highway trust fund. The actual receipts, outlays and balances will be posted each month shortly after month-end as the information becomes available.
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Helena E. Williams Named Interim MTA Executive Director And CEO