ENGINEERING.com RSS Feeds

Bentley Acquires SPIDA, Developer of Utility Pole Applications (Thu, 17 Jun 2021)
Bentley Systems is sure busy these days—scooping up new companies all over the world, including SPIDA Software, which the company just acquired this week. SPIDA develops software for design, analysis and management of utility pole systems. This year Bentley has made a number of acquisitions, including INRO, Seequent and E7 to name a few. SPIDA, operating since 2007 and based in Columbus, Ohio, is the company’s latest conquest. SPIDA provides software solutions to electric and comm...
>> Read more

IMAGINiT Clarity 2022 Adds Support for Revit 2022 and Plans for AutoCAD (Mon, 14 Jun 2021)
Clarity 2022 has added Autodesk AutoCAD task processing, extending this new functionality to Autodesk Revit teams as well as to AutoCAD and Autodesk Civil 3D users in AEC firms. (Screenshot from IMAGINiT webcast on “What’s New in Clarity 2022”.) Last month IMAGINIT Technologies, a division of Rand Worldwide announced its latest version of the IMAGINiT Clarity 2022 product suite, its enterprise solution that aims to automate tasks, improve building information modeling (BIM) ...
>> Read more

Texas & Louisiana Construction News

Texas Passes Reforms to Winterize Power Infrastructure (Tue, 08 Jun 2021)
The legislation, which will require power plants to prepare for extreme weather conditions, was passed in response to widespread power outages in February, was signed by Gov. Greg Abbott on June 8.
>> Read more

WWII Museum Expansion Nears Completion Amid Pending Lawsuits (Fri, 04 Jun 2021)
The private facility in New Orleans now is installing the last major component of its massive Bollinger Canopy of Peace structure while two separate construction lawsuits linked to its $400-million addition proceed.
>> Read more

Today in Energy

U.S. dry natural gas production and rig count continue to grow from pandemic lows (Thu, 17 Jun 2021)
Our June Short–Term Energy Outlook (STEO) estimated that production of dry natural gas in the United States averaged 92.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) during May 2021, compared with 87.8 Bcf/d in May 2020. The record high for U.S. natural gas production was set in December 2019, when dry production averaged 97.0 Bcf/d. Aside from February 2021, when weather–related well freeze–offs contributed to natural gas production shut ins, May 2020 marked the low point for U.S. natural gas production so far during the pandemic. As a result of COVID–19 mitigation efforts and warmer weather, natural gas demand diminished, which lowered prices. We expect dry natural gas production to continue to grow in the United States through the end of 2022, averaging about 94.8 Bcf/d for November and December 2022.
>> Read more

The United States consumed a record amount of renewable energy in 2020 (Wed, 16 Jun 2021)
In 2020, consumption of renewable energy in the United States grew for the fifth year in a row, reaching a record high of 11.6 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu), or 12% of total U.S. energy consumption. Renewable energy was the only source of U.S. energy consumption that increased in 2020 from 2019; fossil fuel and nuclear consumption declined. Our U.S. renewable energy consumption by source and sector chart shows how much renewable energy by source each sector consumes.
>> Read more

Business

Cryptocurrency gets warm Texas welcome from Gov. Abbott (Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:21:49 UT)
Texas is joining in on the fun that is cryptocurrency. 
>> Read more

The Internet wants Jeff Bezos to buy and eat the Mona Lisa (Fri, 11 Jun 2021 18:43:43 UT)
Finally, someone is taking a stand. 
>> Read more