Sustainable Land Development Today - March 2008 - (Page 49) ORGANIZATIONS I Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced that it has acquired LEAP Software, Inc., a leading provider of analysis and design products for concrete bridges. The LEAP bridge solutions are the industry standard across North America, used by 37 U.S. state departments of transportation, the U.S. Federal Highway Administration, a large number of city and county agencies, and top bridge engineering consultants. The flagship product, LEAP Bridge, is an analysis, design, and loadrating application that integrates all bridge design components into one application with a single user interface. I The American Society of Interior effective alternative to these programs due to its enhanced accessibility to the concrete industry. The certification program is open to members and nonmembers of NRMCA. I BOSS International, a developer of AD INDEX Company Advanced Drainage Systems Airvac, Inc. Aquamaster AquaShield, Inc. Asphalt Pavement Alliance Bentley Systems Best Management Products Big R Manufacturing Bio Clean Environmental Services Brentwood Brock White Company Carlson CityScape_Abu Dhabi Colorado Lining Contech Stormwater Solutions Cultec Delta Environmental Pentair Water Environment 21 Fresh Creek Technologies IECA Invisible Structures JF New KriStar Land Value Analysis LDB - Conference LDB - Pervious Concrete Modular Wetlands Orenco Otterbine Barebo Prefurbia Quanics RoLanka International Rotondo Environmental Solutions Salix Applied Earthcare SF Concrete Siemens Sustainable Land Development International Smith & Loveless, Inc. StormTrap Transoft Solutions Wilson Miller Page RSN # 13 2 16 23 40 27 46 48 53 9 43 39 50 52 21 11 5 19 25 35 26 53 47 53 14 45 52 56 51 32 55 52 34 53 29 3 41 44 162 160 157 195 184 176 127 182 134 193 156 175 136 167 148 138 122 192 109 102 144 119 190 197 199 130 151 135 108 185 154 142 126 civil engineering hydrology and hydraulic software, has been named an authorized Autodesk Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner. The partnership ensures that BOSS software integrates seamlessly with Autodesk’s AutoCAD, Land Desktop, Civil3D, and Map3D products, according to Chris Maeder, managing director at BOSS International. I Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Pitts- Designers (ASID) Foundation and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) will release the nation’s first sustainable residential remodeling guidelines at the annual ASID conference: INTERIORS 08 in March, in New Orleans. The REGREEN program (www.regreenprogram.org) is a series of guidelines designed for use by residential designers, construction professionals and homeowners alike. I Psomas was honored with a 2008 Engineering Excellence Merit Award by the Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California (CELSOC). The award was presented for the firm’s innovative design of the Riparian Corridor and Freshwater Marsh System in Playa Vista, the first mixed-use community to be built in West Los Angeles in the last 50 years. I The National Ready Mixed burgh, PA, the largest subsidiary of the parent company, Carmeuse Group, located in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium announced the completion of the acquisition of Oglebay-Norton on February 13th, 2008. Carmeuse will use the acquisition to expand its offering to the growing Flue Gas Desulfurization market, and to diversify its business base with product lines in filler materials and industrial sands. The transaction was subject to a Hart-Scott-Rodino filing, and the successful result of that filing has made way for the completion of the transaction. I The National Institute of Building Concrete Association announced the introduction of its Green-Star program to provide the ready mixed concrete industry with an “industry specific” program that focuses on the unique operational characteristics of the industry while filling the gap between industry efforts and other Environmental Management Systems (EMS)-based certification programs such as USEPA Performance Track, ISO 14001, etc. While it is not meant to take the place of such programs, Green-Star can serve as an Sciences’ (NIBS), Facility Information Council (FIC) announced that the Executive Committee for the National Building Information Modeling Standard (NBIMS) project has released the National BIM Standard Version 1 - Part 1: Overview, Principles, and Methodologies for public use. This document, which includes contributions by more than thirty subject-matter experts in the capital facilities industry, incorporates industry comments and now contains new and expanded information about the NBIMS production and use process. I West Brazos Junior High School in Brazoria, Texas, has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, mak- 36-37 153 17 7 189 129 www.SLDTonline.com 49 http://www.regreenprogram.org http://www.SLDTonline.com
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