3Q Tech Report: New Ideas for a Strange Era

Innovations in construction technology are reconfigured for the COVID-19 pandemic as firms look to preserve the momentum behind digitization

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Leaders Shift at Granite; New CEO for Engineers Without Borders

Engineers Without Borders, the nonprofit group of more than 9,500 construction sector students and professionals that channels technical talent to pro bono sustainable infrastructure projects in underdeveloped countries and to global emergency relief, and also boosts volunteers’ project management skills, named Jackie O’Brien as CEO.

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Bentley Systems Sees Strong Performance in NASDAQ IPO

Bentley Systems Inc.’s leap from a 36-year-old, family-run provider of software for infrastructure design, construction and operation to a publicly traded company is the realization of a long-term goal to reward employees and “get liquidity to our colleague shareholders,” says Greg Bentley, chairman and CEO.

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Michigan Enacts Carbon Neutrality Mandates For Net-Zero State Facilities

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed two executive orders requiring the state to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 28% over 1990 levels by 2025 and be carbon neutral by 2050. If she loses reelection in 2022, a future governor could rescind the mandates,

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New York State Bans Hydrofluorocarbon Refrigerants

New York has finalized regulations designed to significantly reduce the use of greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons—a refrigerant common in air-conditioning systems.

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