West People: August 2025 | Engineering News-Record

[ad_1] On July 1, Dina El-Tawansy was sworn in as the 35th director of the California Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans). She will manage a nearly $20-billion budget and more than 22,000 employees who oversee the state’s 50,000 lane miles of highway, 20,000 bridges and more than 400 public-use airports. El-Tawansy was previously the Bay Area […]

Team probes cracks on newly built UDSM hostel

[ad_1] Dar es Salaam. The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) administration has formed a team to establish why cracks have appeared on a newly built hostel block. Prof David Mfinanga, UDSM deputy vice chancellor in charge of administration, told The Citizen yesterday that the three-member team was led by a senior lecturer in structural […]

Should I Use Windows or Android for my Data Collector?

[ad_1] The daily grind on a construction site is no joke. Even with technology disrupting the entire industry, the role of data collectors remains a critical decision when it comes to accurately surveying everything from your spoil mounds to bridge alignments and road levels.  Compared to the field notebooks of the past, a data collector […]