Hilton breaks ground on Signia convention hotel in Savannah, Georgia

Dive Brief: Last week, Hilton broke ground on the 444-room Signia by Hilton Savannah, expanding the brand to a new market, the hotel company announced.  The hotel will serve as the Savannah Convention Center’s headquarters hotel. Hilton will manage the property, which is owned by Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority and is being developed in partnership […]

Presenting the DTFC: Double-Tee Flexible Connection

The DTFC is an innovative structural retrofit shear connection designed for the repair of precast single- and double-tee garages. This advanced connection provides vehicular and seismic shear restraint while accommodating the necessary movement transverse to the double-tee joint. The DTFC effectively relieves stress caused by deck expansion and contraction. With its quick installation process and […]

Dismantling inclusion puts infrastructure at risk

Sri Kumar is president of Tennessee-based infrastructure and aviation consulting firm Connico. Opinions are the author’s own. Recent decisions to scale back affirmative action and disadvantaged business programs in infrastructure are already starting to tilt the playing field away from small businesses in aviation and transportation.  For decades, these programs through the U.S. Department of […]