USA Engineers, a civil engineering and surveying firm serving North Texas with additional national support capabilities, has been acquired by real estate expert and Masterplan Consultants CEO Dallas Cothrum.

USA Engineers will operate as part of Cothrum’s family of companies alongside Masterplan Consultants, creating a more comprehensive, end-to-end platform of professional services for clients across the region.…

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A team of Garland High School student researchers spent their summer at SMU’s Lyle School of Engineering, trading textbooks for buckets of Dallas soil, mixers, and compactors. Their task: help design a low-cost, energy-efficient building material that could support affordable housing locally and abroad.…

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“It is critical for us, as women, to put ourselves in the driver’s seat of this conversation as much as we possibly can to psychologically gain control and be in a position of influencing our careers and our next steps.”

Sindhu Avalokita
Vice President and Director of Operations
Jacobs
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A researcher at the University of Texas at Arlington is developing a tool that could help the state get a better lay of the land, so to speak, when figuring out how much it will cost to build highways across this huge and diverse state.…

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The water temperature around the tip of Florida hit triple digits for two consecutive days in July, according to the Associated Press—”hot tub levels” which could be the hottest seawater ever measured.

Scientists said they saw devastating effects from prolonged hot water in the area—including coral bleaching and even the death of some corals in what had been one of the Florida Keys’ most resilient reefs.…

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Irving-based RailPros has hired veteran executive Marco Loureiro as chief operating officer of the company that focuses exclusively on providing services to freight, passenger, and transit rail carriers across North America.

RailPros, which has offices nationwide, was founded in 2000. It said Loureiro will be based in Irving.…

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