Wastewater mixers
Sharpe Mixers offers a full line of mixers, agitation equipment, drive systems, and impeller configurations that can be matched with each phase of water and wastewater treatment processes. According to the company, Sharpe Mixers are suitable for different stages of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants, including rapid and flash mixing, flocculation, sludge holding and digestion, and more.
Sharpe Mixers — www.sharpemixers.com

Software add-ons
Eagle Point Software Corp. is supporting the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 release with a portfolio of add-on products. Pinnacle Series’ surveying, grading, roadway design, pipe layout, and plan set preparation workflows guide users to complete work faster while consistently following an organization’s standards and best practices. Data Reduction uses direct links with several supported data collectors and data collector formats to download raw instrument and coordinate data. Surveyors’ Companion interacts with native point, parcel, surface, alignment, and profile data.
Eagle Point Software Corp. — www.eaglepoint.com

Stormwater design guide
CULTEC, Inc.’s new Stormwater Management Design Guide includes the latest product, design, and technical information for CULTEC’s Contactor and Recharger plastic chambers. Users will find manual system sizing calculations, instructions on how to use the company’s Stormwater Design Calculator and CULTEC StormGenie, as well as modeling tips for HydroCAD, ICPR, PondPack, and StormNET software.
CULTEC, Inc. — www.cultec.com

Office software updated
Microsoft Corp. released Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010, as well as Visio 2010 and Project 2010, for business customers worldwide. According to the company, users can connect and collaborate with co-authoring in Word, PowerPoint, and OneNote; use advanced e-mail management and calendaring capabilities in Outlook; and, with the new Outlook Social Connector, bring communication history and social network feeds directly into Outlook. Microsoft Office Web Apps provide access to documents from virtually anywhere and help preserve the look and feel of a document regardless of device. Office Mobile 2010 is now available for free for all Windows Mobile 6.5 phones with a previous version of Office Mobile. Office Mobile 2010 users can perform lightweight editing of Office documents stored on their phone or attached to an e-mail; and can browse, edit, and update documents stored on a SharePoint 2010 site. Microsoft’s productivity technologies also are available in the cloud, offering flexibility for IT departments when purchasing and deploying solutions.
Microsoft Corp. — www.microsoft.com

Web-based research and design tools
Knovel, a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, now includes Engineering Design and Construction Essentials. Based on 10 years of experience working with engineering design and construction firms and on historical data of frequent searches and most accessed content, the package was established to enable organizations to jumpstart their use of Knovel. Engineers can access content frequently used to solve technical problems, as well as research a variety of topics including material selection, process improvement, safety, and compliance. Engineering Design and Construction Essentials provides access to content and tools in six subject areas including Civil Engineering & Construction Materials
Knovel — www.knovel.com/edc

Wastewater-to-energy facility
Oldcastle Precast supplied wastewater holding tanks to Algaewheel Technologies, LLC., for retaining 120,000 gallons of wastewater on a wastewater-to-renewable energy project in Reynolds, Ind. The algae-based wastewater technology is identical to that used in the company’s green line of packaged plants and decentralized wastewater treatment systems. The Algaewheel facility is replacing the town’s aging lagoon wastewater treatment system. Algae biomass from the facility will be thermally processed on site to generate energy for powering the wastewater plant.
Oldcastle Precast — www.oldcastleprecast.com/wastewater

Parking site design software
Transoft Solutions Inc, introduced ParkCAD 4.0 parking site design software. New features include support of arcs in the creation of perimeter rows and drive aisles. ParkCAD now lets users run combinations of row positions and rotations yielding the maximum number of parking spaces in a boundary. The new design manager functionality also allows multiple iterations of parking layouts to be saved, updated, recalled, and then compared. Designers can minimize the parking lot area footprint by having ParkCAD automatically move in the site’s perimeter boundaries using excess space from oversized drive aisles. Mixing small and large vehicle stalls on the same row provides additional pervious surfacing for landscaping or water-retention sections.
Transoft Solutions, Inc. — www.transoftsolutions.com