Pitt IRISE Consortium Welcomes CAWP as Newest Member
PITTSBURGH (Feb. 26, 2021) — The University of Pittsburgh is proud to announce that the Constructors Association of Western PA (CAWP) is the sixth and newest member to join the Impactful Resilient Infrastructure Science and Engineering (IRISE) Consortium.
IRISE is a research consortium that is housed in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering. Its focus is on finding solutions for more durable, longer lasting transportation infrastructure that will avoid the high cost and disruption caused by highway rehabilitation. The IRISE collaboration focuses on developing innovative, implementable solutions that meet the needs of its members.
CAWP will join other regional public and private partners who represent both the public agencies that own and operate the infrastructure and the private firms that design and build it, including Allegheny County Department of Public Works, PennDOT, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Golden Triangle Construction, and Michael Baker International.
For over 85 years, the members of CAWP have worked together as an industry to tackle the important issues facing the heavy, highway and utility construction industry in Western Pennsylvania.
“CAWP is pleased to be able to bring the perspective of the construction industry to the IRISE consortium,” said CAWP Executive Director Richard J. Barcaskey. “As a collaborative organization ourselves, we understand the benefits and power of working together to develop innovative solutions to critical problems.”
Julie Vandenbossche, Ph.D., P.E., the Director of IRISE said, “We welcome CAWP as our newest member and are excited about expanding our ability to reach out to the actual builders to better ensure the tools and technology we develop can be applied in practice and produce increased construction efficiency and worker safety.”
Contact: Maggie Pavlick