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Stantec Leads Project Construction Management Support of LA Metro’s Purple Line Extension as Boring Machines Begin Work

October 18, 2018 - in Construction, News, Projects, Rail, Transportation

Los Angeles, CA, NYSE, TSX:STN- Stantec is working with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) on the high-priority Purple Line Extension project, which celebrated a major milestone on October 16, as tunnel boring machines (TBMs)—named…

New California Dam Built with Black & Veatch’s Management Help Reaches Key Milestone

October 1, 2018 - in Construction, Water

Seventeen years after being deemed seismically vulnerable and having its capacity restricted, a San Francisco-area dam and reservoir near an active fault…

Stantec Selected to Design Hampstead Bypass and US 17 Improvements in Hampstead in New Hanover and Pender Counties, North Carolina

Division Three of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has selected international consulting design firm Stantec to provide analysis…

Foundation Poured for L.A.’s Perla on Broadway

April 30, 2018 - in Construction, Lifecycle, News, Projects

The Los Angeles Historic Core neighborhood was buzzing with activity last Saturday, as 690 truckloads of concrete was placed for the foundation of the Perla on Broadway residential project. Thornton Tomasetti is providing structural engineering and performance-based…

High-Strength Concrete Could Save Money, Time

In a lab at Montana State University, researchers use massive hydraulic pistons to crush samples of concrete in order to determine the material’s strength. To test what’s called ultra-high performance concrete, they’ve had to ratchet up the force. Click…

Bechtel Completes Carroll County Energy Facility

January 19, 2018 - in Construction, Design/Engineering, Lifecycle

Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, has completed the Carroll County Energy Facility (CCEF) in Carroll County, OH, for Advanced Power. The 700-megawatt natural gas-fueled combine-cycle power facility, will supply electricity…

Woolpert to Design $13M SkyWheel Newport Project at Newport on the Levee

December 11, 2017 - in Construction, Lifecycle, News

NEWPORT, Ky. - Woolpert has been contracted by St. Louis-based SkyWheel Attractions and Koch Development to provide survey, civil and structural engineering for the $13 million SkyWheel Newport at Newport on the Levee. SkyWheel Newport will be approximately…

CH2M – Burns & McDonnell Joint Venture to design modernization of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory

December 4, 2017 - in Construction, Lifecycle

BOSTON - The New England District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), selected a CH2M-led joint venture with Burns & McDonnell (BMcD) to design an advanced Compound Semiconductor Laboratory – Microelectronics Integration Facility at the Massachusetts…

Construction Climate Talks

November 16, 2017 - in Construction, Technology, Videos

Katherine Ibbotson, Carbon Planning Manager, Environment Agency, talks about the Environment Agency’s ‘ERIC’ Carbon Planning Tool.

PCA Forecast Sees Spike in Air Travel Propelling Demand for Cement Needed to Expand Airport Facilities

August 21, 2017 - in Construction, Corporate, News

Increased demand for U.S. air travel is expected to help drive increased cement consumption over the next 25 years, according to the Portland Cement Association (PCA). Population spikes, overall economic growth and airport expansion are among the factors driving…