USDOT Names Small Business Innovation Research Program Awards Recipients
Washington – The U.S. Department of Transportation announced today that fourteen (14) U.S. Small Businesses will receive a total of $1,958,373.00 in Small Business Innovative Research Program (SBIR) awards. Each year, the SBIR program taps into the power of small businesses to develop cutting-edge solutions to some of U.S. DOT’s most pressing challenges. SBIR is a congressionally-mandated program encouraging domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research/Research and...
Stephen McCaffrey, Trailblazer in International Water Law, Wins 2017 Stockholm Water Prize
Stephen McCaffrey, Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, in Sacramento, California, is the single most respected authority on International Water Law. His work continues to influence scholars, legal practitioners and policy-makers and contribute to the sustainable and peaceful management of shared waters. On receiving news of the prize, Prof. McCaffrey says: "Learning about the Stockholm Water Prize literally took my breath away. I am deeply...
UVIG Announces Annual Annual Achievement Awards in Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Ariz. – The Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group, (UVIG), honored a broad group of energy professionals for their contributions and accomplishments for the reliable and economic integration of renewable energy. The honorees are all recipients of UVIG’s 2017 Annual Achievement Awards. Mark Ahlstrom, President of the UVIG Board of Directors, presented six Achievement Awards to 19 individuals and five Service Awards at the 2017 Spring Technical Workshop and UVIG Annual Meeting on...
Houses That Are One With the Environment
Green Builder Media releases the 2016 Green Home of the Year Award winners. These green gems will further the goal of carbon neutral building, making housing a leader in saving the planet. This year’s Green Home of the Year award winners aren’t just projects that honor sustainability. Some of them are literally one with the environment. Our expert panel of judges evaluated projects in terms of overall sustainability, resilience, synergy with the environment and surrounding neighborhood, afford...
Stantec Wins Three Engineering Excellence Awards in Ohio
Engineering teams from Stantec Ohio offices were honored with three engineering excellence awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies, Ohio. The Scioto Greenways project in Columbus, Ohio earned the organization’s top honor for the year. The awards were announced on March 9 during the organization’s awards banquet in Columbus. Scioto Greenways, Columbus, OH Grand Award In Columbus, Ohio, the Main Street Dam had—over the course of time—altered the natural channel and over-wi...
CH2M Wins 5 Environmental and Climate Change Industry Business Achievement Awards
DENVER- The Environmental Business Journal and the Climate Change Business Journal, a leading sources of business intelligence in the environmental and climate change industries, awarded CH2M five prestigious business achievement awards. "Recognizing our best practices for outstanding new achievement in environmental expertise, and our global projects for merit in sustainable water infrastructure is an honor and testament to the technical ability and sustainable vis...
UVIG Announces Annual Annual Achievement Awards in Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Ariz. – March 2017– The Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group, (UVIG), honored a broad group of energy professionals for their contributions and accomplishments for the reliable and economic integration of renewable energy. The honorees are all recipients of UVIG’s 2017 Annual Achievement Awards. Mark Ahlstrom, President of the UVIG Board of Directors, presented six Achievement Awards to 19 individuals and five Service Awards at the 2017 Spring Technical Workshop and UVIG Annua...
Allan Shulman and The Betsy-South Beach Celebrate Industry Recognition
Allan Shulman and Shulman+Associates (S+A) are happy to announce that their latest hospitality project, a synthesis of boutique hotel, cultural facility and urban intervention: the Betsy-South Beach has been the recipient of three Miami Hospitality Design Awards: “Honor Award of Excellence, Overall Hotel” “Honor Award of Excellence Outdoor Divine Detail” “Special Jury Recognition for Placemaking” at the first annual Miami Hospitality Design Awards held on Monday, March 6, 2017 during a celeb...
Los Alamos Project Receives Best Building Award
The Associated General Contractors of America New Mexico Chapter has named the Los Alamos National Laboratory TA-63 Transuranic (TRU) Waste Facility one of the best buildings of 2017. Classified as a Hazard Category-2 multi-building nuclear facility, it took top honors in the environmental category . A Weidlinger-Navarro Northern New Mexico Joint Venture provided complete architectural and engineering design and construction phase services to the Los Alamos National Laboratory for...
The World Design Organization Launches Call for Nominations for World Design Medal
To celebrate its upcoming 60th anniversary, the World Design Organization (WDO)™ has launched the World Design Medal to recognize Industrial Designers who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of the profession. “Developed in conjunction with our Board of Directors, the World Design Medal aims to showcase exceptional Industrial Designers from around the globe who are making a positive impact on our quality of life and driving change in our world through design,” said WDO Sen...