Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority's Hardeeville Water Reclamation Facility Expansion Project Receives ISI Envision Bronze Award
The Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority's Hardeeville Water Reclamation Facility expansion project has received the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) Envision rating system's Bronze award, which recognizes sustainable infrastructure across the full range of environmental, social, and economic impacts. BJWSA's reclamation facility expansion is the first Envision-verified project in South Carolina. The HWRF project provides wastewater service to the areas surrounding the Town...
Cardno Takes Home Three Best in Basin Awards
Professional infrastructure and environmental services firm Cardno has been recognized with three 2015 Best in Basin Awards by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). The company’s project teams received the awards at the TRPA’s Governing Board Meeting in Kings Beach, CA, on Sept. 28. “The Best in Basin Awards really validate some of the work our teams are doing on projects in the basin,” said Stephen Peck, Cardno’s senior consulting engineer. “I’m very proud of the work...
Atkins' Innovative Dubai Opera Wins Two Industry Awards
Atkins has won 'Project of the Year' and the 'Best Public Building' Awards for the stunning Dubai Opera at the Identity Design Awards 2016. The results were announced at a Gala awards dinner which celebrated and recognised the GCC’s growing design scene. The Identity Design Awards 2016 took place at La Cantine du Faubourg, Emirates Towers. The Atkins team was represented by Janus Rostock, regional design director and head of architecture and urban planning and Mohammad AbuFarha, principal ar...
Bechtel Project Earns Energy Department’s Highest Safety Award
For the second consecutive year, the Department of Energy has awarded the Bechtel-led Waste Treatment Plant project its highest level of recognition for worker safety achievements: the Voluntary Protection Program “Star of Excellence.” The award is given to contractors who achieve an injury rate at least 75 percent below the Bureau of Labor Statistics national average for its respective industry. “Once again, our employees have exceeded expectations and have taken ownership of their safety an...
Bechtel Executive Receives Prestigious Society of Women Engineers Global Business Award
RESTON, Virginia - October 28, 2016 - Bechtel, a global engineering, procurement and construction leader, today announced that Barbara Rusinko, president of the company’s Nuclear, Security & Environmental business, has been honored with a 2016 Global Leadership Award by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). The Global Leadership Award honors professionals who serve as role models to women and have at least 15 years of international engineering, scientific or technology-based business or organiza...
Amec Foster Wheeler Employees Honoured in Engineering Construction Industry Awards
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that four of its employees have been honoured in the Engineering Construction Industry Training and Development Awards. Nicky Mason won the Women in Engineering Award and Heather Smith was named National Apprentice of the Year at a ceremony in Manchester, UK. / Amec Foster Wheeler employees honoured in engineering construction industry awards/ / / / / Nicky, a Project Delivery Director with an engineering and project man...
Missouri DOT Receives Governor Award for Quality and Productivity
JEFFERSON CITY – A technology team from MoDOT found a way to make important existing tools work even better for customers. This ingenuity and customer-focused commitment were recognized with a 2016 Governor’s Award for Quality and Productivity. The MoDOT team was honored with the Technology in Government Award during ceremonies at the Capitol Rotunda on Oct. 27. “The Technology In Government Award is a formal recognition of excellence. It reflects the outstanding achievements of state empl...
Two Gilbane Building Company Projects Earn Global Best Project Awards
Providence, RI – Leading global construction and facilities-related services firm, Gilbane Building Company has earned two awards in Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) Global Best Projects Competition. The awards recognize Gilbane’s International construction efforts on the Afghan Ministry of Defense Complex in Kabul, Afghanistan and the Kerry Global Technology & Innovation Centre, located in Naas, Ireland. “It is an honor to receive two ENR Global Best Project Awards and be recognized by a pa...
Gannett Fleming's Forces of Change Honored with SMPS Award
(Harrisburg, Pa.) Forces of Change, Gannett Fleming’s external-facing corporate magazine, has been honored by the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) in its 2016 National Marketing Communications Awards (MCA). Produced entirely in-house, the magazine earned a second-place award in the “External Newsletter/Publication” category. The award winners were announced at the recent SMPS annual conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Launched in 2009, Forces of Change highlights a bro...
Idaho Transportation Department Honored as Innovative Company of the Year Finalist, Unveils Top Ideas of 2016
BOISE - The Idaho Transportation Department was honored as a 2016 Innovative Company of the Year finalist by the Idaho Technology Council Oct. 25 in Boise. No other state public-service agency has ever been a finalist in the category, typically reserved for private-sector firms. “This award shows that a government agency can be just as innovative as the private sector and move at the speed of business,” said Director Brian Ness. “By finding better ways to do our jobs, we put the focus on the...