HDR's Larson Receives Women with Hydro Vision Award
Lisa Larson, an associate vice president and international power sector lead at HDR, was one of ten women honored recently at the HydroVision International Conference with the Women in Hydro Vision Award. The award recognizes ten women who have made and/or are continuing to make significant contributions to the hydro industry by sharing their unique talents and vision to improve and advance hydropower in ten categories. Larson was recognized in the engineering consulting category as a leader amo...
Award Celebrates Arup’s ORAT Excellence
On Friday, 12 August, Arup was awarded top honours as an ABA100 Winner in the 2016 Australian Business Awards, taking out a prestigious accolade for its innovative Risk Management service. The award recognises Arup’s successes in its approach to risk management, with the successful implementation of its holistic Operational Readiness, Activation and Transition (ORAT) services. ORAT manages the risks associated with opening new or upgraded complex facilities. The industry award affirms Arup...
National Competition Honors Five Mid-Western States for Exceptional Transportation Projects
WASHINGTON – The departments of transportation of five states--Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin--won awards today in a national competition that recognizes excellence in transportation projects that improve travel safety, reduce roadway congestion, and provide more travel options to consumers. The Mid America Association of Transportation Officials presented the awards at its annual conference in Minneapolis. MAASTO is the third of four regional groups to announce winners this...
NYC DDC and CH2M Receive 2016 CMAA Award for Reconstruction of Fordham Plaza
On June 3, the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) Metro New York/New Jersey Chapter hosted their 23rd Annual Awards Banquet at the Yale Club in New York City, where the Reconstruction of the Fordham Plaza Project was the Category 1 – Less than $20 Million – award-winner. The New York City Department of Design and Construction (NYC DDC) shared the joint award with CH2M. The NYC DDC led the design initiative for roadway improvements and an upgraded public plaza. As an agent...
Ministry of Defence Recognises AECOM for its Support for the Armed Forces with Gold Award
London – 4 August 2016: The Ministry of Defence has today named AECOM as a Gold Award winner in the Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS), recognising the company’s support and commitment to UK defence personnel. The Gold Award is the highest accolade under the ERS, awarded to organisations that pledge, demonstrate and advocate support to the Armed Forces community and align their values with the Armed Forces Covenant. Since signing the Armed Forces Covenant last year, AECOM has increased the nu...
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Seeks Nominations for 2017 Environmental Excellence Awards
WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced this week that it is accepting nominations for the 2017 Environmental Excellence Awards (EEAs), a biennial program that recognizes exemplary environmental stewardship in transportation planning and project development. “Our country is moving toward a greener, more innovative and environmentally-conscious transportation system,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “These awards salu...
Cardno’s Transport Planner wins Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management (AITPM) Young Professional Award
Cardno is excited to announce that Rachel Kohan, a graduate transport planner in our Sydney office, has been selected as the NSW winner of the AITPM Young Professional Award. Rachel joined Cardno in November 2014 as an undergraduate transport planner for the transport planning team while completing her Bachelor of Environmental Engineering majoring in Transport. She has experience in active transport plans, strategic transport studies and production of concept design reports across New South...
Sustainable Harbour Area Finalist at World Architecture Award
Offenbach Harbour is one amongst 10 international Finalists of the World Architecture Festival Award for 2016. The sustainable city district by the Main River close to Frankfurt in Germany combines a modern look and feel with the charming rough past of the former industrial harbour. It is a finalist in the category “Landscape”. The harbour forms the new urban focus with varied access to the water and multifunctional urban space. A promenade network connects the water to the more densely...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins four Workplace Safety and Health Awards in Singapore
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that its Singapore office has received three Safety and Health Award Recognition for Projects (SHARP) awards and a Gold Performance Award at the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Awards ceremony held in Singapore on 27 July. The three SHARP accolades are for outstanding safety performance on the Afton Lion Project, the ExxonMobil SBA (Aurora/EOS) Off-Plot Project and the Chevron Oronite Carboxylate Project. For the second year running Amec Foster Wheeler...
Davis-Woodland Water Supply Project receives 2016 National Design-Build Project Award
DENVER, Aug. 2, 2016 - The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) recently announced its 21st annual Design-Build Project/Team Award winners and the Davis-Woodland Water Supply Project, a new surface water treatment facility commissioned by the Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency (WDCWA), received the National Award of Merit in the water/wastewater category. In 2013, CH2M was selected for the $141 million contract to design, build and operate the new surface water treatment plant and other se...