Stantec Receives Two Awards for Outstanding Interior Design
Stantec Architecture has received national recognition for its interior design of buildings at two Pennsylvania campuses: Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), Folger Dining Hall, Indiana, PA and Delaware County Community College’s (DCCC), Learning Commons in Media, PA. The projects are featured in the August 2016 American School and University magazine’s Interiors Showcase issue. IUP’s Folger Dining Hall involved a full interior demolition and reconfiguration of the dining room, serv...
Mott MacDonald Plans Strong Presence at TriCon Water/Wastewater Conference
Mott MacDonald will have a strong presence at the Chesapeake Tri-Association Conference, known as TriCon. Held from August 30 to September 2 in Ocean City, MD, TriCon is one of the country’s leading conferences on water and wastewater issues. Staff from Mott MacDonald will deliver nine of the 135 technical presentations at TriCon, and will talk with clients, partners, and prospects at Booth 39. (Download details.) Presentations include the following. Wednesday, August 31 Anuj Jain...
Atkins Presents Research Paper on Deep Draft Semisubmersibles at RPSEA Conference in Galveston, Texas
Atkins will be presenting at the Best of RPSEA 10 years of Research – Ultra-Deep Water and Onshore Technology Conference in Galveston, Texas on 30-31 August. Arun Anthony, principal naval architect in Atkins’ Energy Americas business based in Houston, Texas, will be giving a presentation on VIM study for deep draft column stabilised floaters. The presentation will cover the results of over two years of research on vortex induced motions (VIM) of deep draft semisubmersibl...
Cristo Rey High School Partnership
More than 200 students from Cristo Rey high school in West Milwaukee attended “draft day” which pairs local businesses with students. The new preparatory school opened in 2015 and follows the work-study form of education where students attend classes and intern part time. Students work five full days a month at companies in the Milwaukee area, providing workplace skills and a portion of their educational costs. Mortenson is one of 50 local employers participating in the program. Four students...
KBR Announces Charity Golf Tournament Recipients
HOUSTON – KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) is proud to announce the organizations that will benefit from our tenth annual charity golf tournament: Junior Achievement Houston Fire Department Buffalo Bayou Partnership Sunshine Kids Foundation St. Jude Children's Hospital Homes for Our Troops Houston Area Women's Center Over the last ten years, KBR's Charity Golf Tournament has seen significant growth, raising over $4 million for more than 50 local and national non...
Celebrate SteelDay with the U.S. Structural Steel Industry September 30
Chicago, IL - A free webinar featuring a new documentary on one of America’s greatest bridge designers is the highlight of this year’s SteelDay on September 30 (visit www.steelday.org/webinar to see if you qualify for free microwave popcorn delivery to your office!). Now in its eighth successive year, SteelDay is a national day of outreach and celebration hosted by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and its members and partners, and provides an inside look at the work and accomp...
Stantec Recognized with Four National Awards for Public Works Design
Stantec has been honored with four Project of the Year awards from the American Public Works Association (APWA). The APWA awards are presented annually to recognize excellence in management and administration of public works projects. The recognition for Stantec and its clients encompasses a range of projects that improve the health, safety, and social fabric of diverse communities. They include an historic bridge replacement in western Massachusetts, a river and urban waterfront restoration...
Tunnel Business Magazine Recaps Hatch’s Infrastructure Past and Growth for the Future
In a recent article featured online and in print, Tunnel Business Magazine recaps where Hatch’s infrastructure business began and how the company is poised for growth in the future.Hatch has always had a strong connection to the tunneling and infrastructure market, the article explains. In fact, one of Hatch’s first projects was a subway and tunnel project for the Toronto Transit Commission. A brief history is provided before referencing the dissolution of the Hatch Mott MacDonald joint-venture....
ACEEE Presents 2016 Champion of Energy Efficiency in Buildings Awards
Pacific Grove, California, August 24, 2016 : The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) presented three Champion of Energy Efficiency awards last night at its 19th biennial Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. The awards recognize leadership and accomplishment in the energy efficiency field. Winners are selected based on demonstrated excellence in research and development, energy policy, implementation and deployment, buildings leadership, or lifetime achievement. Th...
Atkins to Share Gas Storage Cavern Expertise at International Conference on Energy Geotechnics, Kiel
Professor Dr Evan Passaris, technical director in Atkins’ ground engineering practice, will present a paper about maximum operating pressure of gas storage caverns and he will chair a session at the International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT) at Kiel University on 29 August. Experts will gather at the ICEGT conference between 29 and 31 August to set out a large number of technical topics all relating to geotechnics. These include: CO2 sequestration, energy geo-storage and geo-structu...