Parsons to Participate in Premier Information Security Events
PASADENA, CA – Parsons will participate in two leading conferences on information security in Las Vegas, NV, next month: Black Hat USA 2016 and DEF CON 24. In its 19th year, Black Hat (July 30–August 4) brings together security professionals from around the globe for 6 days of training, briefings, and demonstrations of the latest cyber-defensive techniques. DEF CON (August 4–7) is the world’s largest hacker conference. Parsons returns to Black Hat for the 6th year, debuting its smart city pr...
APWA's Newly Re-Branded PWX Conference Set for Thousands of Public Works Professionals in Minneapolis
KANSAS CITY, MO. – After more than 120 years, the American Public Works Association’s (APWA) is re-branding its annual conference as PWX, or Public Works Expo, replacing the former conference known as the International Public Works Congress & Exposition. The PWX 2016 will provide new inclusive learning experiences for thousands of public works professionals who will converge at the Minneapolis Convention Center during August 28 - 31, 2016. The PWX will include new innovations and technologies,...
Mortenson Raises $39K for Firefly Autism
Mortenson held its 10th annual golf tournament on June 17 at Fox Hollow Golf Course in Lakewood, Colorado. This year, proceeds benefitted Firefly Autism, a Denver-based non-profit that offers center-based services for children ages 18 months to 21 years in Denver and Grand Junction, as well as home-based services throughout the front range and the western slope. Mortenson’s fundraising efforts and its sponsors’ contributions resulted in a $39,000 donation that will help Firefly achieve its visio...
Cardno Participates in the 2016 AITPM National Conference
Cardno is proud to have our experts presenting at the 2016 Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management national conference, being held in Sydney from July 26 to 29. Considered the leading traffic and transport event in Australia, the conference will also be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Institute this year. Shane Healey, Cardno’s Asia Pacific Transport Planning Practice Leader, will be participating in an interactive session on Wednesday 27 July. This session will focu...
Rueter-Hess Water Purification Facility Wins National Environmental Award
The Rueter-Hess Water Purification Facility (RHWPF), located in Parker, Colorado, has been honored with a national award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES). The 2016 Excellence in Environmental Engineering Award recognized the RHWPF's breakthrough technology and use of a renewable water supply. The innovative facility, which opened last year, has been studied and toured by engineers from around the world. The water treatment plant serves a community of...
Registration Opens for Water Sector’s ‘Big Data’ Conference
Big Data’ and the ‘Internet of Things’ are starting to affect every industry, and the water sector is no exception. The forthcoming International Water Association (IWA) Conference, entitled: ‘New Developments in IT & Water,’ will therefore provide an update on how data collection and processing is affecting the management of water and wastewater, and how it will develop in the future. The IWA Conference will run alongside WWEM 2016 in Telford (UK) 2-3rd November 2016, and registration f...
Drone Industry Experts and Major Firms Are Set to Present at the UAS Summit & Expo
GRAND FORKS, ND - UAS Magazine announced this week the preliminary agenda for the 10th annual UAS Summit & Expo, the Upper Midwest's premier unmanned aircraft systems event produced by UAS Magazine and the Red River Valley Research Corridor. Taking place August 22-24 in Grand Forks, ND, the agenda, focused on both small and large unmanned aircraft systems -- features the commercialization of UAVs. The three-day event will explain and reveal the cutting-edge research, commercial operation success...
Accelerated Bridge Replacement Wins Construction Management Award
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 21, 2016 — STV, a leading construction management and architectural/engineering design firm, received a Project Achievement Award in the Infrastructure category (under $25 million) from the National Capitol Region Chapter of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) for its role in the District Department of Transportation (DDOT)-led replacement of the 27th Street Bridge over Broad Branch Stream in Washington, D.C. The firm was contracted by DDOT to prov...
Saving Energy and Money for Beaumont Unified School District
LOS ANGELES — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced that on May 24, 2016, Beaumont Unified School District (BUSD) held a ribbon-cutting event for the completion of its solar-energy carport structures (canopies) located in the high school’s staff parking lot. The solar canopies will produce over one million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually at a capacity nameplate of 632.4 KW DC. The resulting outcome will reduce the school’s dependency on outside energy s...
Architectural Competition Unique Opportunity for Architects
Greater Shepparton Council announces an Architectural Competition for a new Shepparton Art Museum which will provide an opportunity for architects to design a unique public building in a regional area. The new Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) building will be an outstanding example of exciting, best-practice contemporary museum architecture designed by one of Australia’s leading architects on a remarkable site in regional Victoria. Greater Shepparton City Council is inviting Expressions of Inte...