DeSimone Designs First Ground-Up Commercial Development in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
DeSimone Consulting Engineers, a leading engineering firm with offices worldwide, served as structural engineer for Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s first ground-up commercial development in more than 40 years. Located at 25 Kent Avenue near the East River waterfront, the 500,000 square foot building is expected to debut this year and was completed in collaboration with design architect Hollwich Kushner and Gensler, the design development architect. The eight-story, bifurcated structure is comprised...
Stantec to Lead Study on Impacts of Growing Operations at Fast-Growing Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Olympia, WA- NYSE, TSX:STN: The Washington Department of Commerce recently announced that it selected Stantec to complete a study of the ongoing impacts of growing operations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The department put out a competitive request for proposals for the project in March. Seattle-Tacoma ranks among the fastest-growing airports in the United States, with operations up 23 percent between 2014 and 2016, and continuing to climb. The Washington State Legislature reques...
6 MW Wärtsilä Energy Storage System Demonstrates Phased Increase of Renewable Energy Penetration on the Island of Bonaire
The technology group Wärtsilä has commissioned its 6 MW / 6 MWh energy management and storage system project for its customer ContourGlobal Bonaire on the Caribbean island of Bonaire. With Phase One complete, the island no longer has to curtail wind resources. It has nearly doubled renewable energy penetration, and prepared the system for additional capacity to accommodate peak demand during tourist season. ContourGlobal’s entire island grid is managed and operated by Greensmith GEMS advanced so...
HNTB’s Program and Construction Management Practice Continues Growth with the Addition of Mark Pagliettini in New York
NEW YORK – Mark Pagliettini, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as a program management and construction management project director and associate vice president in the firm’s New York offices, located in the Empire State Building. With more than 33 years of experience with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Pagliettini most recently served as assistant director for major capital programs. In that role, he was responsible for general management of many critical infrastructure projects, i...
Stantec Hires Kelley Coyner as Mobility Innovation Leader to Bring Smart Mobility Projects to Life
Arlington, VA (June 19, 2019) NYSE, TSX:STN: Stantec has announced that Kelley Coyner, a widely recognized pioneer in smart mobility, has joined the firm as Mobility Innovation Leader. This new global position will guide Stantec’s growing smart mobility business, focusing on partnerships and products needed to launch new smart mobility strategies, programs, and deployments. Coyner is the former Executive Director of the Northern Virginia Transportation, Commission, Senate-confirmed CEO for Re...
Wärtsilä Engines Will Support Modernising of Michigan State University’s Power System
The technology group Wärtsilä has been chosen to provide a flexible power generation solution based on three gas fueled Wärtsilä 34SG engines to ensure operational flexibility in the power generation system of Michigan State University’s (MSU) East Lansing campus in USA. The solution will help the university to achieve its energy modernisation plans and support the growing need for efficient energy on the campus. The Engineered Equipment Delivery (EEQ) has been awarded by The Christman Compan...
China’s NOCs to be Fourth Highest Upstream Investors in Africa Over Next Five Years, Says GlobalData
China’s national oil companies (NOCs) are increasingly investing in Africa to secure oil supplies to help feed surging domestic energy demand. As a result, their development and production capital expenditure (capex) in Africa’s upstream sector is forecast to be the fourth highest between 2019 and 2023, behind global counterparts BP Plc, Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Eni SpA, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest research reveals that the combined ups...
Roger Prince, Program Management Expert, Joins HNTB in New York
NEW YORK – Roger Prince joined HNTB Corporation as a project director and associate vice president in the firm’s program management and construction management practice. He is based in HNTB’s New York City office in the Empire State Building. Prince comes to HNTB with more than 33 years with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He most recently served as deputy director for operations and capital delivery in the Tunnels, Bridges and Terminals Department. In that role, he was respons...
Solmax Expands Operations In Nevada, Western USA
Solmax, the world’s largest geosynthetics manufacturer, today announced that it is expanding its operations and establishing a manufacturing facility in Nevada, Western USA. The manufacturing facility will be fully operational by mid-2020. Following the successful integration of the Solmax and GSE Environmental businesses into one combined strong global entity – Solmax’s goal is to continue to grow its industry leadership position in the geosynthetics sector with strength, reach, capacity...
Political Inaction on Sustainable Energy Policies to Blame for Lack of Progress on UN Climate & Development Goals
Tuesday, 18 June 2019 – Paris: Renewable energy is increasingly powering the world, but erratic policy making is holding the sector back from its potential contribution to cutting carbon pollution and meeting climate and development targets, according to REN21’s Renewables 2019 Global Status Report (GSR), released today. The report confirms that for the fourth consecutive year, more renewable power capacity was installed than fossil fuel and nuclear power combined - 100 gigawatts (GW) of sola...
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