Buchart Horn Architects Acquires Celli-Flynn Brennan Architects and Planners
YORK, Pa. – Buchart Horn Architects, a division of Buchart Horn, a full-service, international engineering and architectural firm based in York, Pennsylvania, is proud to announce the acquisition of Celli-Flynn Brennan Architects and Planners, a firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a part of the acquisition, Celli-Flynn Brennan’s employees will join the Buchart Horn team and will begin working from the firm’s office located at 2200 Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. More t...
EVWD Board Approves Selection of SNRC Design-Build Partner
Highland, Calif. – East Valley Water District’s Board of Directors approved Balfour Beatty / Arcadis as the design-build partner to lead the design and construction of the Sterling Natural Resource Center (SNRC), located on the east side of Del Rosa Drive, at the July 25 regular meeting. The state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility will produce water to recharge the natural groundwater aquifer, with a design focused on reliability, efficiency and flexibility to initially treat 8 million ga...
U.S. Department of Transportation to Provide $180 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the FAA will provide $180 million in infrastructure grants for the construction of two major taxiway complexes at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). Under the terms of a Letter of Intent, the first to be issued since 2011, the airport may proceed with the project immediately and be reimbursed for the federal share in a series of grants over the next several years. “This investment...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $770.8 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Airports in 50 States and 5 U.S. Territories
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $770.8 million in airport infrastructure grants, as part of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States. This third increment of funding provides 569 grants to 522 airports that will fund 949 infrastructure projects; including runways, taxiways, aprons, terminals, aircraft rescue and firefigh...
Discussion Continues Over Finding New Sources of Transportation Funding
The broad infrastructure proposal unveiled July 23 on Capitol Hill by Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Penn., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, also serves to underscore a long-running debate over how to return the Highway Trust Fund to solvency. "The HTF is in serious trouble," he noted in the " vision statement " that accompanied his proposal. "The Congressional Budget Office estimates that it will go insolvent, yet again, as soon as the fal...
Shuster Lays Out ‘Framework’ for Infrastructure Discussion
Outgoing Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Penn., released a 108-page " infrastructure proposal " on July 23 that he hopes can serve as a "discussion draft" that is intended to "further the national conversation about the current state of America's infrastructure and highlight some of the major roadblocks to funding and improving our transportation network." In a three-page " vision statement " that accompanied the proposal, Shuster – chairman of the House Transportation and In...
Michael Baker International Selected by the City of Columbus to Support Smart Columbus Initiative
Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, was selected by the City of Columbus to support projects within the Smart Columbus grant portfolio. Seventy-eight mid-sized cities competed in the Smart City Challenge, submitting ideas for a smart transportation system to transform mobility, and the U.S. Department of Transportation named Columbus the winner. Michael Baker will provide project management, systems engineering expertise, and administrat...
ACAA Selects World-Renowned Architectural & Engineering Firms With Local Ties To Collaborate on Design of New Terminal
Following months of research, technical and creative presentations, interviews and evaluations, the Allegheny County Airport Authority today announced the architectural and engineering firms selected to design a new terminal that will transform Pittsburgh International Airport for a modern travel experience. Gensler, headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., and HDR, headquartered in Omaha, Neb., have entered into a joint-venture agreement to design and deliver the Terminal Modernization Progra...
Gensler Designs Pair of Skyscrapers on Sri Lankan Coast
The Gensler-designed Sapphire Residences in Colombo, Sri Lanka, will be connected by a sky bridge topped with a swimming pool, and have interiors by Philippe Starck. Global architectural firm Gensler designed the skyscrapers for developer ITC Hotels. The shorter tower will be a 140-metre-tall hotel, while the taller one will reach 224 metres and will be filled with 132 luxury homes. Between the 19th and 21st floors the parallel towers will be connected by a 54-metre-long sky bridge. A bar...
HISTORY Canada to Feature Stantec Projects in Upcoming Television Series Project Impossible
HISTORY is launching a new television series called Project Impossible and Stantec-designed projects will be featured in two of the ten episodes. The season will kick off at 10PM on July 27th, 2018 on the HISTORY Canada. Watch the trailer here. The first of two installments involving Stantec, “Episode 6: Engineering America”, will air on Saturday, July 28th at 2PM PDT and captures the Permanent Canal Closures and Pumps Project (PCCP) in New Orleans, Louisiana. The PCCP is one of the largest d...