Utility Engineering & Surveying Expert, Corey Biddle, Joins Cardno's Portland Office
Portland, OR - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Corey Biddle has joined the firm as a Project Manager in the company’s Portland, OR, USA office. In this role, he will focus on bringing subsurface utility engineering and utility engineering services to our clients across the Pacific Northwest. Corey has more than 20 years of experience managing projects in the public and private sectors for clients ranging from private real estate developments to electrical utility providers and publi...
PHMSA Announces Pipeline and HazMat Safety Grant Funding Opportunities
PHMSA Announces Pipeline and HazMat Safety Grant Funding Opportunities. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration published Notices of Funding Opportunity for the Hazardous Materials Community Safety Grant (CST) and its Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) for pipeline safety. The CST program provides up to $1 million to nonprofit organizations to conduct outreach and training that prepares communities to deal with rail incidents involving Class 3 flammable liquids. The CST also fun...
U.S. Department of Transportation Proposes $78.88 Million in FASTLANE Small Grants to 10 Infrastructure Projects
WASHINGTON - The Department of Transportation has provided a list of 10 proposed FY 2017 FASTLANE Small Project grant awards totaling $78.88 million to the authorizing committees of jurisdiction for a 60-day Congressional review period. This year, seven of the ten proposed grants are targeted for projects in rural areas to increase freight mobility and produce greater economic opportunities. The proposed awards will enhance safety at over 100 rail crossings, repair nearly 250 miles of track a...
Board Adopts New Canon for ASCE Code of Ethics
The ASCE Board of Direction voted unanimously at its July meeting to adopt new language in the Society’s Code of Ethics that expresses a professional obligation to provide fair and equal treatment for all. The ASCE Code of Ethics, adopted in 1914, lays out the model for professional conduct for ASCE members. The newly adopted canon – Canon 8 in the Code of Ethics – states: Engineers shall, in all matters related to their profession, treat all persons fairly and encourage equitable particip...
Comark Completes Acquisition of Data Ltd. Inc. (“DLI”)
Milford, Massachusetts – Comark is pleased to announce the acquisition of Data Ltd. Inc. (“DLI”) located in Lehigh Acres, Florida and New Taipai City, Taiwan. DLI is the industry leader in designing, manufacturing, and servicing rugged mobile computing solutions. The combination of Comark and DLI brings the consolidated customer base an industry-leading choice of industrial computing solutions. DLI’s mobile computing technology is a perfect complement to Comark’s high-value, rugged and reliab...
Elliott Bay Seawall Project Receives Multiple Awards
AUBURN, Wash. (AUGUST 2017) –Throughout the year the Elliott Bay Seawall project has received multiple awards for design, leadership, environmental, sustainability, emergency construction, engineering and management. Oldcastle Precast Auburn, Washington supplied the custom precast structures for this project. The $210M seawall project made extensive use of unique modular precast concrete components, which significantly helped speed up construction time, reduced project costs, and minimize...
Fluor Awarded Contract for PETRONAS Isononanol Chemical Plant in Malaysia
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation Sdn. Bhd. for an isononanol plant located in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia. Fluor will book the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter of 2017. “This award is a testament to the strong partnership we have with PETRONAS,” said Ken Choudhary, president of Fluor’s energy and chemicals bus...
Bechtel Selected to Build First Expressway in Kenya
Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, has been selected by the Kenyan National Highways Authority to build the first high-speed expressway in the country. The new 294-mile (473-kilometer) route will vastly improve the connectivity, efficiency and safety of road transport between Nairobi and the country’s main sea port, Mombasa, and will reduce the journey time from over 10 hours to under four hours. The expressway will serve as a central part of Kenya’s national...
CH2M Pilots Multi-State, Mileage-Based User Fees Effort to Support I-95 Corridor Coalition
DENVER - The I-95 Corridor Coalition is set to test the design, implementation and acceptance of user-based alternative revenue mechanisms for funding transportation after the U.S. Federal Highway Administration awarded the Delaware Department of Transportation, on behalf of the Coalition, a Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives grant for the multi-state project along the eastern seaboard. CH2M is performing the overall project management, planning and technical work for the proj...
Jacobs Receives Expanded Master Services Agreement to Provide Construction Management for Chevron’s U.S. Refineries and Terminals
DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) signed a Master Services Agreement (MSA) expansion amendment with Chevron Products Company (Chevron) to provide elective construction management (CM) services on an as-needed basis at the company’s refineries located in El Segundo and Richmond, California, Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Salt Lake City, as well as at various terminals throughout the U.S. In addition to providing existing engineering and procurement (EP) services, the MSA amendment e...
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