Atlas Copco to Acquire Brazilian Compressor Manufacturer
Stockholm, Sweden: Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has agreed to acquire Pressure Compressores Ltda., a Brazilian manufacturer of piston compressors and related equipment. Pressure Compressores is based in Maringá in the state of Parana, Brazil. The company offers a broad range of piston compressors, screw compressors and air treatment products, serving mainly the Brazilian market but also some other South American countries. It has about 150 employees a...
Michael Baker International Grows Railroad and Transit Practice with Hiring of Ted Coffey as Vice President and Deputy National Market Lead
Chicago – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that Ted Coffey, P.E., has joined the firm as Vice President and Deputy National Market Lead in the Railroad and Transit Practice. In this role, Mr. Coffey will oversee Michael Baker’s East Coast railroad and transit operations, leading business and strategic development. Based in Michael Baker’s Chicago office, Mr. Coffey will work directly with current and potential...
HDR’s Denver Architecture Studio Making an Impact on Local Students
Local students of all ages are gaining a wealth of knowledge from employees in HDR’s Denver architecture studio through hands-on instruction and activities at HDR and local schools. First, Denver Public Schools is hosting the CareerConnect program’s CareerX Industry Exploration event on April 6 at HDR, 1670 Broadway St., Suite 400 in Denver. High school engineering and architecture students from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College and CEC Early College will participate in hands-on activi...
Scott Oppelt Joins Stantec as Environmental Principal
San Francisco, CA, NYSE, TSX:STN: Scott Oppelt has joined Stantec’s San Francisco office as a senior project manager and principal in the firm’s Environmental Services practice. He has more than 22 years of experience permitting complex utility projects, mostly in Northern California. Oppelt will lead environmental permitting business development and project delivery efforts focused on utility clients. He has managed the permitting and environmental compliance for utility and infrastruct...
Bechtel Selects SKUR to Deliver the Construction Industry’s First Cloud-Based Analytics Platform
HOUSTON, Texas – April 4, 2017 – Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, announced today that the firm has entered into an agreement with SKUR, the construction industry’s pioneer in providing insights focused on actual on the ground conditions, to deploy the SKUR As-Built Data Platform for large-scale Oil, Gas & Chemical construction projects. “With our mission to accelerate innovation on our projects, we are excited to see SKUR bridging the physical and digit...
SBG Systems to Unveil Qinertia, the Next Generation INS/GNSS Post-Processing Software at Ocean Business
Rueil-Malmaison, France, April 3rd 2017 - SBG Systems takes a major step in the surveying industry by unveiling Qinertia, its in-house post-processing software at the Ocean Business show (UK). After the survey, this full-feature software gives access to offline RTK corrections, and process inertial and GNSS raw data to further enhance accuracy and secure the survey. SBG Systems strengthens its offer for the Surveying Industry For more than 10 years, SBG Systems has been designing inertial...
New Surphaser Model 400 with Scan Range up to 300 m and Sub-Millimeter Noise up to 160 m
Basis Software, Inc., is pleased to introduce the Surphaser Model 400 laser scanner. The new model builds on Surphaser product line of compact light weight scanners. The Surphaser 400 will be presented at the SPAR 3D Expo and Conference, Houston, Texas. Model 400 offers extended range of up to 300 m while continuing to provide the data quality and sub-millimeter accuracy that has long separated Surphaser scanners from the competition. Two scanning speeds as a standard feature (208,000 and 832...
IMAGINiT Technologies Named Leica Geosystems Laser Scanning Reseller of the Year
OWINGS MILLS, MD — Rand Worldwide (OTCBB: RWWI), a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, today announces that its IMAGINiT Technologies division was named Laser Scanning Reseller of the Year in North America by Leica Geosystems. This recognition acknowledges that the IMAGINiT team continues to lead the way in demonstrating the value of Leica Geosystems’ high definition scanning products in the market....
Bluewater Appoints New Chief Financial Officer To Help Drive Water Purification Expansion Globally
Stockholm, Sweden – Bluewater, a global leader in innovative water purifying technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Marcus Larsson as Chief Financial Officer, with immediate effect. Marcus brings wide experience of financial management in the private sector. He will be responsible for the overall management of finance, investments, procurement, business engagement, internal audit and corporate systems. Marcus joins Bluewater from Ernst & Young, where he worked for seven ye...
World First in Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) New Tool from EDEM Brings Discrete Element Modelling to Every Engineer
EDEM®, the market leader in Discrete Element Method (DEM) technology, is changing the face of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) with a revolutionary new software that will make bulk material simulation accessible to all engineers using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Multi-body Dynamics (MBD) software, in the design of heavy equipment. The new products called ‘EDEM for’, integrate with leading CAE software tools from ANSYS, MSC Software and Siemens and do not require any DEM expertise t...