HC2 Shares Potential Impact of the New Congress on Infrastructure Spending and the Potential Opportunities for its DBM Global Subsidiary – The Largest Steel Fabrication Company in the U.S.
NEW YORK - HC2 Holdings, Inc. (“HC2” or “the Company”) (NYSE: HCHC) today announced that its infrastructure subsidiary DBM Global (“DBM”), which includes Schuff Steel, the largest steel fabrication company in the United States, expects that spending on critical alternative energy and infrastructure projects is likely to increase in light of the recent political elections. “Recent reporting in the Financial Times and Bloomberg News quotes market analysts who believe that Democratic control of C...
Wolf Administration Invests in Rail Infrastructure, Supporting Business Development and 200 Jobs Statewide
Governor Tom Wolf announced the approval of 26 rail freight improvement projects that will enhance freight mobility while creating or sustaining more than 200 jobs across Pennsylvania. “Investing in our states rail system creates jobs and supports efficient freight travel,” said Gov. Wolf. “These investments help us build a world-class infrastructure system and support the business community.” The State Transportation Commission voted to approve $31.3 million for the projects through the R...
Skanska signs new tenant lease for office tower in downtown Houston, Texas, USA
Skanska has signed a 15-year lease with the international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright for its planned 28 floor office development in downtown Houston, Texas, USA. The law firm will rent 32 percent of the total space. The project is located in Houston’s Central Business District, adjacent to Discovery Green and close to Bank of America Tower which Skanska developed and sold in 2019. The building is being designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification. Project start and construction orde...
WSP USA Launches New Climate, Resilience & Sustainability Business
National business line consolidates solutions for lifecycle resilience, sustainability and emergency management. NEW YORK — WSP USA, a leading professional services consultancy, announced the new Climate, Resilience & Sustainability business line to partner with companies, government agencies and communities across the U.S. to solve the dynamic challenges of equitable climate mitigation, asset and infrastructure adaptation and emergency management. The Climate, Resilience & Sus...
Micatu Secures $10 Million Investment from Wave Equity Partners for Disruptive Grid Optical Sensor Platform
Safe, reliable, accurate optical sensor technology allows utilities to mitigate grid disruption from increased renewable use Micatu, Incorporated, a leader in optical sensing solutions, today announced a $10 million growth investment led by WAVE Equity Partners, LLC. The financing will support the company’s continued global expansion and ongoing deployment of its proprietary GridView optical sensing platform for industrial and utility grid measurement solutions. “Our nation’s electric grid...
Ohio city selects Arcadis to design new water treatment plant
Highlands Ranch, Colo. – The City of Lancaster, Ohio has selected Arcadis to design its new 6 million gallon per day water treatment plant. The plant will replace one of the city’s two water plants in order to upgrade local infrastructure, increase capacity and help strengthen the city’s resilient future. “We have a long-standing relationship with Lancaster,” said Chad Dunn, project manager at Arcadis. “We are thrilled that our partnership with the city now includes designing an up-to-...
View’s smart building network platform, AI-powered products to transform passenger wellness and travel experience in DFW’s New “Gate of the Future”
View, the market leader in smart glass, announced that its smart windows will be installed in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s new expansion of Terminal D, a project that adds 4 gates to the terminal and showcases DFW’s “Gate of the Future,” a fundamental rethink of gate design in which the health and experience of passengers take priority. The expansion will be the first in an airport to deploy View’s latest smart building digital network, AI and machine learning powered environmental...
Utah's Biggest Pedestrian Bridge to be Unveiled Thursday
The UVU pedestrian bridge spans more than three football fields and will provide students a safer and faster way to campus WHAT: Local officials will unveil a new pedestrian bridge that will connect Utah Valley University (UVU) with the UTA FrontRunner Orem Central Station at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The $30.7 million bridge was built through a partnership with UVU, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), the Utah Transit Authority (UTA), Orem City and the Utah State Legislature. Sp...
Jobs Report: Pandemic Wipes out 429k Clean Energy Jobs in 2020
For first time, clean energy sector ends year with fewer workers than when it began At current recovery rate, sector would not reach pre-COVID employment level until 2023 Women and Hispanic workers lost jobs in December despite overall uptick in employment WASHINGTON (January 13, 2021) – Due to the hard-hitting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the clean energy industry finished 2020 with its fewest number of workers since 2015. It also marked the first year clean energy saw...
Honolulu selects Stantec to lead transit operations analysis
The City and County of Honolulu has selected global design firm Stantec to lead a comprehensive operations analysis for Oahu Transit Services in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 7-year, US$10 million project will study passenger movement to design a bus service that encourages ridership growth and better meets the needs of the growing region. The analysis will help implement a new vision for the city’s multimodal transportation system including the integration of the phased opening of Honolulu’s Rail Trans...