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GRAMOR BeginsDevelopment of The Waterfront in Vancouver, Wash.

June 15, 2015 - in Corporate, Land Development

The Waterfront-Vancouver USA is in the city of Vancouver, WA in a large-scale, unique, urban development, emerging at the Vancouver U.S.A. waterfront, west of the I-5 interstate bridge. This 32-acre former industrial crossroads is minutes from downtown Portland,…

California Curtails Water Rights for Farmers in Delta, San Joaquin and Sacramento Watersheds

June 12, 2015 - in Corporate, Water

SACRAMENTO -- With drought conditions continuing into the summer months, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) announced today that…

EPA Releases Technical Guides to Support Vapor Intrusion Assessment and Mitigation Activities

June 12, 2015 - in Corporate, Water

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2015—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released two technical guides to support assessment and mitigation activities…

Final Steel Installed at USTA Arthur Ashe Stadium Roof

June 12, 2015 - in Construction, Projects

June 10, 2015—A  crane lowered the final steel beam into place over Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday as the U.S. Open’s center court moved closer to being covered by a retractable roof. The $500 million project, designed by Rosetti, will result in a…

GBCI Launches SITES, its Newly Acquired Rating System for Sustainable Landscapes

June 12, 2015 - in Corporate, Environment, Planning

Washington, D.C., June 10, 2015—Today, Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) launched its newly acquired SITES rating system, the most comprehensive program and toolkit for developing sustainable landscapes. SITES was developed through a collaborative,…

Vimy Memorial Bridge Project Wins Gustav Lindenthal Medal

June 12, 2015 - in Bridges, Corporate, Design/Engineering

PITTSBURGH, June 10, 2015—A unique symbol of both cultural and environmental integrity, the Vimy Memorial Bridge represents a remarkable fusion of new structural innovations in a traditional heritage location. The bridge, spanning the Rideau Canal in Ottawa,…

EUR 50 million Lilongwe Water Investment Programme Gets European Backing

June 12, 2015 - in Financial, Water

June 12, 2015—European financial and technical support for investment to alleviate critical water shortages in Malawi’s largest city was confirmed today by the signature of finance agreements confirming a new EUR 24 million loan from the European Investment…

HR Wallingford Appointed to Support Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon

June 11, 2015—The UK government has given the go-ahead to a £1 billion project to build the world’s first tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, Wales. The Department of Energy and Climate Change has given planning consent to Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) to build the…

Everbridge and IDV Solutions Announce Technical Partnership, Integration

June 11, 2015 - in Corporate, Maintenance

LANSING, Mich. and LEXINGTON, Mass., June 11, 2015 – IDV Solutions, LLC, the global leader in delivering Enterprise Risk Visualization capabilities, today announced it has formed a technical partnership with Everbridge, the worldwide leader in unified critical…

WSP Holds Analyst and Investor Day in New York City

June 11, 2015 - in Corporate, Transportation

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, June 10, 2015—WSP Global Inc. (WSP) ("WSP" or the "Corporation") - In conjunction with WSP's 2015 Analyst and Investor Day being held today in New York City, members of the Corporation's U.S. management team provided an overview of the…