San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Receives $699 Million EPA Loan for Wastewater Upgrades
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $699 million low-interest loan to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) to help finance its innovative Southeast Treatment Plant Biosolids Digester Facilities Project. Under the EPA’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA), a program offering as much as $5.5 billion in loans, SFPUC received the largest amount issued to date to fund approximately half of the $1.2 billion biosoli...
Siemens Helps Bring Comfort and Efficiency to Louisiana Hospital
Facility improvement measures to help hospital reduce energy consumption by 27%, save approximately $200,000 per year in natural resource and operational costs. Project energy savings equivalent to reducing CO2 emissions by almost 950 metric tons annually Infrastructure improvements being made to LaSalle General Hospital in East Central Louisiana are part of a $2 million energy savings performance contract with Siemens. The energy efficiency measures will help the almost 48-year-ol...
Jill Connell Joins Stantec’s Growing Mechanical Team
Seattle, Wash., NYSE, TSX:STN: Jill Connell has joined global architecture, engineering, consulting, and construction firm Stantec as a senior health care project manager, joining the mechanical practice in the Seattle office. She comes to Stantec from Mazzetti + GBA where she was a senior mechanical project manager specializing in health care and critical environment system infrastructure. A mechanical engineer for more than 30 years, Jill has an established background in project management,...
ComEd Selects TerraGo and Deploys Mobile Applications for Smart Streetlight Inventory and Installation
TerraGo®, an award-winning provider of field-proven smart utility applications, announced today that it has been selected and awarded a contract by Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), for mobile applications that will help automate the inventory, installation and commissioning of approximately 140,000 smart streetlights. ComEd’s innovative smart LED streetlights program will improve the reliability of public lighting infrastructure and cre...
Going from Strength to Strength in Rail
Cintec has an unparalleled international reputation for designing and manufacturing reinforcement and anchoring solutions for masonry and concrete structures For over a quarter of a century, Cintec has secured and reinforced historic and historical buildings, masonry bridges, monuments, railway structures, retaining walls and harbour walls throughout the world. The patented Cintec reinforcement and anchoring system is straightforward: injecting a proprietary cementitious fluid grout...
Seyfarth Expands Construction Practice with P3 Lawyer in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the arrival of partner Charles E. “Chuck” Wall to the Public-Private Partnerships (P3) group and Construction practice in Washington, D.C. Wall joins from Troutman Sanders LLP, where he was a partner in Richmond, Virginia. Wall’s P3 practice focuses on advising project stakeholders in the financing, design, construction, operation and maintenance of large-scale public infrastructure development projects. These projects, many of which involv...
McCain Manufacturing Deploys More Than One-and-a-Half Miles of Modular Walls to Denver International Airport
VISTA, Calif. - McCain Manufacturing has been contracted by Saunders Construction Inc. to deliver 8,600 linear feet of its flagship modular wall product, McCain Walls®, to Denver International Airport (DEN) in support of a three-and-a-half-year renovation of its Great Hall. The modular walls eliminate the need to install temporary drywall partitions for each phase of the project. As one of the Great Hall Partners in a public-private partnership (P3)—including Ferrovial Airports and JLC Infras...
KWK Architects Designs Flexible Student Gathering Space at Midland University in Nebraska
St. Louis, MO - Students returning to Midland University in Nebraska following summer break will be able to re-connect, grow and build lifelong relationships at the university's modern, new Eikmeier Commons in the Olson Student Center. Described by donors as a "kitchen table" for the campus, Eikmeier Commons marks the final stage of the Olson Student Center's $1.5 million dining hall (completed in the fall of 2017) and student commons renovation project. KWK Architects was the designer on bo...
HDR to Help Identify Site/Plan Space for Wounded Combat Vets’ Residence
Wounded Warriors Family Support, an Omaha-based national nonprofit, has retained HDR to help identify the space planning and site requirements for a new residential home in rural Douglas County for those wounded in combat. The residence, called the Dunham House, will accommodate combat-wounded veterans who require various levels of care resulting from traumatic brain injuries. Design elements will focus on health and wellness, views of the rural landscape, accessibility and family living—all...
Milliken & Company Announces Leadership Transition
Milliken Names Halsey Cook as Next President and CEO, Effective September 1 SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Milliken & Company’s board of directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Halsey M. Cook Jr. as president and CEO effective September 1, 2018. J. Harold Chandler will return to his role as chair of the board of directors. “The board of directors is confident that Halsey is the right leader for Milliken’s next era,” said current chair, president...
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June Issue 2026
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