BASE's The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 1 Wins Top Post-Tensioning Institute Award
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS – Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering, Inc. (BASE) has announced that The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 1 was awarded 2017 Project of the Year by the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI). The PTI awards are given biennially and recognizes projects worldwide for excellence in its application of post-tensioned concrete. BASE was the structural engineer of record for this project developed by PACREP, LLC, designed by Guerin Glass Architects, and constr...
Vectorworks, Inc. Senior Landscape Product Specialist Brian Nicholson Among First to Earn SITES AP Designation
Columbia, MD —Brian Nicholson, senior landscape product specialist at global design and BIM software developer Vectorworks, Inc., has passed the Sustainable SITES Initiative accredited professional exam. Nicholson is among the first group of SITES Accredited Professionals (APs) to pass the exam and receive the resulting designation. First announced at the October 2016 ASLA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, the SITES AP exam uses the expertise of leading practitioners to assess a candidate’s comp...
Stantec to Acquire RNL Design
Global design firm Stantec will strengthen the coast-to-coast reach of its US Buildings practice while broadening its civic and commercial capabilities through the acquisition of RNL, a Denver-based, 134-person integrated architectural, interior and urban design firm. A recognized industry authority in transit facilities, urban design, workplace, civic, higher education, and mixed-use facilities, RNL also embraces a companywide strength in sustainable design. The company’s award-winning services...
French Industrial Giant to Open Office in South Australia
FRENCH software giant Dassault Systemes says it has plans to open an Adelaide office and is looking for skilled workers to staff it. The company’s vice-president of business transformation, sales, strategy and innovation, Pierre Marchadier, told InDaily that Dassault saw many opportunities in South Australia’s need for economic transformation. South Australia is on Dassault’s radar due to the Future Submarines project, in which it is a partner of fellow French company DCNS, the winning bid...
Cartegraph Battles Crumbling U.S. Infrastructure; Builds High-Performance Governments
DUBUQUE, Iowa - In response to America’s near-failing infrastructure, Cartegraph has announced its dedication to transform cities, counties and states across the country into high-performance governments. Through this commitment, Cartegraph will devote its software and services to individuals in government operations striving to be more effective, efficient and productive for the benefit of their citizens. “Financing our nation’s critical infrastructure is only half the battle—the other half...
Denham Statement from Hearing on Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Challenges and Opportunities for Intercity Passenger Rail Service
Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA) Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Material Hearing on “Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Challenges and Opportunities for Intercity Passenger Rail Service” June 22, 2017 Opening Statement (Remarks as Prepared) Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing to consider the challenges and opportunities for intercity passenger rail service. At the outset, I want to thank Mr. Capuano for his bipartisan work to reauthorize Amtrak...
Construction Underway on Ritz-Carlton Residences
With the foundation for the Ritz-Carlton Residences now complete, the 53-story luxury tower is rising on the shores of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Thornton Tomasetti provided structural design services for the condominium building designed by Arquitectonica. A joint venture of Fortune International Group and the Château Group is developing the 800,000-square-foot project. The tower’s foundation features a 22,000-square-foot mat with more than 1,110 tons of reinforced steel. Eighty trucks deli...
Bechtel’s Barbara Rusinko Elected to Nuclear Energy Institute's Board of Directors
The president of Bechtel’s Nuclear, Security & Environmental global business unit, Barbara Rusinko, has been elected to the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Board of Directors and its executive committee. The U.S. based Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) sets broad policy for the nuclear industry, champions the beneficial uses of nuclear technology and provides a unified voice on the global importance of nuclear energy. “The Nuclear Energy Institute welcomes Barbara Rusinko to its Board of Directors an...
PCL Construction| DIALOG + Stantec Named Successful Proponents of the New Calgary Cancer Centre Project
Today, the Government of Alberta announced that the PCL Construction | DIALOG + Stantec design-build team was the successful proponents of the new Calgary Cancer Project, located at the Foothills Medical Centre Campus. With an anticipated opening in 2023, the new Calgary Cancer Centre will centralize treatment and care for cancer patients in southern Alberta. Symbolizing the type of care a patient can expect to receive at the new Calgary Cancer Centre the design features two curving L shaped...
Stantec Announces the Appointment of New President and CEO, Gord Johnston
Stantec announced today that following a successful eight-year tenure as the Company’s president and chief executive officer, Bob Gomes will retire at year’s end, effective December 31, 2017. The firm also announced that Gord Johnston, executive vice president of Stantec’s Infrastructure business operating unit, was selected by the board of directors to assume the role of president and chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2018. Johnston has more than 30 years of industry leadership expe...