McCain Inc. Celebrates Contract with Los Angeles DOT for Largest ATC Cabinet Deployment in History
VISTA, California, June 27, 2018 – McCain Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the SWARCO Group and a leader in the supply of advanced intelligent transportation solutions for safety and mobility, won a one-year contract with a renewal option for four additional years with the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) to replace existing traffic control cabinets with new, Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) cabinets. Over the duration of the agreement, McCain expects to deliver...
Hawaii’s Groundbreaking $375 Million Wastewater Project Officially Unveiled
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — The completion of Hawaii’s largest ever wastewater system upgrade was formally announced last week by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell. Following a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Consent Decree to improve Windward Oahu’s sewage collection and treatment system by June 2018, Brown and Caldwell, a leading environmental engineering and construction firm, worked with the City and County of Honolulu and its team of construction partners to deliver the Kaneohe-Kailua Wastewa...
Brown and Caldwell Selected for Environmental Post-Closure Maintenance of Guam’s Ordot Closure Facility
Images courtesy GBB and GHD WALNUT CREEK, Calif., June 19, 2018 — Brown and Caldwell, a leading environmental engineering and construction firm, today announced its selection by Federal Receiver Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB), to provide operations and maintenance services for the post-closure care of Guam’s Ordot Closure Facility. In operation from the 1940s through 2012, the 42-acre Ordot Dump had been the sole disposal facility for Guam’s civilian solid waste. Before the...
University Pointe Boulevard Earns Envision Bronze Rating
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The University Pointe Boulevard in Charlotte, North Carolina, has earned the Envision Bronze rating for sustainable infrastructure from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). This is the first project in North Carolina to receive Envision recognition. The University Pointe Boulevard, completed in the summer of 2017, is a roadway improvement project addressing a need identified in the Charlotte University Area Plan for a new roadway and pedestrian corridor to...
Musk Poised to Move Fast on O'Hare Express
Elon Musk today laid out an ambitious timetable for getting his proposed high-speed transit between the Loop and O'Hare International Airport up and running, saying he's prepared to begin actual construction “in three to four months” after receiving final government approvals. And at a press conference with Mayor Rahm Emanuel at Block 37, where the proposal formally was unveiled, Musk said he has a name for the 17-mile pair of tunnels that would whisk riders to O'Hare in 12 minutes—“The X,” a...
Western Specialty Contractors Applies Traffic Coatings to Parking Garages B4 and F29 at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(St. Louis, MO) – Sealing and protecting a parking garage from the daily wear and tear of vehicle traffic and the elements is vital to maintaining a garage's overall structural integrity. Concrete restoration experts Western Specialty Contractors - Springfield, IL Branch recently spent two months repairing and protecting parking garages B4 and F29 at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign. University officials reached out to Western Specialty Contractors, general contractor FH Pasch...
Montroy Andersen DeMarco and Colliers International Complete 20,343-Square Foot New York City Headquarters of Jupiter Entertainment
New York, NY – Designer Montroy Andersen DeMarco (MADGI) has completed the 20,343-square foot New York City offices and production studios of Jupiter Entertainment, a television production company working in a wide variety of genres and formats for channels such as A&E, Animal Planet, Discovery, Fuse, History, Investigation Discovery, Oxygen, TLC, TrueTV, and TV One. The offices and studios are located on the fourth floor of 136 Madison Avenue, between East 31st and East 32nd Streets in...
KAI Design & Build Completes Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being in St. Louis City's Grand Center Arts District
(St. Louis, MO) KAI Design & Build has completed construction of St. Louis' new $8.5 million Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being -- a 21,272-square-foot facility providing meeting and office space for child advocates, civic leaders and community organizers dedicated to enhancing the well-being of at-risk children. In March, KAI Design & Build received a 2018 Building St. Louis Award for the project. The awards program, sponsored by the St. Louis Business Journal, recognizes commercial real...
$1.3M Shor Park Improvement Project Groundbreaking Held Today
MILFORD, Ohio — Ground was broken today at Shor Park, signifying that the Clermont County Park District’s $1.3 million improvement project is underway. The 56-acre park is at 4659 Tealtown Road in Milford, east of Cincinnati. Woolpert created the master plan and is providing comprehensive architecture and engineering services for the project, which will include two picnic shelters, new walking trails, a playground, two raingardens, ample parking and a windmill, which also will serve as a wind...
Stantec Tower Reaches New Heights as Edmonton’s Tallest Tower
ICE District Properties Joint Venture is pleased to announce the impressive beacon of Edmonton’s downtown, Stantec Tower, has now reached 54 storeys, 197 metres (646 feet), making it Edmonton’s tallest tower. This milestone marks a new monument for Edmonton, changing the city’s skyline with its innovative architecture and engineering. Renowned for its iconic developments in Edmonton’s downtown core, ICE District continues to revamp the appearance of the city and enhance Edmonton’s landscape....