Stantec to Lead Old Sacramento Waterfront Revitalization Effort
Sacramento, CA - In an exciting move to revitalize the beloved Old Sacramento Waterfront, the City of Sacramento recently announced plans to reimagine the City’s historic business district and its riverfront. Stantec—a global architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, and consulting firm with 400 offices and more than 22,000 staff worldwide (including 200 staff and two offices in the City of Sacramento)—will be leading the project, providing architecture, engineering, landscape architect...
High Plant Availability Leads to Extension of Wärtsilä Service Agreement with Hungarian Power Provider
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a five-year extension to its Guaranteed Asset Performance agreement with CHP Erömü kft, a subsidiary of Veolia, a leading Hungarian provider of energy, water, and waste management services. The agreement with CHP Erömü was first signed in 2005 when the CHP Erömu power plant was commissioned. Since that time, with all scheduled and unscheduled maintenance being efficiently carried out by Wärtsilä, the availability of the facility has been well above 95 per...
Global Power Industry Contracts in Q2 2019: Wind Technology a Flat Growth
Wind technology contracts activity in Q2 2019 saw 236 contracts announced, marking a flat growth over the last four-quarter average of 237, according to GlobalData’s power industry contracts database. Onshore was the top category in wind technology in terms of number of contracts for the quarter, accounting for 173 contracts and a 73.3% share, followed by Offshore with 57 contracts and a 24.2% share. Onshore Repowered stood in third place with six contracts and a 2.5% share. Looking at glo...
Energy Transition is Accelerating Across Countries Worldwide According to 2019 World Energy Trilemma Index
Abu Dhabi – today the World Energy Council in partnership with Oliver Wyman, unveiled the latest progress for almost 130 countries on developing policies for Energy Security, Equity and Environmental Sustainability. The 2019 World Energy Trilemma Index, created by the World Energy Council, in partnership with global consultancy Oliver Wyman, a business of Marsh & McLennan Companies, provides an objective rating of national energy poilicy and perfomance across three dimentions: Energy Securit...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $871.2 Million in Emergency Relief for Road and Bridge Repairs
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced $871.2 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds to help 39 states, as well as American Samoa, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and tribal governments, make repairs to roads and bridges damaged by storms, floods, and other unexpected events. “This Administration is providing federal funding to help repair roads and bridges damaged during natural disast...
Ohio Wins USDOT Automated Driving Systems Grant
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s already prominent role in the development of self-driving vehicles took a major leap forward today with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s award of a $7.5 million grant to an Ohio-based team of industry, academia and community partners. The Automated Driving Systems Demonstration Grant will develop and deploy automated transportation solutions focused on Ohio’s rural roads and highways. “The award of this grant shows that Ohio continues to be at the center of this...
Federal grant will advance US 191 bridge improvements on Navajo Nation
PHOENIX – Winning a $10.4 million Federal Highway Administration grant will allow the Arizona Department of Transportation to advance improvements to four US 191 bridges in a corridor important to residents of the Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The bridges cross major drainages on the Navajo Nation between Chinle Wash at milepost 470 north of Many Farms and Lukachukai Creek at milepost 488. ADOT plans to use accelerated bridge construction methods on the projec...
Oregon Transportation Commission Offers ODOT Director Position to Kris Strickler
SALEM -- On Tuesday, the Oregon Transportation Commission offered the position of ODOT director to Kris Strickler, who is currently Oregon’s Highway Division administrator. If Strickler accepts the OTC’s offer and is confirmed by the Oregon Senate, he will become ODOT’s 12th director. The commission decided to extend the offer to Strickler during a Tuesday afternoon meeting held by phone. The decision culminates a six-month national search for the next director by the commission. Strickler wo...
Two Pickard Chilton Projects Win Prestigious American Architecture Awards
Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons(above) Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons and ATCO Included Among Winning Projects for 25th Annual Awards Ceremony (New Haven, Conn. – September 11, 2019) – Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and sophisticated design of high-performance corporate headquarters and campuses, was honored with two American Architecture Awards for its design of Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons in Milwaukee, Wis.,...
HNTB Names Three Executive Vice Presidents
Market opportunities nationally lead to new appointments for veteran HNTB professionals KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Responding to ongoing growth and a robust U.S. transportation market, HNTB Corporation appointed three new executive vice presidents: John Friel, PE, president, Western Region, United States Keith Hinkebein, PE, president, Design Build, providing alternative delivery services nationally Scott Butzen, PE, enterprise operations officer “In order for HNTB to respon...
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