AECOM’s New York Water Business Leader Says Climate Change Threatens Area’s Waste and Water Infrastructure
Promotes Public Private Partnerships as Way for Communities to Upgrade Vulnerable Systems New York, NY (May 13, 2019) - With climate change threatening the stability of critical infrastructure in municipalities around the world, Paul Storella -- AECOM’s Chief Strategy Officer and Water Business Leader in Metro New York -- highlighted the need for New York-area localities to modernize their centuries-old water and waste systems. Storella spoke at a Monday workshop entitled “Innovative Wate...
Semcon in New Project to Futureproof Power Supply for Trains
A new contract means that Semcon will be futureproofing the energy plants powering Swedish rail services. The contract covers a total of around 200 plants ensuring that trains can operate smoothly and safely. This project is an example of Semcon’s strategic focus on the rail industry. With this new contract, Semcon is expanding its cooperation with the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket). The assignment involves management of administration data for both high voltage and low volta...
HDR Acquires Calthorpe Associates
OMAHA, NEB. - HDR is expanding its multidisciplinary team of urban and regional planners by acquiring Calthorpe Associates, based in Berkeley, California. Going forward, the firm will do business as HDR|Calthorpe. Calthorpe Associates is internationally recognized for innovative leadership in regional planning, urban design and transit-oriented development. Since 1983, the company has assisted public and private-sector clients in shaping livable communities. The firm is an international leader...
Bentley Systems Announces the Availability of OpenBuildings Station Designer
Uniquely integrates multidisciplinary design and pedestrian simulation for rail and transit stations EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced the general availability of OpenBuildings Station Designer, a new multidisciplinary application for the design, analysis, visualization, and simulation of new or operating rail, met...
Bentley Systems Announces Availability of OpenSite Designer
Uniquely integrates reality modeling, optimization, and automated deliverables to accelerate digital twin advancements for civil site designers EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced the availabi...
Bentley Systems Announces the Acquisition of Keynetix, Provider of Geotechnical Data Management Cloud Services
EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of Keynetix, a UK-headquartered provider of cloud-based software for capturing, visualizing, modeling, and sharing of geotechnical data. The addition of Keynetix software expands Bentley’s geotechnical offerings and accelerates Bentley’s vision of enabling subsurface d...
Fluor and Bayer Break Ground as Construction Starts for New Cell Culture Technology Center in California
IRVING, Texas- Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced that a groundbreaking event was held today for Bayer’s first-of-a-kind cell culture technology center in Berkeley, California. Fluor is providing a single point of responsibility for engineering, procurement, construction management and commissioning, qualification and validation of the facility that will produce oncology and other therapeutics. “We look forward to working with Fluor on this exciting project, and benefiting from the compa...
Tetra Tech Wins INFORMS 2019 Edelman Award
PASADENA, Calif. - Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that Tetra Tech and its client, the Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD), received the prestigious INFORMS 2019 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research, and Management Science. The Edelman Award is the highest award in operation research and analytics. This year’s finalists included IBM; Microsoft; the Boston School Board; the Spanish National Aviation Authority; and Vattenfall, one...
Western Green Announces a McPherson, KS Manufacturing Facility
Evansville, Indiana - In continued efforts to serve our customer base, we are excited to announce a new manufacturing facility in McPherson, Kansas. This facility strategically expands our company footprint and is part of our current growth strategies. Located near Salina, the new facility location is in a key regional hub for manufacturing, transportation, and raw materials. We expect the McPherson, KS facility to be operational late summer, with additional capacity added before spring 2020....
Siemens to Spin-off Power and Gas Division as Investment in Thermal Power Set to Decline to $95.6bn in 2025, says GlobalData
Harminder Singh, Director of Power at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on the implications of this for the industry: “Siemens’ latest decision and a similar reorganization announced by GE last year are indicators to the continuing nature of trouble for companies with significant exposure to the conventional power business. “GlobalData forecasts the total investment in thermal power is set to decline 22% from $122.9bn in 2018, to $95.6bn in 2025. This decli...