Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine Prepare for Disaster Response Together
To help strengthen the European Union (EU) Eastern Partnership countries’ resilience, preparedness, and response to manmade and natural disasters, our international Stantec team organized a large-scale simulation that brought civil protection experts and teams from six countries together to enhance cooperation and strengthen relationships between disaster response teams. The event, EU MOLDEX 2017, was prepared and funded by the EU as part of the second phase of the Programme on Prevention, Pr...
CH2M to highlight sustainability expertise at American Society of Civil Engineers International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure
CH2M experts will be sharing best practices and sustainable solutions to resource management, engineering design and program management, as they participate in presentations, panels and sessions during the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI). The conference will be held October 26-28, 2017, in Brooklyn, New York. By championing sustainability-inspired principles, knowledge, technologies, tools and methods that lead to better...
AECOM Grows Water Leadership within its Americas Design and Consulting Services Group
LOS ANGELES — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has named Sergio Bazarevitsch senior vice president, water design-build and Quirien Muylwyk, MASc., P.Eng. vice president, water quality, both within the Americas Design and Consulting Services group. Mr. Bazarevitsch will oversee the design build practice, a critical growth area, and develop integrated and efficient solutions for AECOM’s process for building infrastructure systems. He comes...
Pipeline Renewal Technologies Publishes Sewer Rehab Strategy Worksheet
RANDOLPH, NJ — Pipeline Renewal Technologies has released a Sewer Rehab Strategy Worksheet as a companion piece to their recent white paper, Sewer Rehab: Deciding Between Spot Repair and End-to-end Methods. The white paper discusses the many factors to consider when choosing between the two approaches to rehabilitation; the worksheet follows up with a two-axis checklist composed of 12 yes-no questions, all of which serve to quickly pinpoint a given pipe on a recommendation matrix. In this manner...
GM Architects Chosen for the Restoration of Luxor's Famous Winter Palace in Egypt
Expected to be completed by the end of 2019, The Winter Palace Hotel is located in the city of Luxor, Egypt, overlooking the river Nile and the Valley of the Kings. Sofitel and Ekoth have chosen GM Architects to lead the project of revamping and modernizing its prestigious hotel with new creative components that reflect and embody the historical and archeolo- gical roots of its location. The hotel stands to represent the importance of colonial history, archaeological discoveries and cultu-...
KAI Design & Build Hires Three New Employees
(St. Louis, MO, Oct, 2017) KAI Design & Build announces the hiring of three new employees: Tom Graff of Edwardsville, IL as Construction Inspector. Graff comes to KAI with 19 years of industry experience. He has a Bachelor of Science in GIS/Environmental Planning from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL. George Robin, PE, of O'Fallon, MO as Senior Electrical Engineer. Robin comes to KAI with 41 years of industry experience, with expertise in the hospital/medical center indu...
Billion-Dollar Projects Fuel Spike in Private Sector Infrastructure Investment
Singapore: Multi-billion dollar projects are fueling stronger private sector investment in infrastructure projects in developing countries, which increased by 24 percent from 2016 levels, reflecting US$36.7 billion across 132 projects, says a new World Bank Group report. However, although the growth of larger-sized projects is contributing to improved figures for the first half of 2017, investment levels remain 15 percent lower than the half-year averages of the past five years, reports...
Governor McAuliffe Announces USDOT Approval of Federal Loan for I-66 Public-Private Partnership
RICHMOND – Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced that the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) issued their approval to provide a $1.2 billion Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan for the I-66 Outside the Beltway public-private partnership transportation project. The TIFIA loan represents 33 percent of the project’s total cost. The Commonwealth’s private partner on the I-66 Outside the Beltway Project, a consortium of Cintra, Meridiam, Ferrovi...
Smoke Vents Enhance Safety At Rocket Manufacturing Plant
NEW HAVEN, CT – Smoke vents are a critical piece of roofing equipment for nearly every manufacturing and commercial facility. Besides providing daylighting, vents also allow smoke, heat and hot gasses to escape, giving workers a visible route for a safe and swift exit in the event of a fire. Smoke vents were especially essential in the construction of a new rocket manufacturing facility for Blue Origin in Florida near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Blue Origin, a commercial company innovating o...
Fluor Awarded U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Contract to Support Power Grid Repair in Puerto Rico
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the company was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntsville (Alabama) Engineering Center to help restore electric power to Puerto Rico. The six-month single award task order is valued at approximately $240 million. “Fluor is proud to play an initial role in restoring a sense of normalcy to the people of Puerto Rico,” said Tom D’Agostino, president of Fluor’s Government Group. “We have been working in disa...
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