Morrison Knudsen Awarded $1.2 Billion Construction and Engineering Contract
LOS ANGELES - The Indonesian Infrastructure Partnership has awarded Morrison Knudsen a $1.2 billion contract in Kalimantan, Indonesia. The contract is for the engineering and construction of a new harbor and load out facilities for the country's expanding pulp and paper industry. Included in the work is the construction of a 600 acre load out/storage yard, 35 miles of new resource roads, 12 stationary dock cranes and a standalone power station to sustain the new harbor. The project is a vote...
Finegold Alexander Architects Complete Comprehensive Plan for Restoration of The First Church of Christ, Scientist
BOSTON - Finegold Alexander is proud to announce it has completed the initial feasibility plan for the repair, restoration and maintenance of The Mother Church Original (TMCO) and The Mother Church Extension (TMCX) for The First Church of Christ, Scientist, on Massachusetts Avenue in Boston. The buildings are city icons located on a prominent 14.5-acre site that includes a grand plaza, the Mother Church and Extension, and a number of other buildings in the heart of the Back Bay neighborhood. It...
Tetra Tech Awarded $240 Million Multiple Award U.S. Navy Remediation Contract
PASADENA, Calif.- Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that Tetra Tech EC was one of six firms selected for a $240 million multiple-award contract for environmental remediation of radiological contaminants (RADMAC II) at various Navy and Marine Corps installations in California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and other locations throughout the United States. RADMAC II supports the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest and NAVFAC Atlantic areas of respon...
AECOM and Asia Society announce Imagine 2060: Delivering Tomorrow’s Cities Together
AECOM, a premier, fully integrated infrastructure firm, and Asia Society, a leading global non-profit institution, today announced a three-year partnership – Imagine 2060: Delivering Tomorrow’s Cities Together. Together the two organizations will leverage their extensive public and private sector relationships to facilitate a series of high-level conversations. Each forum is an opportunity for leaders in urban design, infrastructure and public policy to connect with a common goal – imagining...
6 Major Construction Companies Adopt New Pix4D BIM Monitoring Solution
Construction professionals understand that daily visualization of a jobsite helps minimize construction delays, prevent clashes between as-built and as-design, eliminate the need for rework, facilitate stakeholder communication and align schedules. But how can they achieve this? Within one complete solution combining hardware and software, the Pix4D Crane Camera enables BIM and Project Managers to tackle some of the most complex and lingering challenges in construction. Designed to mo...
Martyn Lawrence Bullard Announced as a Featured Speaker at Dwell On Design 2017
LOS ANGELES — Dwell on Design is excited to return to the Los Angeles Convention Center, June 23-25, 2017. With three days of programming curated for design and architecture professionals and enthusiasts, 300 modern design brands, and many special features, the design fair promises to be the most electrifying yet! Top leaders and innovators in design will be in attendance, with featured onstage programs and continuing education opportunities for design disciplines of all kinds. The second wave...
Aconex for Contractors Tackles Crisis in Construction Project Performance
SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 5, 2017 – Aconex Limited (ASX: ACX), provider of the #1 global platform connecting teams on construction and engineering projects, today launched Aconex for Contractors, a construction management platform that gives general contractors unprecedented visibility and control of their projects and portfolios. The platform helps contractors automate and standardize processes across their projects to avoid cost and schedule overruns, increase productivity in the field,...
New Economical Environmentally Safe Corrosion Inhibitor For Multiple Applications- Powerful Concentrate Provides Maximum Effect In Low Dosages
VpCI®-649 BD is a unique, concentrated liquid formulation that protects ferrous and non-ferrous metals from corrosive solutions. In addition, this product is designed to provide long-term protection in fresh water, steam and glycol closed loop systems. VpCI®-649 BD also includes preservatives against biogrowth. It is effective as a replacement for nitrite/chromate-based formulations. The product combines contact and volatile corrosion inhibitors along with anti-scalants in a non-toxic formulatio...
Toll industry Expert Samantha Soules Joins HNTB
OAKLAND, Calif. – Samantha Soules has joined HNTB Corporation’s growing West Division toll team as deputy practice leader for the toll market and associate vice president. She is based in the firm’s Oakland office and works with clients throughout the nine-state division. Soules has a dozen years of experience implementing tolls as a consultant for project delivery, program and policy development, technology selection and strategic planning. She will play a key role in serving HNTB’s clients,...
Aconex Launches Connected Cost
SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 5, 2017 – Aconex Limited (ASX: ACX), the #1 cloud platform connecting teams on the world’s largest construction and engineering projects, today launched Aconex Connected Cost, an integrated solution that brings together project controls and project information on a single cloud-based construction management platform. Connected Cost solves critical issues plaguing asset owners and contractors in the US$10-trillion global construction industry: - Do you find out...