Supplier Diversity Efforts Help Earn Black & Veatch Honor as Kansas Corporation of the Year
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – The Kansas Department of Commerce (KDOC) has selected Black & Veatch as Kansas Corporation of the Year for its leadership and the opportunities its supplier diversity program provides for minority- and women-owned businesses. “Black & Veatch is a good example of the type of first-class businesses that we have in the state of Kansas,” said Kansas Commerce Secretary Antonio Soave. “The Corporation of the Year award is the perfect way to recognize the innovative programs,...
Parsons Recognized as a Top 50 STEM Diversity Employer
PASADENA, CA – Parsons is pleased to announce that it has been named a Top 50 Employer by STEM Workforce Diversity magazine, a career publication for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals who are women, members of minority groups, people with disabilities, and Veterans. “It’s an honor to be recognized as an employer of choice for STEM professionals,” said Debra Fiori, Parsons’ Corporate Vice President of Talent Management. “The diversity of Parsons’ workforce composi...
Dewberry Welcomes the Expertise of Patrick Covil
Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has announced that Patrick Covil, PE, CFM, LEED AP, has joined the firm's Raleigh, North Carolina, office as a project manager. He will support the firm's civil engineering practice, specializing in water resources, site development, and stormwater conveyance solutions for municipal, industrial, federal, and private clients. With more than 13 years of civil engineering experience, Covil has managed water resources projects and is experien...
Fluor Corporation to Hold Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) will hold a conference call to review results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2016. The public is invited to listen to the conference call on Thursday, November 3, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. ET with Chairman and CEO David Seaton and Chief Financial Officer Biggs Porter. Financial results will be released after the market close that day. A live webcast of the call and an accompanying slide presentation will be available at investor.fluor.com. The...
Fluor and ABB Form Alliance to Deliver Large EPC Substation Projects Globally
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) and ABB have formed a global strategic alliance for the execution of large turnkey engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) electrical substation projects. By combining ABB’s world leading technology and its market leadership position in power transmission and distribution with Fluor’s expertise and experience in delivering large EPC projects, the alliance will help to meet the evolving needs of power grids across the world for safe, reliable and...
Hydrostor Inc. and AECOM Announce Partnership to Deploy Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) Systems Globally
AUSTIN, TX — Hydrostor Inc. (Toronto, Ontario) and AECOM announced a partnership to jointly develop, market, propose and construct projects using Hydrostor’s Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage technology connected with their proprietary underwater air cavity or in underground geological formations. This global partnership will accelerate deployment of one of the lowest cost, bulk-energy storage technologies available. To satisfy the growing energy storage market, Hydrostor and AECOM wil...
Nevada DOT Substantially Completes Project to Extend US 50 Cave Rock Tunnel Ahead of Schedule
CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Nevada Department of Transportation has substantially completed a project to enhance traveler safety and roadside water quality on U.S. 50 in the Cave Rock area of Lake Tahoe nearly one month ahead of schedule. All U.S. 50 travel lanes through Cave Rock are now open. Since the project's start in May, traffic had previously been reduced to one lane in each direction through the Cave Rock tunnel. The project extended the westbound, lakeside Cave Rock tunnel entrance. ...
Fluor Announces Financial Close on A27/A1 Motorway Project in the Netherlands
IRVING, Texas and AMSTERDAM – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the 3Angle B.V. special purpose company, comprised of Fluor, 3i Infrastructure and Heijmans Capital, reached financial close with the Dutch government for the A27/A1 public private partnership (PPP) project in the Netherlands. The project is valued at more than $246 million, which includes a 25-year management and maintenance period. Fluor will book its portion of the award in the fourth quarter of 2016. 3A...
DTS and SmarterBetterCities Partnership Extends 3D to Asset Management
San Francisco, Calif. – DTS and SmarterBetterCities are pleased to announce a partnership that brings 3D tools and sharing to asset management. The world is not flat. Why run an asset management system that only allows you to track work management, perform condition assessments and generate projects for a capital improvement plan in the second dimension? This partnership will make the interaction with VUEWorks both richer and more intuitive. Using VUEWorks and CloudCities together brings many...
Autodesk and SBS Form Strategic Alliance
Lakewood, CO – Spatial Business Systems (SBS) has formed a strategic alliance with Autodesk to provide an expanded set of solutions for the utility industry. Through the alliance, SBS will be responsible for future development, support and licensing of Autodesk® Substation Design for Inventor®, Autodesk® Substation Design for Electrical and AutoCAD ® Utility Design (AUD) software. The alliance will allow SBS to focus on the ongoing development and support of Substation Design and AUD, while...