Fluor Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation's board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.21 per share on the company's common stock, payable October 4, 2016, to shareholders of record on September 2, 2016. About Fluor Corporation Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a global engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction and maintenance company that designs, builds and maintains capital-efficient facilities for its clients on six continents. For more than a century, Fluor has...
Rail and Transit Systems Expert David Nolle Joins HNTB
DALLAS – David Nolle, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as senior project manager – rail and transit systems. Nolle is responsible for working with clients nationwide on Positive Train Control and intelligent transportation systems projects. He is based in the firm’s Dallas, Texas, office. Nolle is a professional engineer with nearly three decades of experience as a systems engineer in the transportation and telecommunications industry. He has extensive experience in PTC design, communications and...
Urbano 9.0.28.0 Released!
The main focus of this release was achieving full compatibility on all AutoCAD 2017 product versions. In particular, Urbano 9.0.28.0 provides: - support for Autodesk AutoCAD 2017 products - improved pipe intersection & clash analysis tool - improved pipe topology checking tool - new system recovery tool - new element selections for protection pipes and additional network data Being the first major update since December, Urbano 9.0.28.0 includes many bug fixes and feature enhancements,...
New London, Connecticut Extends Partnership with Veolia and Implements New Utility Billing Program
BOSTON - As operator for New London's water and wastewater system, Veolia, the global leader in environmental solutions and optimized resource management, will implement a new utility portal and billing software under a 5-year contract extension – highlighting the city's commitment to exceptional customer service and improving access to online billing and consumption data. Under a comprehensive operations and maintenance (O&M) agreement, the City of New London, Connecticut has partnered with...
Chicago Construction Cost Index Report for Q2 2016 Now Available
Mortenson Construction has released its quarterly Construction Cost Index report for Chicago along with five other metropolitan areas in the U.S. According to the report, construction activity in Chicago has increased two percent in the latest quarter after remaining flat through most of 2015. The report cites construction costs growing at a rate above long-term averages and construction employment growth slowing since 2014, leading to a decline in the most recent quarter. Although the overa...
Cardno Awarded Five-Year Contract for Marine Corps Facility Assessments Worldwide
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, has awarded the Cardno-Amec Foster Wheeler Joint Venture a five-year, maximum $30 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) architect-engineering contract. The scope is for facility sustainment program support, including building condition assessments of Marine Corps facilities worldwide using the DoD’s BUILDER™ Sustainment Management System (SMS). The BUILDER™ SMS is a web-based software application developed...
Woolpert Dispatches Drones to Mitigate, Predict Landslides
WEST VIRGINIA, Aug. 3, 2016 — Woolpert has tasked its unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, with monitoring landslide areas and potential landslide areas in northern West Virginia. “This is an active weather time, with West Virginia experiencing historic rains,” said Aaron Lawrence, Woolpert GIS expert and UAS technology developer. “Access to this terrain can be challenging and viewsheds from ground level can be blocked due to overgrown vegetation. UAS gives us a tool to get as close to t...
Engineering News Record Ranks Hatch in the Top 25
On July 18, 2016, Engineering News Record released their Top 225 International Design Firms list, ranking Hatch 24th overall, based on annual revenue both at home and internationally across a variety of sectors. Hatch placed strongly in the industrial and manufacturing sectors, coming in at third and fourth respectively, additionally placing sixth in both water supply and sewer/waste industries, and 22nd in transportation. Complementing the list, ENR featured a dedicated story profiling H...
Study Will Quantify MSW Recycled Material and Its Economic Impacts in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 3, 2016 — A statewide survey will be launched August 15th that seeks to quantify the amount of recycling occurring throughout Texas and will assess the economic state of the recycling industry in Texas. Through a competitive bidding process, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) retained Burns & McDonnell to complete the study. The study is the result of a bill by Rep. Ed Thompson (R-Pearland) and Sen. José Rodríguez (D-El Paso) passed in the 84th Texas Legi...
First Quarter Trading Update: Atkins Trading in Line with Expectations
WS Atkins plc (“Atkins” or the “Group”), the design, engineering and project management consultancy, today provides its first quarter trading update for the period from 1 April 2016 to date. Group performance The Group has traded in line with expectations through the first quarter and we remain confident for the year ahead, despite continued uncertainty in some of our markets. United Kingdom and Europe In the UK we have had a good start to the new financial year. In the quarter we se...
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