EPA and DOI Announce Recommitment to Federal Partnership in Support of Urban Waters
LENEXA, KAN. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, 13 other federal agencies, and non-governmental partners commemorated a decade of accomplishments under the Urban Waters Federal Partnership while pledging their recommitment to this partnership. Twenty partnership locations across the country are advancing economic, public health, environmental, and social benefits by enhancing community connections to water. “With the 10th anniversary of t...
Perkins&Will Promotes John Strasius to Corporate, Commercial, Civic (CCC) Practice Leader
Strasius’ promotion to Practice Leader reflects CCC team’s commitment to design excellence and client service DALLAS, Texas — Global architecture and design firm Perkins&Will announces the promotion of John Strasius, AIA, Corporate, Commercial, Civic (CCC) practice leader of the Dallas studio. Strasius will lead several project types across the corporate, commercial, and civic sectors, including libraries, city hall buildings, public safety facilities, corporate headquarters, office bu...
Tim Teigen Rejoins Ideate to Bring Revit Plug-in Tools to US-Based AECO Firms
San Francisco, CA – Ideate Software, an Autodesk® AEC Industry Partner and Autodesk® Authorized Developer, is pleased to announce that Tim Teigen rejoined its team as an account manager. Tim is responsible for maintaining and building relationships with companies within the architecture, engineering, construction and business owner (AECO) community that use Autodesk Revit software, helping them benefit from Ideate Software’s Revit data management plug-in tools. Tim’s professional experience i...
Skanska invests about SEK 460M in a multi-family rental project in Stockholm, Sweden
Skanska is investing about SEK 460M in the multi-family rental project Tora in Stockholm, Sweden. The construction contract is worth about SEK 310M, which will be included in the order bookings for Skanska Sweden for the fourth quarter 2021. In the emerging district of Bromstensstaden in northwest Stockholm, Skanska is developing and building the multi-family rental project Tora. It comprises four buildings with a total of 145 rental apartments, including 10 apartments for people with special...
John Helminski named Senior Director of Water Resources in California
Led San Diego’s Pure Water Program, the city’s largest infrastructure project; will advance WSP USA’s national initiatives on advanced wastewater treatment. SAN DIEGO — John Helminski, a former public utilities assistant director for the City of San Diego, has been named senior director of water resources in California for WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy. In his new position, Helminski will support the firm’s national initiative on advanced wastewa...
Crescent Communities Celebrates Groundbreaking on New Multifamily Community
Pictured: Breaking ground with the full NOVEL University Place team NOVEL University Place broke ground on Thursday, November 4 CHARLOTTE, NC – Crescent Communities proudly announces the groundbreaking of a new multifamily community in the center of Northeast Charlotte’s University City submarket. The highly anticipated NOVEL University Place by Crescent Communities, located at the intersection of J.W. Clay and W.T. Harris Blvd, will include 311 for-rent residences and act as the resi...
Clayco Announces Mary Person as Senior Vice President of Public-Private Initiatives
Person will establish public-private market expansion opportunities across the Clayco enterprise, as well as lead programmatic efforts to promote and increase diversity on Clayco projects CHICAGO – Clayco, a full-service turnkey real estate, architecture, engineering, design-build and construction firm, has hired Mary Person as Senior Vice President, Public-Private Initiatives. Person will develop public and public-private sector business development opportunities for Clayco, as well as...
Leica Geosystems BLK ARC Named CES 2022 Best of Innovation Award Nominee for Robotics
Leica BLK product line celebrates fifth appearance since 2017 for Digital Imaging and Photography Heerbrugg, Switzerland – Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon, industry leader in measurement technology, today announced it has been named a CES® 2022 Innovation Awards Honoree for the Leica BLK ARC. This year’s CES Innovation Awards program received a record high number of over 1,800 submissions. The announcement was made ahead of CES 2022, the world’s most influential technology event, happening...
Contra Costa Transportation Authority and Stantec partner to give future female engineers an edge in STEM
Walnut Creek, CA- Ygnacio Valley High School in Concord recently launched the Mt. Diablo Unified School District’s first Femineer™ Program thanks to a joint effort between Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) and global architecture, engineering, and design firm Stantec to empower the workforce of the future. With Stantec’s support, Ygnacio Valley High School’s Engineering Pathway was able to bring Cal Poly Pomona’s Femineer™ Program to female students interested in developing their crea...
NOAA Selects Woolpert for $49M Coastal Geospatial Services Contract
Woolpert collected bathymetric lidar data at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan under the previous Coastal Geospatial Services Contract. These data support benthic mapping to help manage and mitigate threats like erosion and increased nutrient influx. Image courtesy of NOAA Woolpert will provide topo-bathy lidar data acquisition and processing, survey and GIS services, geospatial training and more under this five-year, IDIQ contract. DAYTON, Ohio (Nov. 10, 2021) — Wool...