Sherwin-Williams Announces 2020 Water & Wastewater Impact Award Winners
Challenging membrane bioreactor basin lining project earns first place honors for the South Valley Sewer District, CDC Restoration & Construction, and Bowen, Collins & Associates CLEVELAND (December 3, 2020) – A labor-intensive restoration of eight deteriorated membrane bioreactor (MBR) basins for the South Valley Sewer District (SVSD) Jordan Basin Water Reclamation Facility in Bluffdale, Utah, has earned the facility and project team the 2020 Sherwin-Williams Impact Award. The award rec...
New Edition of DFI Journal Available
Hawthorne, N.J. : Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces the availability of a new edition of the DFI Journal, a peer-reviewed publication of high-quality technical papers. DFI Journal, Volume 14, Issue 1, includes a strong mix of research and case study papers. RESEARCH PAPER: “Theoretical “t-z” Curves for Piles in Radially Inhomogeneous Soil,” by Abigail H. Bateman and Jamie J. Crispin RESEARCH PAPER: “Safety Factor for Drilled Shaft Foundations Subjected to Wind-Induced Torsion,...
Kristina Harvey Joins Stantec’s Landscape Architecture Practice
CHARLESTON, SC- NYSE, TSX:STN: Leading global design firm Stantec has hired Kristina Harvey as a Landscape Architect in the firm’s Charleston office. In her role, she is responsible for conducting preliminary site studies and creating design documents, together with conceptual and final landscape designs, renderings, cost estimates, scope of work specifications, and other construction documents. Harvey brings over 15 years of professional experience, most recently at a local civil engineering...
Skanska builds care facilities in California, USA, for USD 90 M, about SEK 770 M
Skanska has signed a contract with San Mateo County to build five new buildings for Cordilleras Health System in Redwood City, California. The contract is worth USD 90 M, about SEK 770 M, which will be included in the US order bookings for the fourth quarter of 2020. The project includes four new Mental Health Rehabilitations Centers (MHRC) containing 16 beds for long-term mental healthcare. Additionally, there will be a new three-story, co-housing building that will support transitional clie...
Simpson Strong-Tie Donates $25,000 to American Red Cross for Atlantic Hurricane Relief
Pleasanton, Calif. — The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has been the most active ever documented, with thirteen storms strengthening to hurricanes, the second highest number in recorded history. To help national and international communities recover, Simpson Strong-Tie has donated $25,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Arriving within two weeks of each other, Hurricanes Eta and Iota affected millions of people. Eta disrupted the lives of more than 2.5 million people from Pan...
Stantec bolsters environmental services capabilities in the Netherlands with acquisition of AGEL adviseurs
EDMONTON, AB; NEW YORK, NY TSX, NYSE:STN: Global design firm Stantec has expanded its capabilities in the Netherlands with the acquisition of AGEL adviseurs (AGEL), a multi-discipline engineering firm specializing in environmental services, spatial development, infrastructure, and GIS services. The 75-person firm, based in Oosterhout, is a recognized leader in the Netherlands with a longstanding history in the country’s southwest and central regions. Financial terms of the transaction were not d...
GSA/DOE RFI Deadline Extended Until Monday, December 7th Technologies for Healthy & Resilient Buildings
The deadline for the joint request for information (RFI) from the U.S. General Services Administration’s Proving Ground (GPG) program and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has been extended until Monday, December 7th. The RFI seeks responses from vendors and other interested parties on resource-efficient technologies that improve commercial building health and resilience. The joint GSA/DOE RFI will close on Monday, December 7th, 2020 at 11:59 pm ET. Read more about the RFI on gsa.gov...
Fifth Vectorworks Design Scholarship Opens for Submissions
Students can win up to $10,000 USD in global competition Columbia, MD (December 2, 2020)—Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. announces its fifth Vectorworks Design Scholarship. This global competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students in major disciplines related to architecture, landscape architecture, landscape design, entertainment and interior design who can now submit either new or old projects for a chance to win up to $10,000 USD. “This y...
Leading Engineers, Impact Investors, Scholars and Social Entrepreneurs Gather Online Dec. 3-4 to Cultivate and Accelerate Engineering Driving Sustainable Development
ASME’s fourth annual Impact.Engineered forum draws leaders from The Caterpillar Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The United Nations, Top Engineering Universities, and Private-Sector Tech Companies What: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)’s Engineering for Change (E4C) hosts its fourth annual Impact.Engineered forum, a FREE virtual event and networking experience, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 3-4, 2020. The program focuses on “partnerships...
Tennessee’s Copperhill Watershed Restoration Named Year’s Most Outstanding Engineering Triumph
Nashville’s Barge Design Solutions Earns Top Award in Annual Awards Showcase of World’s Best Engineering Efforts WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Copperhill Watershed Restoration Project in Ducktown, Tenn. has won the 2020 “Grand Conceptor” Award signifying the year’s most outstanding engineering achievement, in the 53rd Annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA)—a national juried competition sponsored by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). Traditionally an annual black-tie di...
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