Army Signs Woolpert-Black & Veatch JV to $49M Mapping, Surveying Contract
WIESBADEN, Germany (June 24, 2019) — The U.S. Army has selected the Woolpert and Black & Veatch joint venture and Quantum Spatial Inc. to a $49 million contract to provide surveying and mapping services. Work locations and funding will be determined with each task order. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Wiesbaden, Germany, is the contracting activity. The USACE received 10 bids via an online solicitation process for the firm-fixed-price contract, according to the U.S. Department of D...
NYC School Construction Authority and CTA Architects Complete UPK Q368, the First-Ever Pre-Kindergarten Built Within a Passive House Building in the United States
The 4,700-square foot school uses only one-eighth the amount of energy of a typical pre-K Corona, NY – New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) and CTA Architects, P.C. (CTA) have completed New York City’s and United States’ first-ever pre-Kindergarten built within a passive house building. Located in the Corona section of Queens, UPK Q368 – also known as the Mosaic Pre-K Center at 54-25 101st Street – is situated near LeFrak City. According to Craig Tooman, AIA, LEED-AP, the...
KAI Build Project Superintendent Cardin “Dean” Rackley Inducted in Boys & Girls Club of Greater St. Louis Alumni Hall of Honor
(St. Louis, MO) Growing up in St. Louis City, a young Cardin “Dean” Rackley would attend summer programs at the Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club at 2901 North Grand Avenue. Playing basketball and swimming at the club were his favorite activities, he fondly remembers. But even more than playing sports, Rackley remembers the sense of pride, respect for others, sportsmanship, academics and teambuilding that the club’s dedicated staff and directors instilled on his impressionable, young mind duri...
Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) Announces Newly Formed Advisory Council
The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) is pleased to announce the members of the inaugural ESIG Advisory Council. The diverse energy experts on the council will provide their strategic insights and advice to encourage greater collaboration, interaction, education and joint activities for the wide range of organizations and entities in our evolving integrated energy systems. “Thoughtful collaboration has never been more important,” noted Mark Ahlstrom, President of the ESIG Board of Direc...
EarthDefine Announces the National Building Map: A Seamless Source of Building Footprint Data
REDMOND, Wash.- EarthDefine, a provider of high resolution spatial data products, has released its National Building Map product that precisely maps over 137 million building outlines across the contiguous US. The dataset also includes accurate locations and addresses to support enhanced routing and rooftop-accurate geocoding for millions of properties across the country. The National Building Map product is powered by state-of-the-art deep neural networks. These are a class of artificial int...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $74.1 Million for Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit Project in Minneapolis
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced today a $74.1 million grant to the Metropolitan Council for construction of the Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Minneapolis. The project will improve mobility and transit service in the region’s busiest express bus corridor. "This federal investment will help connect residents to jobs and support continued economic growth in the Twin Cities region," said U.S. Transportati...
Colorado Rockies’ McGregor Square development a Grand Award winner at 2019 Gold Nugget Awards
DENVER, CO, NYSE, TSX:STN- Judges for the 2019 Gold Nugget Awards named Stantec a Grand Award winner in its annual competition, which honors architectural design and planning excellence and draws entries from throughout the United States and internationally. Stantec, contractor Hensel Phelps Construction, and the Colorado Rockies earned its Grand Award for McGregor Square, which was honored as the Best On-the-Boards Mixed-Use Project. Stantec is providing architecture, interior design, lighting...
DeSimone Designs First Ground-Up Commercial Development in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
DeSimone Consulting Engineers, a leading engineering firm with offices worldwide, served as structural engineer for Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s first ground-up commercial development in more than 40 years. Located at 25 Kent Avenue near the East River waterfront, the 500,000 square foot building is expected to debut this year and was completed in collaboration with design architect Hollwich Kushner and Gensler, the design development architect. The eight-story, bifurcated structure is comprised...
Stantec to Lead Study on Impacts of Growing Operations at Fast-Growing Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Olympia, WA- NYSE, TSX:STN: The Washington Department of Commerce recently announced that it selected Stantec to complete a study of the ongoing impacts of growing operations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The department put out a competitive request for proposals for the project in March. Seattle-Tacoma ranks among the fastest-growing airports in the United States, with operations up 23 percent between 2014 and 2016, and continuing to climb. The Washington State Legislature reques...
6 MW Wärtsilä Energy Storage System Demonstrates Phased Increase of Renewable Energy Penetration on the Island of Bonaire
The technology group Wärtsilä has commissioned its 6 MW / 6 MWh energy management and storage system project for its customer ContourGlobal Bonaire on the Caribbean island of Bonaire. With Phase One complete, the island no longer has to curtail wind resources. It has nearly doubled renewable energy penetration, and prepared the system for additional capacity to accommodate peak demand during tourist season. ContourGlobal’s entire island grid is managed and operated by Greensmith GEMS advanced so...
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