Wärtsilä’s Fuel Flexible Engine Power Plant will Enhance Nigerian Cement Factory’s Output and Sustainability
The technology group Wärtsilä is to supply an engine power plant based on Smart Power Generation technology that will enhance the output and reduce the carbon footprint of a Nigerian cement production facility. The 48 MW plant has been ordered by the BUA Group, following the decision to construct a new cement line in Sokoto, in northwest Nigeria. The engineering and equipment order with Wärtsilä was booked in Q1 2019. The plant will operate without connection to grid and provide the power nee...
3D Laser Scanning Mobile-Device App Wins IF DESIGN Award
(HEERBRUGG, SWITZERLAND - Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announced the Leica Cyclone FIELD 360 laser scanning mobile-device app won an iF DESIGN AWARD 2019. Along with user-experience (UX) company Ergosign, Leica Geosystems submitted the app under the category of communication. For 66 years, the iF DESIGN AWARD has been recognised as an arbiter of quality for exceptional design. The Cyclone FIELD 360 app was selected by a 67-member jury, made up of independent experts from all over the w...
New ASCE Publication Offers Insight Through Real-World Experiences with Water Management
Reston, Va. – ASCE’s new book, Adventures in Managing Water: Real-World Engineering Experiences, is a collection of essays that present the challenges of providing adequate, reliable, affordable, and clean water supplies to communities around the world. These stories, shared by engineers and other water management professionals, express the trials, successes, lessons learned, and moments of enlightenment each professional faced while building institutions and creating water management policies i...
Louis Berger, a WSP Company, Awarded Major Multi-Year U.S. Army Contract with Vectrus
NEW YORK – Today, Louis Berger Services, Inc., a WSP company, announced that it won a major contract as a partner to Vectrus, Inc. on the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program V (LOGCAP V) issued by U.S. Army Contracting Command-Rock Island. The company has an exclusive partnership role under Vectrus, the prime contractor, on LOGCAP V. “We are pleased to be working with Vectrus on this important contract to provide services in support of the U.S. Military worldwide,” said Gregory Kelly, CEO of...
Michael Baker International Hires Brian G. May as Senior Vice President and National Market Lead, Air Force
Pittsburgh – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced that Brian G. May has joined the firm as Senior Vice President and National Market Lead, Air Force, to serve as the Company's Air Force National Market Leader. "Michael Baker is reaffirming our commitment to serving the U.S. government and the Department of Defense by increasing our presence in Federal Markets and expanding our Federal team," said David Boone, P.E., Chief Gro...
AGL Secures Right to Turn Mine into Pumped Hydro
Australian energy generator AGL has secured the right to develop, own and operate a 250-megawatt pumped hydro energy storage project at Hillgrove Resources Limited’s Kanmantoo copper mine in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. The contract allows AGL to transform the Kanmantoo open pit mine into a pumped hydro facility while Hillgrove will retain processing and mining rights outside the Giant Pit. AGL’s Executive General Manager of Wholesale Markets Richard Wrightson said the si...
Perkins+Will’s Austin Studio Expands Corporate, Commercial, & Civic Practice with Hire of Key Principal
AUSTIN, TEXAS - April 16, 2019 - Perkins+Will, an interdisciplinary, research-based architecture and design firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Chi Lee, AIA, LEED AP, to its Austin studio. Chi, who joined in April, is the Austin studio’s Corporate, Commercial, and Civic (CCC) Practice Leader. Chi has over a decade of experience designing buildings for corporate and commercial clients. After graduating from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Art and Science, Chi began honing his sk...
Cognite Announces New Locations in Austin and Houston
OSLO – April 16, 2019 – Cognite, a leading provider of structured and contextualized data for industrial applications, today announced its continued expansion in the U.S. market with the opening of new locations in Austin and Houston. Cognite is the fastest-growing technology company in Scandinavia and provides contextualized data for numerous industrial customers with U.S. footprints, including Aker BioMarine and Aker Solutions and TechnipFMC. Cognite selected its new office locations based on...
Wärtsilä Announces Engine+ Hybrid Energy Solution in Support of Storage and Renewable Energy Adoption
The technology group Wärtsilä launches Engine+ Hybrid Energy, the company’s newest solution for power producers across the globe, helping them to reach their ambitious renewable energy goals. The solution pairs engines with energy storage to form a fully integrated, automated system, and provides a reliable and environmentally sound power generation solution with improved efficiency for the operators and power producers of islanded grids. Wärtsilä Engine+ Hybrid Energy is a concrete example of t...
Improving Water Quality with Operations Research: Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District and Tetra Tech Awarded the 2019 INFORMS Edelman Award
AUSTIN, TX, April 16, 2019 – INFORMS, the leading international association for operations research and analytics professionals, announced it has awarded Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District and Tetra Tech its 2019 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research, and Management Science for its use of operations research (O.R.) to maximize all aspects of its wastewater collection and treatment facilities to better protect the environment and realize hundreds of mi...
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