ESI Consulting Rebrands to Stantec Following Successful Integration
London – Stantec, a leading global architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting company, is today announcing the formal integration of ESI Consulting, a leading scientific environmental consulting firm, into the business. As part of this integration, ESI Consulting will fully transition and adopt the Stantec brand operating as part of firm’s UK Environmental Services practice. The staff of 50 consultants at ESI bring deep experience to Stantec in advising infrastructure clients on...
BLUEFIN Acquires PRSI, Strengthening its Leadership in Commercial Roof Consulting
DENVER - BLUEFIN, LLC, a nationwide consulting company for commercial roofs, pavement, and building envelope management, announced it acquired Professional Roof Services, Inc. (PRSI), a Delaware-based roof consulting company. BLUEFIN, the first roof consulting company to provide mobile assessment and online analytics and data management to customers, further strengthens its ability to provide quality consulting services to Mid-Atlantic clients. The move reinforces BLUEFIN's position as the large...
U.S. LBM Acquires Blevins Building Supply
GLADE VALLEY, N.C. - U.S. LBM Holdings, LLC ("U.S. LBM"), a leading distributor of specialty building products in the United States, has acquired Blevins Building Supply, a building materials distributor with five locations in western North Carolina and one in southern Virginia. Founded in 1946 by Quincy and Wayne Blevins, Blevins Building Supply is a provider of specialty building materials, including roofing, cabinetry, windows, appliances, insulation and paint, to professional customers an...
Hexagon Partners with Clevest to Improve Utility Field Operations
Huntsville, Alabama – Hexagon’s Safety & Infrastructure division and Clevest have partnered to offer Clevest’s workforce automation products alongside Hexagon’s utility GIS and outage management systems for integrated office-to-field solutions. The partnership expands the network engineering and operations offerings for utilities and telecommunications companies and smart cities in North America. Clevest provides software that connects the mobile workforce to office operations, optimizing fie...
Kansas State University and Topcon Sign Research Agreement, Start Projects
BOONE, Iowa - Kansas State University and Topcon Agriculture are collaborating to develop tools and systems to advance precision agriculture and support farmers. By working with the university, Topcon Agriculture aims to develop product concepts through gathering requirements, drafting specifications and conducting market research as well as to test products in the lab, on the university farm, and around the state leveraging K-State’s unique knowledge in the domain and using K-State Research...
Leading Industrial IoT Technology Company Guardhat Relocates HQ to the Core of Downtown Detroit's Burgeoning Technology District
DETROIT - Guardhat, the world's leading Internet of Things (IoT) industrial safety technology developer specialized in developing wearables, infrastructure and software platforms to provide a safer and more productive work environment, today announced the continued expansion of its operations with the move of its headquarters to downtown Detroit. The Detroit location will oversee all global Guardhat operations, including its satellite offices in Boulder, Colorado; Chicago, Illinois; Bangalore, I...
Siemens and Bentley Systems Strengthen Their Strategic Alliance and Joint Investment Initiatives
Successful strategic alliance with Bentley Systems, which started in 2016, to be further expanded Joint investment initiative extended by an additional €50 million, totaling €100 million Ambition to further accelerate joint business In the companies’ latest Alliance Board meeting, Bentley Systems and Siemens decided to further strengthen their strategic alliance. The two companies have decided to extend their existing agreement, to further develop their joint business cooperat...
AECOM and Lockheed Martin to Enhance Energy Resilience at Fort Carson with DoD’s Largest Peak-shaving Battery
LOS ANGELES — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has begun construction of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Fort Carson, Colorado, using Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) GridStar® Lithium energy storage system. The 4.25 MW/8.5 MWh BESS is part of an energy savings performance contract (ESPC) project to reduce Fort Carson’s energy costs and increase its energy resilience. Though there are some existing energy storage systems at militar...
SATORP Awards Jacobs General Engineering Services Contract
DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has received a two-year contract renewal from Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP) for its subsidiary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jacobs Zamel and Turbag Consulting Engineers (Jacobs ZATE), to provide general engineering services at SATORP's facilities in Jubail Industrial City 2 on the Arabian Gulf coast. Jacobs continues to provide a range of services, from basic engineering to Front End Engineering Design (FEED...
Skanska and AECOM Hunt Joint Venture Selected as General Contractor for Seattle Center Arena Redevelopment Project
SEATTLE – OVG-Seattle and NHL Seattle today announced Skanska-Hunt, a joint venture between Skanska and AECOM Hunt, as general contractor for the redevelopment of the Seattle Center Arena. Together the project team is set to begin construction on the largest private investment in the history of Pacific Northwest sports and entertainment. Skanska-Hunt joins project partners including, CAA ICON (developer representative and project manager), Populous (architect) and Labor Partners. Construction...