U.S. Department of Energy Extends AECOM-Led Joint Venture Contract at the Savannah River Site
LOS ANGELES — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Savannah River Operations Office in Aiken, South Carolina, has extended the current liquid waste management contract with AECOM-led Savannah River Remediation LLC. The approximate US$450-million extension will run from June 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019, and was included in AECOM’s backlog in the second quarter of fiscal 2018. “We are pleased to hav...
Brown and Caldwell Joins HASSELL+ Team to Present South San Francisco Resiliency Plan
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., June 07, 2018 — HASSELL+, a multidisciplinary resilience team that includes Brown and Caldwell, presented their Resilient by Design|Bay Area Challenge proposal for the Colma Creek Watershed in San Mateo County, South San Francisco, at the Resilient Bay Summit. The Resilient by Design|Bay Area Challenge is a year-long collaborative research and design project that develops 10 innovative community-based solutions by architects, designers, engineers, urban planners, and oth...
DuPont Safety & Construction Invests Over $400 Million to Increase Tyvek® Capacity
WILMINGTON, Del., June 4, 2018 – DuPont Safety & Construction, a business unit of DowDuPont Specialty Products Division, today announced plans to invest more than $400 million to expand capacity for the manufacture of Tyvek® nonwoven materials at its facility in Luxembourg. The production expansion, which will add a new building and third operating line at the site, is scheduled to start up in 2021. “Global demand for DuPont™ Tyvek® continues to grow worldwide in all of our key end-use market...
AECOM Capital and PMRG close on financing for major Houston Multifamily Development Project
HOUSTON —AECOM Capital, the investment arm of AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, and Houston-based PMRG, one of the nation’s leading real estate companies, announced today that they have closed on equity and debt financing to develop 328 multifamily units and 14,967 square feet of ground-floor retail in a luxury high-rise tower located on a 1.16-acre site at 3300 Main Street in Houston’s midtown district. Broad Street Real Estate Credit Partners III (BSRECP III), a fu...
Evac to Acquire Leading Marine and Offshore Equipment Manufacturer Cathelco
Evac, the world’s leading provider of integrated waste, wastewater, and water management systems for the marine, offshore, and building industries, is to acquire Cathelco, a leading global manufacturer of equipment for ships and offshore installations. Cathelco customers include Evac’s current marine and offshore customer groups, including ship owners, shipyards, fleet managers, rig owners and operators, oil companies, navies, and designers. The acquisition gives Evac the opportunity to furth...
PixelFLEX™ and Vectorworks, Inc. Partner for an LED Video Showcase at AIA Conference
Nashville, TN (May 31, 2018)—Bringing together the world’s most creative architects, designers and design firms, the 2018 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Conference on Architecture will open on June 21, 2018, inside the Javits Center in New York City. With a conference expo that showcases the technologies needed to create the next generation of architectural innovation, PixelFLEX™ and Vectorworks, Inc. will partner together in booth 1157 on the third floor to demonstrate the dynamic possi...
Western Specialty Contractors Named to List of Top 150+ Privately Held Companies in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO: Western Specialty Contractors is proud to announce that it has been named to the St. Louis Business Journal's 2018 Top 150+ Privately Held Companies list. For decades, the St. Louis Business Journal has profiled the top privately held companies based in the St. Louis area, which are ranked by 2017 revenue. Information is also gathered by editors on how much companies on the list have grown, who runs them and what their hiring plans are for the upcoming year. Western Special...
RS&H Acquires Denver-based TSH
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — RS&H, an employee-owned architecture, engineering and consulting firm based in Jacksonville, Fla., with a national footprint of offices throughout the U.S., has acquired Tsiouvaras Simmons and Holderness, Inc. (TSH), with locations in Denver, Colorado Springs, and Loveland, Co. Since 2005, RS&H has served Colorado and Western U.S. clients from its Denver office in the sectors of Aerospace, Defense, and Aviation as well as completed facilities design for corporate clients....
Moleaer™ Secures Over $6 Million Investment led by Energy Innovation Capital
LOS ANGELES, May 29, 2018 - Moleaer, the leading manufacturer of industrial scale Nanobubble Generators for water and wastewater treatment, agriculture irrigation, and oil-water separation, today announced the Company has raised over $6 million in funding led by San Francisco and Houston-based Energy Innovation Capital (EIC), the premier capital provider to energy innovators. Moleaer's Nanobubble Generators provide unprecedented gas transfer and flotation capabilities for use in a wide variet...
Xcel Energy Cuts Carbon Emissions 35 Percent
MINNEAPOLIS - Xcel Energy is a step closer to achieving one of the most aggressive carbon-reduction goals in the industry. Today, the company announced it cut carbon emissions 35 percent, according to its newly released Corporate Responsibility Report. This puts Xcel Energy on track to reach or exceed its ambitious goal of reducing carbon emissions 60 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels. “We’re on a path to provide a more sustainable, prosperous energy future and believe reducing carbon emission...