Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Selects Stantec for Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion Project
Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has selected Stantec to provide engineering, geotechnical, surveying, and other technical design services for the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion project. A key component of Louisiana’s Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast, the project is one of only two large-scale sediment diversions in the world. The project is part of the Mississippi River Mid-Basin Sediment Diversion Program, which also includes the proposed Mid-B...
Dewberry Wins Design-Build Contract to Support Long Island Rail Road
Dewberry is serving as the lead designer on the L.K. Comstock & Company, Inc. (a subsidiary of RailWorks Corporation) combination design-bid-build and design-build team for the $66 million installation of a second track, expanding the Long Island Rail Road Ronkonkoma Branch from Farmingdale Station to approximately one mile west of the Central Islip Station. The expansion of a second track on the Ronkonkoma Branch will provide more capacity during peak and off-peak hours to meet existing and...
Eneco Chooses Greenbyte for Data Management
Dutch-based utility Eneco has chosen Greenbyte’s modern software system Breeze for wind farm monitoring, analysis and reporting. Eneco, headquartered in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, is operating in the field of sustainable energy. Eneco takes on a leading role in the energy transition by connecting partners and customers so that they can work together on smart energy solutions and innovative products and services. After intensive market research and consultation, Eneco decided to implement...
Vortex Companies Acquires Stag Technologies
HOUSTON - Leading trenchless rehabilitation services company, Vortex Companies, announced today that it has acquired Utah based Stag Technologies, a high-performance coatings manufacturer catering the water, sewer and industrial infrastructure marketplace. "Stag's management team of Scott Peterson, Matt Peterson and Brock Stone have built a reputation for developing high performance epoxies and other coatings that we believe are unmatched in our industry," said Mike Vellano, CEO of Vortex Compan...
Michael Baker International Awarded $2.2 Million Contract to Provide Civil Engineering Services to a 200-Acre Master Planned Community in Palm Desert, California
Palm Desert, Calif. – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that it has been awarded a $2.2 million contract to serve as a prime consultant to University Park Investors, LLC to provide civil engineering and survey services associated with the development of a residential master plan featuring approximately 1,000 dwelling units as part of the University Park Specific Plan in the City of Palm Desert, California. This award...
Monroe Environmental Opens Texas Office
HOUSTON - Monroe Environmental Corp. has officially opened its new office location in Houston, TX. The office will serve as the company's hub in the gulf coast region, providing engineering, sales, and service support to Monroe's many customers both existing and new. The office address is 110 Cypress Station Drive, Suite 135, Houston, TX 77090. Monroe has many successful installations in Texas, Louisiana, and the surrounding area including ExxonMobil, Marathon Petroleum, Shell, Flint Hills Re...
Wood Wins Government Backing to Bring Space Technology to Nuclear Decommissioning
Wood is leading research to make nuclear decommissioning safer, faster and more cost-effective by innovatively applying new technologies developed in space exploration, car production and medicine. The company has secured approximately £1.5m funding from the UK’s government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Innovate UK after winning a prestigious competition to find the best new ideas. Wood and its supply chain will c...
AIAS and Vectorworks, Inc. Partner to Support Next Generation of Designers
Columbia, MD. (February 21, 2018)—The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) is proud to announce a new partnership with Vectorworks, Inc., a global design and BIM software developer. An initial partnership began this fall, with the launch of the AIAS InStudio Render/Sketch competition. “With the success of such a relevant competition to our membership, we discussed broadening our relationship with Vectorworks, a company who is at the forefront of this technology,” said Kimberly T...
American Excelsior Company Adds Production Capacity
Arlington, TX – In an effort to meet market demands, American Excelsior has added new production methods to assure that the strong demand of their Curlex brand of erosion and sediment control products are fulfilled to the market in a timely manner. The new production methods include increasing their staff by 20% at their Rice Lake, Wisconsin manufacturing plant, as well as adding new capability methods to make a variety of rolled erosion products at their Norwalk, Ohio and Florence, Alabama p...
City of Portsmouth Awards On-Call Civil Design Contract to Volkert and Woolpert
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Volkert and Woolpert have teamed up to provide the city of Portsmouth, Va., with on-call civil design engineering services under a five-year, $5 million maximum contract. Volkert will provide various services that include but are not limited to roadway design, and Woolpert will perform stormwater utility and site development design for the city. Travis Davis, Woolpert project manager, said he was looking forward to working with Volkert and to providing Portsmouth with these...