Simmons Pump Acquires Simflo Pumps To Create New Combined Company
LUBBOCK, Texas - Simmons Pump LLC (Simmons) and Simflo Pumps Inc. (Simflo), two of the nation's top providers of industrial, agriculture, and municipal-use pumps, have merged. Effective today, the two companies will combine business operations throughout Q1 2018. The combined company will be privately held and operate under the SIMFLO name and brand. David Pickering, Jay Pickering, Don Pickering, and Gene Alexander (currently of Simmons) have been named executive officers of the new SIMFLO. ...
Atlas Copco to Acquire Australian Mining Service Business
Stockholm, Sweden: Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has agreed to acquire the assets of Hy-Performance Fluid Power Pty Ltd, an Australian service provider for mining and infrastructure. Hy-Performance Fluid Power is based in Brisbane, with sales mainly in Australia. The company provides remanufacturing, service and repair of hydraulic components for drill rigs. It has 26 employees and had revenues of MAUD 7.5 (MSEK 50) in the fiscal year ending June 30,...
Cooperative Energy Selects New Wärtsilä 31SG Engine Technology for Power Generation in the USA
The technology group Wärtsilä will deliver a 22.7 MW Smart Power Generation plant under a full Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract to Cooperative Energy, a member-owned electric cooperative based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The project will consist of two gas-fired Wärtsilä 31SG engines, the first order for the world’s most efficient gas engine. The plant located in Benndale, Miss., will provide valuable grid support for renewable integration for the Cooperative Energy system...
VolkerWessels and Trimble Working Together to Drive BIM Technology Innovation
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and VolkerWessels, a leading construction firm and global player in the field of information and communications technologies, announced today a strategic relationship to standardize VolkerWessels’ projects on a key set of Trimble construction technologies. The collaboration is designed to leverage each company’s core capabilities to advance innovations in Building Information Management (BIM) technology and improve the management and predictability of bui...
Wilo USA and Weil Pump Join ASPE’s Affiliate Sponsor Program
Rosemont, IL. Wilo USA and Weil Pump, providers of pumps and pump solutions for water management, building services and groundwater, are pleased to announce that they have signed on as American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) Affiliate Sponsors for 2018. Earlier this year, Wilo USA acquired pump manufacturer Weil Pump to reinforce the company’s commitment to the North American market. Headquartered in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, Weil Pump designs and manufactures centrifugal pumps for con...
Woolpert Providing Integrated Design Services for CareSource Site
DAYTON, Ohio — Woolpert has been contracted by BHDP Architecture to provide integrated design services for the newest CareSource building at First and Jefferson streets in downtown Dayton. These integrated services include civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) engineering, and landscape design. CareSource, a nonprofit managed care company headquartered in Dayton, provides health care coverage to more than 1.8 million customers across five states. It has a workforce of...
Trimble Acquires Stabiplan to Expand its European MEP Engineering Solutions
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has acquired Stabiplan B.V. based in Bodegraven, Netherlands, a 3D Computer Aided Design and Engineering (CAD/CAE) software and Building Information Modeling (BIM) content provider for the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) industries in Europe. The Stabiplan acquisition broadens Trimble's existing construction solutions for MEP contractors and engineers that enable automated estimating, project management, modeling, detailing, l...
New Port in Bangladesh
In collaboration with local and international partners, Ramboll has been engaged to undertake a feasibility study and master plan for a new multi-purpose port. The port will be central to a special economic zone being established in Mirasarai, north of Chittagong in Bangladesh, with the aim of encouraging rapid economic development through the increase and diversification of industry, employment, production and export. The project involves wide-ranging environmental and traffic impact asse...
Fluor Completes Major Transmission Lines in Puerto Rico
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) confirmed today that the company, working under its contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in support of a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mission to help repair and restore the power grid in Puerto Rico, has completed work on two 115kv transmission lines between substations in Sabana Llana and Canóvanas in Puerto Rico. Transmission lines move large amounts of electricity over long distances. Fluor has pre...
AECOM to Provide Site Supervision Services for Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link Project
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 8 Jan. 2018 – AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, has been appointed by China Communications Construction Company to provide site supervision services for the stations, viaducts, tunnels and depots of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project. “AECOM is proud to be involved with this project, which is a tremendous game-changer for the economy of the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia,” said AECOM Malaysia Transportation Vice President Ailee Loh...