Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine Prepare for Disaster Response Together
To help strengthen the European Union (EU) Eastern Partnership countries’ resilience, preparedness, and response to manmade and natural disasters, our international Stantec team organized a large-scale simulation that brought civil protection experts and teams from six countries together to enhance cooperation and strengthen relationships between disaster response teams. The event, EU MOLDEX 2017, was prepared and funded by the EU as part of the second phase of the Programme on Prevention, Pr...
CH2M to highlight sustainability expertise at American Society of Civil Engineers International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure
CH2M experts will be sharing best practices and sustainable solutions to resource management, engineering design and program management, as they participate in presentations, panels and sessions during the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI). The conference will be held October 26-28, 2017, in Brooklyn, New York. By championing sustainability-inspired principles, knowledge, technologies, tools and methods that lead to better...
Fluor Awarded U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Contract to Support Power Grid Repair in Puerto Rico
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the company was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntsville (Alabama) Engineering Center to help restore electric power to Puerto Rico. The six-month single award task order is valued at approximately $240 million. “Fluor is proud to play an initial role in restoring a sense of normalcy to the people of Puerto Rico,” said Tom D’Agostino, president of Fluor’s Government Group. “We have been working in disa...
Bentley Systems Announces Winners of 2017 Be Inspired Awards
SINGAPORE – The Year in Infrastructure 2017 Conference – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced the winners of the 2017 Be Inspired Awards. The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley users advancing the world’s infrastructure. At a ceremony and gala at their Year in Infrastructure 2017 Conference, Bentley acknowledged 17 Be Inspired Awards winners and six Special Recognitio...
Construction Technology Company, Multivista, Announces UK Expansion to London
(PHOENIX, 17 October 2017) – Multivista, a leading global provider of visual documentation services for construction and estate management, announced today the opening of a European Head Office in London, United Kingdom. The move will bring Multivista’s fullservice construction documentation offerings to the London market and provide support for new franchise partners throughout Europe and other international territories. "It’s exciting to introduce our services and software to one of the wo...
Project Frog Announces Autodesk Investment, Bolsters Industrialized Construction Movement by Linking Architectural Design to Fabrication
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – OCTOBER 17, 2017 –Project Frog, a leading technology and building systems provider, today announced an alliance with Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) to develop a transformational cloud-based platform to standardize and simplify data flow between the architecture studio, the factory and the jobsite. The agreement, which will strengthen the industrialized construction movement, is made possible through an investment from the Autodesk Forge Fund. The funding from Autodesk will accelerat...
NavVis Partners with PrecisionPoint to Bring the American Indoors Online
NavVis, the global leader in indoor mapping, visualization, and navigation, announces a new partnership with PrecisionPoint, a leading reality capture solutions provider in the USA. PrecisionPoint is now an official NavVis technology service provider offering NavVis indoor reality capture solutions to its business customers in the United States. PrecisionPoint, based in Carmel, Indiana, has been leading the way in capturing existing condition documentation since 2009. PrecisionPoint has...
D.A. Davidson & Co. Acts as Exclusive Financial Advisor to RISA Technologies in Its Sale to Nemetschek
PORTLAND, Ore.- D.A. Davidson & Co. announced that it has served as exclusive financial advisor to RISA Technologies, Inc. in its sale to Nemetschek SE. Headquartered in Foothill Ranch, CA, RISA offers one of most popular structural engineering software suites in the U.S. for multi-material structures such as steel, concrete, masonry and wood. With around 10,000 users, RISA has leading market share and is a key provider to top design firms in the U.S. RISA was acquired by the Nemetschek Group...
Michael Baker International Adds Long-Range, Highly Durable Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to Improve Large-Scale Mapping Operations
Pittsburgh – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, has expanded its cutting-edge inspection services with the purchase of an Altavian Nova unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The new fixed-wing Altavian Nova joins the company’s expanding UAS fleet, and offers a new tool for Michael Baker pilots to utilize when conducting aerial inspections and mapping of large sites or during inclement weather conditions. With flight times of 45-90 min...
Nemetschek Acquires Leading US Software Provider RISA for Structural Engineering
Munich, October 13, 2017 - Software provider Nemetschek SE (ISIN DE0006452907) has today agreed to acquire RISA Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California, USA. The purchase is structured as an asset deal. RISA offers one of most popular structural engineering software suites in the US for multi-material structures such as steel, concrete, masonry and wood. With around 10,000 users, RISA has leading market share and is a key provider to top design firms in the US. RISA was a...