Autodesk Announces CEO Transition
SAN FRANCISCO - Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that Carl Bass has decided to step down as president and chief executive officer, effective February 8. The company's board has instituted a CEO search to consider candidates inside and outside Autodesk and has formed an Interim Office of the Chief Executive to oversee the company's day-to-day operations. Bass will remain on staff as a special advisor to the company in support of the transition to a new CEO. He will continue to sit on...
Bechtel Wins Prestigious Award for Commitment to U.S.-U.A.E. Business Relations
Bechtel, the leading global engineering, procurement, and construction firm, was honored by the American Chamber of Commerce Abu Dhabi (AmCham Abu Dhabi) with the prestigious “Falcon Award” for “demonstrating an outstanding commitment to sustainable U.S.-U.A.E. business relations.” The official announcement for the award took place at the AmCham Abu Dhabi 7th Annual Excellence Awards on January 27. “Winning the ‘Falcon Award’ is a great recognition of Bechtel’s proud 50-year history in U.A.E...
AECOM Rebrands Premier Construction Businesses to Connect Over a Century of Combined Experience with Global Capabilities
LOS ANGELES — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated infrastructure firm, today introduced AECOM TishmanTM and AECOM HuntTM – brand identities that bring together generations of building experience and best-in-class expertise across a wide range of global markets. Leveraging more than a century of construction industry leadership, Tishman Construction and Hunt Construction Group are now AECOM Tishman and AECOM Hunt. These renowned organizations have established reputations for reshapi...
Arup Pledges Support to Build UK Northern Powerhouse
Arup has joined the business-led board of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership (NPP), an independent body aimed at promoting transformative economic growth across the North of England. The NPP, launched in September 2016 by the Rt Hon George Osborne MP, represents the voice of some of the leading business and civic leaders across the North. The partnership has launched its first report setting out a vision for how to transform the region. With input from over 200 businesses and civic and ac...
Sacramento's Golden 1 Center Named 2017 Golden State Award Winner by the American Council of Engineering Companies, California
SACRAMENTO, Calif.-- ACEC California named Sacramento's Golden 1 Center as its 2017 Golden State Award Winner for its exceptional and unique sustainable design features. The Golden 1 Center - home of the National Basketball Association's Sacramento Kings - was designed by AECOM in association with Henderson Engineering, Inc. and is the first indoor sports arena in the world to achieve LEED platinum certification. The Golden State Award is the highest honor ACEC California bestows as part of its...
Fluor Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation's board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.21 per share on the company's common stock, payable April 4, 2017, to shareholders of record on March 2, 2017. About Fluor Corporation Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a global engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction and maintenance company that designs, builds and maintains capital-efficient facilities for its clients on six continents. For more than...
Amec Foster Wheeler secures £35m contract with UK Ministry of Defence
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a contract to supply the UK Ministry of Defence with research and technology (R&T) services. The work, for the MOD’s Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme (NNPP), is worth approximately £35m over five years. The contract will sustain about 70 jobs at Amec Foster Wheeler’s offices and laboratories in Warrington and Dorchester in the UK, where qualified and experienced technicians and subject matter experts carry out desk-based analys...
Siemens and Bentley Systems Agree to Jointly Offer Planning and Design Solutions for Utilities
SAN DIEGO - Building on the strategic alliance between Siemens and Bentley Systems that was made public in November 2016, Siemens’ Energy Management Division and Bentley Systems have announced an agreement to jointly develop solutions to accelerate digitalization of planning, design, and operations for power utilities and industrial power customers. Bentley Systems is a global leader in software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. The first of the...
Ordnance Survey International Helps the UAE Manage Climate Change
Ordnance Survey International will establish a strategy for the development of a single source of digital geospatial data for UAE government departments to enable a variety of key policy initiatives. Advanced data analytic tools developed by Deimos Space UK and the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre will demonstrate the value of new geospatial data extracted from high-resolution satellite imagery. Andy Wilson, Director of Business Development, Ordnance Survey International, says: “UAE has un...
Ray Kowalik Becomes CEO of Burns & McDonnell
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Ray Kowalik is starting the New Year with a new role and perhaps the biggest challenge of his life — CEO of Burns & McDonnell. Kowalik, who is entering his third decade with the firm this year, becomes just the eighth CEO since Burns & McDonnell was founded in Kansas City in 1898. “To be given an opportunity to lead the company I love, in my hometown — that has become the mecca of engineering in this country — is the ultimate privilege and responsibility,” says Ray Ko...
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