Topcon Accepts Wichmann Innovations Award for Falcon 8
LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands – Topcon Positioning Group announces it has won the Wichmann Innovations Award in the competition’s hardware category. Topcon representatives accepted the award for the Topcon Falcon 8 (powered by Ascending Technologies, a part of Intel®) rotary-wing UAS (unmanned aerial system). The Wichmann Award is bestowed annually at the INTERGEO trade fair in Germany. The Falcon 8 was judged the winner based on the criteria of innovation, user-fri...
Adolfson & Peterson Construction Chooses Egnyte Connect for Firm-Wide Collaboration
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – November, 2016 - Egnyte, the leading cloud provider of smart content collaboration and governance for the enterprise, today announced Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP) has selected Egnyte Connect as their company-wide content collaboration solution. Egnyte Connect provides AP secure, uninterrupted access to all of their content and empowers their employees to easily collaborate, internally and externally, via any preferred business application on any device. AP is...
SWA and Thomas Balsley Join Forces in New York to Create New Company, SWA/Balsley
Sausalito, CA (November 16, 2016) — SWA and Thomas Balsley Associates have announced the formation of SWA/Balsley, a new company that will bring together in New York City both firms’ expertise in the field of landscape architecture. The new company will succeed Thomas Balsley Associates, while retaining Balsley as its lead principal and welcoming Gerdo Aquino and John L. Wong of SWA as new principals. Balsley will, in turn, join SWA as a principal. SWA/Balsley will begin operations on December 1...
Michael Baker International Enhances Inspection and Data Mapping Service Offerings with New Addition to Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Fleet
Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, has expanded its cutting-edge inspection services with the purchase of a Topcon Falcon 8 unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The new Falcon 8 joins the company’s growing UAS fleet, and offers a new perspective for Michael Baker pilots to achieve highly precise aerial imagery and mapping during the inspection of infrastructure elements for customers. Combined with Michael Baker’s mobile and static Light...
Great Lakes Announces Completion of Sale of Assets Associated with the Service Lines of the Terra Contracting Services, LLC Unit
OAK BROOK, Ill.- Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes”) (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of remediation and geotechnical services, announced today the completion of the sale of assets associated with the service lines of the Terra Contracting Services, LLC business for $6.1 million in cash. Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Berger commented, “This sale marks an important step in executing the Company’s strategy o...
Lloyd’s Register Acquires RTAMO Ltd in Move to Provide Cutting Edge Data-Driven Solutions for Reducing Maintenance Costs
Lloyd’s Register (LR), the global engineering, technical and business services organisation, has acquired RTAMO Ltd, a software enabled consultancy based in Aberdeen which provides cutting edge data-driven solutions designed to reduce maintenance costs for asset owners. Murray Douglas, Lloyd’s Register’s Strategic Project Director said: “At this critical economic time of low oil prices, asset owners are seeking better ways to maximise value. RTAMO - Real Time Adaptive Maintenance Optimisation...
UK-China Smart Cities Development and Investment Hub Launched
Arup, HSBC and the China Center for Urban Development have launched the “UK-China Smart Cities Development and Investment Hub” The ‘hub’ will provide a platform for the private sector to work with partners in government to develop holistic and scalable solutions to address the challenges faced by fast-growing cities across China. The Smart Cities Development and Investment Hub was formally launched at the 8th UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) in London. It is particularly sign...
Skanska Recognized as a Global Leader in Climate Change Leadership
Skanska is for the first time included in the global Climate A List compiled by the international not-for-profit organization CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project. Skanska is in the top 9 percent of the more than 2,000 companies around the world in the ranking. The Climate A List is the top ranking in the scoring, which highlights the important role of companies in achieving society’s climate goals. CDP produced this list on behalf of 827 institutional investors, having assets of ab...
USAID Awards Tetra Tech $47 Million Contract to Strengthen Local Governments in the Middle East
PASADENA, Calif.- Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded the Company a $47 million, single-award contract to provide assistance to improve the legal and policy framework governing municipalities in the West Bank and Gaza. Under the five-year Communities Thrive contract, Tetra Tech will support local governments as they work to improve the delivery of essential services with the ultimate goal of establishing the finan...
Brunswick County Power Station Recognized by ENR Mid-Atlantic as Best Project and Excellence in Safety
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the Brunswick County Power Station has been named Best Project in the energy/industrial category as well as Excellence in Safety Best Project by Engineering News-Record (ENR) Mid-Atlantic. Fluor designed, constructed and commissioned the 1,358-megawatt natural gas combined-cycle facility for Dominion Virginia Power. The ENR Mid-Atlantic awards program features 18 categories dedicated to honoring the best construction projects...