Laing O' Rourke Preferred Bidder for Retail & Hospitality Development, Dubai
Laing O’Rourke has been selected as the preferred bidder for a retail and hospitality project, developed as a joint venture between Emaar Properties and Dubai World Trade Centre, as part of the EXPO 2020 Dubai South masterplan. The project comprises of a 216,340 sq metre shopping mall with car parking and two hotels. Construction will begin later this year and the project is scheduled to be completed the second half of 2019, ahead of EXPO 2020, which is being hosted in the Dubai South complex...
Gannett Fleming Expands to Pacific Northwest
Seattle, Wash.- Gannett Fleming, a multinational leader in engineering and infrastructure solutions, has expanded its operations to the Pacific Northwest with the opening of a new office in downtown Seattle, Washington. Gannett Fleming’s expert staff plan, design, and deliver complex transportation networks, transit systems, maintenance facilities, and water resource facilities through both traditional and alternative delivery methods. Additionally, the firm brings its construction management ta...
In Recognition of World Cities Day, CH2M Identifies Five Keys to Unlock the Potential of Great Cities
DENVER- Today CH2M joins the United Nations (UN) for World Cities Day, a day to draw the international community's attention to global urbanization and the critical role cities serve by providing a foundation for social and economic development. According to the UN, more than half of all people live in cities and human settlements. That ratio is projected to grow to two thirds by 2050. To help city leaders meet the demands of growth and enhance quality of life for their urban constituents, CH...
Bentley Systems and Topcon Join Forces to Advance Cloud Services for ‘Constructioneering’
London: The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference – Topcon Positioning Group, a world leader in positioning instruments for survey and construction, and Bentley Systems, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced their joint intentions to connect cloud services for constructioneering. During the keynote presentations, the companies’ CEOs presented new construction workflows designed to increase efficiency and productivity with enh...
HYPACK Chose the Ellipse-D Inertial Navigation System to Equip their UAV-Based Surveying Solution: NEXUS 800
Rueil-Malmaison, France– Hypack chose the Ellipse-D inertial navigation system to equip their new UAV-based surveying solution: the NEXUS 800. The NEXUS 800 is an out of the box turnkey system that tightly integrates hardware and software to provide an advanced and seamless solution for LiDAR survey planning, data acquisition, post processing and analysis, and product creation. New UAV-based Surveying Solution: NEXUS 800 equipped with Ellipse-D INS The NEXUS 800 powered by HYPACK is a ful...
Bechtel Wins International Environmental Award for Kosovo Motorway Project
For the second time in four years, Bechtel and its joint-venture partner ENKA have won an International Road Federation (IRF) Global Road Achievement Award for their environmental mitigation work on the Kosovo motorway project. The IRF awards recognize best practices from leading road and highway projects around the world. “This project was an exceptional showcase of environmental stewardship to meet project goals and national objectives,” said C. Patrick Sankey, President & CEO, IRF. “Since...
Stantec Awarded Six Canadian Consulting Engineer Awards
Stantec has been honoured with six Canadian Consulting Awards from the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies - Canada (ACEC) and Canadian Consulting Engineer. The awards recognize exceptional engineering projects by Canadian firms and highlight the important work consulting engineers do in communities across Canada and the world. Stantec’s Mistissini Wooden Bridge project received the Engineering A Better Canada award, highlighting how engineering enhances the social, economic or cultu...
CH2M receives the 2016 Enablon Outstanding Partner of the Year Award at annual Sustainable Performance Forum (SPF) Americas
DENVER, Oct. 27, 2016 - CH2M has won the 2016 Enablon Outstanding Partner of the Year award given annually by the world’s leading provider of sustainability, EH&S (Environmental Health & Safety), and operational risk management software solutions. CH2M’s multidisciplinary Environmental, Health, and Safety Information Management (EHS IM) team of engineers and scientists was recognized for excellence in delivering integrated Enablon solutions to clients. CH2M implements Commercial Off The Shelf...
Jacobs Joint Venture Wins Contract for First Intercity Bus/Metro Station in West Africa
DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today that Jacobs Engineering SA (JESA), the company's joint venture with OCP S.A. (OCP), was awarded a contract to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services to the African Society of Investments and Infrastructure (SA2I) for the Intercity Bus/Metro Station in Abidjan in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. JESA is providing PMC services for a capital expenditure of approximately $80 million. Located on a 25-hectare site, th...
Arup Awarded the Business Working Responsibly Mark in Ireland
Arup received today the Business Working Responsibly Mark at the Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) annual CEO Breakfast Forum in Dublin Castle. Arup is the first engineering company in the country and one of 23 companies in Ireland to achieve the Business Working Responsibly Mark. Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, a world-renowned professor of economics, was the keynote speaker at the BITCI CEO Breakfast Forum. An Tánaiste, Frances Fitzgerald, presented Eoghan Lynch, Group Leader of Arup Ir...