Hatch-Zhongshe Joint Venture to Target Environmental Challenges in China
Shanghai, China—Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a commercial signing ceremony in Shanghai today which marked the formal establishment of a new joint venture between Hatch and the Zhongshe Baiqi Joint Investment Development Co. Ltd. The newly-formed Hatch Beijing Environment & Technology Co. Ltd. (HBET) will focus on providing solutions to some of the most serious environmental issues facing China today. The HBET joint venture will draw on Zhongshe’s financial strengths and...
Dewberry Selected to Provide QA/QC for Connecticut Map Data
Dewberry has been selected by the Capitol Region Council of Governments to perform comprehensive quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) services for Connecticut's recently acquired statewide data collection. The firm will survey 3-D QA/QC checkpoints, test the horizontal and/or vertical accuracy of geospatial products, and perform qualitative assessments of orthoimagery and lidar. The Sanborn Map Company recently completed the orthoimaging project, which provides Connecticut with high-reso...
Cardno Provides U.S. Northwest Law Enforcement Agencies with 3D Mapping and Crime Scene Reconstruction Services
Professional infrastructure and environmental services firm Cardno has released new technology designed to help reduce man-hours required to clear an accident scene. The technology has already been used by several agencies throughout western Washington. To document and map crime scenes today, law enforcement often requires the lanes where accidents occurred to be closed, often causing major traffic delays. “Often, there’s little more than orange traffic cones between the officers a...
Cardno Announces Resignation of CEO
Cardno Limited (ASX: CDD) today announced the resignation of its former Chief Executive Officer, Richard Wankmuller. Being fully aware of the challenges and demands required of the Chief Executive over the coming 12 months and his present health and family requirements, Mr Wankmuller asked the Board to consider his resignation. After deliberation the Board has decided to accept his resignation with immediate effect. Mr Wankmuller will receive twelve months’ pay in lieu of notice as well as hi...
Leading Lights in Sheffield Business and Universities Discuss Chinese investment into City
The first in a series of roundtable discussions on Chinese investment in the UK took place in Sheffield at Sheffield Hallam University. Atkins used the inaugural event to introduce Bill Huang; responsible for Chinese investor relations at the company. Huang, who is based in Shanghai, visited Sheffield to better understand the UK market for Chinese investors. The event also provided city business leaders and academics with an opportunity to understand Chinese interest in the UK. This follow...
Skanska Divests School in Linköping, Sweden, to Vacse for about SEK 200M
Skanska has divested Vallastadens school in Linköping, Sweden, for SEK 200M. The buyer is Vacse AB, pension funds formed by seven major Swedish companies; Atlas Copco, Pharmacy Company, Ericsson, Sandvik, Skanska, Stora Enso and Volvo. The transaction will be recorded by Skanska Commercial Property Development in the third quarter 2016. The transfer of the property to the buyer will take place in July 2017. Vallastadens school is an elementary school with a capacity for 600 students that Skan...
Stantec Joins Forces with UL Canada to Offer Field Evaluation Services for Gas-Fired Equipment in Alberta
Stantec and UL Canada announce an alliance to offer field evaluation services that will confirm gas-fired equipment is gas code B149.3 compliant. As an accredited Standards Council of Canada (SCC) Certification Body (CB) and Inspection Body (IB), UL Canada will work with Stantec to support industry owners and operators to help confirm gas-fired equipment compliant with Alberta regulatory requirements before the January 1, 2020 deadline. “UL Canada is very pleased to enter into this new partne...
Parsons Wins Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring Contract
PASADENA, CA – Parsons announced that it was recently awarded an operations, maintenance, and monitoring (OM&M) contract by a leading energy company to provide services at ongoing soil and groundwater remediation projects at 24 sites from eastern Texas to the East Coast. OM&M activities will involve conducting safe operations and maintenance of interim or final commissioned passive and active remedies, post-remedy maintenance and monitoring, and compliance monitoring. Parsons will perform routi...
Turner is the Number One Green Builder in the United States
Turner was recognized by Engineering News-Record as the leading green contractor in the United States, completing more than twice as much green work as the next ranked firm Turner Construction Company is pleased to announce that Engineering News-Record has once again ranked the firm number one among the country’s green contractors – a position Turner has held since 2008. With more than $5.7 billion of sustainable construction completed in 2015, Turner delivered more than twice as much...
Woolpert Ascends, Breaks Ground on ENR, BD+C Top Firms Lists
DAYTON, Ohio — Building on a stellar 2015 that saw five-year highs in profitability, utilization, sales and net revenues, Woolpert has climbed the rankings on the lists of top architecture and engineering publications. In Engineering News-Record (ENR), Woolpert moved up 11 spots from the 2015 compilation to land at No. 124 on ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms for 2016. The firm also ascended to No. 20 in the Midwest, moved up the Southeast poll to 41st and broke into the Mid-Atlantic list for the firs...
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