CWIEME Berlin 2017: Day 3
Patrick Schaffus, engagement manager for automotive and assembly at McKinsey & Company, opened day three of CWIEME Berlin 2017 with an overview of the global market for electric vehicles, as well as the factors driving it. A 2016 McKinsey survey revealed that 30-45% of vehicle buyers in the US and Germany would consider an electric vehicle (EV) purchase today. “This indicates huge potential for the EV market to pick up fast,” Schaffus said. “Furthermore, the next wave of EV owners will have l...
Clark Honored with Heritage Award for Role in Shaping the Los Angeles Landscape
Earlier this month, Clark Construction Group was honored by non-profit organization Project Restore with a Los Angeles Heritage Award for the firm’s role in shaping and strengthening the Los Angeles built environment. Clark’s Western Region President and CEO, Richard Heim, accepted the award on the company’s behalf. Clark is the first construction company to be honored with the prestigious award. More than 500 guests, including Heritage Award co-honoree Brenda A. Levin, FAIA, Los Angeles...
MGM Resorts International Earns 4 Green Globes Certifications for 26 Properties
Las Vegas – The Green Building Initiative (GBI) is pleased to announce that MGM Resorts International has earned Four Green Globes® certifications for 26 retrofit building projects at various MGM Resorts’ Las Vegas properties. More than 45 million square feet of hotels, casinos, convention centers and resort campus spaces were retrofit to save energy and water, improve the indoor environment for guests and staff, reduce emissions and resource waste, and employ environmental management methods....
BASE's The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 1 Wins Top Post-Tensioning Institute Award
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS – Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering, Inc. (BASE) has announced that The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 1 was awarded 2017 Project of the Year by the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI). The PTI awards are given biennially and recognizes projects worldwide for excellence in its application of post-tensioned concrete. BASE was the structural engineer of record for this project developed by PACREP, LLC, designed by Guerin Glass Architects, and constr...
U.S. Energy Secretary Perry to Keynote the 2017 EIA Energy Conference
U.S. Energy Secretary Perry to Keynote the 2017 EIA Energy Conference Don’t miss this opportunity to learn firsthand about the current trends and key developments affecting energy at the state, national, and global level. The 2017 EIA Energy Conference will feature leaders from the coal, petroleum, natural gas, electric, renewable, and nuclear energy sectors. Hear from the policymakers shaping energy legislation and regulations, company executives developing and transp...
Finlay Park Receives an Honor Award for Analysis & Planning from the American Society of Landscape Architecture Southeast Regional Conference
The American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) recently held their Southeast Regional Conference in June where they announced the 2017 design award winners. Finlay Park Master Plan in Columbia, South Carolina won an Honor Award in the Analysis and Planning Category – among the top awards for the program. The City of Columbia and the design team, which includes Stantec, Civitas, Liollio Architecture, HR&A Advisors, Cox & Dinkins, Chao & Associates, Cumming, Comprehensive Business Consultan...
North Carolina’s Davidson Rural Area Plan Wins Two Design Awards for Planning and Sustainability
The Town of Davidson Rural Area Plan recently won two awards for design excellence. The first award is the Marvin Collins Planning Award in the Implementation/Small Community category from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association Awards (APA-NC). The APA-NC Marvin Collins award recognizes a highly effective and/or successful plan, project, or ordinance implemented or adopted in the current or past five years. The judges noted that Davidson Rural Area Plan, “was an...
Fugro Seminars Examine Role of Site Characterisation in Project Risk Management
A lack of timely, comprehensive site data is often cited as a factor in unplanned design changes, programme delays and budget over-runs affecting infrastructure delivery. In two new one-day seminars, Fugro will show how an integrated, state-of-the-art ground investigation can reduce uncertainty and pre-construction risk when planning development at complex sites. Respected experts at Fugro, a global leader in site characterisation and asset integrity solutions, will discuss ways in which...
Maureen Sullivan of the U.S. DoD and James E. Woolford of the U.S. EPA to Keynote Groundwater Solutions Symposium
WESTERVILLE, OH — The National Ground Water Association announced today that Maureen Sullivan of the U.S. Department of Defense will present the Tuesday keynote address, “Adapting to Changing Environments: Water as a Mission-Critical Resource,” at its groundwater solutions conference taking place August 8-9 in Arlington, Virginia. James E. Woolford of the U.S. EPA will deliver the Wednesday keynote. Attendees can register at NGWA.org/Solutions. This comprehensive conference will focus...
Mexican Government and World Energy Council to host World Energy Leaders' Summit in September
Beijing: In a ceremony held during the 8th Clean Energy Ministerial meeting in Beijing, Leonardo Beltrán Rodríguez, Deputy Secretary for Planning and Energy Transition of Mexico and Christoph Frei, Secretary General of the World Energy Council today signed an agreement to host a World Energy Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City on September 12 – 13, 2017. The summit will form the highlight of a week of energy events entitled Dialogues for the Future of Energy Mexico 2017 (DEMEX) organised by Mexico's...
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