ARDCO Equipment is New Dealer for Barko Forestry Products
SUPERIOR, Wisc. — Barko Hydraulics, LLC is proud to announce ARDCO Equipment as its new dealer for logging and land clearing equipment in Louisiana. “ARDCO Equipment is a great addition to our dealer network,” said Alecia McKay-Jones, dealer development manager for Barko. “We look forward to them representing Barko and serving our valued forestry customers in the Gulf Coast region.” Based in New Iberia, Louisiana, ARDCO Equipment will handle sales and service of Barko loaders, in...
Miyamoto Establishes D.C. Office
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Miyamoto International, the global earthquake + structural engineering firm, opened an office in Washington, D.C. this week. The firm has added eight offices globally since 2014 and its presence in Washington, D.C. positions Miyamoto at the forefront of the international development community. “We recently executed the most difficult programs in post-disaster Haiti and Nepal and disaster reduction programs in Latin America. We are known experts in urban disaster reduction,...
75,000 Deaths Forecast for Northern Haiti Disastrous Earthquake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A UNDP conference on the “Seismic Risk and Consequences for Northern Haiti and Vulnerable Schools” was held last week for stakeholders including the Haiti government, international agencies and the private sector. The conference was co-chaired by Carlos Uribe and Renaud Voltaire from UNDP and Dr. Kit Miyamoto of Miyamoto International, an earthquake and structural engineering firm. The purpose was to share findings from a report on the risk Northern Haiti faces and wh...
Land Trust Alliance Publishes Updated Ethical, Technical Guidelines for Responsible Land Trust Operation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Land Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization working to save the places people need and love by strengthening land conservation across America, today announced publication of the newest Land Trust Standards and Practices. The 12 standards and related 59 practices encapsulate the ethical and technical guidelines for responsible land trust operation. First drafted in 1989 and periodically updated to maintain the land trust community’s strength, credibili...
Miyamoto Expands to San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — Miyamoto International, the global earthquake + structural engineering firm, opened an office in San Francisco January 3. The firm has added seven offices globally in the past three years and its expansion into San Francisco puts Miyamoto in all major California cities. “Expansion is critical to expand our expertise and serve our clients better,” said Miyamoto CEO Dr. H. Kit Miyamoto.” “Our Northern California locations now include San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento. Tr...
Video: Infrastructure Vision 2050
AEM’s Infrastructure Vision 2050 (IV2050) initiative has a mandate to bring the agriculture community into the U.S. infrastructure conversation. This is a call for working papers that showcase infrastructure challenges and infrastructure benefits that can be tied to the agriculture industry either in the realm of agriculture product transportation or agriculture equipment movement and functionality. Learn more about the open call or submit a working paper.
IMAGINiT Technologies Acquires Autodesk Business from Eagle Point Software
OWINGS MILLS, MD — Rand Worldwide (OTCBB: RWWI), a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, announces that its IMAGINiT Technologies division has acquired the Autodesk subscription customer base of Eagle Point Software. As of today, IMAGINiT, an Autodesk Platinum Partner, welcomes all former Eagle Point Autodesk subscription customers, providing them with access to IMAGiNiT’s wealth of Autodesk implementati...
Wastewater Disposal Likely Induced February 2016 Magnitude 5.1 Oklahoma Earthquake
Distant wastewater disposal wells likely induced the third largest earthquake in recent Oklahoma record, the Feb. 13, 2016, magnitude 5.1 event roughly 32 kilometers northwest of Fairview, Oklahoma. These findings from the U.S. Geological Survey are available in the online edition of Geophysical Research Letters. At the time, the Fairview earthquake was the largest event in the central and eastern United States since a 2011 magnitude 5.7 struck Prague, Oklahoma. The 5.1 magnitude event occ...
Versar-Arcadis Joint Venture Wins Environmental and Munitions Remediation Contract For US Army Corps of Engineers
Highlands Ranch, CO & Springfield, VA – Oct. 24, 2016 – Arcadis North America and Versar, Inc. (NYSE MKT: VSR) announced today the Versar-Arcadis Joint Venture has been awarded a new multiyear contract by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center – Huntsville to provide environmental and munitions remediation services throughout the United States for eight U.S Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) districts including Albuquerque, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Tulsa, Fort Worth, Seattle, Kansas City and...
Hurricane Matthew: A Journey to Hurricane-Devastated Haiti
Follow our engineers as they travel through the hurricane-devastated areas of southwestern Haiti. Read their accounts and see the images from their 17-hour journey. 4 AM Beverly and I arrive at the meeting point. Not knowing what to expect, we pack up the car and assemble our team. Two engineers from PROCHE (Proximité Catholique avec Haiti et son Eglise), Ing. Rudy and Ing. Aimé, join us. As of Friday morning, there was little information about the ro...