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...
Latin America Responds to Urban Earthquake Disaster Before It Happens
THE AMERICAS – Miyamoto International has expanded to Latin America with two project offices for USAID, one in San José, Costa Rica and the other in Pasto, Colombia. The project helps first responders and governments better understand the impacts of large earthquakes – before they happen. Located on the “Ring of Fire,” Costa Rica and Colombia are in one of the most seismically dangerous regions in the world. Called “PREPARE,” the earthquake risk identification and preparedness program was est...
Fugro Site Investigations for Moorside Nuclear Project Approach Final Stages
NuGeneration Limited (NuGen) plans to build a nuclear power station of up to 3.8GW* gross capacity at Moorside, close to Sellafield, in West Cumbria. To facilitate the Moorside project, NuGen is undertaking a programme of works and studies to provide information on the Moorside site’s characteristics. The objectives are to carry out a geotechnical and geophysical campaign, providing sufficient geological and geotechnical information to inform the detailed design of foundations and ancillary stru...
Maritime Administration Transfers Additional Former Navy Property to the City of Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Calif. –Maritime Administrator Paul “Chip” Jaenichen joined State and local leaders today to commemorate the transfer of 125 acres of property in Long Beach, California to the City of Long Beach through the Maritime Administration’s Port Conveyance Program. The property, which had been declared surplus by the Department of the Navy following the Base Realignment and Closure process, will be developed as a port facility. It raises the total amount of land transferred to the City of...
US Army Corps of Engineers – Mobile, Ala., District Awards Arcadis Two New Environmental Contracts
Highlands Ranch, Colo. – Aug. 30, 2016 – Arcadis North America announced today it has been awarded two new environmental contracts with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Mobile District, to provide environmental compliance, pollution prevention services and hazardous waste investigation and design for various military installations and federal and civil agencies. The task orders will be assigned in the South Atlantic Division of USACE, which covers the Southeastern United States as well...
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