SCISYS Enables Welsh Government to Transform Common Land and Town or Village Greens Registers in Wales
Chippenham, Wilts, UK – Following a competitive procurement exercise SCISYS UK Ltd., has been chosen as the Welsh Government’s preferred software supplier to enable the on-going implementation of the Commons Act 2006. The SCISYS software will enable the development and introduction of electronic registers for common land and town or village greens throughout Wales. The Commons Act 2006 was introduced to protect common land from development, allow more sustainable management of common land and to...
2020 Starts a Rebound for the Energy Satcom Sector
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- NSR’s Energy SATCOM Markets, 8th Edition (ESM8) report, released today, forecasts retail revenues for key energy markets (Onshore and Offshore Oil & Gas, Midstream pipeline distribution, Mining, and Electrical Utilities) to yield nearly $10 Billion in cumulative revenues from 2018 – 2028. With growing demand for broadband data connectivity across nearly all segments, growth is right around the corner for the Energy SATCOM Markets, after years of stagnation and declines. With ov...
RigNet’s Intelie Delivers Machine Learning-Based Analytics for Advanced Drilling Operations
HOUSTON - RigNet (NASDAQ: RNET), the leading provider of ultra-secure, intelligent networking solutions, announced today that Ocyan, one of Brazil’s largest providers of solutions for the upstream oil and gas industry, has signed a multi-year agreement and selected Intelie Live, RigNet’s machine learning-based analytics platform, to be used at their Drilling and Marine Operational Support Center (CSD). Ocyan’s system will use Intelie as an integrated monitoring system for the company's entire f...
HNTB’s Atlanta office welcomes Robert “Perry” Jarrell as senior project manager, architecture
Design architect brings diverse experience in infrastructure and project management gained on work at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Georgia State Capitol ATLANTA – Robert “Perry” Jarrell, AIA, joined HNTB Corporation as senior project manager-architecture, based in the firm’s Atlanta office. Jarrell brings more than four decades of architecture experience to the firm. His list of accomplishments includes projects in educational, medical, military, residential, sp...
Philippines Drives Renewable Power to Improve Energy Security, says GlobalData
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco), the largest private sector electric distribution utility company in the Philippines, has launched auctions for 2.9 gigawatt (GW) of generation capacity. The utility also plans to deploy 1GW of renewable power. Tarun Bhutani, Power Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on the development: “With the Philippines going through various energy challenges, the demand for energy is increasing significantly despite the in...
Stantec to Design Specialized Career Technical Education High School in New Mexico
New institute to offer an energy course cluster to promote jobs in the Energy sector Hobbs Municipal Schools (HMS) has selected Stantec to design a new Career Technical Education (CTE) Center in Hobbs, New Mexico. As a regional facility, the Center will potentially serve students from surrounding school districts in Lea County and provide the full spectrum of CTE Clusters and Pathways. The project features facilities to support a new Energy Cluster program that will provide students with...
Eight Transportation Projects Win MAASTO Awards
Eight transportation projects spearheaded by six state departments of transportation were honored with awards from the Mid-America Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials on August 14; the third of four regional competitions leading up to the 12th annual America’s Transportation Awards event. [Above photo by the Missouri DOT.] Sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AAA, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the annual America’s Tr...
Leadership Reset Underway for Several Transportation Agencies
A new administrator has been sworn in at the Federal Aviation Administration, with a new acting deputy secretary announced for the U.S. Department of Transportation and the current chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board re-confirmed to serve a second three-year term. Meanwhile, both the Federal Highway and National Highway Traffic Safety administrations are getting new deputy administrators. Stephen Dickson Stephen Dickson officially became FAA administrator on Aug. 14. Dickso...
Microbes for Hire: Snapshots of Bionetix® Natural Wastewater Solutions Around the Globe
Bionetix® International helps solve wastewater imbalances and odor problems around the world by supplying specially targeted microorganisms and nutrients to degrade waste with greater efficiency. Bionetix® International’s full line of natural wastewater treatments ranges from solutions for starting new operations, to meeting wastewater discharge limits, to making biogas plants more productive. Wastewater Startup Solutions Starting a new wastewater operation requires “seeding” it with a hea...
Michael Baker International Awarded up to $99 Million Contract to Support the Navy and Marine Corps in Delivering Mission Critical Infrastructure
The firm will provide engineering services to facilitate infrastructure improvements within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest (NAVFAC SW) Area of Responsibility San Diego - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced today that it has been awarded a five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $99 million to provide civil engineering services for projects at various government install...