International Award Showcases Gannett Fleming's Urban Mobility Leadership
Jan. 28, 2019 (Harrisburg, Pa.) Gannett Fleming’s Uber SKYPORT design concept recently won a 2018 GOOD DESIGN® Award in the transportation category from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. GOOD DESIGN, which attracted a record number of applicants this year, is the oldest and most recognized global design award in the world. Founded by architects Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann...
Top WSP USA & Duit Construction Executives Tapped to Lead ARTBA’s Highway & Transit Reauthorization Task Force
(WASHINGTON) - American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chairman Bob Alger, president and CEO of The Lane Construction Corporation, Jan. 28 announced the creation of a member-led “FAST Act Reauthorization Task Force.” The group is charged with developing the association’s legislative blueprint for the next reauthorization of the nation’s federal highway and public transit programs, due in 2020. Paula Hammond, a WSP USA senior vice president and national transportation mar...
Michael Baker International Appoints Joseph R. Catalano, P.E., as Vice President and Office Executive for the Firm's Chicago Office
Chicago - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced that Joseph R. Catalano, P.E., has joined the firm as Vice President and Office Executive for the Chicago office. In this role, he will oversee the growth of the firm's portfolio of business in the Chicagoland area and provide operational management, staff management and production/project oversight for the office. "Joe's expertise in managing high-profile projects and leading p...
Cardno Appoints Chief Digital Officer and Chief Technology Officer
Cardno CEO and Managing Director, Ian Ball today announced the appointment of Chief Digital Officer Nicola Dorling to his global leadership team along with the appointment of a Chief Technology Officer, Elena Schamp effective 11 February 2019. The new positions mark the company’s commitment to digital transformation to further enhance client value propositions and innovation. Nicola Dorling appointed as Chief Digital Officer Ms Dorling will be responsible for developi...
Woolpert Hires Senior Surveyor to Enhance DOT Service Delivery Team
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — R. Dean Minnix, LS, has been hired by Woolpert as a senior project surveyor, working out of the firm’s Chesapeake office. Minnix has more than 30 years of experience coordinating and managing highway projects with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). While at VDOT, Minnix served as a survey manager, land surveyor supervisor and interim district survey manager, coordinating functions and phases of multiple highway projects from pre-scoping to post construction....
Jacobs Named Engineering Design Manager for California WaterFix
DALLAS - Jacobs (NYSE:JEC) has been selected by the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority (DCA) for engineering design management (EDM) services related to the California WaterFix program. Estimated at $17 billion in 2017, WaterFix is California's largest water conveyance project, designed to bolster the reliability of the state's water supplies, while protecting and enhancing the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary, a vital environmental asset. The California WaterFix program, slate...
Jacobs, King County Wastewater Treatment Division Recognized for Beneficial Green Infrastructure
DALLAS - Jacobs (NYSE:JEC) and King County Wastewater Treatment Division received the Envision Platinum designation for the new $250 million Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station (WWTS), underscoring its positive social, economic and environmental benefits for the community. The Jacobs-led consultant team worked alongside King County to develop a sustainable and resilient treatment station with conveyance and outfall structure to treat combined sewer overflows prior to discharge into the Lowe...
AECOM Launches Second Annual Global Report, The Future of Infrastructure: Voice of the People, Finding City Residents Demand Greater Engagement in Infrastructure
LOS ANGELES — AECOM (NYSE: ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, released its second annual global infrastructure report today, The Future of Infrastructure: Voice of the People, which captures data and opinions from 10,000 residents across 10 major global cities — Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, New York, Riyadh, Singapore, Sydney and Toronto. The report is grouped into four themes to gather insight into the public’s infrastructure needs and ambitions fo...
AECOM and Combined Properties Unveil Iconic Mixed-Use Project: Pendry West Hollywood and Pendry Residences West Hollywood by Montage Hotels & Resorts
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF. — AECOM Capital, the investment arm of AECOM, and Combined Properties, a full-service real estate firm, announce the construction of Pendry West Hollywood and the Pendry Residences West Hollywood by Montage Hotels & Resorts, an approximately 300,000-square-foot development encompassing a full city block along the famed Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. Scheduled to open in 2020, the development occupies a prime location on Sunset Boulevard, providing guests and residence ow...
Pfannenberg USA Introduces Pfannenberg’s Kinetic System™ Series Air to Air Heat Exchangers
Lancaster, NY – Introducing a revolutionary new way to cool electrical enclosures, Pfannenberg’s PKS Series Air to Air Heat Exchangers use a revolutionary next generation cooling technology (Pfannenberg Kinetic System™) that out-performs conventional heat exchangers. Industrial air conditioner cooling units are typically the go-to solution for cooling sealed enclosures. What many people fail to consider is that a cooler ambient environment could be used to help cool your warmer electrical enc...