Wolf Administration Expanding Small Business Opportunities through New Transportation Pilot Project
Harrisburg, PA – The Wolf Administration today announced that the state Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is aiming to increase opportunities for Small Business Enterprises (SBE) through a new pilot program where SBEs can compete to work as prime consultants on federally-assisted engineering and design agreements on at least six projects. "We are committed to increasing opportunities for small, disadvantaged, and diverse businesses, and this pilot program is another step forward," PennDO...
Hawaii DOT Battles Yet Another Tropical Storm
While still working to fix the damage caused by Hurricane Lane in late August, the Hawaii Department of Transportation is now preparing to handle the impact of Tropical Storm Olivia, which made landfall on Sept. 12. The agency said in a pre-storm statement that it paid close attention to safeguarding Hawaii’s commercial harbors (seen above in this U.S. Coast Guard photo) as they play key roles in the supply system everyone in the islands depends upon. HDOT’s highways division also engaged...
Unique Bluewater Hydration Station Serves Free Water to Shanghai’s Bustling Metro Users
Shanghai, China, September 17, 2018 – Bluewater, a world leader in water purification technologies and solutions for home, business and public use, today opened its first public hydration station outside a bustling Metro station in central Shanghai, China. Powered by a powerhouse Bluewater Pro water purifier, the permanent water station will serve free water, either chilled or hot, to anyone using a reusable water bottle. The station is the result of a unique partnership between Bluewater...
Gannett Fleming Expands Water Services with KEH Acquisition
(Harrisburg, Pa.): Global infrastructure firm Gannett Fleming has acquired the assets of KEH & Associates Inc. KEH, formed in 2006, is a highly respected water and wastewater engineering firm based in Southern California. Effective Aug. 31, 2018, the company now operates as KEH, a Business Group of Gannett Fleming. This acquisition creates a national water team with a depth of knowledge few other firms can match.“When considering an acquisition, Gannett Fleming leadership first looks at a compan...
Michael Baker International Selected as Lead Designer for $672.9 Million Interstate 10 Design-Build Contract
Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that it will serve as lead designer on the Lane-Security Paving joint venture team, responsible for the $672.9 million Interstate 10 Corridor Express Lanes design-build project in San Bernardino County to reduce traffic congestion, increase throughput and enhance regional mobility in the Inland Empire. As lead designer, Michael Baker will be responsible for managing the overall des...
ESI Consulting Rebrands to Stantec Following Successful Integration
London – Stantec, a leading global architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting company, is today announcing the formal integration of ESI Consulting, a leading scientific environmental consulting firm, into the business. As part of this integration, ESI Consulting will fully transition and adopt the Stantec brand operating as part of firm’s UK Environmental Services practice. The staff of 50 consultants at ESI bring deep experience to Stantec in advising infrastructure clients on...
Dewberry to Perform Data Analytics for City of Houston
Dewberry has been selected as a consultant to Civis Analytics to perform comprehensive data analytics, including flood hazard and property loss modeling and damage estimation, to support the City of Houston's post-Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts. The granular, structure-level understanding of this catastrophic flooding event will be critically important to the city's efforts to catalog impacts and direct resources to the rebuilding and recovery efforts. The resulting data will be made ac...
Fluor Subsidiary Gains U.S. Department of Energy Strategic Petroleum Reserve Management and Operating Contract Extension through March 2024
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has exercised its option to extend its current management and operating contract of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) through March 31, 2024. The contract is currently being executed by Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations, LLC (FFPO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fluor. Fluor will book the $2 billion contract extension value in the third quarter of 2018. FFPO began management and operatio...
Stantec Wins Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Leadership Award
Stantec has won a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Leadership Award from the Canadian network of the United Nations Global Compact, in the Large Organizations category. Presented by the Global Compact Network Canada, the SDG Awards recognize Canadian organizations that are advancing 17 sustainable and socially responsible goals to ensure a better future. These goals focus on issues deemed critical to achieving a sustainable future, such as ending extreme poverty, fighting inequality and injus...
AECOM Surpasses 2020 Goal of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Early and Unveils New Pledge for 2025
LOS ANGELES (Sept. 12, 2018) — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today a new commitment to further reduce its absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20 percent by 2025, based on 2017 baseline levels. Since 2016, the company has decreased its GHGs by 43 percent based on its 2015 baseline levels, more than doubling its previously set 2020 target. This reduction was achieved by consolidating offices, leveraging more energy efficient office spaces, decreasi...
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