Adelaide Flicks Switch on Gig City Network
ADELAIDE has switched on its $7.6 million ultra-fast GigCity internet network, making it the first Australian capital to become a Gig City. The GigCity scheme uses the existing SABRENet fibre optic network to deliver internet services to five key innovation hubs in the CBD and Adelaide suburbs including the Tonsley Innovation Precinct and TechInSA. Commercial tenants of those precincts will also have access to internet speeds 100 times the national average with more affordable and less res...
Advanced Drainage Systems Acquires Duraslot, Inc
HILLIARD, Ohio – (August 3, 2017) – Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (“ADS”) (NYSE: WMS), a leading global manufacturer of water management products and solutions for commercial, residential, infrastructure and agricultural applications, today announced that it has acquired DURASLOT, Inc., a manufacturer of storm water collection surface drains used in a variety of construction applications. This transaction is consistent with ADS’ strategy of making synergistic tuck-in acquisitions to leverage t...
Jacobs to Acquire CH2M to Create Premier $15 Billion Global Solutions Provider
DALLAS & DENVER - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) and CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Jacobs will acquire all of the outstanding shares of CH2M in a cash and stock transaction with an enterprise value (EV) of approximately $3.27 billion, including approximately $416 million of CH2M net debt. The combination unites two industry-leading, innovative companies with complementary capabilities, cultures and relationshi...
Environmental Scientist Joins Stantec in Anchorage
Anchorage, AK, NYSE, TSX:STN: Ryan Cooper recently joined Stantec in its Anchorage office as an associate and environmental scientist, focusing on transportation, oil and gas, and hydroelectric projects in the Northwest. With more than a decade of experience working mostly in Alaska, Cooper will help expand the firm’s environmental efforts throughout the state and Pacific Northwest region. Cooper will focus on offering baseline research and comprehensive regulatory permitting services, often...
Stantec’s Dr. Nick Johnson Receives Engineering Award for Analysis at Santa Susana Field Laboratory Site
Walnut Creek, CA. NYSE, TSX:STN: Stantec’s Dr. Nick Johnson recently received an Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Award from the Engineers’ Council, a nationwide organization with strong roots in the aerospace industry. Johnson, a principal hydrogeologist based in Walnut Creek, was nominated for the award by The Boeing Company for his work on the former Santa Susana Field Laboratory site in Ventura County, California. The award was presented for Johnson’s outstanding technical approa...
Michael Baker International Awarded Consolidated Addressing Project to Improve Data Use for the City of San José
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that the City of San José, Calif., has awarded a master address database development and implementation project to the firm. Once completed, the project will improve the use of location data and other vital information throughout city government. The work will draw on Michael Baker’s database management expertise and utilize the firm’s DataMark® suite of geographic in...
Michael Baker International Recognizes Employee Excellence with Leadership Promotions in Indiana and Wisconsin
Pittsburgh – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced the promotion of Mary Jo Hamman, P.E., to Office Executive in the firm’s Indianapolis, Ind., office, as well as, the promotion of Sue Barker, P.E., to Office Manager in Madison, Wis. These promotions reaffirm the company’s commitment to recognizing outstanding performance. “The promotions of Mary Jo and Sue reflect Michael Baker’s commitment to grow the Great Lakes...
Road Builders Propose Funding Package Built Around New Fees on Freight
One of the most active advocacy groups for transportation infrastructure investments is calling on Congress to build a new long-term funding package around new types of fees on freight movements on the nation's highway system. In a July 17 letter to Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., American Road & Transportation Builders Association President Pete Ruane urged lawmakers to include dedicated revenues to stabilize the Highway Trust...
Tennessee Officials Celebrate I-40/240 Interchange Project in Memphis
Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer joined state and local officials in Memphis July 19 to celebrate prior completion of a major interchange project at Interstate 40/240. When the project began in 2013, it was the largest contract in TDOT history at $109 million, the department said. The work included building a new four-level interchange, the first of its kind in western Tennessee. The project widened sections of Interstates 40 and 240, bu...
USDOT Completes $152.2M TIFIA Loan for Riverside (Calif.) County I-15 Express Lanes
The U.S. Department of Transportation said its Build America Bureau will provide a $152.2 million long-term, low-interest TIFIA loan to the Riverside (Calif.) County Transportation Commission for a project to add express toll lanes in the median of the Interstate 15 corridor. The credit under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act program costs 2.84 percent, with a term of 35 years after substantial completion for the I-15 Express Lanes Corridor Project. "This major a...
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