Olson Joins Gannett Fleming Transit & Rail as West Region Business Line Leader
Los Angeles, Calif. - Eric Olson, PE, has joined Gannett Fleming as Transit & Rail Business Line Leader for the West Region. In this role, Olson is responsible for Gannett Fleming’s portfolio of transit clients and projects and works to assure that Gannett Fleming Transit & Rail delivers the highest level of service to them. During Olson’s 30-plus years of experience, he led the delivery of a number of large transit and rail programs, most recently serving as Chief Project Officer for the Ex...
Mott MacDonald Appoints Two Independent Members to its Shareholders' Committee
Mott MacDonald, a leading employee-owned engineering, management, and development consulting firm, has appointed Professor Denise Bower and Bob Prieto as independent members of its shareholders’ committee. They join a 20-strong committee comprising senior Mott MacDonald employee shareholders who provide oversight of, and challenge to, the executive board, as well as advising on key issues and approving significant decisions and actions. Bower and Prieto will perform the role for two years. Pr...
U.S. Appeals Court Affirms Almost Half Billion Dollar Judgement in Favor of KBR Subsidiary
HOUSTON, Texas — KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today that in a decision in ongoing litigation involving COMMISA, a subsidiary of KBR, the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment in excess of $465 million for COMMISA against PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion (PEP). This positive result follows a decade of litigation involving two offshore natural gas treatment, processing and reinjection platforms which COMMISA built for PEP, platforms which have been working and in us...
Hatch Welcomes Infrastructure Leader Michael Lindsay to Growing Global Team
Toronto, ON — Hatch is pleased to welcome Michael Lindsay as Global Director of Planning and Advisory Services, Infrastructure. As an expert in planning and financial advising for major public and private sector clients, Lindsay will play a leadership role in further strengthening the company’s enhanced, globally-connected infrastructure business. “Michael Lindsay’s significant experience and strong track record in successful alternative service delivery arrangements will help our clients as...
Stantec Reports Second Quarter 2016 Results and Dividend
Contributions from acquisitions and steady organic gross revenue growth in Stantec’s Infrastructure business operating unit and US regional operating unit resulted in strong overall gross revenue growth of over 47% in the second quarter of 2016. The MWH Global (MWH) acquisition, which closed in early May, added significant gross revenue to many areas of Stantec’s legacy Consulting Services business and greatly expanded Global operations. Results were impacted by a slight decrease in gross mar...
Amec Foster Wheeler Wins Thai Oil’s Clean Fuel Project Contract
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Thai Oil Public Company Limited for its Clean Fuel Project at the Sriracha Refinery in Thailand. The contract is due for completion in the second quarter of 2017. The project will enable a crude distillation capacity expansion from 275,000 barrels per stream day (bpsd) to 410,000 bpsd and improvements to the energy efficiency of Thai Oil's refinery, as well as the production of tr...
James Hackett Elected to Fluor’s Board of Directors
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that James Hackett was elected to its board of directors effective August 3, 2016. Hackett’s election to Fluor’s board raises the total number of directors to 12, of whom 11 are independent. “Fluor is very fortunate to have an executive of Jim’s caliber rejoin our board of directors,” said David Seaton, Fluor’s chairman and chief executive officer. “His vast knowledge and experience within the global energy sector provide Fluor wit...
Fluor Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation's board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.21 per share on the company's common stock, payable October 4, 2016, to shareholders of record on September 2, 2016. About Fluor Corporation Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a global engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction and maintenance company that designs, builds and maintains capital-efficient facilities for its clients on six continents. For more than a century, Fluor has...
Rail and Transit Systems Expert David Nolle Joins HNTB
DALLAS – David Nolle, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as senior project manager – rail and transit systems. Nolle is responsible for working with clients nationwide on Positive Train Control and intelligent transportation systems projects. He is based in the firm’s Dallas, Texas, office. Nolle is a professional engineer with nearly three decades of experience as a systems engineer in the transportation and telecommunications industry. He has extensive experience in PTC design, communications and...
Urbano 9.0.28.0 Released!
The main focus of this release was achieving full compatibility on all AutoCAD 2017 product versions. In particular, Urbano 9.0.28.0 provides: - support for Autodesk AutoCAD 2017 products - improved pipe intersection & clash analysis tool - improved pipe topology checking tool - new system recovery tool - new element selections for protection pipes and additional network data Being the first major update since December, Urbano 9.0.28.0 includes many bug fixes and feature enhancements,...