New London, Connecticut Extends Partnership with Veolia and Implements New Utility Billing Program
BOSTON - As operator for New London's water and wastewater system, Veolia, the global leader in environmental solutions and optimized resource management, will implement a new utility portal and billing software under a 5-year contract extension – highlighting the city's commitment to exceptional customer service and improving access to online billing and consumption data. Under a comprehensive operations and maintenance (O&M) agreement, the City of New London, Connecticut has partnered with...
Chicago Construction Cost Index Report for Q2 2016 Now Available
Mortenson Construction has released its quarterly Construction Cost Index report for Chicago along with five other metropolitan areas in the U.S. According to the report, construction activity in Chicago has increased two percent in the latest quarter after remaining flat through most of 2015. The report cites construction costs growing at a rate above long-term averages and construction employment growth slowing since 2014, leading to a decline in the most recent quarter. Although the overa...
Cardno Awarded Five-Year Contract for Marine Corps Facility Assessments Worldwide
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, has awarded the Cardno-Amec Foster Wheeler Joint Venture a five-year, maximum $30 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) architect-engineering contract. The scope is for facility sustainment program support, including building condition assessments of Marine Corps facilities worldwide using the DoD’s BUILDER™ Sustainment Management System (SMS). The BUILDER™ SMS is a web-based software application developed...
Woolpert Dispatches Drones to Mitigate, Predict Landslides
WEST VIRGINIA, Aug. 3, 2016 — Woolpert has tasked its unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, with monitoring landslide areas and potential landslide areas in northern West Virginia. “This is an active weather time, with West Virginia experiencing historic rains,” said Aaron Lawrence, Woolpert GIS expert and UAS technology developer. “Access to this terrain can be challenging and viewsheds from ground level can be blocked due to overgrown vegetation. UAS gives us a tool to get as close to t...
Engineering News Record Ranks Hatch in the Top 25
On July 18, 2016, Engineering News Record released their Top 225 International Design Firms list, ranking Hatch 24th overall, based on annual revenue both at home and internationally across a variety of sectors. Hatch placed strongly in the industrial and manufacturing sectors, coming in at third and fourth respectively, additionally placing sixth in both water supply and sewer/waste industries, and 22nd in transportation. Complementing the list, ENR featured a dedicated story profiling H...
Study Will Quantify MSW Recycled Material and Its Economic Impacts in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 3, 2016 — A statewide survey will be launched August 15th that seeks to quantify the amount of recycling occurring throughout Texas and will assess the economic state of the recycling industry in Texas. Through a competitive bidding process, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) retained Burns & McDonnell to complete the study. The study is the result of a bill by Rep. Ed Thompson (R-Pearland) and Sen. José Rodríguez (D-El Paso) passed in the 84th Texas Legi...
First Quarter Trading Update: Atkins Trading in Line with Expectations
WS Atkins plc (“Atkins” or the “Group”), the design, engineering and project management consultancy, today provides its first quarter trading update for the period from 1 April 2016 to date. Group performance The Group has traded in line with expectations through the first quarter and we remain confident for the year ahead, despite continued uncertainty in some of our markets. United Kingdom and Europe In the UK we have had a good start to the new financial year. In the quarter we se...
Munfag to Lead Worldwide Tunnelling AT WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
NEW YORK, NY — Nasri Munfah has been appointed a senior vice president and director of global tunneling at WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff. In his new position, Mr. Munfah will be responsible for developing a long-term strategic plan to advance the firm’s tunneling practice nationally and globally. He will provide leadership in project delivery, marketing, recruitment and professional development of staff, acquisitions, and teaming opportunities with other firms. Mr. Munfah has more than 30 yea...
HNTB Hires Positive Train Control Expert Aaron Marx
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3, 2016 – Aaron Marx joined HNTB Corporation as project manager, Positive Train Control systems. He is a technical resource for the firm and works with public- and private-sector clients across the United States. “We’re pleased to welcome Aaron to HNTB’s expanding transit team,” said Ian Choudri, HNTB national rail and transit business development director and senior vice president. “His experience and outstanding technical expertise will increase our ability to provide infr...
Innovyze Releases SWMMLive and ICMLive Generation V7.0, Powering Real-Time Stormwater, Wastewater and Watershed Modeling
Broomfield, Colorado, USA — leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, today announced the worldwide release of the V7.0 Generation of its SWMMLive and ICMLive for real-time operational forecasting, modeling and management of urban drainage systems. The latest release sets the scene for the next quantum leaps in smart water modeling, giving wastewater utilities an unsurpassed tool for operating and managing their collection systems, ide...
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