NEW YORK, June 21, 2016—Michael Sears, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as senior project manager and associate vice president. Sears is based in the firm’s New York City office. “We are proud to have Michael joining our team and adding his contribution to…

Blake C. Guillory, P.E., Joins RADISE International
RADISE International and Smart Structures are pleased to announce that Blake C. Guillory, P.E., D.WRE has joined our firms as President. Kumar Allady,…

Hearing to Focus on Army Corps of Engineers Recent Chief’s Reports
Washington, DC - The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH), will hold a hearing next week on recently…

Stantec to Acquire MWH, a Global Professional Services Firm with Leading Expertise in Water Resources Infrastructure
Stantec Inc. has entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which it will acquire MWH Global, Inc. (“MWH”), a Broomfield, Colorado-based global engineering, consulting and construction management firm focused on water and natural resources…

Gibbs Statement from Hearing on Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Development Reports
Feb. 24, 2016—Almost two years ago, a strong bipartisan message was sent by Congress and the President with the enactment of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014. Congress made a conscious effort in WRRDA 2014 to enhance America’s…

Water Resource Availability and Quality by Parish
BATON ROUGE, La.—Fact sheets that detail information about parish water resources and water-use are available online for 34 of the state’s 64 parishes, with more coming soon. The concept to produce short four to six-page fact sheets on the water resources…

GEI Continues Expansion in Coastal Planning
BOSTON, Mass.—June 8, 2015— GEI Consultants, Inc., one of the nation’s leading firms for geotechnical, environmental, water resources, and ecological science and engineering, announced today that the company has expanded staff and client services with…

A Third of the World’s Biggest Groundwater Basins are in Distress
Irvine, Calif., June 16, 2015—Two new studies led by UC Irvine using data from NASA Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites show that human consumption is rapidly draining some of its largest groundwater basins, yet there is little to no accurate…
EPA Awarding Grants to Protect and Restore Wetlands
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding $1 million in grants to strengthen the capacity of states and tribes to protect and restore wetlands. The National Wetland Program Development Grants provide interstate agencies, intertribal…