Chinatown Public Library in Chicago Wins Steel Design Award
(Chicago, IL) – The Chinatown Public Library in Chicago has earned national recognition in the 2017 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program (IDEAS2). In honor of this achievement, members of the project team will be presented with awards from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) during a ceremony to take place at the library on Wednesday, July 19, at 6 p.m. “Its rounded form, accented with vertical fins, serves as a beacon for the...
Los Angeles Valley College Monarch Center Wins Steel Design Award
(Chicago, IL) – The Los Angeles Valley College Monarch Center in Valley Glen, Calif., has earned national recognition in the 2017 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program (IDEAS2). In honor of this achievement, members of the project team will be presented with awards from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) during a ceremony to take place at the building on Tuesday, July 25, at 1:30 p.m. “A vibrant and uplifting steel structure th...
King Hassan II Great World Water Prize ($100,000) to Reward Outstanding Achievements in “Solidarity and Inclusion in Order to Ensure Water Security and Climate Justice”
Marseille-Rabat, July 20th, 2017 - The Government of Morocco and the World Water Council launch today the 6th edition of the King Hassan II Great World Water Prize – one of the world's highest distinctions in the water sector – to reward excellence in “Cooperation and sound management in the development and use of water resources.” The winner will be granted a US$100,000 award. As for each of its previous edition, the Prize will be handed out during the Opening Ceremony of the next World Water F...
Jacobs and Volterra Team Unveiled as Finalist in Prestigious 2017 Wolfson Economics Prize
DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:JEC) and Volterra Partners have been honored as a finalist in the 2017 Wolfson Economics Prize, the most significant global economics prize after the Nobel Prize. The Wolfson council asked, “How can we pay for better, safer, more reliable roads in a way that is fair to road users and good for the economy and the environment?” The Volterra and Jacobs’ entry “Pricing for Prosperity,” sets out how present U.K. fuel and vehicle excise duties can be repl...
Ramboll Honoured with International Award for Special Achievement in Use of Geographic Information (GIS)
Ramboll received the Special Achievement Award (SAG) from Esri, the global American company responsible for the GIS system, for Ramboll’s success in developing and promoting the application of GIS (geographic information system) throughout its business. This is only the seventh time that a Danish company has received the award. ”We have implemented the Esri GIS platform globally across the 35 countries in our organisation, so all our employees now have access to the GIS platform. Esri’s award...
Florida I-595 Corridor Improvements Project & Colorado DOT’s David Spector Honored with National Public-Private Partnership (P3) Awards
(WASHINGTON) - The I-595 Corridor Improvements Project in Florida and David Spector, director of the Colorado High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE), have been recognized as models of excellence in innovative transportation financing by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The awards were presented July 13 in two categories during ARTBA’s 29th Annual Public Private Partnerships (P3s) in Transportation Conference, held in the Nation’s Capital. P3 Ent...
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC Named Winner of WEDA’s 2017 Annual Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Project
OAK BROOK, Ill.- Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes”) (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of environmental and infrastructure services, announced today that it has been named winner of the Western Dredging Association’s (WEDA) 2017 Annual Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Project for the John Redmond Dredging Project performed by our Rivers and Lakes Division under contract to the Kansas Water Office. WEDA’s...
Gannett Fleming Wins Excellence in Structural Engineering Award
The Structural Engineering Society of Arizona (SEAoA) has awarded Gannett Fleming the 2017 Excellence in Structural Engineering Award for its work on phase one of the modernization of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Terminal 3. Gannett Fleming provided concept programming and design, construction management, concept as-built investigation, and construction administration services. As part of the HuntAustin joint venture with DWL Architects, Gannett Fleming serves as the key structura...
CH2M-Designed Ohio Interchange Improvements Earn Recognition as Best Urban Highway Project
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Department of Transportation's I-270/US 33 Interchange, designed by CH2M, received the 2017 ODOT/ACEC Partnering Award for Excellence in Highway Design in the Best Urban Project category. The ODOT/ACEC Awards for Excellence in Highway Design program, a cooperative effort between Ohio Department of Transportation and the American Council of Engineering Companies in Ohio, recognizes the state's best projects in three categories – structure, rural projects and urban project...
Jacobs Wins Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation Awards
DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has received the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) / Tarmac Health & Safety at Work Award 2017 in recognition of its Mental Health Matters program, which focuses on promoting positive mental health across the business, its staff and their families. The U.K. CIHT Awards recognize the outstanding achievements of those working in the highways and transportation sector by promoting their work as best practices to the indu...
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