AECOM and Washington River Protection Solutions win Campbell Institute’s 2017 Innovation Challenge
LOS ANGELES — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that together with Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), an AECOM-led team, it has won the Campbell Institute’s 2017 Innovation Challenge for its Physiological Monitoring Program, which eliminated heat-stress disorders by adapting wearable technology for its remote field teams. The Innovation Challenge honors organizations for their achievement in the implementation of an innovative p...
Antarctic Research Station Survey Cited In National Engineering Competition
WASHINGTON, DC (February 23, 2017) – Merrick & Company of Greenwood Village, Colo., has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) 50th annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) for providing surveys of the McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica. ACEC is the Washington-D.C.-based business association of the engineering industry representing more than 5,000 independent engineering firms throughout the Uni...
Woolpert Earns Charlotte SmartCEO’s Corporate Culture Award
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Woolpert was honored to receive Charlotte SmartCEO’s 2017 Corporate Culture Award, which was announced at a celebration last week. Woolpert Senior Vice President Flint Holbrook (right) accepted the award on behalf of Woolpert North Carolina PLLC, the national architecture, engineering and geospatial firm’s Charlotte office. SmartCEO’s Corporate Culture Awards program honors companies that foster creative, collaborative workplace cultures to enhance performance and sustain a...
Chicago’s Maggie Daley Park Receives Top Engineering Honors from ACEC Illinois
Maggie Daley Park in Chicago was recently recognized as one of the most innovative and complex engineering projects in Illinois by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Illinois professional association. An honor award, the highest level, was presented to representatives of the design team, Infrastructure Engineering, Inc. and Stantec, as well as the Chicago Park District, at the organization’s annual Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony on February 9. The competition recogni...
Atlas Copco Awards Recognize Innovative Breaker and Compressor Monitoring Technology
Stockholm, Sweden: Atlas Copco’s most prestigious awards this year recognize the development of a highly energy-efficient and ergonomic breaker, and a compressor monitoring technology that is generating significant savings for customers. The John Munck Award for technical innovations is presented to Olof Ostensson and Thomas Lilja, who work in technical development for the Construction Tools division in Kalmar, Sweden. They developed the handheld pneumatic breaker RTEX, which cuts energy cons...
Arup Crowned Supreme Winner at the Surface Design Awards
The Broad was selected from 13 award winners to scoop the Supreme Winner accolade at the ceremony in London. The Surface Design Awards recognise examples of progressive design and the use of innovative surfaces in projects both in the UK and internationally. The project was described by the judges as “environmentally and technically great” and an “awe inspiring space, seamless with a clever use of light and form”. The Broad’s sophisticated interior lighting design uses controlled passive d...
Cardno-Contributed Polaris 3083 Project Wins 2016 UDIA Urban Renewal Award for Excellence
The Victoria Division of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) named DealCorp’s Polaris 3083 as the winner of the Urban Renewal Award for Excellence 2016. Cardno’s Stephen Warner Design Manager, and Rob Henry, Construction Manager contributed to this new mixed-use precinct located at the former Larundel site on Plenty Road in Bundoora, which incorporates a retail town centre, apartments, townhouses, offices, retirement living opportunities and a community centre over a site ar...
Indianapolis Wins 2017 Smart Cities Council Challenge Grant
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 08, 2017- Global Water Technologies (OTC:GWTR) is pleased to announce its proposal submitted with the City of Indianapolis is one of five winners in the White House Commitment: Smart Cities Council Challenge Grants. Indianapolis, Austin, Miami, Orlando and Philadelphia were selected from more than 130 applicants in the national competition. “Indianapolis' culture of innovation and rapidly expanding tech industry provide strategic advantages to our smart city planning, speci...
Bechtel Wins Prestigious Award for Commitment to U.S.-U.A.E. Business Relations
Bechtel, the leading global engineering, procurement, and construction firm, was honored by the American Chamber of Commerce Abu Dhabi (AmCham Abu Dhabi) with the prestigious “Falcon Award” for “demonstrating an outstanding commitment to sustainable U.S.-U.A.E. business relations.” The official announcement for the award took place at the AmCham Abu Dhabi 7th Annual Excellence Awards on January 27. “Winning the ‘Falcon Award’ is a great recognition of Bechtel’s proud 50-year history in U.A.E...
Sacramento's Golden 1 Center Named 2017 Golden State Award Winner by the American Council of Engineering Companies, California
SACRAMENTO, Calif.-- ACEC California named Sacramento's Golden 1 Center as its 2017 Golden State Award Winner for its exceptional and unique sustainable design features. The Golden 1 Center - home of the National Basketball Association's Sacramento Kings - was designed by AECOM in association with Henderson Engineering, Inc. and is the first indoor sports arena in the world to achieve LEED platinum certification. The Golden State Award is the highest honor ACEC California bestows as part of its...
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