AECOM Achieve UK Permissions for Commercial Drone Operations
AECOM’s UK based Drone Team this week achieved their Civil Aviation Authority permissions for commercial operations. This marks a major milestone in the integration of drone technology into workflows. Our Nottingham Centre of Excellence will host and be accountable for maintaining our Operations Safety Case and Operations Manuals. We have the skills and service agreements with Bentley, AutoDesk and other software providers to process data and create tailored 2D or 3D models and deliverables...
T.Y. Lin International Wins 2017 ACEC Honor Award for Sellwood Bridge Replacement
SAN FRANCISCO –T.Y. Lin International (TYLI), a globally recognized, full-service infrastructure consulting firm, announces that the Sellwood Bridge Replacement project (Sellwood Bridge) in Portland, Oregon, has received an Honor Award in the 2017 Engineering Excellence Awards competition of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). TYLI served as Prime Consultant, Final Design, on the fast-track project, working closely with the Project Owner, Multnomah County, design subconsultant...
Five Cities Bid for World Design Capital 2020
Montreal (Canada) – The World Design Organization (WDO)™ today announced that its call for World Design Capital 2020 is now closed. WDO is pleased to have received five applications from design driven cities across Asia, Europe, and Oceania. By participating in the WDC 2020 bid process, these five cities have seized a unique opportunity to mobilize their design community, showcase their city’s design merits and create value around the power of design to improve urban quality of life. As WDO P...
IMAGINiT Technologies Acquires Advanced Technologies Solutions
OWINGS MILLS, MD — Rand Worldwide (OTCBB: RWWI), a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, announces that its IMAGINiT Technologies division has acquired Advanced Technologies Solutions (ATSI), an Autodesk Gold Partner headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. “ATSI is a great addition to our presence in the Southeastern US and we are excited to carry on the tradition of providing great customer servi...
‘Remediation Engineering: Design Concepts, Second Edition’ Explores Future of Environmental Remediation
BOCA RATON, Fla., April 18,2017 - CRC Press announces the publication of Remediation Engineering: Design Concepts, Second Edition co-authored by the late Dr. Suthan S. Suthersan and colleagues, John Horst, Matthew Schnobrich, Nicklaus Welty, and Jeff McDonough. Two decades ago, contaminated groundwater supplies were addressed by containing football field-sized areas and spending years excavating, injecting molasses as a bio-agent, or pumping millions of gallons of water through a filter. It w...
Atlas Tube Files Circumvention Ruling Request on Polygonal Pipe and Tube
CHICAGO — The Atlas Tube division of Zekelman Industries today asked the Commerce Department to ensure that antidumping and countervailing duty orders covering light-walled rectangular tube also apply to octagonal tube, and to retroactively apply duties. The filing targets imports from China, Korea, Mexico and Turkey. “Octagonal tube is essentially the same as rectangular when it comes to manufacturing methods and costs, and how it’s sold,” said Tom Muth, President of HSS and Piling at Zekel...
Bechtel Unveils Welding Technology and Training Hub
Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, announced today the opening of the company’s welding and applied technology center (WATC). The facility, focused on industry welding innovation and training, represents a critical step forward in the company’s ongoing efforts to continuously improve cost and delivery value for customers. “Through our efforts to incorporate leading-edge technologies, processes, and workforce development, Bechtel is now even better positio...
Seismic Celebrations Present Concern Over Safety In Stadiums
With his team leading 34-30 in the final minutes of a Wild Card Playoff game against the New Orleans Saints in 2011, Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch took a handoff and exploded through the hole, beginning what would turn out to be a 67-yard touchdown run. Odds are as Lynch was sealing the victory for the Seahawks against the defending Super Bowl Champions, nobody in the stands was worried about the structural soundness of CenturyLink Field. Sitting a few thousand miles away on...
Tetra Tech Awarded $240 Million Multiple Award U.S. Navy Remediation Contract
PASADENA, Calif.- Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that Tetra Tech EC was one of six firms selected for a $240 million multiple-award contract for environmental remediation of radiological contaminants (RADMAC II) at various Navy and Marine Corps installations in California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and other locations throughout the United States. RADMAC II supports the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest and NAVFAC Atlantic areas of respon...
AECOM and Asia Society announce Imagine 2060: Delivering Tomorrow’s Cities Together
AECOM, a premier, fully integrated infrastructure firm, and Asia Society, a leading global non-profit institution, today announced a three-year partnership – Imagine 2060: Delivering Tomorrow’s Cities Together. Together the two organizations will leverage their extensive public and private sector relationships to facilitate a series of high-level conversations. Each forum is an opportunity for leaders in urban design, infrastructure and public policy to connect with a common goal – imagining...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
