Supplier Diversity Efforts Help Earn Black & Veatch Honor as Kansas Corporation of the Year
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – The Kansas Department of Commerce (KDOC) has selected Black & Veatch as Kansas Corporation of the Year for its leadership and the opportunities its supplier diversity program provides for minority- and women-owned businesses. “Black & Veatch is a good example of the type of first-class businesses that we have in the state of Kansas,” said Kansas Commerce Secretary Antonio Soave. “The Corporation of the Year award is the perfect way to recognize the innovative programs,...
Fluor and ABB Form Alliance to Deliver Large EPC Substation Projects Globally
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) and ABB have formed a global strategic alliance for the execution of large turnkey engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) electrical substation projects. By combining ABB’s world leading technology and its market leadership position in power transmission and distribution with Fluor’s expertise and experience in delivering large EPC projects, the alliance will help to meet the evolving needs of power grids across the world for safe, reliable an...
Hydrostor Inc. and AECOM Announce Partnership to Deploy Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) Systems Globally
AUSTIN, TX — Hydrostor Inc. (Toronto, Ontario) and AECOM announced a partnership to jointly develop, market, propose and construct projects using Hydrostor’s Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage technology connected with their proprietary underwater air cavity or in underground geological formations. This global partnership will accelerate deployment of one of the lowest cost, bulk-energy storage technologies available. To satisfy the growing energy storage market, Hydrostor and AECOM wil...
Fluor Announces Financial Close on A27/A1 Motorway Project in the Netherlands
IRVING, Texas and AMSTERDAM – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the 3Angle B.V. special purpose company, comprised of Fluor, 3i Infrastructure and Heijmans Capital, reached financial close with the Dutch government for the A27/A1 public private partnership (PPP) project in the Netherlands. The project is valued at more than $246 million, which includes a 25-year management and maintenance period. Fluor will book its portion of the award in the fourth quarter of 2016. 3A...
Autodesk and SBS Form Strategic Alliance
Lakewood, CO – Spatial Business Systems (SBS) has formed a strategic alliance with Autodesk to provide an expanded set of solutions for the utility industry. Through the alliance, SBS will be responsible for future development, support and licensing of Autodesk® Substation Design for Inventor®, Autodesk® Substation Design for Electrical and AutoCAD ® Utility Design (AUD) software. The alliance will allow SBS to focus on the ongoing development and support of Substation Design and AUD, while...
Latin America Responds to Urban Earthquake Disaster Before It Happens
THE AMERICAS – Miyamoto International has expanded to Latin America with two project offices for USAID, one in San José, Costa Rica and the other in Pasto, Colombia. The project helps first responders and governments better understand the impacts of large earthquakes – before they happen. Located on the “Ring of Fire,” Costa Rica and Colombia are in one of the most seismically dangerous regions in the world. Called “PREPARE,” the earthquake risk identification and preparedness program was est...
Jacobs Wins Contract for Vastly Manufacturing Plant in Virginia
PASADENA, Calif. - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it was awarded a contract from Vastly (formerly Tranlin, Inc.) to lead permit acquisition and provide design services for its new $2 billion manufacturing plant in Chesterfield, Virginia. The plant represents Vastly’s first investment in North America and the single largest Chinese greenfield economic development project in the United States. Under the terms of the agreement, Jacobs is responsible for supporting permi...
Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure Acquires GISquadrat
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure has acquired GISquadrat GmbH of Vienna, Austria. The acquisition will enhance Hexagon's geospatial, cloud and mobile solutions for governments and utility providers in Europe. A Hexagon partner prior to the acquisition, GISquadrat uses Hexagon software in a cloud environment to provide data capture and management services and applications, including task-specific field solutions for infrastructure networks and public services. GISquadrat's...
New Partnership Offers Hope for Florida’s Algal Bloom Crisis
TALLAHASSEE — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, and BLOOM Holdings, LLC, a materials development company, have announced a strategic teaming agreement to deploy technology to mitigate harmful algal blooms. The joint initiative aims to provide an economic and ecologically sound solution to a problem that increasingly affects the world’s water resources. BLOOM harvests wild algae from water bodies around the world, solar-dries the biomass and converts it to a key fe...
Dewberry Proceeds with FEMA Task Order for Louisiana Rainfall and Flash Flooding Event Analysis
Dewberry is proceeding with a task order from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for imagery and data interpretation of the recent Louisiana floods under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's strategic source indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, remote sensing to support incident management and homeland security contract. The firm will determine impacts from the heavy rains, flash floods, and inland riverine flooding in the state. Imagery and other source materials regar...
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Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
