Cardno Awarded Five-Year Contract for Marine Corps Facility Assessments Worldwide
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, has awarded the Cardno-Amec Foster Wheeler Joint Venture a five-year, maximum $30 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) architect-engineering contract. The scope is for facility sustainment program support, including building condition assessments of Marine Corps facilities worldwide using the DoD’s BUILDER™ Sustainment Management System (SMS). The BUILDER™ SMS is a web-based software application developed...
Woolpert Dispatches Drones to Mitigate, Predict Landslides
WEST VIRGINIA, Aug. 3, 2016 — Woolpert has tasked its unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, with monitoring landslide areas and potential landslide areas in northern West Virginia. “This is an active weather time, with West Virginia experiencing historic rains,” said Aaron Lawrence, Woolpert GIS expert and UAS technology developer. “Access to this terrain can be challenging and viewsheds from ground level can be blocked due to overgrown vegetation. UAS gives us a tool to get as close to t...
Engineering News Record Ranks Hatch in the Top 25
On July 18, 2016, Engineering News Record released their Top 225 International Design Firms list, ranking Hatch 24th overall, based on annual revenue both at home and internationally across a variety of sectors. Hatch placed strongly in the industrial and manufacturing sectors, coming in at third and fourth respectively, additionally placing sixth in both water supply and sewer/waste industries, and 22nd in transportation. Complementing the list, ENR featured a dedicated story profiling H...
Study Will Quantify MSW Recycled Material and Its Economic Impacts in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 3, 2016 — A statewide survey will be launched August 15th that seeks to quantify the amount of recycling occurring throughout Texas and will assess the economic state of the recycling industry in Texas. Through a competitive bidding process, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) retained Burns & McDonnell to complete the study. The study is the result of a bill by Rep. Ed Thompson (R-Pearland) and Sen. José Rodríguez (D-El Paso) passed in the 84th Texas Legi...
Black & Veatch Adds Enterprise-level Sustainability Solutions to Service Offerings
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – Black & Veatch, a global leader in the design and construction of advanced resource management solutions, today announced a new sustainability offering focusing on the enterprise-level market. The new offering will help large consumers of power, water and other critical resources achieve greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, increase usage of carbon-free renewable energy technologies, minimize water consumption, enhance resilience and promote greater operational eff...
Schlumberger Acquisition Closes
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff closed on its acquisition of Schlumberger Water Services on August 1. The firm specializes in the development, management and environmental protection of water resources. In the U.S., the firm will be integrating Schlumberger Water Services staff from Denver, Fort Myers, Reno and Tucson into its environment and water consultancy sectors. Water services teams in Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Chile will report to Jorge Chaves, our newly appointed president of Latin Ameri...
Atkins Awarded Design and Engineering Contract for Thameslink Traffic Management Programme
Atkins, one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies, has been awarded a contract to support Hitachi Information Control Systems (HICSE) and Hitachi Rail Europe with the delivery of the Tranista® Traffic Management System (TMS) for Network Rail’s Thameslink programme. Atkins has been appointed by HICSE to review its Tranista system to ensure that it meets Network Rail’s functional and operational requirements for compatibility with the UK rail net...
FARO Expands Metrology and Factory Automation Offerings with Acquisition of BuildIT Software & Solutions Ltd.
Lake Mary, F - FARO® (NASDAQ:FARO), the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for Metrology, Factory Automation, Product Design, Public Safety, BIM/CIM, and 3D Services applications, announces the acquisition of BuildIT Software & Solutions Ltd., a leader in process-configurable 3D metrology software solutions with hardware agnostic interfaces. FARO will introduce the configuration power of the BuildIT software in a new “Your Product, Your Process, Your Solution” c...
Tetra Tech Awarded $200 Million Navy CLEAN Contract
PASADENA, Calif. - Aug. 1, 2016-- Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it has been awarded a $200 million, single-award contract by Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic. Through the Comprehensive Long-term Environmental Action Navy (CLEAN) contract, Tetra Tech will provide environmental engineering support services to installations within the NAVFAC Atlantic Area of Responsibility. The geographic focus is primarily in the northeastern and southeastern United Sta...
Schlumberger's Water Management Division is Now Part of WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff has finalized the acquisition of Schlumberger’s industrial water consultancy business on August 1st 2016. The transaction, which was announced in mid-June, enables the company to provide water consulting services and project solutions to clients worldwide. "The industrial water consultancy team will bring an increased presence in the attractive global water market, more specifically, in the supply, management, control and environmental protection of water," comme...
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