Kansas City Streetcar Project Receives Envision Platinum Sustainable Infrastructure Award
The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure announced today that the Kansas City Streetcar Project, owned by the City of Kansas City, Missouri and managed by the Kansas City Streetcar Authority, recently earned the Envision Platinum award for sustainable infrastructure, which is the highest level of the Envision rating system. This is the first transit project, and specifically the first streetcar project, to receive an ISI Envision sustainable infrastructure rating – and the 17th project overa...
Brownfields Practice Manager to Present at the 2016 West Virginia Brownfields Conference
Cardno’s brownfields practice leader Miles Ballogg will be giving two presentations at the 2016 West Virginia Brownfields Conference and the Central Appalachian Regional Brownfields Summit, Sept. 7-8. Miles will be presenting at the Brownfields to Healthfields Community Convening on Sept. 7. Topics will include environmental, health, and economic challenges in the community, opportunities to address those challenges, and unusual partnering opportunities. On Sept. 8, he will be a panel sp...
Cardno and CEDA Partner to Provide Innovative Insights for Public Transport
Cardno was delighted to host the Committee for Economic Development of Australia’s (CEDA) luncheon in our Melbourne office last week, where invited guests discussed the future priorities for public transport. Chief Executive Officer of Yarra Trams, Nicolas Gindt, was the keynote speaker and shared Yarra Trams’ insights into global trends and innovations in public transport. He provided his thoughts on the future priorities for Yarra Trams and its role in Melbourne’s public transport system....
Fluor to Present at D.A. Davidson E&C Conference
IRVING, Texas -Biggs Porter, Fluor Corporation’s chief financial officer, will give a presentation to investors at D.A. Davidson’s 15th Annual Engineering & Construction Conference in San Francisco on Thursday, September 8 at 7:45 a.m. PT/10:45 a.m. ET. A live webcast of this presentation will be available at http://investor.fluor.com. A replay will be available shortly after the conclusion of the live presentation. If you have any questions regarding this webcast, please contact Fluor’s Inve...
The State of U.S. Solar: Leaders to Gather in Las Vegas to Discuss Future of Multi-Billion Dollar Economic Engine
Washington, D.C. – With Solar Power International 2016 (SPI 2016), the solar industry’s largest trade show and conference less than two weeks away, SPI 2016 co-host Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) offers a slew of coverage opportunities. The topics and events below are designed to help reporters sort through all of the major solar industry news and make sense of the dynamic, rapidly growing industry in the run-up to SPI 2016 in Las Vegas from September 12-15. Advance SEIA staff exp...
Stantec Receives Two Awards for Outstanding Interior Design
Stantec Architecture has received national recognition for its interior design of buildings at two Pennsylvania campuses: Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), Folger Dining Hall, Indiana, PA and Delaware County Community College’s (DCCC), Learning Commons in Media, PA. The projects are featured in the August 2016 American School and University magazine’s Interiors Showcase issue. IUP’s Folger Dining Hall involved a full interior demolition and reconfiguration of the dining room, serv...
Mott MacDonald Plans Strong Presence at TriCon Water/Wastewater Conference
Mott MacDonald will have a strong presence at the Chesapeake Tri-Association Conference, known as TriCon. Held from August 30 to September 2 in Ocean City, MD, TriCon is one of the country’s leading conferences on water and wastewater issues. Staff from Mott MacDonald will deliver nine of the 135 technical presentations at TriCon, and will talk with clients, partners, and prospects at Booth 39. (Download details.) Presentations include the following. Wednesday, August 31 Anuj Jain:...
Atkins Presents Research Paper on Deep Draft Semisubmersibles at RPSEA Conference in Galveston, Texas
Atkins will be presenting at the Best of RPSEA 10 years of Research – Ultra-Deep Water and Onshore Technology Conference in Galveston, Texas on 30-31 August. Arun Anthony, principal naval architect in Atkins’ Energy Americas business based in Houston, Texas, will be giving a presentation on VIM study for deep draft column stabilised floaters. The presentation will cover the results of over two years of research on vortex induced motions (VIM) of deep draft semisubmersibles. T...
Cristo Rey High School Partnership
More than 200 students from Cristo Rey high school in West Milwaukee attended “draft day” which pairs local businesses with students. The new preparatory school opened in 2015 and follows the work-study form of education where students attend classes and intern part time. Students work five full days a month at companies in the Milwaukee area, providing workplace skills and a portion of their educational costs. Mortenson is one of 50 local employers participating in the program. Four students...
KBR Announces Charity Golf Tournament Recipients
HOUSTON – KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) is proud to announce the organizations that will benefit from our tenth annual charity golf tournament: Junior Achievement Houston Fire Department Buffalo Bayou Partnership Sunshine Kids Foundation St. Jude Children's Hospital Homes for Our Troops Houston Area Women's Center Over the last ten years, KBR's Charity Golf Tournament has seen significant growth, raising over $4 million for more than 50 local and national nonprofit organiz...