Versar-Arcadis Joint Venture Wins Environmental and Munitions Remediation Contract For US Army Corps of Engineers
Highlands Ranch, CO & Springfield, VA – Oct. 24, 2016 – Arcadis North America and Versar, Inc. (NYSE MKT: VSR) announced today the Versar-Arcadis Joint Venture has been awarded a new multiyear contract by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center – Huntsville to provide environmental and munitions remediation services throughout the United States for eight U.S Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) districts including Albuquerque, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Tulsa, Fort Worth, Seattle, Kansas City and...
Hurricane Matthew: A Journey to Hurricane-Devastated Haiti
Follow our engineers as they travel through the hurricane-devastated areas of southwestern Haiti. Read their accounts and see the images from their 17-hour journey. 4 AM Beverly and I arrive at the meeting point. Not knowing what to expect, we pack up the car and assemble our team. Two engineers from PROCHE (Proximité Catholique avec Haiti et son Eglise), Ing. Rudy and Ing. Aimé, join us. As of Friday morning, there was little information about the road or what to...
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...
Fugro Site Investigations for Moorside Nuclear Project Approach Final Stages
NuGeneration Limited (NuGen) plans to build a nuclear power station of up to 3.8GW* gross capacity at Moorside, close to Sellafield, in West Cumbria. To facilitate the Moorside project, NuGen is undertaking a programme of works and studies to provide information on the Moorside site’s characteristics. The objectives are to carry out a geotechnical and geophysical campaign, providing sufficient geological and geotechnical information to inform the detailed design of foundations and ancillary stru...
Maritime Administration Transfers Additional Former Navy Property to the City of Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Calif. –Maritime Administrator Paul “Chip” Jaenichen joined State and local leaders today to commemorate the transfer of 125 acres of property in Long Beach, California to the City of Long Beach through the Maritime Administration’s Port Conveyance Program. The property, which had been declared surplus by the Department of the Navy following the Base Realignment and Closure process, will be developed as a port facility. It raises the total amount of land transferred to the City of...
US Army Corps of Engineers – Mobile, Ala., District Awards Arcadis Two New Environmental Contracts
Highlands Ranch, Colo. – Aug. 30, 2016 – Arcadis North America announced today it has been awarded two new environmental contracts with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Mobile District, to provide environmental compliance, pollution prevention services and hazardous waste investigation and design for various military installations and federal and civil agencies. The task orders will be assigned in the South Atlantic Division of USACE, which covers the Southeastern United States as well...
Live, "Take You There" Report from Italy Earthquake Scene
CENTRAL ITALY – Miyamoto International releases the first of its Earthquake Journals reported live from Italy as engineers follow first responders into historic areas devastated by the M-6.2 earthquake that struck Wednesday in this "take your there" account. Expert earthquake engineers Devis Sonda and Andrea Pollini of Italy report here… Central Italy Earthquake Journal - Day 1 - Miyamoto International/ / / / / / / / / / t;t++)(function(t){i[t]=function(){return i._e.push([t].concat(Arr...
THE HILLS on Governors Island Open to the Public Today
July 19, 2016 - The Trust for Governors Island (The Trust) announces the opening of the Hills, ten newly designed acres of park on Governors Island that include slides, art and unparalleled harbor views. The Hills are open for the season daily from July 19 - September 25, 2016, Monday-Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday/Sunday 10am-7pm. Designed by acclaimed landscape architects West 8 urban design & landscape architecture, the Hills are the culmination of the award-winning Governors Island Park a...
Future City Competition – 2016-2017 Announces Theme – The Power of Public Spaces
Chicago – The 2016-2017 Future City Competition announces this year’s theme, “The Power of Public Spaces,” and asks the Nation’s sixth, seventh and eighth graders to envision urban public spaces of tomorrow. The Chicago Region-State of Illinois competition is open for school’s and organizations to register now. To register and for more information, visit: http://futurecity.org/illinois-chicago. Public spaces have the capacity to revitalize a city’s economy by introducing new businesses a...
Hansa Luftbild Provides Addis Ababa with a Modern Land Information System
A member of the Bentley Developer Network, the Hansa Luftbild Group, Muenster, Germany, offers public- and private-sector clients expertise in the areas of geoinformation and geospatial problem-solving. The City of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, retained Hansa Luftbild to develop a modern property registration and land information system to address rapid urban expansion, slum settlement, and land and property rights. A major part of the EUR 3 million project was to develop a service-oriented architectur...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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