Ireland’s Construction Sector is “Missing Out On Much-Needed Female Talent” by Not Addressing Gender Imbalance
DUBLIN – The construction sector in Ireland must improve gender diversity if it is to tackle the industry-wide skills shortage, according to integrated infrastructure services firm AECOM. The current gender imbalance, with men accounting for more than 90% of the sector’s employees, means construction is “missing out on much-needed female talent”, the company warns. More than 50 key decision-makers from Irish construction and property companies recently attended an AECOM workshop to explore w...
Dewberry Selected to Design State Road 417 Widening by Central Florida Expressway Authority
Dewberry has been selected by the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) to manage and design a widening of State Road 417 from the Econlockhatchee (Econ) Trail overpass to the Orange/Seminole county line. In addition to designing the roadway widening, ramp modifications, and bridges, Dewberry will provide field survey, maintenance of traffic, and stormwater management design. The existing roadway will be resurfaced and widened approximately two miles for three general use lanes in each d...
Detroit Airport’s Runway Remodeling Earns Envision Silver
/ / / / / / The Detroit Metropolitan Airport’s Runway and Associated Taxiways Reconstruction project received the Envision rating system’s Silver Award from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure. This airport is the 19th project to receive an Envision award since the program began. The project involves reconstruction of the associated taxiway system, providing a safe connection for aircraft from the runway to the passenger terminals at the Detroit Metro Airport...
CRG AND Venture One Break Ground on New One Million Sq. Ft. Distribution Center at Gateway 57
Co-developers CRG, the real estate development group of Clayco, and Venture One Real Estate broke ground today on a 1,000,560 square-foot distribution center in University Park, Ill. The state-of-the-art 36’ clear cross-dock distribution facility will be occupied by Georgia Pacific upon completion. A joint venture between CRG and Venture One, the Georgia Pacific distribution center is the first building in Gateway 57 Industrial Park in University Park, a 127 acre development located at the n...
£160 Million Cancer Centre Opens at Guy’s Hospital, Central London
A new £160 million Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital, designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and specialist healthcare architect Stantec, opens today (Monday 26 September).The new Cancer Centre at Guy’s has been designed around the needs of patients and staff with an aim to unify world-class cancer treatments and research in an uplifting, non-institutional and clinically efficient healthcare setting. The Cancer Centre brings together most cancer treatment under one roof – previously cancer ca...
Jacobs Wins Security Services Contract for New Woodside Headquarters in Australia
PASADENA, Calif.- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it received a contract to provide security consulting services for the fit out of the new Woodside headquarters located in the Capital Square development in Perth, Western Australia. The security measures are to be interconnected and integrated across several buildings to be occupied by Woodside in the precinct. Commenting on the announcement, Jacobs Senior Vice President Buildings and Infrastructure Patrick Hill sa...
AECOM Designs World’s First LEED Platinum Arena
SACRAMENTO — AECOM has designed the first indoor sports venue to achieve LEED Platinum certification. Golden 1 Center, home of the NBA Sacramento Kings, has earned the highest score for a sports venue in the LEED program and placed in the top three percent of all buildings certified. “We worked with the Kings to design Golden 1 Center for fans, city and planet,” said Bill Hanway, AECOM’s global sports leader. “Our architects, sports designers, sustainability experts, engineers, urban planner...
Arup and Amey to Design NSW M4 Smart Motorway Project
Arup, working with Amey, will deliver the M4 Smart Motorway project, the first of its kind in New South Wales. The commission includes all technology and civil works, spanning from detailed design through to construction support services. The M4 Smart Motorway project will introduce intelligent technology to monitor traffic conditions, manage congestion and respond to incidents in real-time on the existing M4 Western Motorway. The project aims to increase traffic throughput, with a potenti...
CH2M to Serve on Program Management Consultant Team to Amtrak for Gateway Program
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), operating intercity passenger rail services in 46 states and the District of Columbia, has selected the team of Hill International and CH2M to provide program management support services for the transformational Gateway Program in the Northeast Corridor. The firms will assist Amtrak as it works with its partners including the U.S. Department of Transportation, NJ TRANSIT, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and the states of New Y...
Poland’s General Directorate for National Roads and Highways Selects CH2M for Design Study
The General Directorate for National Roads and Highways (GDDKiA) in Poland has chosen CH2M (through Halcrow, a CH2M company) to develop a corridor study, technical-economic-environmental study and obtain an environmental decision for the reconstruction of National Road No.75, Section Brzesko – Nowy Sacz. CH2M will develop at least five reconstruction design options, including a non-investment option based on maintenance of traffic and safety, for the 50-kilometer-long section of National Road...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
