Renovation Completed of Bridge with Unique Tensile Forces
This week the Managing Contractor, a joint venture of Royal HaskoningDHV and Arup, handed the fully renovated Tacitus Bridge over to the national transport authority Rijkswaterstaat. The renovation of this bridge near Ewijk (The Netherlands) has been officially fully completed. With a length of more than one kilometer, the suspension bridge in the A50 near Ewijk is a key project because of the strategic location in the Dutch road network. The renovation has significantly improved the traffic...
Building to Begin on Liverpool's First Specialist Cancer Hospital
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust and Laing O’Rourke have finalised the contract to build a new cancer hospital in Liverpool and comedian Johnny Vegas was at the build site to celebrate the significant milestone. Johnny was also joined by Everton legend Ian Snodin to mark the occasion. Andrew Cannell, Chief Executive of The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, said: “We are delighted to be working with Laing O’Rourke on this very exciting development that will transform canc...
Dewberry Selected to Perform Force Main Replacement Along Highway 274 in South Carolina
Dewberry has been selected by York County, South Carolina, to perform a force main replacement along Highway 274 from Crowder's Creek Pump Station to the Big Allison Creek Pump Station. The firm's Charlotte, North Carolina, office is providing design, permitting, bid, and construction administration services. Due to substantial development along the South Carolina Route 274 corridor and in the Lake Wylie community, the county has identified 28,000 feet of force main for replacement to meet in...
PEER Releases Updated Tall Building Seismic Design Guide
(Chicago, IL) - The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) has released the second edition of its Tall Building Initiative Guidelines for Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings. Sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), Charles Pankow Foundation, Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE (SEI), Structural Engineers Association of California, Federal Emergency Management Agency and ACI Foundation (Concrete Research Council), it serves as an update...
Clark Honored with Heritage Award for Role in Shaping the Los Angeles Landscape
Earlier this month, Clark Construction Group was honored by non-profit organization Project Restore with a Los Angeles Heritage Award for the firm’s role in shaping and strengthening the Los Angeles built environment. Clark’s Western Region President and CEO, Richard Heim, accepted the award on the company’s behalf. Clark is the first construction company to be honored with the prestigious award. More than 500 guests, including Heritage Award co-honoree Brenda A. Levin, FAIA, Los Angeles Cit...
Construction Underway on Ritz-Carlton Residences
With the foundation for the Ritz-Carlton Residences now complete, the 53-story luxury tower is rising on the shores of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Thornton Tomasetti provided structural design services for the condominium building designed by Arquitectonica. A joint venture of Fortune International Group and the Château Group is developing the 800,000-square-foot project. The tower’s foundation features a 22,000-square-foot mat with more than 1,110 tons of reinforced steel. Eighty trucks deli...
Bechtel Completes Stonewall Energy Facility Ahead of Schedule
Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, has completed the state-of-the-art Stonewall Energy Facility in Loudoun County, VA, USA for Panda Power Funds ahead of schedule. The client took over commercial operation of the 778-megawatt combined-cycle generating station last week. The cleaner, natural gas-fired power plant will now supply electricity to up to 778,000 homes. This is the fourth facility that Bechtel has built for Panda Power Funds. “Stonewall has been...
Los Angeles World Airports Appoints Jacobs as Project and Construction Manager
DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has been awarded a seven-year professional services prime contract for project and construction management by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to support its Landside Access Modernization Program, Airline/Tenant Improvement Program and Capital Improvement Program at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The City of Los Angeles anticipates an increase in travel into the Southern California region resulting from the addition of new entertain...
CH2M Envisions Better Way of Managing Life-Cycle Infrastructure Development
DENVER, May 1, 2017 - CH2M, an industry leader in the management of major projects and programs, has developed a new Resiliency and Sustainability Framework for infrastructure that offers public and private sector planners a comprehensive program development and decision support system. The Framework is being utilized today in San Mateo, California, for the city's Clean Water Program, to understand how resilient and sustainable the program currently is, and to identify actions or design alter...
Stantec Celebrates Return of World Series Champs Chicago Cubs and Exciting New Additions at Wrigley Field
On the heels of a much-celebrated World Series baseball win, one that many fans waited a lifetime for, this season the Chicago Cubs are giving back more than just a trophy to their Northside home. Directly outside Wrigley Field, in what was once a coal shipping yard turned parking lot, a new office building and public park now stand. The transformation, years in the making, was led by Stantec’s Chicago office. With a goal of creating a vibrant public plaza full of activity year round, the des...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
