New Ranking Shows Norway, Finland, Japan, U.S. Lead in “Mission Innovation” Clean Energy Commitments
WASHINGTON—As part of the 2015 Mission Innovation initiative, 23 countries and the European Union committed to double their public investments in clean energy research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) within five years. As the five-year mark approaches, a new Global Energy Innovation Index from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)—the world’s top-ranked think tank for science and technology policy—finds that, among the member countries, Norway, Finland, Japan, and th...
AECOM completes cleanup at the Separations Process Research Unit nuclear facility in New York
GERMANTOWN, MD (August 19, 2019) – AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, has safely completed the decontamination and demolition (D&D) of the Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) nuclear facilities at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) near Niskayuna, New York. AECOM helped to eliminate the possibility of radioactive and chemical releases from the legacy Cold War facilities to the surrounding environment. “We’re very grateful for the many men and women that suc...
Environmental Field Lead and Technical Expert, Dillon Johnston, Joins Cardno's Houston Office
Houston, TX - Cardno is pleased to announce that Dillon Johnston has joined the firm as an Environmental Scientist in the company’s Houston, TX, USA office. He will focus on providing permitting and technical data acquisition services to Cardno clients. Dillon has six years of experience working in onshore, coastal, freshwater, estuarine, and saltwater ecosystems. His specific fields of experience include permitting, multimedia sampling and chemical analysis, special aquatic resource identifi...
U.S. Department of Energy extends AECOM-led joint venture contract to manage tank operations at the Hanford Site for up to 12 months
LOS ANGELES — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of River Protection in Richland, Wash., intends to extend the current tank operations contract with AECOM-led Washington River Protection Solutions LLC. The approximate US$725 million extension will run up to 12 months, from October 1, 2019, to September 30, 2020. The estimated value of the contract extension will be added in AECOM’s backlog...
Geopier Foundation Company Launches New GeoSpike Railway Subgrade Improvement System
GeoSpike is an innovative ground improvement method for strengthening weak railroad track subgrades DAVIDSON, NC. (August 26, 2019) Geopier Foundation Company, a world leader in ground improvement solutions, has introduced its newest Intermediate Foundation® solution: the GeoSpike℠ System. This system is a low cost method for strengthening weak railroad track subgrades without removing railroad tracks, tie or ballast. New GeoSpike rail stabilization solution reduces the need for costly re...
N.C. A&T Alumnus Makes History as National Engineer
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. – Alan Gillespie, P.E., a graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, is the first African American engineer to be appointed as a national discipline lead within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). “This appointment promotes and supports a future workforce that reflects the diverse clientele the federal government serves,” said Gillespie. As the new national water management engineer with the Conservation Engineering Division,...
America’s Top Twelve Transportation Projects Vying for Two Prestigious Awards
Final Honors and $10,000 Cash Prizes to be Decided by Judges and Online Voting WASHINGTON — Twelve winning transportation projects from four U.S. regional competitions will battle it out in this year’s America’s Transportation Awards competition, with two $10,000 cash awards for a charity or transportation-related scholarship of the winners’ choosing at stake. The broad scope of the projects in the final round include one credited with using drone technology to get transportation systems...
Chris Masters and Chad Humphrey join HNTB Corporation’s North Texas office
Engineering professionals will bolster HNTB’s North Texas practice as it delivers complex projects and programs across the region DALLAS – Chris Masters, PE, and Chad Humphrey, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as associate vice presidents, based in the firm’s Dallas office. Masters is transit and rail project director. Humphrey is North Texas operations manager and construction services project director. “Chris and Chad bring unique perspectives to HNTB that will help ensure our clients bene...
ASCE Structural Engineering Institute Announces New Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design
RESTON, Va. – The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) has published ASCE/SEI Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design. SEI received a research grant from the Charles Pankow Foundation for $150,000 with co-funding support from the ACI Foundation, American Institute of Steel Construction, ASCE Industry Leaders Council and the MKA Foundation, to develop and publish the Prestandard. This Prestandard presents a recommended alternative to the pres...
Janet Ungerer joins HNTB as project director in Baltimore
BALTIMORE – Janet Ungerer, Ph.D., PE, joined HNTB Corporation as project director and associate vice president in the firm’s growing Baltimore office. Her more than two decades of systems engineering, integration, design and implementation experience for transportation, industrial and other facilities offers clients across the region an invaluable resource in the development and delivery of complex transportation infrastructure projects. Dr. Ungerer previously served another consulting firm...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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