Sabrina Drago Joins WSP as Sacramento Transportation Office Lead
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sabrina Drago has joined the Sacramento office of WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, as transportation office lead. In her role, Drago will spearhead the firm’s ambitious growth efforts in the Sacramento area, including working closely with clients to making their projects successful, recruiting and retaining the industry top talent, and enhancing the firm’s brand in the local industry. “WSP is fortunate to have Sabrina join our Sacr...
HNTB and SPARK LA Program at Girls Academic Leadership Academy Enters Third Year
LOS ANGELES – The successful SPARK LA partnership between HNTB Corporation and the Los Angeles Board of Public Works is underway for the third year at Los Angeles Unified School District’s all-girls secondary school – the Girls Academic Leadership Academy. SPARK LA helps support the school’s STEM curriculum – science, technology, engineering and math – which aims to attract more female students to pursue degrees and professions where females traditionally are underrepresented. In February, a...
Ram Vela Promoted to Vice President, Corporate Development and Integration at The Vortex Companies
HOUSTON, March 14, 2019 - The Vortex Companies recently announced the promotion of Ram Vela to Vice President of Corporate Development & Integration. Key to the continued expansion and evolution of the Vortex Companies, Mr. Vela's new role focuses on the refinement of existing processes and the seamless onboarding of strategic acquisitions. "Ram has played a huge part in integrating our internal operating systems and processes with our key acquisitions," stated Mike Vellano, CEO of the Vortex C...
Wärtsilä Lifecycle Solution Agreements Ensure the Optimal Performance of Two Bangladeshi Power Plants
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed five-year Lifecycle solution agreements for two power plants in Bangladesh. With the agreements in place, the customers can be assured that their plants can be operated at optimal efficiency, and that maintenance will be effectively planned and executed to maximise operational uptime. A Wärtsilä Maintenance management and operational advisory services agreement with PowerPac Mutiara Jamalpur Power Plant Ltd, an independent power producer (IPP) covers P...
Climeon’s Partly-Owned Company Baseload Capital Issues Green Bond of SEK 500 Million
Baseload Capital, an investment company which Climeon owns 15.7 percent of, has issued its first green bond. In total, SEK 500 million is issued to finance low temperature geothermal heat power. Baseload Capital has issued a green bond under their green bond framework. The bond is the first one in Sweden focused on low temperature geothermal heat power. In total, SEK 500 million is issued to finance geothermal power plants globally. The signatories consist of Nordic institutional investors....
BlueVoyant and IronNet Cybersecurity Form Partnership to Provide Cyber Collective Defense Capabilities to Energy Providers
Partnership offers Advanced Threat Analytics and Collective Cyber Defense Capabilities to Critically Underserved Small to Mid-Sized Energy Providers HOUSTON, March 14, 2019 - BlueVoyant and IronNet Cybersecurity today announced a partnership to deliver advanced, collective cyber defense and threat-detection capabilities to small-to-medium-sized energy providers in the United States. The joint offering will deliver IronNet's threat analytics platform along with the industry's first and only re...
Oxford Direct Services Assists Persimmon Homes with Highways Adoption at Seven Development Sites Across Oxfordshire
March 14, 2019 - Oxford Direct Services (ODS) has assisted Persimmon Homes, one of the UK’s most successful housebuilders, with Highways Adoption at seven of its development sites around Oxfordshire over the past 18 months. The experience of ODS’s Highways team as contractors for the Oxfordshire County Council Highways Authority helps the developer bring the roads and footpaths of its new estates up to standard quickly, speeding the adoption process. ODS has carried out remedial works for Per...
PTS Advance Continues to Expand National Footprint, Adding Two Key Hires in Gulf Coast
IRVINE, Calif., March 14, 2019 - PTS Advance is excited to announce the appointment of Jeanne Guzman Farias as Account Director – Gulf Coast in our Energy & Infrastructure Division. Farias brings over 15 years' experience in supporting clients in oil, gas and chemicals, as well as, renewables and power generation industries. Her background and experience includes Business Development for Petrochemical and Refinery Engineering services, Global Key Account Management for a Major Operator, and Capi...
Commercial Construction Survey Shows 70% of Contractors Struggling to Meet Project Deadlines as Labor Shortage Persists
Mending Younger Workers' Unfavorable Perception of Construction Careers Provides Opportunity to Revitalize Workforce WASHINGTON, March 14, 2019 - Results from the Q1 2019 USG Corporation + U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index (Index) indicate the labor shortage continues to pose major challenges to the industry, causing firms to ask skilled workers to do more work (81%), struggle to meet deadlines (70%), increase costs for new work (63%), and reject new projects (40%). As...
Trimble Introduces Tekla 2019 Structural BIM Software Solutions
SUNNYVALE, Calif.- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today the latest versions of its structural Building Information Modeling (BIM) software solutions for the construction industry—Tekla Structures 2019, Tekla Structural Designer 2019, Tekla Tedds 2019 and Tekla EPM 2019. Trimble's solutions support professionals in the structural steel, precast and cast-in-place concrete industries with a Constructible Process, an innovative approach for the digital transformation of architecture, engineering...
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