Koch Membrane Systems Installs the UK’s Largest Membrane Bioreactor System
Wilmington, MA — Facing limited space and strict water directives, Koch Membrane Systems (KMS) upgraded the Woolston Wastewater Treatment Works near Southampton, England — providing increased production capacity without expanding the plant’s footprint. KMS, in cooperation with 4Delivery, replaced the Woolston facility’s existing conventional activated sludge system with the PULSION® MBR ultrafiltration membrane — dramatically improving effluent quality by increasing nutrient removal and achie...
New Report Identifies Corrosion as Major Threat to Public Health
HOUSTON - NACE International, the nonprofit association and leading resource for corrosion expertise and education, today released its Spotlight on Corrosion Report: The Critical Need for Corrosion Management in the Water Treatment Sector. Based on input from more than 1,300 corrosion professionals, the report identifies aging water infrastructure as a pressing, costly, yet resolvable threat to public health, and recommends the adoption of Corrosion Management Systems (CMS) as an immediate solut...
Design, Building Codes and Emergency Strategies All Play Important Role in Residence Hall Emergency Evacuations
(St. Louis, MO) One of the elements of safe residence hall design is proper evacuation of the building. When someone enters a building, eventually they will have to exit, sometimes quickly in the case of an emergency. Building codes, emergency strategies and thoughtful design all play important roles in protecting the health, welfare and safety of residence hall occupants when an emergency evacuation is necessary. According to student housing design expert Javier Esteban, principal at KWK Ar...
New Visitor Center at Historic Site in Bulgaria Is Being Designed by SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership as a Collaboration: The Bishop’s Basilica of Philippopolis
SKOLNICK Architecture &Design Partnership, based in New York, is collaborating with two Bulgarian firms on the design of a new visitor center at an important archaeological site in Plovdiv, Bulgaria: the Bishop’s Basilica of Philippopolis. It is an ancient Roman church where extensive 4th and 6th Century mosaics, along with other artifacts, have been uncovered. Here, colorful mosaics cover approximately 2,000 square meters in two layers in the center of Plovdiv, the second-largest city in Bulgar...
APAC to Drive Global Distribution Transformers Market Over Next Four Years, says GlobalData
Asia-Pacific (APAC) will continue to lead the distribution transformers market of the global power sector with a share of 48% and reach $6.94bn in 2022, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report, ‘Distribution Transformers Market, Update 2018, reveals that the global market value is likely to reach $14.32bn in 2022, growing at a modest CAGR of 1.6% between 2018 and 2022. Nirushan Rajasekaram, Power Analyst at GlobalData, says: “Systemic transfor...
Multivista Announces DroneDeploy Partnership, Advanced UAV Mapping Services
(Phoenix, USA ) – Multivista, part of Hexagon, announced today a partnership with DroneDeploy, the leading cloud software platform for commercial drones, to expand project management capabilities for the construction industry. Through a sophisticated platform integration, Multivista users now have access to an array of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) resources, each powered by DroneDeploy. “This is the most robust and dynamic integration Multivista has developed to date,” said Graham Twigg,...
Renewable Energy the Most Competitive Source of New Power Generation in GCC
Abu Dhabi, UAE – Renewable energy is the most competitive form of power generation in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, according to a new report published today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Abundant resources, together with strong enabling frameworks have led to solar PV prices of below 3 cents per kilowatt hour and dispatchable concentrated solar power (CSP) of 7.3 cents per kilowatt hour, which is less than some utilities in the region pay for natural gas....
Acrow Bridge’s Paul Sullivan Elected Vice Chair of U.S. Trade Representative's Trade Advisory Committee on Africa (TACA)
(Parsippany, New Jersey) – Paul Sullivan, Senior Vice President – International at Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, was recently elected Vice Chair of the Trade Advisory Committee on Africa (TACA), a committee of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). Sullivan was originally appointed to TACA in 2015. The USTR has primary responsibility for developing and coordinating U.S. international trade policy and overseeing negotiations...
Ferrate Solutions, LLC Enters Global Market for Commercial Water & Wastewater Treatment
(Melbourne, FL) - A U.S.-based company has entered the international marketplace for commercial water and wastewater treatment with a product and service package that is virtually without competition in its field. Ferrate Solutions, LLC is both a manufacturer of chemical production equipment and a designer of unique engineering processes which together create and then deliver the most sought-after, iron-based compound known as Ferrate, to polluted water. Ferrate has long been celebrated by r...
Boral Resources Acquires Marketing Rights for Two Major Mexico Fly Ash Sources
ATLANTA - Boral Resources has acquired marketing rights for fly ash produced at two large coal-fueled power plants in Mexico. The power plants are capable of producing more than 1 million tons annually of concrete quality Class F fly ash that will be available for distribution through Boral's extensive western United States network. The new ash sources include: Carbon II – in Nava, Coahuila, located approximately 25 miles from the Texas border and accessible by truck and rail shipments....
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
