CH2M Team Selected by the Port of San Francisco to Secure Resilient Waterfront for the Future
SAN FRANCISCO - The Port of San Francisco has selected CH2M, a leading program management firm and provider of global maritime engineering and coastal resiliency services, in partnership with Arcadis, a global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets, to lead the design and engineering for the 10-year, $40 million Seawall Resiliency Project. This monumental urban coastline initiative will reduce the seismic and flood vulnerability of San Francisco's 3.5-mile long Embarcadero s...
AECOM Receives Perfect Score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index
LOS ANGELES — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has earned a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and the distinction of “Best Places to Work for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality” in the United States. The Corporate Equality Index is the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to LGBT employees. “This year’s perfect rating fr...
City of Oceanside Strikes Sustainable Gold
OCEANSIDE, Calif. – The City of Oceanside hosted a grand opening on November 8 to celebrate the City’s first LEED-certified project. The new Mission Basin Groundwater Purification Facility Operation Building, located at 215 Fireside Drive, achieved LEED Gold certification through the LEED green building program. The U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED green building program is the preeminent program for the design, construction, maintenance and operations of high-performance green buildings. ...
Land Development and Subsurface Utility Engineering Expert Jim Herbert, PE, Joins Cardno's Austin Office
Austin, TX - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Jim Herbert, PE, has joined the firm as Senior Project Manager in the company’s Austin (Round Rock), TX, USA office. With more than 15 years of professional engineering experience, Jim has an extensive project background in public and private land development, specifically vertical mixed-use projects. Jim has a range of expertise in projects at state, county, and municipal levels including preliminary engineering, feasibility analysi...
New HRC Report: Oil and Gas Companies Continue to Improve on LGBTQ Equality in the Workplace
WASHINGTON - Oil and gas companies continue to underperform on LGBTQ workplace equality and inclusion, according to the 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) issued today by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization. With a record-breaking 609 businesses nationwide earning 100-point scores in the CEI, five companies -- Chevron Corp., Air Products & Chemicals Inc., BP Ame...
SUNY New Paltz, Urbahn Architects, and PC Construction Break Ground for the $14 Million, 19,500-sq.-ft. Engineering Innovation Hub
New Paltz, NY –The State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz President Donald P. Christian, SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson, elected officials, Urbahn Architects, and PC Construction have broken ground for the Engineering Innovation Hub (EIH) building. The new, two-story campus structure will enhance SUNY New Paltz’s growing mechanical engineering program, house the headquarters and laboratories of the University’s Hudson Valley Advanced Manufacturing Center (HVAMC), provide space for...
Water Systems Council Names David Rutz and Donna Weller to Board of Directors
WASHINGTON - David Rutz of Xylem Inc. and Donna Weller of Baker Manufacturing, LLC, have been named to the Water Systems Council (WSC) board of directors. Rutz is Director of North American Sales–Residential and Agriculture, Xylem. He has worked in Xylem's Applied Water Systems business unit for five years and has extensive experience in residential, industrial and agricultural pumps. Rutz holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universit...
Stantec’s Adam Leggett Among Top Young Native American Leaders
Anchorage, AK (November 8, 2017) NYSE, TSX:STN: Adam Leggett, Stantec’s Alaska Native Program Manager in Anchorage, was recently selected one of the top young Native American leaders by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED). Leggett was named a 2017 Native American 40 Under 40 award recipient by the non-profit organization. The award recognizes those in the Native American communities who demonstrate leadership, initiative, and dedication, making signifi...
BILCO Roof Hatches Add Unique Element to Washington, D.C. Housing Project
NEW HAVEN, CT/November 8, 2017 – The historic buildings, monuments and scenery around Washington D.C. draw tourists from all over the world. Tenants of 32 new townhomes in the city’s swanky Capitol Hill will have a unique and private vantage point to the area with individual roof hatches, offering them a perspective that is available to only a few residents of the nation’s capital. Buchanan Park is a residential development that is expected to be completed later this year. The project, which...
Michael Baker International Awarded $1.5 Million Contract to Provide On-Call Civil Engineering and Planning Services for Paving Projects in Oakland, California
Pittsburgh (November 7, 2017) – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that it has been awarded a $1.5 million contract to provide on-call civil engineering and planning services to restore and enhance roadways across Oakland, California. Services provided on these much-needed paving projects will improve public safety and enhance the city’s transportation network by repaving streets to remove potholes, rebuild cracked and d...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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