Securing the Nation's Water: WaterISAC and Perch Security Partner to Improve Water/Wastewater Utility Cybersecurity
WASHINGTON and TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 23, 2017 - The Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (WaterISAC) announces that it has entered into a partnership with Perch Security to provide its membership with a state-of-the-art, automated cyber threat intelligence. "This partnership will automate the way cyber threat intelligence is used and shared by water and wastewater systems," says WaterISAC Executive Director Diane VanDe Hei. A membership-based nonprofit, WaterISAC is the primary source o...
Michael Baker International Completes Seagrass Restoration Project in Indian River Lagoon Surrounding the Merritt Island Airport
Tampa, Fla. (October 23, 2017) - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced the completion of a seagrass restoration demonstration project as part of a larger safety improvement program at Merritt Island Airport in Brevard County, Florida. The firm, in partnership with Sea and Shoreline, LLC; the Brevard Zoo; and Titusville Cocoa Airport Authority, harvested seagrass from the end of the airport’s Runway 29, grew it in a nursery and re...
Black & Veatch and China's TCC to Target Gas, Chemical and Fertilizer Projects throughout Asia
Black & Veatch and China Tianchen Engineering Corporation (TCC) have announced efforts to jointly market and pursue gas, chemical and fertilizer infrastructure projects. The companies will cooperate in developing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) opportunities throughout Asia including Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. On select pursuits, TCC will also explore obtaining financing for the project....
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine Prepare for Disaster Response Together
To help strengthen the European Union (EU) Eastern Partnership countries’ resilience, preparedness, and response to manmade and natural disasters, our international Stantec team organized a large-scale simulation that brought civil protection experts and teams from six countries together to enhance cooperation and strengthen relationships between disaster response teams. The event, EU MOLDEX 2017, was prepared and funded by the EU as part of the second phase of the Programme on Prevention, Pr...
CH2M to highlight sustainability expertise at American Society of Civil Engineers International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure
CH2M experts will be sharing best practices and sustainable solutions to resource management, engineering design and program management, as they participate in presentations, panels and sessions during the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI). The conference will be held October 26-28, 2017, in Brooklyn, New York. By championing sustainability-inspired principles, knowledge, technologies, tools and methods that lead to better...
AECOM Grows Water Leadership within its Americas Design and Consulting Services Group
LOS ANGELES — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has named Sergio Bazarevitsch senior vice president, water design-build and Quirien Muylwyk, MASc., P.Eng. vice president, water quality, both within the Americas Design and Consulting Services group. Mr. Bazarevitsch will oversee the design build practice, a critical growth area, and develop integrated and efficient solutions for AECOM’s process for building infrastructure systems. He comes...
Pipeline Renewal Technologies Publishes Sewer Rehab Strategy Worksheet
RANDOLPH, NJ — Pipeline Renewal Technologies has released a Sewer Rehab Strategy Worksheet as a companion piece to their recent white paper, Sewer Rehab: Deciding Between Spot Repair and End-to-end Methods. The white paper discusses the many factors to consider when choosing between the two approaches to rehabilitation; the worksheet follows up with a two-axis checklist composed of 12 yes-no questions, all of which serve to quickly pinpoint a given pipe on a recommendation matrix. In this manner...
GM Architects Chosen for the Restoration of Luxor's Famous Winter Palace in Egypt
Expected to be completed by the end of 2019, The Winter Palace Hotel is located in the city of Luxor, Egypt, overlooking the river Nile and the Valley of the Kings. Sofitel and Ekoth have chosen GM Architects to lead the project of revamping and modernizing its prestigious hotel with new creative components that reflect and embody the historical and archeolo- gical roots of its location. The hotel stands to represent the importance of colonial history, archaeological discoveries and cultu-...
KAI Design & Build Hires Three New Employees
(St. Louis, MO, Oct, 2017) KAI Design & Build announces the hiring of three new employees: Tom Graff of Edwardsville, IL as Construction Inspector. Graff comes to KAI with 19 years of industry experience. He has a Bachelor of Science in GIS/Environmental Planning from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL. George Robin, PE, of O'Fallon, MO as Senior Electrical Engineer. Robin comes to KAI with 41 years of industry experience, with expertise in the hospital/medical center industr...
Billion-Dollar Projects Fuel Spike in Private Sector Infrastructure Investment
Singapore: Multi-billion dollar projects are fueling stronger private sector investment in infrastructure projects in developing countries, which increased by 24 percent from 2016 levels, reflecting US$36.7 billion across 132 projects, says a new World Bank Group report. However, although the growth of larger-sized projects is contributing to improved figures for the first half of 2017, investment levels remain 15 percent lower than the half-year averages of the past five years, reports...
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