Dewberry Announces the Promotion of Keith Ludwig
Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of Keith Ludwig, PLS, to associate in the firm’s Mount Laurel, New Jersey, office. With more than 30 years of surveying experience, Ludwig is the operations manager for the surveying department. His experience includes boundary and property line analysis, aerial control networks, geographic information system mapping, and static global positioning systems. He has served as the project manager for numer...
Heathrow Airport Appoints Jacobs to Integrated Design Team
DALLAS- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has been awarded a four-year contract by London’s Heathrow Airport Ltd to provide airport planning and engineering services to support the airport’s sustainable expansion. Jacobs joins Heathrow’s new Integrated Design Team (IDT) of seven aviation planning and design organizations selected to develop plans for the airport’s expansion. The team will collaborate to help deliver one of the most complex airport developments in the world. Heathrow Ai...
TfGM Continues with Award Winning Partnership for Metrolink Trafford Park Line
At a meeting of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), council leaders gave the green light for TfGM to continue the contracts with MPact Thales, various utilities and WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff for the delivery and management of the scheme to design and construct the line. MPT is a consortium of VolkerRail, Laing O’Rourke and Thales. VolkerRail and Laing O’Rourke will continue to be responsible for the design and construction of the civil engineering and track, while Thales will del...
Parsons Recognized by NASA for Small Business Program
PASADENA, CA – Parsons is pleased to announce that it is the winner of two National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Fiscal Year 2016 Small Business Industry Awards. Parsons was named Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year for the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, for the second consecutive year. It also received the Mentor-Protégé Agreement of the Year Award for the Goddard Space Flight Center. Selection for both awards was based on Parsons’ support of small busines...
Bechtel Congratulates International Team on Chornobyl Milestone
Bechtel, the global engineering, construction, and project management firm, today congratulated an international team for completing a historic milestone at the site of the Chornobyl nuclear plant: the successful sliding of a massive containment arch that now covers the plant’s damaged reactor. Bechtel led the consortium that designed the massive arch on rails to be built in segments, joined together, and slid over the reactor. With end walls added to both sides, the arch will keep the radioacti...
Natural Resources Wales Taps CH2M's Flood Modeller Pro for its New Flood Forecasting System
DENVER - Natural Resources Wales, the Welsh Government's principal adviser on issues relating to the environment and its natural resources, selected CH2M's Flood Modeller Pro software as the core hydrodynamic modelling solution within its new flood forecasting system. The system is being built using Deltares' Delft-FEWS software, an open data handling platform, designed for building a customized hydrological forecasting system. "Flood forecasting is an essential component of flood risk manage...
Jacobs Wins CURT 2016 Workforce Development Award
DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has received the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) 2016 Workforce Development Award in recognition of its JacobsWay program, which provides career advancement opportunities in construction. CURT is an association of leading corporations in the United States and Canada, dedicated to the promotion of cost effective construction methods. CURT members recognize that training, education and recruitment are essential to excellence in construction...
AECOM Moves into Shekou
HONG KONG – AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, today celebrated the move of one of its offices into a refurbished industrial building in Shekou, Shenzhen. An opening ceremony was held with major business partners and local authorities attending. The new building was designed by AECOM, who turned an old industrial building into a state of the art office, an exemplary renewal project amidst the changing economy of the original industrial district. “People should be...
AECOM Appoints Bob Leonetti as General Manager of Civil Construction & Mining
LOS ANGELES — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, today announced that Bob Leonetti has been named general manager of its civil construction & mining (CCM) business unit, which falls under AECOM’s construction services group. In this role, Mr. Leonetti is responsible for the strategic advancement of CCM’s financial growth expectations and implementation of integrated solutions while maintaining operational excellence. CCM is integral to AECOM’s integrated service d...
HNTB Publishes Viewpoint Discussing Strategic Investment in Transportation
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – HNTB Corporation released a new Viewpoint, titled America is ready to invest seriously in transportation. Let’s make sure we do it efficiently. It discusses the potential influx of federal, state and local infrastructure funding, and the need for strategic infrastructure investments to maximize potential gains in jobs, economic growth, global competitiveness and quality of life. President-elect Trump has vowed to invest as much as $1 trillion dollars, spread out over 10 ye...