Nevada DOT Substantially Completes Project to Extend US 50 Cave Rock Tunnel Ahead of Schedule
CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Nevada Department of Transportation has substantially completed a project to enhance traveler safety and roadside water quality on U.S. 50 in the Cave Rock area of Lake Tahoe nearly one month ahead of schedule. All U.S. 50 travel lanes through Cave Rock are now open. Since the project's start in May, traffic had previously been reduced to one lane in each direction through the Cave Rock tunnel. The project extended the westbound, lakeside Cave Rock tunnel entrance. ...
Fluor Announces Financial Close on A27/A1 Motorway Project in the Netherlands
IRVING, Texas and AMSTERDAM – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the 3Angle B.V. special purpose company, comprised of Fluor, 3i Infrastructure and Heijmans Capital, reached financial close with the Dutch government for the A27/A1 public private partnership (PPP) project in the Netherlands. The project is valued at more than $246 million, which includes a 25-year management and maintenance period. Fluor will book its portion of the award in the fourth quarter of 2016. 3A...
DTS and SmarterBetterCities Partnership Extends 3D to Asset Management
San Francisco, Calif. – DTS and SmarterBetterCities are pleased to announce a partnership that brings 3D tools and sharing to asset management. The world is not flat. Why run an asset management system that only allows you to track work management, perform condition assessments and generate projects for a capital improvement plan in the second dimension? This partnership will make the interaction with VUEWorks both richer and more intuitive. Using VUEWorks and CloudCities together brings many...
Autodesk and SBS Form Strategic Alliance
Lakewood, CO – Spatial Business Systems (SBS) has formed a strategic alliance with Autodesk to provide an expanded set of solutions for the utility industry. Through the alliance, SBS will be responsible for future development, support and licensing of Autodesk® Substation Design for Inventor®, Autodesk® Substation Design for Electrical and AutoCAD ® Utility Design (AUD) software. The alliance will allow SBS to focus on the ongoing development and support of Substation Design and AUD, while...
AECOM Announces Amendment to Existing Credit Facilities
LOS ANGELES – AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, today announced it has completed an amendment of its existing credit facilities. This transaction, which was facilitated by the Company’s strong financial position and favorable bank market conditions, reduces the Company’s borrowing cost and provides additional flexibility to execute on its strategy. The amended credit agreement, as approved by AECOM’s lenders, includes the following benefits: • Reduces...
AECOM Appoints Randall A. Wotring as President of Technical and Operational Services
LOS ANGELES — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, has announced that Randall A. Wotring has been named president of technical and operational services, effective immediately. The newly expanded role includes continued leadership of AECOM’s management services organization, as well as the added responsibility of leading key strategic initiatives. These include the expansion of the Company’s presence in the commercial sector and with global governments, an...
Contech's UrbanGreen Rainwater Harvesting Tank Receives Uniform Plumbing Code Certification
WEST CHESTER, Ohio, Oct. 3, 2016 - West Chester-based Contech Engineered Solutions announced today that the UrbanGreen Steel Reinforced Polyethylene Rainwater Harvesting Tank has been certified to be in compliance with the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC®) by The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) Research and Testing. Designated as an American National Standard, the UPC is a model code developed by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Offici...
SITECO Partners with Pavemetrics Inc., Launching Pave-Scanner, the First Infrastructure and Pavement Inspection System
Bologna, Italy - SITECO Infomatica SRL has completed integration of the Pavemetrics vision system technology product lines onto the SITECO Road-Scanner hardware and software platforms. This partnership has made available the first commercially available true 360 degree infrastructure and pavement surface inspection system. This new Laser Automated Road Analyzer system, called the PAVE-Scanner, is already deployed and in use in the EU. SITECO brings it’s iRAP Accreditation Specification fo...
Orbital Insight Measures China Oil Supply With Satellite Imagery Analysis
Orbital Insight, a US-based geospatial analytics and software company, today announced the general availability of China Oil, the latest addition to its global oil supply monitoring tools. Using a proprietary combination of machine learning and computer vision, Orbital Insight can analyze satellite imagery to accurately estimate how much oil is being stored in China at any given time. This product joins other offerings from the company, which include retail parking lot car counts, freshwater res...
FARO Disrupts In-Process Guided Assembly and Verification with the Introduction of a New Class of LIDAR with High Speed Imaging (HSI) Technology
LAKE MARY, Fla. - FARO® (NASDAQ: FARO), the world's most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for factory metrology, product design, construction BIM/CIM, public safety forensics and 3D solutions and services applications, announces the launch of the FARO VectorRI Imaging Laser Radar, an ultra-high speed, large-volume, non-contact 3D measurement solution with high-resolution 3D imaging and projection guidance for manual and automated manufacturing processes. “This product i...