New Pathways to Credit Announced
The Build America Bureau (Bureau) began offering an Emerging Projects Agreement in addition to a Master Credit Agreement for the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 (TIFIA) and the Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing (RRIF) programs. The Bureau can provide technical assistance and contingent commitments under the TIFIA and RRIF programs. The use of these two new agreements will help infrastructure projects at different phases of development reach project...
Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure Acquires GISquadrat
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure has acquired GISquadrat GmbH of Vienna, Austria. The acquisition will enhance Hexagon's geospatial, cloud and mobile solutions for governments and utility providers in Europe. A Hexagon partner prior to the acquisition, GISquadrat uses Hexagon software in a cloud environment to provide data capture and management services and applications, including task-specific field solutions for infrastructure networks and public services. GISquadrat's...
HNTB Names Sanja Zlatanic as Chair, National Tunnel Practice
NEW YORK – HNTB Corporation expanded its national leadership team by naming Sanja Zlatanic as chair, national tunnel practice. In this role, Zlatanic, PE, a senior vice president of the firm, directs the firm’s tunneling and underground projects and leads HNTB’s global marketing and business development for tunneling and underground within transportation and water resources market sectors. She is based in the firm’s New York City office in the Empire State Building. “Tunnels and complex u...
New Partnership Offers Hope for Florida’s Algal Bloom Crisis
TALLAHASSEE — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, and BLOOM Holdings, LLC, a materials development company, have announced a strategic teaming agreement to deploy technology to mitigate harmful algal blooms. The joint initiative aims to provide an economic and ecologically sound solution to a problem that increasingly affects the world’s water resources. BLOOM harvests wild algae from water bodies around the world, solar-dries the biomass and converts it to a key fe...
Renowned Groundwater Expert Bob Kleinmann Joins HDR
Bob Kleinmann, a nationally recognized expert in inorganic groundwater impacts, has joined HDR. As the firm's environmental geology technical lead, he will help clients navigate changes in the new coal combustion residuals ruling and develop strategies for other water contamination concerns. Kleinmann is based in HDR's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office. Prior to joining HDR, Kleinmann was a senior mining technologist for CH2M. Before that, he worked for the U.S. Department of Energy's National...
Dewberry Proceeds with FEMA Task Order for Louisiana Rainfall and Flash Flooding Event Analysis
Dewberry is proceeding with a task order from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for imagery and data interpretation of the recent Louisiana floods under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's strategic source indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, remote sensing to support incident management and homeland security contract. The firm will determine impacts from the heavy rains, flash floods, and inland riverine flooding in the state. Imagery and other source materials regar...
New Lindapter Hollo-Bolt Design Data
Lindapter has published new figures for designing Hollo-Bolt connections to LRFD and ASD methods, in compliance with the International Building Code. As the only expansion bolt with full ICC-ES seismic approval, this data assures building officials and the wider building industry that the Hollo-Bolt meets I-Code requirements. Download Lindapter's new ICC-ES approval data here
Parsons’ Jannet Walker Ford Elected to APTA Board of Directors
PASADENA, CA – Parsons is proud to announce that Jannet Walker Ford, Vice President and North America Director of Policy and Strategic Programs, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). “Parsons is proud of all of Jannet’s accomplishments, both for the company and for organizations supporting the industry,” said Michael Johnson, Parsons Group President. “Janet’s depth of experience delivering transportation infrastructure will benefi...
Stantec Acquires NYC-Based Edwards & Zuck: 120-Person Premiere Buildings Engineering Firm
Global design firm Stantec has signed a letter of intent to acquire Edwards & Zuck, a 120-person, New York City-based firm with a history of pioneering engineering technologies to create efficiency, stability, and beauty in buildings along the east coast. In addition to its 80-person New York City location, Edwards & Zuck has offices in Stamford, Connecticut, Morristown, New Jersey, and Miami, Florida. The acquisition, which will continue to strengthen Stantec’s Buildings business line in the...
Jacobs Wins Upgrade Project Contract from Singapore Refining Company
PASADENA, Calif. - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it received a contract from Singapore Refining Company Private Limited (SRC), a joint venture between Singapore Petroleum Company and Chevron, to provide services for an upgrade project at SRC’s refinery in Jurong Island, Singapore. Jacobs is providing concept definition (pre-FEED) and front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the upgrade of the refinery’s naphtha splitter unit (NSU), naphtha hydrotreating unit...