Michael Baker International Recognized by Pittsburgh Business Times as One of the Top-Ten Largest Privately Owned Companies in the Region
Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, moved up three positions in The Pittsburgh Business Times’ ranking of largest privately held companies in the region, based on 2015 revenues. The company is now ranked sixth in the Pittsburgh market. “Michael Baker achieved significant growth in 2015 – both in Pittsburgh and across the world – and we look forward to continuing to build our brand and market presence in the years ahead,” said Kurt Ber...
Introducing New Officers of Turner Construction Company
Turner Construction Company is pleased to announce that leaders from across the company have been promoted to vice president. Robert Baird has been promoted to vice president and operations manager of Turner’s offices in Atlanta and the Carolinas. Robert joined Turner’s Atlanta office in 1992. He served as a carpenter, field engineer, chief of party, cost engineer, project engineer, project superintendent, project manager, and purchasing agent before being promoted to senior project manager i...
Cardno Sells Software Business XP Solutions
Professional infrastructure and environmental services firm Cardno Limited today announced it had signed an agreement for the sale of software business, XP Solutions, for USD $49 million to private equity firm EQT. The net proceeds of the sale will be used to strengthen the company’s capital structure and to further reduce net debt. XP Solutions provides industry standard sustainable drainage and flood hazard software for the civil engineering and environmental sectors. It services clients acr...
Skanska Invests EUR 46M, About SEK 430M, in New Office Project in Helsinki, Finland
Skanska invests EUR 46M, about SEK 430M, in a new office project in Helsinki, Finland, with a gross leasable area of 12,000 square meters. The construction contract is worth EUR 33M, about SEK 310M, which will be included in the order bookings for Skanska Finland for the third quarter 2016. The new building is located in Lintulahti area close to the sea and less than two kilometers from the Helsinki city center. It is within easy reach by both public transport and car. In the area, industri...
KBR Acquires Honeywell Government Services Provider, HTSI
HOUSTON, Texas, September 19, 2016 — KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today it has completed the acquisition of Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc. (HTSI). The acquisition of HTSI continues KBR's strategy of expanding its global Government Services offerings into higher end technical services that offer increased margins and a lower risk profile. The addition of HTSI builds on KBR's July acquisition of KBRwyle and HTSI will be integrated into KBRwyle to create a total capability Government Se...
Harold Madi Joins Stantec’s Urban Places Group
TORONTO, ON – Harold Madi has joined Stantec as Senior Principal. He will lead a newly formed Urban Places group to be headquartered in downtown Toronto. The Urban Places group is a specialized, urban-focused, multi-disciplinary team that is tailored to serve the unique growth and development challenges and opportunities of the Greater Golden Horseshoe and in cities and towns across Canada. “Harold is one of North America’s most successful and passionate urban designers,” says Simon O’Byrne,...
Thornton Tomasetti Announces Strategic Alliance with BRZ-Experts in Brazil
International engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti has expanded its presence in Brazil and Latin America through a strategic alliance with São Paulo-based firm BRZ-Experts. Since setting up shop in 2012, Thornton Tomasetti’s Brazil office has been manned by Director of Engineering Euclydes Trovato with assistance from Consultant Rafael Gomes de Oliveira and support from across the firm. The two have now transitioned to BRZ’s São Paulo office where Euclydes will continue to represent Thornton Toma...
Jacobs on Board for EDF Energy’s UK Hinkley Point C Project
PASADENA, Calif.- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) confirmed today that it is providing EDF Energy with project management services for the building and civil work on the main construction site, including the marine works, at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project in Somerset, United Kingdom. The announcement follows the U.K. Government’s confirmation that it has reached a new agreement in principle with EDF. This follows last October’s signing of the strategic investment a...
Dewberry Will Support $844,000 Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management recently awarded the City of Virginia Beach an $844,000 grant to assist the city with sea level rise (SLR) planning. Part of NOAA's Regional Coastal Resilience Grant Awards, the grants are aimed at helping coastal communities prepare for and recover from extreme weather events, climate hazards, and changing ocean conditions. Dewberry will support the City of Virginia Beach, along with the Georgetown Cli...
Esri Releases EMUs to Understand the Ocean
REDLANDS, Calif.- Esri, the world leader in smart mapping technology, announced a whole new way of measuring the ocean on September 15, 2016, at the Oceans Conference in Washington, DC. Ecological Marine Units (EMUs) are Esri’s gift to a world whose final unexplored terrain lies beneath its seas. Esri and USGS collected a series of global measurements representing the ocean’s physical and chemical properties most likely to drive ecosystem responses. From millions of measurements taken, 37 phy...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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