Western State DOTs Win Awards for Transportation Projects
A batch of transportation projects across Arizona, California, Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington State earned regional recognition in the 2020 America’s Transportation Awards competition for providing solutions that increase safety and save lives, make infrastructure more resilient, while improving the quality of life for their communities. [Above photo by the Hawaii DOT.] Patrick McKenna. Photo by the Missouri DOT. “The people who planned, engineered and built...
Nestlé Waters Becomes First Food and Beverage Company in the World to Earn Platinum Rating under the Alliance for Water Stewardship Standard
The Ontario, California Factory received AWS’ highest attainable certification, recognition of the site’s elite performance in water stewardship and community engagement All five California Nestlé Waters factories and all seven Arrowhead® Brand 100% Natural Mountain Spring Water factories are certified under the rigorous water standard ONTARIO, Calif. – Nestlé Waters North America today announced that its Ontario, California water bottling site is the first food and beverage factory in th...
Great Outdoors Colorado and Gates Family Foundation Grant $205,000 to Help Land Trusts Remotely Monitor Conservation Properties in Time of COVID
DENVER – Keep It Colorado, a nonprofit coalition of conservation partners including land trusts, public agencies and conservation professionals, has received $205,000 in grants from Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) and the Gates Family Foundation. The grant allows Keep It Colorado to launch a program that will help 12 land trusts use remote technologies – such as satellite and aerial imagery – to monitor conservation properties across the state. Remote monitoring is being used as an alternative to...
Xylem’s revolutionary Leopold Type 360 underdrain features innovative backwashing capability
New bolt down model increases efficiency RYE BROOK, N.Y., – Xylem now offers the Leopold Type 360 underdrain, a bolt down underdrain system for greenfield projects and water treatment filtration rehabilitation projects. The underdrain system has an innovative design concept where backwash water flows in a 360-degree pattern, increasing efficiency by up to 20%. “The industry challenged us to create an underdrain that combines efficiency, straightforward installation and individually se...
RIDOT and Congressional Delegation Break Ground for Providence Viaduct Northbound Project
Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti, Jr., U.S. Senator Jack Reed, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressman Jim Langevin, Congressman David Cicilline, and Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza today broke ground to mark the start of construction on the $265 million Providence Viaduct Northbound Project. This project will replace the 1,295-foot long northbound section of the Providence Viaduct Bridge which carries I-95 over numerous local roads and highway ramps,...
Ferguson Waterworks named Advance Valve Technologies®’ trusted distributor and installer in Arizona and New Mexico
(Houston ) – Advanced Valve Technologies (AVTTM) has strengthened its established relationship with Ferguson Waterworks, the nation’s largest waterworks company. The company has entered into a distributor and installer agreement covering the Arizona and New Mexico regions of the United States. Ferguson Waterworks has been working with AVT, a manufacturer of insertion valves, for eight years. The company has successfully installed more than 200 4 to 12” AVT EZ Valves® across a range of materia...
US Army Corps of Engineers Awards Stantec with National Dam and Levee Safety Contract
Stantec will provide geotechnical services for flood damage reduction projects EDMONTON, AB; NEW YORK, NY TSX, NYSE:STN: The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntington District, has awarded global design firm Stantec with a five-year, $45 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. Under this geotechnical services contract, the firm will be tasked to support the USACE mission to plan, design, evaluate, construct, operate, and control flood damage reduction proje...
United for Infrastructure 2020: A Week to Champion America’s Infrastructure
Join us from September 14-21 for our signature annual program, United for Infrastructure 2020: A Week to Champion America’s Infrastructure. For the last eight years, we have convened leaders from across America to highlight the critical role infrastructure plays in our daily lives, economy, jobs, public health, and national security. Led by our Steering Committee and joined by more than 500 affiliates nationwide, participants host events, tours and open houses at infrastructure assets, speak...
Stantec completes The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach, the largest residential adaptive reuse in South Florida
The development features 111 luxury condos and world-class hotel-style amenities MIAMI (DATE) NYSE, TSX:STN: Global integrated design firm, Stantec, announces the completion of The Ritz-Carlton Residences, located on seven-and-a-half acres in Mid-Beach in one of Miami Beach’s finest residential neighborhoods. Developed by Lionheart Capital, Stantec served as the architect of record, working in collaboration with Italian master architect, Piero Lissoni. Initially constructed in 1925 as...
HDR’s Latest Experts Talk: How Complete Streets Pilot Projects Help Communities Thrive in 2020
OMAHA, Neb. — The pandemic has made clear the importance of public streets. As people seek to socialize, exercise and distance themselves outside, streets are playing a major role in how people can interact with their communities. And as communities try to make the most of these public spaces, pilot projects can help to quickly test ideas and engage stakeholders. Rick Plenge In this Experts Talk interview, Rick Plenge and Gregory Adelberg share how piloting customized Complete Street appro...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
