Jacobs Completes Acquisition of Wood Nuclear Business
DALLAS, March 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE:J) has completed its acquisition of Wood Nuclear, part of John Wood Group (LSE: WG), for an enterprise value of approximately £250 million ($325 million). The transaction enhances Jacobs' credentials as a global leader of total lifecycle nuclear services and technology-enabled solutions, providing strategic support to clients' mission-critical defense and clean energy priorities, nuclear clean-up and decommissioning, environmental restoration an...
Azelio inaugurates its renewable energy storage at Noor Ouarzazate solar complex in Morocco
Azelio has completed the installation of its renewable energy storage with 24h clean power production at Noor Ouarzazate solar complex in Morocco. An inauguration ceremony was held on March 5, 2020 together with the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen) and invited prominent guests. A well-attended inauguration ceremony of Azelio's renewable energy storage took place at the Noor Ouarzazate solar complex in Morocco on March 5th, in the presence of government representatives from sev...
Sempra Energy Subsidiary Port Arthur LNG and Bechtel Sign EPC Agreement
Final Investment Decision Expected in Third Quarter 2020 Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) and Bechtel today announced that their respective subsidiaries, Port Arthur LNG, LLC and Bechtel Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Inc., have signed a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Port Arthur LNG liquefaction project under development in Port Arthur, Texas. “Building new export infrastructure in the U.S. is critical to providing overseas markets with cleaner fuel alternat...
Tetra Tech Wins $125 Million Contract for Emergency Response and Recovery Services
PASADENA, Calif. - Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that the United States Postal Services (USPS) selected the Company for a $125 million multi-year contract to provide nationwide emergency preparedness response and recovery services. Under this contract, Tetra Tech will use innovative technologies and advanced analytics to support operational and emergency environmental services for the USPS. Planning support services include risk assessment and hazard mitigation, toxin assess...
Jacobs to Design Korea Air Operations and Intelligence Center for US Army Corps of Engineers
DALLAS - Jacobs (NYSE: J) has been selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide architecture and engineering design for the Korea Air Operations and Intelligence Center (KAOIC), one of the largest projects that is currently part of the U.S. Military Construction and Host Nation Funding Program. The KAOIC will oversee air operations and distributed common ground station weapon systems supporting the U.S. Forces Korea and the U.S. and Korea Combined Forces Command in defense of the K...
How can sustainability in construction be achieved without compromising efficiency? The Hybrid City initiative calls for innovation
Metsä Wood’s Hybrid City initiative is searching for ways to make construction more sustainable while maintaining efficiency using current building methods. Improving sustainability is imperative: construction alone uses 50% of the world’s resources. However, the transition will only happen if construction companies can maintain efficiency. The world needs a Plan B. Conventionally used materials such as concrete and steel dominate the construction industry, and construction alone uses half th...
WSP USA Announces Executive Leadership Appointments, Promotion
Firm welcomes Andrew Esposito, Steve Summers to U.S. executive leadership team; promotes U.S. property and buildings practice leader Rich Driggs. NEW YORK CITY (March 5, 2020) — Lou Cornell, president and CEO of WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, has announced appointments and promotions to the firm’s executive leadership team. The new arrivals to the executive leadership team are: Andrew Esposito, who joins the firm as chief financial officer;...
Big Blue Bus Selects Stantec to Lead Transition to Zero-Emission Bus Fleet
Santa Monica, CA - Top 10 global design firm Stantec has been selected by Big Blue Bus— which serves Santa Monica and the Westside of Los Angeles, one of the most densely populated areas in L.A. County— to help the transit agency transition to a zero-emission bus (ZEB) fleet. Stantec will assist the municipal bus operator to devise an electric vehicle charging strategy as it switches its fleet of 195 buses by 2030. The Big Blue Bus implementation date is a decade ahead of a statewide mandate....
ModelStream® 2.0 EAM Application Boasts Improved Performance and Integrated AI in Latest Version
New York, NY - Global BIM Management Consulting Firm Microdesk, a leading provider of business and technology services for the design and construction industry, has released ModelStream® 2.0, an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) application that provides bi-directional synchronization of assets and location data between Autodesk Revit and IBM® Maximo®. The application alleviates the time and personnel resources needed to combine assets from IBM® Maximo® with the attributes and location data a...
Miami Condominium Tower Cited In National Engineering Competition
Innovative Structural System Creates New High-Rise Landmark WASHINGTON, DC – DiSimone Consulting Engineers of New York City has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) 53rd annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) for One Thousand Museum, a new condominium tower in Miami, Fla. The 709-foot-tall tower incorporates a distinct, undulating façade comprised of glass fiber-reinforced concrete (GFRC)...
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