Arts & Culture Plan Produced by FCA is Adopted by Asbury Park Planning Board
Firm Completes Community-Centric Planning Effort to Enhance City’s Cultural Ecosystem ASBURY PARK, NJ — September 6, 2023 — Leading architecture, planning, and interior design firm FCA presented an Arts and Culture Plan on August 21 to the city of Asbury Park’s Planning Board, which officially adopted it as a component of the city Master Plan. Developed in collaboration with residents, the local creative community, and the Asbury Park Arts Council (APAC), the plan provides a roadmap for...
Western Specialty Contractors Completes Façade Restoration Portion of Tower Modernization Project at Bon Secours Hospital
(St. Louis, MO, Sept. 6, 2023) Western Specialty Contractors – Charlotte, NC Branch was a proud participant in the Tower Modernization project at Bon Secours Health System’s St. Francis Downtown hospital in Greenville, SC. The Tower Modernization project, led by general contractor Vannoy Construction, included general facade repairs, replacement of all punched windows with a new curtainwall system, and metal panel re-cladding of vertical inset areas on the hospital’s 12-story patient tower. T...
COWI selected to advise on pioneering hydro-pump storage project in Scotland - Cruachan 2
5th September 2023: COWI, a leading international engineering consulting group, has been awarded a contract by renewable energy company Drax. COWI, in collaboration with the Owner’s Engineer, Studio Pietrangeli, will provide consultancy services to support works in advance of the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) of the expansion of Drax’s existing pumped storage hydro-electric generation station located beneath Ben Cruachan in Argyll, Scotland. The expansion of Cruachan (known as Cruachan 2)...
Atkins Floyd Hill Project Named Bentley Systems 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure Finalist
DENVER, Colo. – Atkins, a member of the SNC‑Lavalin Group, has been named a finalist for the Bentley Systems 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure for its use of Bentley’s tech stack digital design software tools on the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) Interstate 70 (I-70) Floyd Hill project. The Atkins team is designing safety and mobility enhancements along an eight-mile stretch of I-70 as the project’s Engineer of Record and lead designer. Winners will be announced on Octo...
Preliminary design of new advanced water purification facility marks major milestone in California’s landmark Chino Basin Program
Facility to produce 15,000 acre-feet per year of purified water for injection into Southern California’s largest groundwater storage basin CHINO, Calif. — The Chino Basin Program (CBP), a program led by the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) and partners, has reached a significant milestone as environmental engineering firm Brown and Caldwell completes the preliminary design of a new 13.4 million gallons per day Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF), a vital component of the innovati...
Stantec Chosen to Design Next Phase of Toronto’s Basement Flooding Protection Program
Firm will provide engineering services to mitigate effects of basement flooding in residential areas TORONTO, ON - TSX, NYSE:STN: The City of Toronto has selected Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, to provide engineering services for Phase 5 of the City’s Basement Flooding Protection Program (BFPP). This multiyear program, which began in 2006, helps reduce the risk of flooding through improvements to the sewer system and overland drainage routes, which can fa...
FDOT Awards Superior Construction $117M Resiliency Contract for Flagler and Volusia Counties
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has chosen Superior Construction, an American family-owned infrastructure contractor, as its preferred contractor to complete a $117 million resiliency project on State Road (S.R.) A1A in Flagler and Volusia counties. Superior has teamed with Kisinger Campo & Associates (KCA) to offer design and constructability solutions across a 13-mile stretch of S.R. A1A, designated as a Florida Scenic Highway in 2002. Numerous hurrica...
Hartpury Tithe Barn, Gloucestershire, UK
The development of agriculture and enlargement of St Peters Abbeys possessions in the locality during the 13th century meant that the Manor required storage in Hartpury. The barn, now incorrectly called a tithe barn was built during the 14th century to store all the produce from the manor, not merely the tithe. Measuring 161ft x 36ft, Haripur’s tithe barn is one of the largest in Gloucestershire, and in indeed, in the country. At one end of the roof it has a winged dragon as a finial and at t...
Compression Fit HDPE Pipe - Another Proven Pipeline Replacement Method
The new 36-inch HDPE pipe replaces the corroded ductile iron pipe in the Sioux Falls, SD sewer system. Photo credit: Murphy Pipeline ASTM Standard Codifies Method for Gravity and Pressure Pipe for Both Water and Force Main Projects SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - It wasn’t a typical, normal sliplining job to replace a failing force main line here. The original ductile iron pipe had deformed and had severe ovality. Hydrogen sulfide gas from the sewage flow made sulfuric acid, which collected a...
Port de Quebec - Quebec City, Canada
The Port of Quebec (French: Port de Quebec) is an inland port located in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. it is the oldest port in Quebec after the Port of Montreal. Owned by the Government of Canada and operated by the Quebec Port Authority, the port has been in existence since the early 17th Century. In the 19th century, the Port of Quebec was one of the most important in the world. It played a major role in the development of both the city and of Canada. In 1863, more than 1,600 ships went...