Fluor Announces Agreement with Texas Central
IRVING, Texas (August 14, 2017) – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that an agreement was reached with Texas Central Rail Holdings, LLC (Texas Central), to advance the preliminary development of the 240-mile high-speed passenger rail line connecting Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. “Fluor’s global expertise in developing the world’s largest megaprojects, matched with its ability to provide integrated solutions to clients across the globe, position the company well with Texas Ce...
Elliott Bay Seawall Project Receives Multiple Awards
AUBURN, Wash. (AUGUST 2017) –Throughout the year the Elliott Bay Seawall project has received multiple awards for design, leadership, environmental, sustainability, emergency construction, engineering and management. Oldcastle Precast Auburn, Washington supplied the custom precast structures for this project. The $210M seawall project made extensive use of unique modular precast concrete components, which significantly helped speed up construction time, reduced project costs, and minimize...
CH2M Pilots Multi-State, Mileage-Based User Fees Effort to Support I-95 Corridor Coalition
DENVER - The I-95 Corridor Coalition is set to test the design, implementation and acceptance of user-based alternative revenue mechanisms for funding transportation after the U.S. Federal Highway Administration awarded the Delaware Department of Transportation, on behalf of the Coalition, a Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives grant for the multi-state project along the eastern seaboard. CH2M is performing the overall project management, planning and technical work for the proj...
Virginia Transportation Secretary Layne Joins Elizabeth River Crossings and SKW Constructors to Celebrate Completion of Elizabeth River Tunnels Project with Ribbon Cutting and 5K Run
Virginia Transportation Secretary Layne joins Elizabeth River Crossings and SKW Constructors to Celebrate Completion of Elizabeth River Tunnels Project with Ribbon Cutting and 5K Run WHAT: Elizabeth River Crossings (ERC) and SKW Constructors (the Skanska-led construction joint venture of Skanska, Kiewit Construction and Weeks Marine), will celebrate the completion of the design-build phase of the Elizabeth River Tunnels (ERT) project, spanning Portsmouth and Norfolk, VA. The...
USDOT Finalizes Nearly $629M TIFIA Loan for Orange County (Calif.) I-405 Project
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Build America Bureau said it will provide up to a $628.93 million TIFIA loan to the Orange County (Calif.) Transportation Authority to cover about a third of the estimated cost to expand both general highway capacity and add 16 miles of express toll lanes along Interstate 405. The bureau said the loan is at a 2.91 interest rate with a term of 35 years after substantial completion for the I-405 Improvement Project. As previously reported, the OCTA boa...
Michael Baker International Awarded Consolidated Addressing Project to Improve Data Use for the City of San José
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that the City of San José, Calif., has awarded a master address database development and implementation project to the firm. Once completed, the project will improve the use of location data and other vital information throughout city government. The work will draw on Michael Baker’s database management expertise and utilize the firm’s DataMark® suite of geographic in...
Tennessee Officials Celebrate I-40/240 Interchange Project in Memphis
Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer joined state and local officials in Memphis July 19 to celebrate prior completion of a major interchange project at Interstate 40/240. When the project began in 2013, it was the largest contract in TDOT history at $109 million, the department said. The work included building a new four-level interchange, the first of its kind in western Tennessee. The project widened sections of Interstates 40 and 240, bu...
Fugro's Integrated Capabilities Clinch Further Work for Sirius Minerals at World's Largest High Grade Polyhalite Deposit
Fugro continues its provision of site characterisation services at Sirius Minerals’ North Yorkshire polyhalite project with the award of two major new contracts integrating geotechnical and geophysical investigations. The geo-intelligence and asset integrity solutions leader has won a new geotechnical package comprising seven deep boreholes in shaft and tunnel locations at the new UK mine located 3.5 kilometres south of Whitby in North Yorkshire. Fugro is undertaking strength tests of th...
CINTEC Transformed a Historical Chimney to a Central Feature of a Modern Shopping Complex
Cintec International is ensuring that a historic industrial chimney will be at the heart of The Twin Towers Port of Baku scheme. A demolition-threatened historic chimney in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku will now be the centre point of a multi-million pound new shopping complex thanks to the innovation of a Newport-based structural engineering firm. Cintec International has been commissioned to carry out complex structural preservation work on the chimney later this year in a £1m contract....
Chinatown Public Library in Chicago Wins Steel Design Award
(Chicago, IL) – The Chinatown Public Library in Chicago has earned national recognition in the 2017 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program (IDEAS2). In honor of this achievement, members of the project team will be presented with awards from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) during a ceremony to take place at the library on Wednesday, July 19, at 6 p.m. “Its rounded form, accented with vertical fins, serves as a beacon for the...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
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