Los Angeles Valley College Monarch Center Wins Steel Design Award
(Chicago, IL) – The Los Angeles Valley College Monarch Center in Valley Glen, Calif., 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 building on Tuesday, July 25, at 1:30 p.m. “A vibrant and uplifting steel structure th...
Belleview Station Completes First Phase of Transit-Oriented Development in South Denver
Denver – Belleview Station, the mixed-use transit-oriented development at I-25 and Belleview in south Denver, has announced the completion of phase one. With more than 100,000 square feet of retail space, 300,000 square feet of office and 678 residences nearing full occupancy, developer Front Range Land and Development Company is eyeing future developments on adjacent blocks that fit with its master plan for a smart and sustainable urban village in southeast Denver. “Belleview Station is rapi...
HNTB Continues Commitment to STEM Education Through Successful Second Year of SPARK Program
CHICAGO – HNTB Corporation, an infrastructure solutions firm, and Chicago Public Schools, recently completed the second year of a successful on-going partnership to support and grow student interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) through the firm’s SPARK program. Started by HNTB in 2015, SPARK focuses on providing students with a curriculum that combines hands-on activities within the world of design, construction and engineering along with site visits to high-profile in...
West Wilson Utility District Turns to GEO Jobe for UAV Data Capture & Orthophoto Updates
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - GEO Jobe, a leading GIS software and solution provider offering UAV mapping services, has been integrating UAV / UAS data capture into a number of projects enabling quick turn-around and cost savings for clients. What this means is that in addition to being experts in the ArcGIS / ArcGIS Online space we can offer our clients custom application development services, GIS analysis, expertise in ArcGIS Online, Enterprise, and Server (as well as our GEOPowered Cloud solution), and...
Great Lakes Announces Receipt of $26 Million Award at Myrtle Beach
OAK BROOK, Ill., - Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes”) (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of environmental and infrastructure services, announced today the receipt of a $26 million award for the Myrtle Beach Storm Damage Reduction Project. The scope of work includes placement of approximately 1.2 million cubic yards of material at North Myrtle Beach, Garden City and Surfside Beaches in South Carolina. The project...
CH2M-Designed Water Reuse Project Wins Florida Water Environment Association Project of the Year Award
TAMPA BAY, Fla. - The Florida Water Environment Association recently chose the Central Pasco County Beneficial Water Reuse Project, the 4G Wetlands, as its 2016 David W. York Water Reuse Project of the Year Award-winner. The David W. York Water Reuse Awards recognize service in education, innovative facility design, published papers, research, excellence in water quality improvement, outstanding personal service, distinctive advertising, service in the operations field, plant safety and sever...
Virginia Transportation Board Approves $18.6 Billion Six-Year Improvement Program
Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) has approved the most recent Six-Year Improvement Program for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. The program will allocate $18.6 billion to transportation projects for six fiscal years beginning July 1. VDOT reports the program will fund more than 3,600 transportation projects. The program allocates $15.2 billion to highway construction, broken out by the following categ...
BASE's The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 1 Wins Top Post-Tensioning Institute Award
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS – Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering, Inc. (BASE) has announced that The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 1 was awarded 2017 Project of the Year by the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI). The PTI awards are given biennially and recognizes projects worldwide for excellence in its application of post-tensioned concrete. BASE was the structural engineer of record for this project developed by PACREP, LLC, designed by Guerin Glass Architects, and constr...
Construction Underway on Ritz-Carlton Residences
With the foundation for the Ritz-Carlton Residences now complete, the 53-story luxury tower is rising on the shores of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Thornton Tomasetti provided structural design services for the condominium building designed by Arquitectonica. A joint venture of Fortune International Group and the Château Group is developing the 800,000-square-foot project. The tower’s foundation features a 22,000-square-foot mat with more than 1,110 tons of reinforced steel. Eighty trucks deli...
PCL Construction| DIALOG + Stantec Named Successful Proponents of the New Calgary Cancer Centre Project
Today, the Government of Alberta announced that the PCL Construction | DIALOG + Stantec design-build team was the successful proponents of the new Calgary Cancer Project, located at the Foothills Medical Centre Campus. With an anticipated opening in 2023, the new Calgary Cancer Centre will centralize treatment and care for cancer patients in southern Alberta. Symbolizing the type of care a patient can expect to receive at the new Calgary Cancer Centre the design features two curving L shaped...