Laing O'Rourke Wins Key Opera House Renewal Contract
Laing O’Rourke Australia has won a competitive tender for Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) in the Sydney Opera House’s Stage 1 Building Renewal program, which comprises $250 million of projects to be carried out over the next five years. The program is the largest package of works since the Opera House opened in 1973. It includes upgrades to the Opera House‘s two largest internal performance spaces, the Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre, as well as upgrades to the entry and...
Black & Veatch Wins Hong Kong International Airport Expansion Project
Hong Kong SAR (6 September 2016) – Black & Veatch has won a water management role in the expansion of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) that incorporates business sustainability best practices. The Black & Veatch team will design the hydraulic and water treatment systems for the new Three-runway System (3RS) to be completed by 2024. The HKIA expansion will meet future air traffic growth and maintain its competitiveness as an international aviation hub while improving the facilities’ oper...
Marblehead, MA Pipeline Replacement Named APWA Project of the Year for 2016
BOSTON, MA – The American Public Works Association (APWA) has named the South Essex Sewerage District's Marblehead Pipeline Replacement Project as one of its Public Works Projects of the Year for 2016. The award was presented on August 29 during the APWA’s Public Works Expo in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The APWA Public Works Project of the Year Award was established to promote excellence in the management and administration of public works projects by recognizing the alliance between the managin...
Gilbane Building Company Earns Two Merit Awards from ENR Southeast Best Projects
August 2016 – ENR Southeast announced the winners of their 16th Annual Best Projects for 2016. They named two of Gilbane Building Company’s projects, LakePoint Indoor Facility and Rice Creek School, as merit award winners in their respective categories Sports/Entertainment and K-12 Education. LakePoint Indoor Facility The LakePoint Indoor Facility in Emerson, Georgia, boasts the largest continuous display of competitive hardwood flooring in the world and is the largest indoor sporti...
Projects on the Road to Approval
The design process for the Hyatt Regency at the Oregon Convention Center is well underway. The Design-Build team of Mortenson Construction and ESG Architects had their first Design Review Hearing with the City of Portland on August 18th. Every new construction and remodeling project within the Portland Design Overlay Zone must adhere to this process, the purpose of which is to maintain and enhance Portland’s historical and architectural character. Results from the first Design Review Hearing...
Ramboll Wins San Francisco Planning Frameworks
To date, San Francisco has been spared when it comes to cloudbursts or sea level rise. But the City and County of San Francisco Planning Department know that the risk is there. That is a major reason the Californian metropolis have appointed Ramboll on three major frameworks for planning services. The frameworks are broad and cover among other things Strategic Planning, Resiliency Planning and Sustainability Planning. The San Francisco Planning Department explains about Sustainability Plannin...
Black & Veatch Awarded Consultancy Role in Cirebon, Indonesia Project
Jakarta, 23 August 2016 – Drawing on more than 40 years of experience in power generation development in Indonesia, Black & Veatch will oversee the scheduling, design, quality control of equipment supplied, and construction activity for the 1,000 megawatt (MW) Cirebon 2 Project just east of the City of Cirebon in West Java, Indonesia. Black & Veatch has been appointed as the Owner’s Engineer by P.T. Cirebon Energi Prasarana to help deliver an operationally efficient and much needed coal power...
Tenaska’s Advanced Natural Gas Power Station to Improve Resource Efficiency
Overland Park, Kansas - Black & Veatch has been selected to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a new 925 megawatt natural gas combined cycle power plant. Using advanced, high efficiency turbine technology and a recycled water cooling process, the Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station will produce enough power to meet the energy needs of 925,000 homes. The station is located near Pittsburgh and will supply electricity to customers in Pennsylvania and 12 other...
KBR Awarded Multiple Contracts for Major Australian Civil Infrastructure Projects
HOUSTON – KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today it has won multiple contracts to provide services that include design management, project management, and procurement for several major civil infrastructure projects in Australia. KBR was awarded a contract by Gateway South, a Joint Venture of Fulton Hogan and Laing O'Rourke, to deliver engineering and design services as part of a design team for the Darlington Upgrade Project in Adelaide, South Australia, which forms part of the major upgrade o...
Greenspot Road Bridge in Highland, California Wins 2016 Project of the Year Award from American Public Works Association
T.Y. Lin International (TYLI), a globally recognized full-service infrastructure consulting firm, announces that the Greenspot Road Bridge, formally named the Jennifer Lynne Brookes Memorial Bridge, in Highland, California, has won the 2016 American Public Works Association (APWA) Project of the Year Award in the Small Cities/Rural Communities: Transportation category. TYLI served as Lead Designer of the bridge and Prime Consultant to the City of Highland for the project approval and environment...
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