Michael Baker International Selected to Assist in SEPTA’s ‘Rebuilding the System’ Program
Pittsburgh - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, is partnering with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to provide general engineering, construction management and inspection services to a host of SEPTA projects throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania. The company was recently awarded a three-year, $8-million contract to support SEPTA’s ongoing growth initiatives to improve the region’s infrastructure. As...
Hanes Geo Components Announces Hill Country Site Supply Acquisition
Hanes Geo Components, of Winston Salem, NC, announces they have reached an agreement to acquire Hill Country Site Supply. John Dowdell, President of Hanes Geo Components, commented that “under the leadership of Clay Cashatt, Chris McCormick and Jennifer Ryan, Hill Country Site Supply has developed an outstanding reputation as a trusted distributor of erosion and sediment control products throughout the Texas market. We are delighted to welcome the Hill Country team to the Hanes organization and...
Fluor Awarded Bauxite Expansion Project in Guinea
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) awarded Fluor an engineering, procurement and construction management contract for the Bauxite Production Expansion Project in Kamsar, Guinea. Fluor booked the $501 million contract value into backlog in the second quarter of 2016. The project will expand bauxite production from 14.5 million to 18.5 million tons per year and is the company’s first of a planned three-phase expansion. The s...
CINTEC America Provides Anchoring Systems for NYC MTA Subway Station Retrofit Project for World Tunnelling Publication
CINTEC America, a world leader in the field of structural masonry retrofit strengthening, repair, and preservation, announces that after extensive site testing and evaluation it will supply a new anchoring system for the overhead glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) panels for the NYC MTA subway station retrofit project for station platforms at 168th station and 181st station. The NYC MTA subway station retrofit project, due to be completed by the end of 2015, is aimed at providing ove...
HDR Selected as Owner's Engineer for Rev LNG Project
HDR has been selected as the owner's engineer for Rev LNG, which is building a small-scale liquefied natural gas facility near Scranton in Bradford County in northeast Pennsylvania. The facility will have 180,000 gallons of storage and a liquefaction capacity of 50,000 gallons per day. It will primarily supply LNG for fueling trucks but also for the energy exploration and production sector and eventually for marine customers. HDR will be responsible for the overall project management and d...
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Named GEC for Extension of State Road 167 in Tacoma
SEATTLE, WA – The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has awarded a contract to WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff to serve as general engineering consultant (GEC) on a planned extension of SR 167 in Tacoma. The project will provide a better freight connection between the Port of Tacoma and the Puyallup/White River Valley and also link industrial and urban centers. SR 167 will be extended four miles westward to connect with I-5, and then continue as the SR 509 spur an additional two...
Study Leads to Turf Installation at Georgia Southern Football Stadium
STATESBORO, Ga. — Georgia Southern University will kick off its 2016 football season next month on solid footing, thanks to an offseason project to install synthetic turf at Bryant Field in Paulson Stadium. The project was the result of a comprehensive study the university conducted with Woolpert, a national architecture, engineering and geospatial firm. “They were debating as to whether they wanted to go to a synthetic turf for the field, discussing playability, long- and short-term main...
ADOT&PF Completes $59 Million One-Of-A-Kind Airport Project
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) has completed the $59 million Kodiak Airport Runway Safety Area Extension. This unusual project presented a major challenge — there wasn’t enough land for the extension. The solution? Build more land. ADOT&PF, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and project consultant HDR developed a plan to extend two federally required runway safety areas by 600 feet into the Gulf of Alaska and use engineere...
Burns & McDonnell Delivers A380 Gate Project at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Time and Under Budget
CHICAGO — Burns & McDonnell representatives joined Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) officials this week in welcoming the arrival of the first commercial A380 flight at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. As part of a major expansion effort, the group inaugurated a newly built A380 gate area specifically designed to accommodate the world’s largest passenger aircraft. The opening ceremony culminated an effort assisted by Burns & McDonnell to equip O’Hare’s International Terminal 5 with a g...
Landscape Architecture Firm SWA Group to Plan Toronto's Last Large Undeveloped Site
Laguna Beach, CA: July 22, 2016 - SWA Group's Laguna Beach studio has been selected to plan the last large, undeveloped site in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owners Woodbine Entertainment Group, along with development consultant Live Work Learn Play, have commissioned a transformation of the 683-acre site into a vibrant, urban mixed-use neighborhood with the extant Woodbine Racetrack at its center. Currently the land is bordered by a highway, two major roads, and a light rail line. In addition to re...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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