Stantec Assisting City of Beaverton to Add Underground Water Storage, Upgrade Water System for Better Resiliency
Beaverton, OR - Stantec—a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm—is helping the City of Beaverton implement additional underground water storage at its Sorrento Water Works Facility, while also providing seismic upgrades to the facility. The project will help Beaverton meet increasing water demands and will provide critical redundant supply. Stantec, a leading designer of water infrastructure facilities, will assist the city with the renovation of the Sorrento facility. Highlig...
Partnerships Forge Industrial Growth
Gannett Fleming recently completed engineering and construction for the $40 million R. Steven Biggs Regional Wastewater Pretreatment Facility (WWPTF) in Clayton, North Carolina. Raleigh, N.C.- Gannett Fleming recently completed engineering and construction for the $40 million R. Steven Biggs Regional Wastewater Pretreatment Facility (WWPTF) in Clayton, North Carolina. A ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 10 celebrated the innovation and success of the state-of-the-art facility with community le...
Joint Powers Authority Formed to Govern East County Advanced Water Purification Program
On Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, appointed representatives from Padre Dam Municipal Water District, City of El Cajon and County of San Diego held the formation meeting of the East County Advanced Water Purification Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to serve as the governing body for the East County Advanced Water Purification project. The creation of the JPA marks a key milestone in moving forward the project that will create a new, local, sustainable and drought-proof drinking water supply using state-of-t...
Underground Oases Could Save Ailing Murray Floodplains
Underground bodies of freshwater could hold the key to the health of the fragile floodplains of Australia’s Murray Darling Basin. Flinders University researchers in Australia have discovered freshwater “lenses” that float on the saltwater aquifer below floodplains that run adjacent to the River Murray for most of its length. The researchers say the lenses could potentially be expanded and play an important role in sustaining the floodplains that are under threat because of reduced inundati...
Video: China Is Building One of the World's Largest Hydroelectric Dams
China is building a massive dam across the Qian River in the nation’s southern Guangxi autonomous region. Officials say that when completed in 2023, the Dateng Gorge Water Reservoir will claim the title of world’s largest concrete dam which is currently held by the Three Gorges Dam. Also known as the Datengxia Dam, the project has been under construction since November 2014 and is designed to provide flood control and generate electric power.
Rinker Materials™ Goes Deep for LakePoint Sporting Community
EMERSON, Ga. – About 35 miles north of Atlanta along Interstate 75, LakePoint Sporting Community serves as one of the largest and most popular youth travel sports destinations in the country. LakePoint Sporting Community recently partnered with Bartow County and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to construct a two-mile parkway as the complex’s primary transportation corridor with adjacent land for future hotels, restaurants and other amenities. Rinker Materials™ produced more than...
KAI 360 Construction Services to Provide Construction Management Services on Lower Meramec Wastewater Treatment Facility Expansion Phase II
(St. Louis, MO) KAI 360 Construction Services (KAI 360 CS) has been selected by the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) to provide Construction Management services on Phase 2 of the Lower Meramec Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) Expansion. Located in St. Louis County near the confluence of the Meramec and Mississippi Rivers, the expansion plan will increase the capacity of the existing Lower Meramec WWTF to treat the flows that are currently treated at the interim Fenton WWTF. The...
Stantec selected to conduct water infrastructure risk and resilience assessment for City of Asheville
ASHEVILLE, NC- NYSE, TSX: STN: Leading global design and engineering firm Stantec has been selected by the City of Asheville, North Carolina to provide professional engineering services to support the city in fulfilling the requirements of America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA), a newly signed law requiring communities to investigate vulnerabilities and implement solutions to better protect their area’s drinking water assets and services. The firm will conduct and certify a risk and resilienc...
City of Los Angeles Launches Update of Plan to Reduce Flood Risks and Insurance Costs
LOS ANGELES, CA — The Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering (Engineering) is taking the lead on the revision of the City of Los Angeles' 5-yearly Floodplain Management Plan (FMP). The plan is intended to reduce flood hazards and bring down insurance premiums for property owners. This effort is expected to take 10-12 months and will be completed with the support of a technical consultant. The mission of the FMP is to improve community resilience to flood hazards and protect the hea...
Greasezilla Selected to be the Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) Separation Technology for the Danbury Wastewater Treatment Center
LANSING, W.Va. – Greasezilla™, the most cost-effective and ecological brown grease separator available, is pleased to announce it has been selected as an integral part of a new state-of-the-art FOG-to-Biodiesel receiving station for the Danbury, Connecticut Waste Water Treatment facility. Greasezilla’s patented solution separates FOG into its basic elements, sending the water back to the treatments center headworks and recovering highly profitable brown grease as an Advanced Biofuel. At the...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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