SALEM – Oregon’s transportation system is critical to the economy: one in five jobs in the state is transportation- and trade-related, and as a trade-dependent state we rely heavily on exports from farms, forests and factories to support jobs. Two new…
Atlas Copco Wins Orders for Key Colombian Road Projects
Stockholm, Sweden, March 17, 2017: Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has won several orders for equipment that will…
Asbestos Detecting Technology to Protect Construction Workers
A ROBOTIC microscope has been developed to test air quality at demolition sites to protect workers from deadly asbestos fibres. Marvin is an analysis…
UVIG Announces Annual Annual Achievement Awards in Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Ariz. – The Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group, (UVIG), honored a broad group of energy professionals for their contributions and accomplishments for the reliable and economic integration of renewable energy. The honorees are all recipients…
Houses That Are One With the Environment
Green Builder Media releases the 2016 Green Home of the Year Award winners. These green gems will further the goal of carbon neutral building, making housing a leader in saving the planet. This year’s Green Home of the Year award winners aren’t just projects…
Atkins and Dragages Celebrate the First TBM Tunnel Breakthrough at Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point Project
The breakthrough ceremony for the Lung Shan Tunnel southbound tunnel boring machine (TBM) section of the Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point (BCP) took place on 1 March 2017. The ceremony was officiated by the Permanent Secretary for Development…
A New Office Tower in Manila Tops Out
A topping out ceremony was held late last month for The Finance Centre, a 42-story, class A office tower in Manila, Philippines. Thornton Tomasetti, along with local engineering firm SY^2, is providing structural engineering services to Daiichi Properties,…
CH2M Signs Framework Agreement with Shell to Provide Global Engineering Services
DENVER - CH2M has signed a framework agreement with Shell to provide engineering, procurement, construction and project management services across upstream, integrated gas and downstream projects globally. This is in line with continuing efforts to make transformational…
Bechtel Helps Launch “Building Responsibly” Initiative to Promote Global Worker Welfare
Bechtel, the leading global engineering, procurement, and construction firm today announced the formation of a global coalition aimed at improving worker safety and productivity standards for construction and engineering projects as well as for their relevant…
Stantec Wins Three Engineering Excellence Awards in Ohio
Engineering teams from Stantec Ohio offices were honored with three engineering excellence awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies, Ohio. The Scioto Greenways project in Columbus, Ohio earned the organization’s top honor for the year. …
