Highlands Ranch, Colo. – Feb. 23, 2017 – Arcadis North America Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President Suthan S. Suthersan, PhD, PE, passed away unexpectedly Feb. 20 in Yardley, Pa., at the age of 60. A pioneer in the field of environmental…
Bechtel Awarded National Project Management Organization Contract in Saudi Arabia
Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, has been awarded a contract to support setting up and operating the National Project…
Jacobs Secures Architectural Design Role on Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals Expansion Project in Australia
DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has secured a key architectural design role in the $300 (approximately AUD$400) million second phase…
Dewberry’s Steve Kuntz Named ENR Mid-Atlantic 2017 Top Young Professional
Engineering News-Record Mid-Atlantic has named Steve Kuntz, PE, DBIA, as one of its 2017 Top Young Professionals. As associate vice president, Kuntz has 18 years of experience in the civil engineering field. He has served as a project manager and roadway design…
Consortium Assessing Pumped Hydro Storage Plant in South Australia
EnergyAustralia, one of Australia’s leading energy retailers, today briefed the federal government on the potential for a pumped hydroelectric storage project in South Australia to support delivery of cleaner, reliable and affordable supplies of energy.…
RES Awarded Storage Project for National Wind Technology Center
Broomfield, Colo. – Renewable Energy Systems (RES), is pleased to announce that our RESolve® energy storage system has been selected for the 1MW/1MWh energy storage test project at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) National…
Updates for Autodesk Revit Live [formerly Autodesk LIVE] Announced Today
Autodesk brought “on demand” interactivity to the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) with the introduction of Autodesk Revit Live (formerly Autodesk LIVE) in July 2016. Autodesk Revit Live is the game-changing, cloud-based service that…
Minnesota DOT Pursues Statewide Inventory of Barrier End Treatments with Continental Mapping
(Sun Prairie, WI)—February, 2017 — Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) proactively identified the need for a comprehensive inventory of barrier end treatments and associated guardrails on state owned highways. To meet this need, MnDOT awarded…
Capitol Hill Briefing on Industry Priorities
CHICAGO — As a member of the North American Concrete Alliance (NACA), PCI President and CEO Bob Risser joined senior officials representing the 11 NACA-affiliated associations and the Congressional Cement Caucus on capitol hill on February 5, 2017. The purpose…
Damage to Oroville’s Main Spillway ‘Was an Accident Waiting to Happen’
The badly damaged main concrete spillway at Oroville Dam was pounded by massive volumes of stormwater this month, but its failures occurred well short of the maximum flow that engineers designed the system to handle. The spillway began breaking apart when…
