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AECOM, EnergySolutions Joint Venture Wins San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Decommissioning Contract

December 28, 2016 - in Energy

LOS ANGELES  — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, and EnergySolutions, a nuclear waste management and decommissioning services firm, announced today they have been selected as the decommissioning general contractor…

Great Lakes Selects Lasse Petterson as CEO and Appoints him to its Board of Directors

December 28, 2016 - in Corporate, News, Water

OAK BROOK, Ill. - The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes”) (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest…

3i Acquires Infrastructure Assets from EISER Global Infrastructure Fund

December 27, 2016 - in Financial, News

Fried Frank London is advising client 3i Group plc (“3i”), a London-based public investment firm specializing in private equity, infrastructure and…

USDOT Secretary Foxx Releases Final Report on the Every Place Counts Design Challenge

December 27, 2016 - in Transportation

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the release of the USDOT Ladders of Opportunity Every Place Counts Design Challenge report summarizing the experience and lessons learned from the four selected cities – Spokane, WA; Nashville,…

​Structural Engineering Finalists and Winner, Year in Infrastructure 2016

December 22, 2016 - in Awards, Featured

Read this Informed Infrastructure supplement showcasing the Finalists and Winner for the Bentley Systems 2016 Be Inspired Award for Innovation in Structural Engineering.

Queens Library Leadership, Stalco Construction, Marpillero Pollak Architects and Local and National Political Leaders Open New $32.4 Million Elmhurst Community Library

December 22, 2016 - in Buildings

ELMHURST, N.Y. _ Queens Library President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, New York City Council Member Daniel Dromm, New York City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng, NYS Assembly Member…

Hill International Agrees to Sell Construction Claims Group to Private Equity Firm Bridgepoint in $147 Million All-Cash Transaction

December 21, 2016 - in Corporate, Financial, News

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, - Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that it has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement to sell its Construction Claims Group to Bridgepoint Development Capital,…

USDOT’s ITS Joint Program Office Celebrates 25th Anniversary

December 20, 2016 - in Transportation

Today, the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) celebrates its 25th anniversary. On December 18, 1991, the ITS JPO was founded as part of the federal aid transportation program reauthorization. Its founding was a significant public…

President Signs WIIN Act Containing Water Supply Cost Savings Act Provisions Championed by Water Systems Council Into Law

December 20, 2016 - in Featured, Water

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2016 - President Obama has signed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act into law, which includes provisions of the Water Supply Cost Savings Act championed by the Water Systems Council and other leading water…

Bechtel, U.S. Department of Energy Agree On Terms to Complete First Phase of Nuclear Waste Treatment Plant

December 19, 2016 - in Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced agreement on contract terms with Bechtel that will incentivize treatment of liquid radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production to begin by January 2022. Bechtel will complete and commission the first phase…