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Woolpert Signs 6-year Deal to Map Maine

January 13, 2017 - in Corporate, News

BANGOR, Maine  — Woolpert has signed a contract to collect high-resolution, four-band orthoimagery throughout the state of Maine. The six-year deal, which has a three-year initial term and a three-year renewal option, has an estimated value of $1.7 million.…

Woolpert Ascends Top Airport Design Firms List

January 9, 2017 - in Corporate, News

DAYTON, Ohio  — Roads & Bridges magazine released its seventh annual Go-To List for Design Firms, which ranks Woolpert tied for fifth among airport…

Panasonic and Silver Spring Networks Extend Smart City Reach Through New Alliance

January 6, 2017 - in Corporate, News

Las Vegas, NV  – Today at CES 2017, Panasonic CityNOW, a business of Panasonic Corporation of North America, and Silver Spring Networks, Inc. (NYSE:…

Thornton Tomasetti Acquires Swallow Acoustic Consultants

January 3, 2017 - in Corporate, News

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Swallow Acoustic Consultants Limited (SACL), a specialist in acoustics, noise and vibration control engineering based in Mississauga, Ontario,…

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

January 3, 2017 - in Corporate, News

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…

Jacobs Named in Forbes Just 100 List

December 28, 2016 - in Corporate, Events, News

DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has been named in the inaugural Forbes Just 100, a list of America’s best corporate citizens. Jacobs was ranked as one of the most just companies in the Capital Goods category. The list ranks large publicly-traded…

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 provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of environmental and remediation…

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,…

Burns & McDonnell Acquires Wisconsin-Based Industrial Contracting Firm AZCO Inc.

December 19, 2016 - in Corporate, News

Burns & McDonnell has acquired AZCO Inc., a 250-employee industrial contracting company in Wisconsin, in a stock-and-cash deal. The financial terms of the acquisition, which was completed Friday, were not disclosed. Chief executive-elect Ray Kowalik said…

Heathrow Airport Appoints Jacobs to Integrated Design Team

December 13, 2016 - in Corporate, News

DALLAS- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has been awarded a four-year contract by London’s Heathrow Airport Ltd to provide airport planning and engineering services to support the airport’s sustainable expansion. Jacobs joins Heathrow’s new Integrated…