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8 hrs ago | The Denver Business Journal

Arcadis acquires Malcolm Pirnie

Global engineering and consulting company Arcadis said Friday it has completed its takeover of water consultancy Malcolm Pirnie Inc.

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Related Topix: Construction, White Plains, NY

16 hrs ago | PR-inside.com

FEMA Awards Contract to PaTH Joint Venture of DynCorp International, Dewberry and Parsons

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded a contract to Partnership for Temporary Housing, LLC to provide temporary housing and support for shelter operations for disaster victims.

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Related Topix: Construction, FEMA, US News

Thu Jul 09, 2009

The Globe and Mail

SNC-Lavalin to design Algerian city

You asked. We're building it. Montreal - The Canadian Press Last updated on Thursday, Jul.

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Related Topix: Construction

Brownstoner

Ellerbe Becket's Arena to be Less Ugly Than Rendered?

This one got lost in the long-weekend shuffle: Last week Crain's reported that the Ellerbe Becket renderings for the Atlantic Yards arena "do not reflect" Bruce Ratner's vision for the project and that he is still committed to a "world-class design." According to the article, the renderings that we've seen, like those at right , are not necessarily ...

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Related Topix: Construction

Tue Jul 07, 2009

TMCnet

CF, RVBD, URS, PLCM, ENB, PNBC Expected To Be Higher Leading Up To Next Earnings Releases

BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released in the coming weeks and determining how the stocks have performed before their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and July/August earnings reports.

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Related Topix: Construction, URS Corporation, Financial Markets, Chemicals, Banking, Financial Services, Charter One Financial, Riverbed Technology, Startups, Telecom, Polycom

Sun Jul 05, 2009

GuruFocus.com

Internet Wealth Builder Update on Stantec Inc., Kansas City Southern, Canadian National Railway

Originally recommended on Aug. 28/06 at C$20.48, US$18.45. Closed Friday at C$28.03, US$24.23. Over at Stantec the picture is much more encouraging.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Construction, Kansas City Southern, Railroads, Canadian National Railway

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Star Tribune

35W suits: One more to come?

Minnesota bridges rated: An interactive map of bridges that are "structurally deficient," "functionally obsolete" or have gusset plates like those on the I-35W bridge.

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Related Topix: Construction, URS Corporation, Jacobs Engineering Group

Solon Herald Sun

Solon: Fee negotiated with URS over Briar Hill Lake dam

The city should pay URS Corp. -- an international engineering firm with offices in Cleveland -- $223,232 to design repairs of the Briar Hill Lake dam.

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Related Topix: Construction, URS Corporation

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

Volunteers give trail a makeover

Deep under the Leimert Bridge and below Park Boulevard, more than 60 volunteers cleared a walking and biking trail.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Metro, Construction, URS Corporation, Oakland, CA

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Art Daily

Sears Tower Debuts Glass Walk Out and Skydeck Experience

Visitors have unobstructed views of Chicago 1,353 feet straight down. Photo: EFE/Kamil Krzaczynski.

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Construction

PittsburghLIVE.com

$138 million price tag for Alle-Kiski rail line 'justifiable'

The full Commuter Rail Interim Study completed by HDR Inc. is available on the Westmoreland County Transit Authority's Web site .

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Related Topix: Construction, Westmoreland County, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Arnold, PA, New Kensington, PA, Verona, PA

Tue Jun 30, 2009

ISurfHopkins

Kentucky Transportation ACabinet Announces New Bridge over Tennessee River

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has hired an experienced engineering firm to design the superstructure for a new US 60 bridge over the Tennessee River at Paducah .

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Kentucky Government, Construction, URS Corporation

Jacksonville Business Journal

Haskell, Sauer up for $250M in work

Two of the five construction companies eligible to tap into up to $250 million worth of military work are from Jacksonville.

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Related Topix: Construction, Manufacturing, Automakers, SauerDanfoss, Montgomery Metro, Montgomery, AL

Albany Times Union

Malcolm Pirnie acquired by Netherlands firm

The White Plains-based Malcolm Pirnie Inc. environmental consulting firm has been purchased for $222 million by a Netherlands company.

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Related Topix: Construction, Clifton Park, NY

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Art Daily

Tacoma Art Museum Announces Shortlist of Selected Design Firms

Tacoma Art Museum received 95 design concepts to redesign the museumA's plaza and perimeter and create a landmark civic space that enlivens downtown Tacoma.A© Lara Swimmer/Esto. TACOMA, WA.- Tacoma Art Museum received 95 submissions in response to its recent call for design concepts to redesign the museumA's plaza and perimeter and create a ...

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro, Tacoma Metro, Tacoma, WA, Construction

Tampa Bay Online

Expressway Authority gets $75 million for 2004 collapse

The Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority will get $75 million in a lawsuit settlement connected with the 2004 collapse of the reversible express lanes on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway.

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL, Construction, URS Corporation, Hillsborough County, FL, Brandon, FL

PR-inside.com

Intermap Technologies Contracts Digital Data Services as New Data...

Intermap Technologies announced today a new data distribution agreement with Digital Data Services, a leading provider of mapping products and GIS services, to offer Intermapa s uniformly accurate 3D digital elevation models, orthorectified radar images, contour line maps, and optimized triangulated irregular network models worldwide.

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Related Topix: Construction, Denver Metro

Pensacola News Journal

ECUA to perform smoke tests to check for leaks in sewer lines

Starting Wednesday, engineers and technicians for the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority's engineering consultant, Malcolm Pirnie Inc., will be smoke-testing sewer lines in the county.

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Related Topix: Construction

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Bank Systems & Technology

Majestic Insurance Taps StoneRiver for Outsourced Reinsurance Solution

Specialty workers' compensation carrier Majestic Insurance has chosen the application outsourcing service available from StoneRiver for the vendor's Universal Reinsurance System .

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Related Topix: Outsourcing, Columbia, SC, Construction, URS Corporation

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Dallas Business Journal

F&S Partners to merge with national company

JOINING FORCES: F&S Partners President Bob Shaw, left, and Vice President Allen Atkinson Jr.

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Related Topix: Construction

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