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In an appropriately timed recognition of city planners, Chicago's architects on Friday night will honor several high-profile urban design projects, including the master plan for the city's unsuccessful bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Henderson Engineers Inc. has been chosen by Kansas City-based architect Populous as the national mechanical/electrical/plumbing engineering consultant for a $400 million to $500 million multipurpose facility in downtown Birmingham, Ala.

If U.S. is selected as the host country in either of those years, it could result in a 5 billion dollars economic impact nationwide, according to the study, conducted by the economic practice at AECOM Technology Corp., a global provider of professional technical and management support services.

Contractor Balfour Beatty has completed the takeover of US consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff, and Nick Flew has been appointed to head its new UK and European division.

Engineering and construction giant URS Corp. said Monday it acquired a Colorado-based firm that specializes in oil and gas projects.

MACTEC has been awarded a five-year contract by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to operate the Clean Air Status and Trends Network , a nationwide ambient air quality and meteorological monitoring network.

Honolulu City Auditor Les Tanaka has determined the awarding of three commuter train project contracts complied with procurement laws.

Ellerbe Becket , an architecture, interiors and engineering firm that celebrated its 100th anniversary on Oct.

URS Corp., an engineering and construction company, said Monday it acquired ForeRunner Corp., an engineering and construction management company specializing in oil and gas industry projects.

Lobbyists in Broward County are more than just people trying to sell politicians on their clients.

The yes-or-no answer comes this morning. Is it feasible to build a light rail system to serve downtown Augusta? A study, which has taken more than a year to complete, will be presented to the Downtown Development Authority of Augusta this morning.

Finding money and community support might be more challenging than stretching passenger rail track in the right places, according to a feasibility report on the idea of returning streetcars to downtown Augusta.

Intermap Technologies, a global 3D mapping company, today announced that it has been selected to supply high-resolution digital elevation models, orthorectified radar images, and technical consulting services under a new contract.

DENVER & Tel Aviv, Israel - Intermap Technologies, a leading worldwide 3D digital mapping company, and Eternix, a software company providing high-performance visualization solutions, announced today the compatibility between Intermap's NEXTMap DEM data and Eternix's Blaze View visualization solution, enabling real-time presentation of any 2D ...

Fiomarine has successfully entered the Oil & Gas market with a sale of its Fiobuoys into the expanding Western Australian market.

CHICAGO Jose Cuervo Maker Buys 330 W. Madison By Emery Uwimana Grupo JB, a real estate subsidiary of Grupo Cuervo S.A. de C.V. and maker of the Jose Cuervo tequila brand, purchased 303 W. Madison St.

Stantec Inc., a professional services company in the design and consulting industry, has named Paul Cellucci, a former U.S. ambassador to Canada and former Massachusetts governor, as its new director.

OCT. 14, 1999 CUC holds off action onSaipan power plant Independent experts yesterday unsealed the results of their months-long evaluation of various bids on the controversial Saipan power project that generally countered an earlier decision by the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation to award the $120 million contract to Marubeni-Sithe. But the CUC ...

ENGlobal Corp. has formed a government and infrastructure business unit to go after opportunities in the public sector.

MGM Innova, LLC and MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. have announced a strategic alliance in carbon management services.

Ilhavo, Portugal a ' 16/10/2009 a ' SADIF Investment Analytics, announces a new summary due diligence report covering Waterman Group plc .

Road construction crews contracted by Parsons Brinckerhoff work on a widening project run by the Florida Department of Transportation on February 18, 2009 in Florida City, Florida.

Computer generated 3D visualisations are being used to assess the environmental impact of a proposed redevelopment at one of Britain's industrial landmarks in the north of England.

Ilhavo, Portugal a ' 14/10/2009 a ' SADIF Investment Analytics, announces a new summary due diligence report covering ENGlobal Corporation .

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October 8, 2009 - Intermap Technologies, a leading worldwide 3D digital mapping company, today announced it has been chosen as one of the 20 selected showcase companies for the 2009 DEMOgala technology conference on October 8, 2009 at the Denver Convention Center.

Bill Schneider has been named a senior vice president, Hospital Design and Construction for HBE Corp.

The current work on the Marshall Municipal Airport is funded by grants that come from the federal and state governments that can be used only for improvement of the airport, said Marshall Mayor Connie Latimer.

Burns & McDonnell designed and built the center, which is expected to officially open on November 1. The center will use a Mercury 50 natural gas-fired combustion turbine located close to the hospital along with a system that captures the hot exhaust from the turbine and uses it to produce steam used to run the hospital's heating and cooling ...

Intermap Technologies, a leading worldwide 3D digital mapping company today announced it has taken a major step toward executing its transformation to a sales- and market-driven organization with the hiring of David Cunningham as vice president of integrated sales.

Versar, Inc. announced that Peter J. Cooper and Daniel J. Cummings have been promoted to Senior Vice President for Versar Inc.

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So, what do we know about Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz Architects, Pfau Long Architecture, and Bermello Ajamil & Partners? The Department of Public Works named all three partners in the $86.5 million Pier 27 cruise terminal project .

Less than 18 months after being awarded the management and operations contract for Savannah River Site, substantially because of their "excellent" management team, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions has dismantled its corporate hierarchy.

Loading... A rendering shows the concept for a widened Steel Bridge under a proposal submitted by Virginia 104 LLC.

Photo: © Benjamin Benschneider NBBJ has been hired by Russell Investments as the architectural firm to design the interior space of its new global headquarters at 1301 2nd Avenue, a building also designed by NBBJ.

The city, in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, next week will begin field work as part of the second phase of an environmental review of three former tannery sites to determine levels of contamination.