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- Middle East’s sustainability pioneer, Bee’ah, selects Johnson Controls and Microsoft for its office of the future
- 4/24/2019 1:26:26 PM
- On Tuesday, executives from Johnson Controls, Microsoft Corp. and the Middle East’s sustainability pioneer, Bee’ah, announced an agreement to enhance Bee’ah’s new headquarters in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, with a sweeping array of artificial intelligence (AI) and smart building solutions powered by Microsoft.
- KPF Announces Winners of the Kohn Pedersen Fox Traveling Fellowship 2019
- 4/22/2019 4:55:54 PM
- The winners are CoCo Tin of Cornell University, Peteris Lazovskis of Harvard, and Jack Isles of The Architectural Association. Each will be awarded $8,000 to fund summer travel and an additional $2,000 after turning in a report about their experience.
- HOK’s Heike Kaiser Is Greening San Francisco One Tree at a Time
- 4/22/2019 3:46:09 PM
- Fifteen staffers from HOK’s San Francisco studio recently spent a Saturday volunteering in the city’s Bayview neighborhood. They were shoveling dirt and holding up trees and chatting with people walking by as they planted trees along the sidewalk.
- thyssenkrupp breaks ground at new Innovation and Qualification Center in Atlanta, soon home of the US’ tallest elevator test tower
- 4/22/2019 1:50:08 PM
- • The innovation center is part of a complex that will comprise thyssenkrupp Elevator’s new US headquarters • The tower joins thyssenkrupp Elevator’s global network of towers, with others in Rottweil, Germany, and Zhongshan, China • Due for completion in 2021, the 420-foot-tall building will be the tallest building in Cobb County and the tallest elevator test tower in …
- Facility Managers in Puerto Rico Advised to Test Fire Curtains for Asbestos Hazards
- 4/22/2019 1:45:21 PM
- Fire curtains, also referred to as safety curtains, are a fire safety device used in theaters and auditoriums. Modern fire curtains are often made of fiberglass or iron, but in the past they were typically made with asbestos due to the minerals unique fire resistant properties of being non-flammable and non-combustible.
- Planning Beyond Earth Day
- 4/22/2019 1:05:56 PM
- Every year on April 22, Earth Day unites more than 1 billion people in 190+ countries to take part in what is the largest civic-focused day of action in the world.
- Trans Mountain’s Statement on the Government’s Update for a Decision on the Expansion Project
- 4/18/2019 3:42:47 PM
- Trans Mountain welcomes the certainty provided by Minister Sohi’s announcement regarding an extension to the date for a decision on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.
- ACS Has Received a Notice of Intent to Award I-95 3B-2 Design-Build Project in Florida, Worth €132M
- 4/18/2019 11:52:31 AM
- ACS Group, through Prince Contracting, a 100% Dragados subsidiary operating in the USA South East, has received a notice of intent to award Project #E4T19 – Phase 3B-2 of I-95 in Broward and Palm Beach Counties, Florida.
- Lendlease Opens Rental Townhomes, Penthouse Residences and Penthouse-Level Amenities at The Cooper at Southbank in Chicago’s South Loop
- 4/17/2019 4:51:03 PM
- Lendlease, a leading international property and infrastructure group, today announced it has completed 26 townhomes, six penthouse apartments and penthouse-level amenities at The Cooper at Southbank, its 29-story, 452-unit luxury apartment tower at 720 S.
- HFF Arranges $122.94M Construction Loan for Iconic Office Development in South Austin
- 4/17/2019 4:31:32 PM
- HFF announced that it has arranged a $122.94 million construction loan for the development of River South, an iconic office development totaling 360,860 square feet in South Austin, Texas.
- Residents of Puerto Rico Breathe Easier with Access to Sewer Gas and Mystery Odor Consulting Services
- 4/16/2019 10:29:10 PM
- Most people have at one time or another stepped into a home or building and were overwhelmed by an obnoxious odor, often smelling like rotten eggs. Quite often the unpleasant odor is the result of sewer gas, a common cause of indoor air quality (IAQ) and mystery odor complaints.
- San Diego Area School Takes Steps After Water Tests Show Lead Above the District’s Action Level
- 4/16/2019 1:21:51 PM
- The principal of an elementary school in the Serra Mesa community of San Diego recently sent a letter home to parents of students concerned about lead levels found in some water outlets at the school.
- £50m industrial heritage visitor attraction planned for Wales
- 4/15/2019 1:00:55 PM
- An industrial heritage visitor attraction at a castle in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, is being planned and will tell the story of the town, which was the largest producer of iron in the world in the 1800s.
- EMSL Charlotte Accredited by NCDEQ for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) Testing
- 4/15/2019 10:49:22 AM
- EMSL Analytical, Inc. is proud to announce that its Charlotte, North Carolina laboratory has added polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) testing to its list of accreditations through the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) Division of Water Resources.
- KBR Wins Three LOGCAP V Contracts to Continue Legacy of Supporting U.S. Troops
- 4/15/2019 7:12:00 AM
- KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced that its global government services business, KBRwyle, has been awarded multiple prime contracts to provide logistics support services to the U.S.
- NIB Signs Framework Loan Agreement to Finance Water Treatment in Southern Norway
- 4/15/2019 6:49:08 AM
- The framework loan agreement gives Hias IKS an option to borrow NOK 270 million (EUR 27.7 million) from NIB to finance the replacement of an outdated drinking water plant in Hamar, built in 1954.
- Arup clinches award for Best Design for Land Transport Integration
- 4/15/2019 3:03:47 AM
- At this year’s Land Transport Excellence Awards, Arup received the prestigious Best Design for Land Transport Integration award for Tanjong Pagar Centre’s seamless integration to the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station.
- EGA’s Al Taweelah Alumina Refinery Starts up
- 4/12/2019 5:10:18 PM
- Emirates Global Aluminium’s (EGA) Al Taweelah alumina refinery has started-up, a major milestone for EGA and for UAE industry. This is the first alumina refinery in the UAE and only the second in the Middle East.
- PCL’s Andrew Moles Appointed to CanSIA Board
- 4/12/2019 4:37:19 PM
- PCL Construction is pleased to announce that its director of solar, Andrew Moles, has been appointed to the 2019 Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA) board of directors, which consists of nine elected directors who each serve a two-year term.
- Three Emerging Designers Receive Prestigious Gensler Diversity Scholarships
- 4/12/2019 4:30:29 PM
- Rula Zuhour, Maria Teresa Moreno Arriola, and Cheung Lun Jeremy Son have been named the winners of the 2019 Gensler Diversity Scholarship, which encourages excellent and deserving minority and historically under-represented students to continue their studies at some of the nation’s top universities.
