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Walter P Moore Expands U.S. Presence With New Seattle Office: 7/1/2025 8:27:38 AM; Leading engineering firm enhances its reach to better serve the Pacific Northwest market Walter P Moore, a global leader in engineering, announces the establishment of its presence in Seattle, Washington.
Mitigating Legionella Exposure Risks in Hot Tubs throughout Puerto Rico: 6/30/2025 7:34:13 PM; Legionella is a type of bacteria that is naturally found in water, especially warm water. It is also the cause of Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac fever, which can occur when people inhale small water droplets containing it.
Stone Product Manufacturer Faces Costly OSHA Penalty for Allegedly Exposing Workers to Respirable Crystalline Silica: 6/30/2025 8:39:58 AM; Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that a follow-up inspection found a stone product manufacturer in Georgia had failed to administer hearing conservation and respiratory protection programs identified previously on an April 2024 safety and health inspection.
Expansion of Production Facilities for Optical-Use Poval Film: 6/27/2025 8:28:22 AM; Kuraray Co., Ltd. (President: Hitoshi Kawahara; Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) hereby announces its decision to expand production facilities for optical-use poval film, a base material for polarizing films used in liquid crystal displays (LCDs), at its Saijo Plant located in Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
Why Arsenic Matters After an Urban Wildfire: 6/26/2025 1:10:06 PM; As Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires grow in frequency and intensity across the western United States, environmental experts are increasing their education to the public about an often-overlooked danger: arsenic contamination.
CLC and C40 Cities sign MoU to advance people-centred, climate-resilient urban futures: 6/25/2025 11:01:26 AM; The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) and the Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore (CLC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen collaboration through areas such as joint research and conferences to advance urban sustainability and resilience efforts in cities globally.
EPA Awards $1.5 Million in Brownfield Grants in Puerto Rico to Assess and Clean Up Neighborhoods: 6/23/2025 1:11:24 PM; Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that three recipients in Puerto Rico had been selected to receive $1.5 million in Brownfields grants to assess, clean up, and revitalize local lands.
AECOM to accelerate Australia’s energy transition as technical advisor to VicGrid: 6/23/2025 9:21:25 AM; AECOM (NYSE: ACM), the trusted global infrastructure leader, today announced that it has been appointed as technical advisor and lead consultant, partnering with GHD as a key subconsultant and a team of specialist contractors for VicGrid in Victoria, Australia.
Aecon schedules second quarter 2025 financial results release and conference call: 6/23/2025 9:18:53 AM; Aecon Group Inc. (TSX: ARE) announced that it intends to release its second quarter 2025 financial results on Thursday, July 31, 2025 after market close, and has scheduled a live webcast and conference call for 9 a.m.
Arcadis JV to Lead Highway, Utilities, and Traffic Engineering Design for QEW Garden City Skyway Bridge Twinning Project: 6/23/2025 7:05:50 AM; The Garden City Skyway is a critical transportation corridor connecting St. Catharines and Niagara-on-the-Lake. As the region continues to grow, the need for additional capacity and modernized infrastructure is vital.
Therme Group and CVC Capital Partners sign €1 billion deal: 6/20/2025 11:17:04 AM; Therme Group has announced a strategic joint venture with private equity firm CVC Capital Partners (CVC) in a deal valued at more than €1 billion (US$1.1 billion, £855 million) to create a holding company called Therme Horizon.
Update on our propane dehydrogenation plant (PDH2) construction project in Kallo, Belgium: 6/19/2025 8:34:44 AM; This update follows previous articles and provides an update on the project’s progress and key developments. The actions described in our March 2024 update have been successful and remain in place.
2025 Hurricane Season Begins and Mitigating Property Damage and Exposure Risks: 6/16/2025 1:39:07 PM; Hurricane season in the Atlantic and Caribbean runs from June 1 through the last day of November. For 2025, scientists at Colorado State University are predicting 17 named storms, including nine hurricanes.
Top Ten Tips to Prevent or Control Bed Bugs in Puerto Rico & Resources to Quickly Identify their Presence: 6/16/2025 1:25:48 PM; Bed bugs are described by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as small, flat, parasitic insects that feed on the blood of humans and animals while they sleep.
On stream: BASF starts up new world-scale plant for hexamethylenediamine in Chalampé, France: 6/13/2025 9:48:13 AM; • Increase of BASF’s HMD production capacity to 260,000 metric tons • Expansion of polyamide business together with polyamide 6.6 production in Freiburg BASF has announced the successful startup of its new world-scale hexamethylenediamine (HMD) plant in Chalampé, France, construction of which began in 2022.
Mustang Extreme Environmental Services Adds to Its Industry Leading Team: 6/12/2025 5:35:09 PM; Mustang Extreme Environmental Services, a leader in environmental containment, water treatment, ground protection, and site access solutions, has added Mark Harris as Vice President of Sales, Construction Services.
Industrial Hygiene Resources to Protect Workers and Prevent New Cases of Silicosis: 6/11/2025 10:29:46 AM; The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) describes silicosis as a spectrum of lung diseases caused by the inhalation of free crystalline silica.
Building Occupant and Worker Exposures to Elevated Levels of Nitrogen Dioxide in the Built Environment: 6/10/2025 1:21:12 PM; Nitrogen dioxide, along with nitric oxide, are the two most prevalent oxides of nitrogen, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Major public and private investment secured for the transformation of Tate Liverpool: 6/10/2025 11:28:34 AM; Tate Liverpool today announced major public and private investment towards the reimagining of the landmark gallery on Royal Albert Dock. This included £12m of funding from the DCMS’s Public Bodies Infrastructure Fund as well as generous philanthropic donations from the Garfield Weston Foundation and The Ross Warburton Charitable Trust.
ÖÖD House: Setting New Standards with the “Golden House” Tiny Home: 6/9/2025 1:38:37 PM; The limited edition “Golden House” brings the tiny home concept to the next level. Created by the Estonia-based studio, ÖÖD House, to “put a five-star hotel room in the middle of nature”, this unique dwelling is prefabricated in a limited run of 79 units that can be set in nature-steeped sites around the world.