The Louis Berger Group on April 1 signed a $100-million, five-year program-management contract to help Saudi Arabia build some $16 billion worth of highway and transit systems through 2025 in Madinah, the second-largest destination for Islam followers.
The Dodge Momentum Index posted a monthly decline of 4.8% this January but is still 5.8% higher than January 2014's level, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.
IDE Technologies Ltd., a leader in the global desalination technology market that is owned by two Israeli firms, is set for spinoff next year from its Israel-based corporate owners to boost the have decided to put the company on the block. “There are only a few companies out there that have experience in the field of large desalination plants and this could make IDE very attractive to a major international infrastructure company,” says Chen Herzog, chief economist and energy and infrastructure expert in the Tel Aviv office of BDO Consulting. In order to make IDE more attractive, its current owners are
Bentley Systems Inc., an international purveyor of a broad suite of software for design and management of infrastructure that gets three quarters of its revenue from subscriptions, maintained the same 8% revenue growth rate, in constant currency—an accounting method that filters out exchange rate fluctuation—that it reported the previous two years.CEO Greg Bentley says the company is budgeting for 6% internal growth this year, and also expects to make acquisitions.The 2013 performance self-assessment came during an April 16 analysts’ briefing about the Exton-Pa.-based company. During the call CEO Bentley described the 2013 annual report, which has not yet been released.The
Materials Cement Manufacturer Agrees To Reduce Emissions at Plant Portland cement producer CEMEX Inc., Lyons, Colo., will pay a $1-million civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act in a settlement reached on April 19 between the company and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Dept. of Justice, on behalf of the EPA, filed a complaint against CEMEX alleging that between 1997 and 2000, unlawful modifications the company made at its Lyons plant resulted in significant net increases of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and particulate-matter emissions. As part of the settlement, CEMEX will install selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR)
After tk years as both a participant in and observer of the construction business in New York City and elsewhere, Samuel C. Florman, 88, has finally retired as chairman of building contractor Kreisler Borg Florman General Construction Co. Inc., Scarsdale, N.Y., but not before transferring firm employees and projects to Gilbane Building Co. and penning a memoir last year—Good Guys, Wiseguys and Putting Up Buildings: A Life in Construction—that recounts a colorful career and observations of some of the industry's signature achievements and lowest moments. A civil engineer and businessman who's also a cogent observer and skilled writer, Florman's memoir
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The Top 200 Environmental Firms managed to grow revenue in 2011 despite economic uncertainties around the world and tightening infrastructure budgets in the public sector, traditionally a mainstay for this group. But where one window closed, a door opened for providers of environmental services on the 2012 list. Overall revenue was up 5%, to $54.1 billion, a slower rise than the 6.2% of the previous year but buoyed by increases in non-U.S. work and private-sector activity, which each exceeded 20%.The domestic market still made up a major share of firms' revenue base, but completed projects and changing public-sector spending patterns
Augmented reality is a technology that overlays new text and graphics onto a single live view, generally in real time, on a device’s viewfinder (ENR 4/9 p. 17).BRPH Architects-Engineers Inc. (No. 309) has become one of the first design firms to test augmented reality as a design tool, says Cris Vigil, BRPH senior vice president. While special-izing in complex facilities, BRPH was searching for a way to draw on the expertise of its various offices, he notes. How could the firm best take advantage of building information modeling in a collaborative environment across its five offices?BRPH uses augmented reality in
India and China’s past disputes over border issues are now moving to the economic front. As China becomes India’s largest trading partner, Chinese construction companies are gearing up to cash in on by Indian plans to invest over $1 trillion in infrastructure in the next five years.Chinese enterprises have already completed infrastructure projects in India worth more than $10 billion and are involved with nearly $6 billion in projects in nearby Sri Lanka. China has become a larger presence there than even its traditional investor-donors, India and Japan. India’s discomfort was clear when prospective bidders for the 22-km long bridge
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