McCarthy Building Companies Inc.’s Water Services team was recently selected as the general contractor for the $70M improvement project for the Kansas River Wastewater Treatment Plant, located at 1400 E. 8th St. in Lawrence, KS. The improvement project, which aligns with the City of Lawrence’s strategic plan and sustainability goals, marks the city’s second largest funded wastewater project. The
What is described as “the UK’s ‘one stop shop’ for railway innovation” is going to be built on the former Nant Helen opencast site and Onllwyn Washery in south Wales. Last week the Welsh government completed the acquisition of the site from opencast mining company Celtic Energy.
The
The CIOB’s CPD policy is changing, with a new focus on ethical practices to support the ongoing culture change in construction. Caroline Gumble explains.
As we move towards the end of a very busy year, I want to look to next year and one of the changes CIOB is making to continue supporting our members and progress in the industry.
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has created the next generation of transducers that use ultrasonic guided wave technology to detect anomalies in pipes, enabling users to prevent leaks before they start. The device, which utilizes the SwRI-developed Magnetostrictive Sensor® (MsS®) technology, will be showcased at the American Society for Nondestructive Testing’s (ASNT) Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, from … Read More
Robert Ostermiller, PE, has joined HNTB as senior project director and vice president in Denver. In this role, Ostermiller will provide leadership and innovative solutions to transportation clients on big programs. Ostermiller will work closely with clients throughout Colorado, California and the Western states to develop and deliver the region’s largest and most complex transportation projects.
“Rob brings an impressive
HKA has investigated claims and disputes on 1,602 projects in 100 countries for its latest annual Crux Insight report. The combined value of the projects investigated exceeds US$2 trillion (roughly £1.7 trillion).
Total claims analysed in the report exceeded US$80 billion in value, while the cumulative overruns add up to 840 years.
This year’s report, which distils the analysis of
