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Eaton and CA technologies announce agreement to deliver infrastructure management for data centers
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton and CA Technologies today announced an agreement to deliver a robust data center monitoring, management and control solution in North America. The turnkey solution will combine Eaton power management hardware and software with CA Technologies Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) technology – empowering data center managers to increase ...
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Call for Papers deadline approaching for AWWA`s new Water Infrastructure Conference & Exposition
The American Water Works Association is seeking abstracts for the latest Water Infrastructure Conference & Exposition taking place in Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 26 - 29, 2014. Individuals interested in presenting must submit abstracts by 4 p.m. MST on Jan. 17, 2014 for consideration. This new conference will address leading-edge water infrastructure challenges and provide water professionals with ...
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Europe`s transport network vulnerable to climate change
Transport is vital to the smooth running of the economy. When movement of people, goods or services is hindered, the indirect costs to the economy can be many times higher than the direct cost of damaged transport infrastructure. Despite these risks, adapting the transport system to climate change has received relatively little attention from policymakers to date. This message comes from ...
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Logistics management given prime attention by mining companies today
Industrial organisations have realised the importance and implications of timely delivery and cost management not only from the start of the manufacturing process but right from the time the raw materials are sourced. The flow of all required resources from the point of origin and the delivery of the finished product to the point of consumption has to be closely monitored as it involves a ...
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AECOM expands reach through AECOM Capital investment fund
AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM), a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for public and private clients in more than 140 countries around the world, provided an update today on the progress of its investment fund, AECOM Capital. The US$150 million fund is officially known as AECOM Global Fund I, L.P. and has offices in New York City and Los Angeles. ...
By AECOM
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TEC Inc. Merges With Cardno to Expand Global Reach
TEC Inc. joined international firm Cardno in a merger announced yesterday afternoon at 4 pm EDT. The merger with Cardno, a professional services firm founded in 1945 with headquarters in Brisbane, Australia, means that TEC, a 330-person environmental and infrastructure consulting firm, becomes a key part of an international industry leader with a combined resource base of more than 4,600 ...
By Stantec
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Nigeria seeks waste solutions in Australia
OctoberFirst Consulting Sydney in partnership with Waste Management Association of Australia (WMAA) is set to host the very first Nigeria waste management opportunities seminar captioned “Nigeria’s Waste: Your Wealth” in Sydney. The forthcoming seminar is endorsed by Nigeria High Commission in Australia. The event is primed to present Australian companies with a ground-breaking platform to ...
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The health, social and economic impacts of flooding
The health, social and economic impacts of major floods are devastating, affecting people’s physical and mental health and disrupting and dispersing communities. Impacts can range from immediate death, injury and harm from contaminated water, through to lasting psychological consequences caused by damaged homes, loss of personal possessions and financial worries. In a paper published in ...
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ISI Announces First Government Agency to Credential 100 Envision Sustainability Professionals -- Los Angeles County Public Works Department
The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) announced today that the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works in California has become the first government agency in the nation to credential 100 of its personnel as Envision Sustainability Professionals. Following the successful completion of ISI’s Envision training and exam, the new Sustainability Professionals (ENV SP), mostly ...
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Infrastructure Intelligence: Real-Time Access to In-Depth Data Helps Keep Assets Safe and Secure
Today’s infrastructure faces unprecedented challenges, including many that its original designers and builders did not anticipate. The pressures of megacities, earthquakes, rising sea levels and corrosive pollutants are now unavoidable. Since the start of the new millennium, there have been 113 major bridge collapses, resulting in 57 deaths.1 The ACSE recently gave US infrastructure a ...
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EM-Assist Merges with Cardno to Expand Federal-Sector Services
EM-Assist, a 150-person environmental compliance and information management firm, merged with Cardno TEC, an environmental engineering firm specializing in serving the federal sector. Cardno TEC and now EM-Assist are part of Cardno, a global infrastructure and environmental services company with over 7,000 employees working on projects in more than 85 countries. (Logo: ...
By Stantec
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Dudek Selected To Provide Environmental Services To the City of San Diego for Public Works Projects
Dudek has been selected by the City of San Diego to provide as-needed environmental consulting for a three-year period. The contract is valued at $4 million. Dudek will perform a broad array of environmental services, including design and environmental permitting, for the Public Works Department's engineering and capital projects group, which manages capital improvement projects for water, ...
By Dudek
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Resource and Environmental Consultants Ltd (REC) opens a third Scottish office
The new office is designed to complement REC’s long-standing Glasgow office and a recently established Edinburgh office, which opened on Princess Street in July 2013. The new Aberdeen arm will initially be dedicated to asbestos services and will continue to increase the brand’s growing profile in Scotland. As leading asbestos specialists and one of the few environmental consultancies ...
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Foresight Group backs small businesses
Environmental infrastructure asset manager Foresight Group has launched a £20 million funding scheme to help develop small recycling and renewable energy businesses. The firm’s Planned Exit Venture Capital Trust is targeting materials recycling and waste to energy firms. However Foresight will also be interested in companies looking at combined heat and power technology and those producing ...
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Advantage West Midlands launches landfill diversion strategy
A new approach to landfill diversion has been officially launched at the House of Commons. The Landfill Diversion Strategy, formulated by Advantage West Midlands as part of its low carbon regional economic strategy, contains a location analysis tool designed to identify sites with potential to host waste technologies as an alternative to landfill. The tool, believed to be the first of its ...
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Australia set to host Nigeria waste management investment seminar
OctoberFirst Consulting Sydney in partnership with Waste Management Association of Australia (WMAA) and Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) is set to host the very first Nigeria waste management investment promotion seminar captioned: Nigeria’s Waste: Your Wealth in Sydney Australia. The event is primed to present Nigerian State Governments and private sector with maiden opportunity to ...
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Tetra Tech Wins $1 Billion USAID Water and Development Contract
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today it has been awarded a $1 billion multiple-award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) to support the implementation of USAID’s Water and Development Strategy. Under the five-year Water and Development IDIQ, Tetra Tech will support USAID in responding to increasing ...
By Tetra Tech
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Practice Greenhealth Launches New Website
Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading membership and networking organization for institutions in healthcare that have made a commitment to sustainable, eco-friendly practices, has launched a new website, www.practicegreenhealth.org, offering visitors an array of information about sustainability in healthcare. With easy navigation and information access, the ...
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Virginia’s State Capital to Receive Green Design Assistance from EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced technical assistance to help Richmond, the capital city of Virginia, develop designs for greener, healthier, more vibrant neighborhoods and increase resiliency from the impacts of our changing climate. Richmond is one of only five state capitals selected through a national competition for this year’s Greening America’s ...
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Ireland will struggle to meet its landfill diversion targets, says new report
Ireland will have great difficulty meeting its Landfill Directive targets, according to a new study. The research called Ireland’s sustainable development model published by Ireland’s Environment Protection Agency suggests that continued growth in and landfilling of biodegradable municipal waste poses “risks to the exchequer” which could face fines due to non-compliance with the EU Landfill ...
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