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Geoplast CEO Mirco Pegoraro at Flormart 2017: The Video of the Lecture
On September 22, 2017, Geoplast CEO Mirco Pegoraro spoke at the Conference EcotechGreen, which took place at Flormart Fair, International Exhibition of horticulture, landscape architecture and green infrastructures. On that occasion he also presented the Building Beyond Together Root Cycle video, about the project in collaboration with the American artist Cristopher Cichocki, exploring the ...
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Parsons’ Seattle Office Welcomes Cotten as Sr. Project Manager
Parsons is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Cotten as Senior Project Manager in Parsons’ Seattle office. He will provide direction and management for the execution of significant infrastructure projects in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Cotten has served with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for the last 30 years, most recently as the Assistant Regional ...
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New Principals Sutherland, Weir Join CEC
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) welcomes two new principals to its Pittsburgh headquarters office: Ray B. Sutherland, P.E., (Civil/Site Practice) and William G. Weir, P.G., (Environmental Practice). Sutherland joins CEC with 29 years of expertise covering all aspects of land development, including working for both public and private development clients in commercial/retail, ...
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Environmental Design Research Conference to Feature AIA/CES, LA CES, and IDCEC Continuing Education Credits
The Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Annual Conference will feature dozens of continuing education credit opportunities for design professionals, including sessions approved by the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (AIA/CES), the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA CES), and the Interior Design Continuing Education Council (IDCEC). ...
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IIT wins EPA Campus RainWorks challenge
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, won first prize among small institutions in the Agency’s first Campus RainWorks Challenge. EPA created the challenge to inspire the next generation of landscape architects, planners and engineers to develop innovative green infrastructure. The student team will receive a $2,500 cash ...
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Wright-Pierce is Ranked Among Top Design Firms in the US
Wright-Pierce is Among Top Design Firms in the US Continued Growth in New England Earns Wright-Pierce Ranking Among the Nation"s Most Successful Firms Wright-Pierce, an award-winning water, wastewater and infrastructure engineering firm with offices throughout New England, was recently named one of the Top 500 design firms in the country by Engineering News-Record (ENR), a renowned and ...
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Weston Expands Water Resources and design services with acquisition of Resource Technology, Inc.
Weston Solutions, Inc. (WESTON®), a leading environmental, redevelopment, and construction firm, today announced the acquisition of Resource Technology, Inc. (RTI). RTI is a New Mexico-based small and minority-owned water resources, civil engineering and landscape architecture design firm. The acquisition of RTI significantly expands WESTON’s portfolio of solutions in its water resources and ...
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Kansas State University Student and Faculty Team Honored by EPA
EPA today announced that Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan., was awarded first place in the site design category in EPA’s second annual Campus RainWorks Challenge competition. The university team was comprised of eight students from the departments of Landscape Architecture, Civil Engineering, Biology, Agronomy and Environmental Planning and Design. Stormwater is one of the most ...
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Langan Opens in White Plains to Support Westchester County, New York State and Western Connecticut
Langan officially announced that it has opened a new office in White Plains, where the firm has a long history of supporting major development projects. Chuck Utschig, a site/civil engineer with 30 years of experience in Westchester County, joins Langan as an Associate, and will lead the new office, which consists of his entire team: Michael Finan, Jaryd Moran, and Matthew Checca. Initially, ...
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University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Win Top Prizes in EPA’s Campus RainWorks Challenge
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman today awarded the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign first and second prizes in the EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge at an Earth Day “EcoJam” in Chicago. EPA’s Campus RainWorks Challenge is a national competition in which college students design green ...
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EPA Awards Green Infrastructure Grants of $20,000 to Kansas State University and Mississippi State University
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded grants of $20,000 each to Kansas State University and Mississippi State University to carry out green infrastructure demonstration and training projects. At Kansas State, faculty and students will create “living laboratories” to conduct green infrastructure monitoring at two on-campus sites. Students from different disciplines will ...
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EPA Awards Green Infrastructure Grant of $20,000 to Mississippi State University
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $20,000 grant to Mississippi State University to carry out a green infrastructure demonstration and training project. The university will create a 1,500-square-foot rain garden on its campus. According to the project narrative, students will be involved “at every aspect of the design, construction, maintenance and monitoring of the ...
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Cool comfort technology with desert hot application
Technology devised in Christchurch to help improve comfort in outdoor urban settings, is now being used in the Middle East for the exact opposite reason from that originally intended - to keep people cool in the scorching desert environment, rather than warm in New Zealand’s more temperate climate. Engineering firm Aurecon has created an urban comfort assessment model where they are able ...
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Climate Proof Cities: Practical guidelines for climate proof cities
Cities are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The most efficient way to make cities more climate proof is through numerous relatively small and local measures, which can often be carried out parallel to major maintenance or renovation work. These were the findings of a final report published recently by the Climate Proof Cities research programme. Climate Proof Cities (CPC) has yielded ...
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Environmental Design Research Association Announces Recipients of 15th Annual Great Places Awards
Seven exemplary projects in architecture, planning, landscape architecture, and urban design have been named winners of the 2013 Great Places Awards and were honored during the 44th annual conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), May 29-June 1, 2013. The EDRA Great Places Awards recognizes professional and scholarly excellence in environmental design and pay special ...
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University of Florida in Gainesville, FL wins First Prize for Large Institutions RainWorks Challenge
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the University of Florida at Gainesville, Florida won first prize among large institutions in the Agency’s first Campus RainWorks Challenge. EPA created the challenge to inspire the next generation of landscape architects, planners and engineers to develop innovative green infrastructure. The design submitted by the winning team ...
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Bekaert inaugurates Dramix® production line in Russia
Bekaert today inaugurated a new production line at the company’s Lipetsk plant in Russia. Bekaert adds the production of Dramix steel fibers to serve infrastructure and construction markets in Russia and the wider CIS. Dramix is a Bekaert designed and patented steel fiber for the reinforcement of concrete in industrial flooring and building projects, as well as in infrastructure ...
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SEH Launches New Brand Statement: Building a Better World for All of Us
Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH®) CEO/President Sam Claassen launched today the newly trademarked SEH brand statement -- Building a Better World for All of UsTM. The CEO launched the new brand statement to further align the company around a common, client-driven objective of making the world a better place, and building on the firm’s 85-year legacy ...
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MFA Brings Brownfield Redevelopment Planning Workshop to Portland, Oregon
The leading brownfields consulting firm in the Pacific Northwest is bringing its Brownfield Redevelopment Planning Workshop to Portland, OR, on June 13-14. Join the MFA team as they take you through an interactive workshop that gives attendees the opportunity to create a strategy to successfully redevelop a contaminated property. Developed as a method of testing the effectiveness of the ...
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CLCA Wins Water Conservation Award
March 26, 2010 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . . . CLCA Wins Water Conservation Award The California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA) is pleased to announce it was honored to receive a Silicon Valley Water Conservation Award on World Water Day, March 22, for its Water Management Certification Program. The second annual Silicon Valley Water Conservation Award Luncheon and Water Expo was ...
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