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| Balfour Beatty to acquire Parsons Brinckerhoff |
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September 17, 2009
CE News
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| Keith J. Hawksworth, CEO of Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. (PB), the employee-owned engineering, strategic consulting, planning, and program/construction management firm founded in New York City in 1885, announced on Sept. 17 that the company’s board of directors and executive committee are recommending to shareholders to approve the acquisition of PB by London-based infrastructure firm Balfour Beatty plc (BB) for $626 million. PB’s shareholders’ meeting will take place on Oct. 21. |
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| CG/LA nominates 'Infrastructre Projects of the Year' in five categories |
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September 17, 2009
CG/LA Infrastructure
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| The North American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum today announces the nominees for Project of the Year awards, to be presented at next week’s annual event in Washington, D.C. The forum will bring together the brains behind 100 of the most important infrastructure projects in North America and honor the most outstanding. Nominated in the "Engineering Project of the Year" category is the $4.3-billion Alaskan Way Viaduct project in Seattle — our project spotlight in the July issue of RAI. |
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| What is the state of America's DOTs? |
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September 15, 2009
Rebuilding America's Infrastructure
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| Do you work at a D.O.T.? If so, we would appreciate seven minutes of your time for the "State of the States" survey. So far, only half of America is represented, and to get a full-bodied perspective, we need your help. |
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| 'The inspection worked exactly the way it was supposed to' |
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September 8, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle
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| According to Caltrans spokesman Bart Ney in this San Francisco Chronicle story, the Bay Bridge was inspected in 2007, and the eyebar crack -- "a nearly 2-inch-thick chainlike steel piece that is part of a network helping to support the eastern portion of the bridge" -- was not evident. He also added that it took about 70 years for such a crack to occur on this historic bridge. |
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| Virginia named 'Infrastructure State of the Year' |
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September 1, 2009
CG/LA Infrastructure
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| CG/LA Infrastructure, LLC announced today that Virginia has been named the Infrastructure State of the Year, in advance of the upcoming North America Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum, to be held September 22-24, in Washington, DC. In this VIDEO, President and CEO of CG/LA Infrastructure, Norman Anderson, gives an overview of the Leadership Forum.
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