Search Results: 'AECOM'

Aecom awarded major Hong Kong sewage cavern project
05 November, 2014
HONG KONG Aecom has been awarded a USD 130M contract to design Asia’s largest ever cavern-based sewage treatment works. The cavern will accommodate the relocated Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works (STSTW). The Drainage Services Department of Hong Kong’s government awarded the contract.

Aecom completes URS acquisition
30 October, 2014
USA - Aecom announced on 17 October that it had completed the USD 6bn acquisition of URS Corporation. Stock issuance proposals were accepted at each company’s respective stockholder meetings on 16 October.

Drilling Dilemmas
17 October, 2014
The choice between TBM and drill and blast is an often-faced dilemma as the two methods have been competing for more than 30 years. S. Paul Singh, Mining Engineering Department – Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, and Derek Zoldy, AECOM, Markham, Ontario, discuss the conditions for the judicious selection of excavation method.

AECOM to acquire URS
18 July, 2014
Aecom and URS Corporation announced on July 13 the execution of a definitive agreement under which Aecom will acquire all outstanding shares of URS for a combination of cash and stock valued at approximately USD 4bn or USD 56.31 per URS share, based on the AECOM closing share price as of July 11, 2014. Including the assumption of URS debt, the total enterprise value of the transaction is approximately USD 6bn.

Black & Veatch and AECOM win DTSS contract
10 June, 2014
A joint venture between Black & Veatch and AECOM has been selected by PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, to provide engineering services for Phase 2 of the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS), it was announced June 3.

In the nick of time
19 March, 2014
As the Hudson Yards development moved toward construction, a small window of opportunity for new rail infrastructure connecting New Jersey to Manhattan began to close. Nicole Robinson looks at the tunnel box project securing the right of way for potential tunnels under the Hudson River.

Water works
19 March, 2014
Many east coast cities are tunnelling to relieve CSO systems among other water concerns. Construction contracts awarded last year begin to mobilise, while an outgoing mayor marks milestones Nicole Robinson reports.

USD 116M contracts awarded on Tseung Kwan O to Lam Tin tunnel
23 January, 2014
Aecom has been awarded an approximately USD 13M consultancy contract for the design and an estimated USD 103M contract for the construction supervision of the Tseung Kwan O ­ Lam Tin (TKO-LT) Tunnel project in Hong Kong, the company announced mid-January.

Connect4
17 January, 2014
It has been two years since Tunnels & Tunnelling North America covered the Water Treatment Plant Four (WTP4) project in northwest Austin. Now, a couple of years on, we're looking at the raw water system contract once again. Anticipation is building; the project is nearing completion. Technical journalist Rhian Owen reports