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Still Shopping, Stantec adds MWH Global
For Canada’s highly acquistive Stantec, perhaps the 115th time will be the
charm. Last week, just a month after announcing plans to acquire Chicago
architect VOA, the Edmonton, Alberta-based giant has made an even bigger
splash in the global water market.
Bayou Startup Gets Brick & Mortar Boost
Led by Brick & Mortar Ventures, a $1.3-million funding round has given tech
startup zlien a welcome boost. The New Orleans-based payment facilitator
just launched what it claims is our industry’s first free collaborative
lien waiver exchange tool.
Multi-dimensional Egan adds 3D Imaging Tools
Amid all the hubbub in Orlando this week at MCAA’s 2016 Annual Convention
and Trade Show, member contractor and fabricator Andy J. Egan Co. announced
that it will be adding 3D Imaging Services to its family of companies.
Arup: Design Buildings with Future in Mind
Growing global cities are facing greater and greater demand on all
resources. But we still design buildings with lifetimes that far exceed the
speed of change of the technology used to service them. That must change,
writes Arup’s Martin Schouler.
Haskell adds Leidos, Revives Benham
Having only recently celebrated its 50th birthday, Jacksonville FL-based
Haskell soon will be growing by more than 50%. The integrated design-build
firm now is adding Reston VA-based Leidos Constructors to its stable, soon
to be renamed Benham.
Illinois Tech Adds Innovation Center to Iconic Campus
Less may be more, as Mies van der Rohe famously said. But sometimes you
still need more of it. That is the case this spring on the historic campus
of Illinois Institute of Technology, where architect John Ronan is
channeling the Modernist master.
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