In other news below:
-- Foster Wheeler signs agreement for oxycombustion demonstration plant
-- WinWholesale included on list of fastest growing businesses
-- Spalding DeDecker introduces SCADA services
-- NSF appoints manager of regulatory affairs
-- EPA launches wastewater website for small communities
-- Wastewater operator training program
-- 2007 STORE/WQX Conference to be held in Austin, Texas
-- Stadtwerke Mainz selects Bentley for GIS, infrastructure solutions
-- Private funds for public infrastructure -- ways to avoid the funding logjam
-- Assure Controls finalist in AeA's High Tech Awards
-- Colorite Plastics names product development manager for Aeration Products
• Black & Veatch acquires RCR
OVERLAND PARK, KS, Sept. 25, 2007 -- Black & Veatch, a global engineering, consulting and construction company, announced today it has acquired Richard Connor Riley & Associates LLC (RCR), a leader in real estate, legal and lease management services for the wireless telecommunications industry. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed...
Among other recent headlines:
• Foster Wheeler signs agreement for oxycombustion demonstration plant
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 21, 2007 -- Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced recently that a Spanish subsidiary of its Global Power Group has signed an agreement with the Fundacion Ciudad de la Energia (CIUDEN) for the technological development of an oxycombustion process and carbon dioxide (CO2) capture solution for a coal-fired demonstration facility in Spain...
Also see:
-- "Foster Wheeler to supply circulating fluidized-bed steam generator to Fortum Heat Polska sp. z o.o."
• WinWholesale included on list of fastest growing businesses
NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2007 -- Inc. magazine has ranked WinWholesale Inc. 2,623 on its first-ever Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. WinWholesale is referred to as "The Win Group of Companies," which conduct business-to-business wholesale distribution of plumbing and heating supplies; industrial pipes, valves and fittings; heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment; electrical equipment; electronics; industrial and commercial fastening hardware; waterworks and utility supplies; and domestic, commercial and industrial pumps...
• Spalding DeDecker introduces SCADA services
DETROIT, MI, Sept. 20, 2007 -- Spalding DeDecker Associates Inc. (SDA), a regional civil engineering and surveying firm, recently added SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) services. SCADA and Control System service, combined with the existing engineering services, adds a new technology-based service, which bridges the gap between the conceptual system design and actual implementation of SCADA solutions...
Also see:
-- "Spalding DeDecker hires construction contract administrator"
-- "Spalding DeDecker appoints new associate"
-- "Spalding DeDecker hires Philip N. Loud, PE"
-- "Spalding DeDecker Associates hires Andrew L. Keller"
• NSF appoints manager of regulatory affairs
ANN ARBOR, MI, Sept. 20, 2007 -- NSF International has announced that Ron Grimes has been appointed manager of regulatory affairs. As manager, Grimes will help build further awareness for NSF among state, county and local health departments and other regulatory and agency officials. He will also be responsible for advancing NSF's mission, including greater use and reliance on NSF standards, certifications and related third-party programs...
• EPA launches wastewater website for small communities
WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 20, 2007 -- EPA has launched a new website to help small communities achieve and maintain sustainable wastewater services. This new site provides information about grants, funding resources, technical assistance and training. A variety of tools is also available on this website to help small communities plan, design, build, and maintain their wastewater infrastructure. Visit the Wastewater in Small Communities website: http://www.epa.gov/owm/mab/smcomm/index.htm.
• Wastewater operator training program
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2007 -- The Wastewater Operator Training Program was implemented in 1982 under section 104(g) (1) of the Clean Water Act. The program provides approximately one million dollars annually to improve compliance at small publicly owned wastewater treatment plants with a discharge of less than five million gallons per day. Nationally, 46 states or training centers receive the funding and are able to assist, on average, about 700 facilities a year to either satisfy the NPDES compliance or improve performance. For more information on this program, please call Gajindar Singh at (202) 564-0634 or email at [email protected].
• 2007 STORE/WQX Conference to be held in Austin, Texas
AUSTIN, Sept. 20, 2007 -- On November 27-29, EPA's STORET Team will host the 2007 STORET/WQX Users Conference in Austin, Texas. This conference provides an opportunity for water quality data managers, program experts, and information technology (IT) specialists to meet together and share information about STORET and the new Water Quality Exchange (WQX) framework...
• Stadtwerke Mainz selects Bentley for multi-utility GIS, infrastructure engineering solutions
EXTON, PA, Sept. 19, 2007 -- Bentley Systems Inc. has announced that Stadtwerke Mainz AG, a multi-utility serving more than 300,000 citizens in the capital of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, is implementing an enterprise geographic information system (GIS) based on Bentley sisNET, ProjectWise, and other Bentley products...
Also see:
-- "City of Magdeburg, Germany, joins Bentley's Municipal License Subscription Program"
• Private funds for public infrastructure -- ways to avoid the funding logjam
Frankfurt, Sept. 19, 2007 -- Across the world, funding requirements for investments in public infrastructure will increase over the next few years. Siemens Financial Services (SFS) calculated investment requirements of EUR 15 trillion over the next 20 years drawing from Global Insight data on the healthcare, energy, transportation and water sectors. Heavy fiscal burdens make the search for appropriate financing solutions all the more important. SFS presents success factors for public-private partnerships...
• Assure Controls finalist in AeA's High Tech Awards
CARLSBAD, CA, Sept. 19, 2007 -- The AeA announced that Assure Controls Inc. is a finalist in the 14th Annual High Tech Awards in the Analytical Instrumentation category. The winner will be announced at an Awards Luncheon on October 19, 2007 at the Hilton Torrey Pines Hotel, La Jolla, California...
• Colorite Plastics names product development manager for Aeration Products
RIDGEFIELD, NJ, Sept. 19, 2007 -- Colorite Plastics Company, producer of aeration and garden hose, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Williams to head up its Aeration Products division. In his new role, Williams will oversee the sales and marketing efforts of several new aeration products currently being introduced to the aquaculture and wastewater industries worldwide...
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