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Envirosight Acquires MyTana Manufacturing
Envirosight, which provides video pipeline inspection solutions to municipalities, contractors, departments of transportation, civil/environmental engineers and industrial customers, has acquired MyTana Manufacturing in an all-cash transaction. MyTana, headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a majo..
Flushable Wipes Class Action Lawsuit Dropped
INDA, the Association of Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, today announced the settlement of the class action lawsuit brought by the City of Perry, Iowa, in which the city alleged damages from flushable wipes manufactured by a number of flushable wipes producers. In dropping the lawsuit, Perry admitted tha..
Clearfield's Fiber Optic Technology Now Telcordia Certified
Clearfield, Inc. today announced that its fiber termination process used to manufacture Clearfield LC/UPC 900 μm 1.6 mm and 2.0 mm jumpers and fiber assemblies have been tested by an independent test lab compliant to the Telcordia, GR-326-Core requirements. With the Telcordia GR-326 achievement, the..
CEO: Westar-Great Plains Merger Plan to Be Filed This Month
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The CEO of Westar says the utility and Great Plains Energy will file their new merger plan with Kansas regulators later this month. CEO Mark Ruelle says meetings will be scheduled later this year for a shareholder vote on the proposal. Ruelle updated investors Wednesd..
Pure Technologies Awarded Sewer, Water Inspection Contract in D.C.
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) has awarded Pure Technologies’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Pure Technologies U.S. Inc., a contract worth up to $10 million over 5 years for condition assessment of their major water and sewer pipelines. Using its proprietary technologies a..
Fired Engineer Sues Utility
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A fired engineer at a now-aborted Mississippi Power Co. plant sued the utility’s parent company Tuesday, saying an order to reinstate him is being ignored. Brett Wingo of Homewood, Alabama, filed the whistleblower retaliation case in federal court in Birmingham, Alabama. Wingo..
Pure Technologies Awarded Sewer Inspection Contract
Pure Technologies Ltd.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Pure Technologies U.S. Inc, has been awarded a five-year contract extension from the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department, worth up to $30 million. Work under the new contract is expected to begin in Q3, 2017. Under the terms of the contract, Pure ..
Houston Wire & Cable Company Elects Haley to Board of Directors
Houston Wire & Cable Company has elected Roy Haley to its Board of Directors. Haley will also serve as a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. Haley currently serves as a director of Essendant Inc. (formerly United Stationers, Inc.), where he serves as the chair of the Audit Committee. ..
$2.9 Million Sewer Construction Contract Awarded in Canada
Pedre Contractors Ltd. has received a six-month contract valued at $2.9 million for the Oakridge Trunk sewer separation project in Vancouver, Canada. The scope of work includes upgrades to the Oakridge Trunk sewer line, originally installed in 1957. As part of the project, two pipes will be install..
BlackRock Acquires Gas Natural
A fund managed by BlackRock Real Assets’ Global Energy & Power Infrastructure group has completed the acquisition of Gas Natural Inc. The proposed transaction was initially announced in October 2016 by First Reserve Energy Infrastructure Funds, which BlackRock Real Assets acquired in June 2017. Gas..
Advanced Drainage Systems Acquires DURASLOT, Inc.
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. has acquired DURASLOT, Inc., a manufacturer of storm water collection surface drains used in a variety of construction applications. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “We are excited to welcome the DURASLOT product into the ADS family of Allied Products,” ..
CommScope Completes Acquisition of Cable Exchange
CommScope, a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communications networks, has completed its acquisition of Cable Exchange, a privately-held, quick-turn supplier of fiber optic and copper assemblies for data, voice and video communications. Cable Exchange, based in Santa Ana, Calif., manuf..
People in Business
Neel-Schaffer Doug Wimberly, P.E., P.S., joined the multi-disciplined engineering and planning firm with offices throughout the South, as a senior project manager in the Hattiesburg, MS, office. Matt Keeney, P.E., structural engineer, has joined the firm’s Tuscaloosa MS, office, overseeing all str..
Amphenol Telect Unveils New Fiber Distribution Chassis
Amphenol Telect has launched the C2LINX 1RU, a high-density fiber distribution chassis with cable management features designed to fit hyper scale networks in a variety of network environments, including enterprise, telecommunications and cable TV. “We’ve developed a panel that hits the high-den..
Jacobs to Acquire CH2M
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. have entered into a definitive agreement under which Jacobs will acquire all of the outstanding shares of CH2M in a cash and stock transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $3.27 billion, including approximately $416 million of C..
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Three Trenchless Technology Leaders Join SippTech
SippTech has finalized the addition of three of trenchless technology experts, Dr. Tom Iseley, Joe Barsoom, and Robert Affholder, to the company’s leadership team. “I was both honored and humbled when these gentlemen demonstrated such a sincere interest in becoming a part of SippTech’s senior manag..
Ubiquiti Networks Launches Plug and Play Fiber Optic Technology
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. has launched the UFiber GPON Platform, consisting of the company’s UFiber OLT and the UFiber Nano G Optical Network Unit solutions. The UFiber Platform is designed to enable internet service providers to quickly build high-speed fiber internet networks for many users and ove..
Gabe’s Construction Acquires PCTEL
Gabe’s Construction Company, Inc. announced today that it had acquired the assets of the Melbourne, FL based Network Engineering Services business of PCTEL, Inc. This acquisition will enhance the ability for Gabe’s to execute on its already established end-to-end solutions business by offering expan..
NASSCO Joins UESI As Charter Organizational Member
The National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) has become a Charter Organizational Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute (UESI). This partnership furthers UESI’s mission to foster a collaborative and growing institute to mee..
Startup Companies Selected for the Ameren Accelerator
Ameren Corporation has announced the seven companies that have been selected to participate in the Ameren Accelerator, an innovative public-private partnership with the University of Missouri System, UMSL Accelerate and Capital Innovators, that assesses, mentors and invests in energy technology ..
Former CoBank CEO Joins Alaska Power & Telephone
Bob Engel, former Chief Executive Officer at CoBank, has joined the Board of Directors of Alaska Power & Telephone Company, one of Alaska’s leading independently-owned utility companies. During his tenure at CoBank beginning in 2000, Engel employed his passion for what he considers two of our count..
Illinois American Water’s Lincoln District Celebrates Safety Milestone
llinois American Water’s Lincoln District today announced it has gone nine years without experiencing any lost-time accidents. Illinois American Water employees work around the clock to provide an essential service critical for daily life, public health and fire protection. The work performed can i..
Portland General Electric Announces CEO Succession Plan
Jim Piro, president and CEO of Portland General Electric (PGE), notified the company’s board of directors on July 26, 2017 of his decision to retire on Dec. 31. As part of the company’s leadership succession plan, the board of directors has appointed Maria Pope, senior vice president of Power Supply..
Layne Christensen Completes Water Pipeline Construction
Layne Christensen Company has completed construction of its high-capacity water pipeline and infrastructure system serving energy producers in the prolific Delaware Basin in West Texas. The company’s new water infrastructure system is anchored by nearly 1,000 acres of water-producing land near Peco..
Emera Proposes Construction of Subsea Transmission Line
Emera Inc. has formally proposed construction of the Atlantic Link project, a new 1,000 megawatt (MW) subsea transmission line directly connecting Atlantic Canada to the Boston load center. The Atlantic Link will deliver reliable and cost-effective, clean energy to Massachusetts from seven proposed ..
Lisa Duarte Joins Illinois American Water’s Board of Directors
Illinois American Water today announced Lisa Duarte has joined the company’s Board of Directors. Duarte is currently a partner in the government affairs group of Forde Law Offices and has extensive experience in government affairs in the state of Illinois. As a board member, Duarte will bring an in..
Utility Proposes Five-Year Program to Continue Natural Gas Infrastructure Upgrades
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), New Jersey’s largest utility, today unveiled a proposal for the second phase of its natural gas infrastructure modernization program. If approved by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), the program will allow PSE&G to continue to accelerate..
Triumph Construction Wins New York Sewer, Water Contract
Triumph Construction Corp., one of the largest privately-held utility contractors in the New York metropolitan area, has been awarded the winning contract by New York City’s Department of Design and Construction (NYCDDC) for a $37 million-plus infrastructure replacement project on Flatbush Avenue in..
UGI Corporation Elects Theodore A. Dosch to Its Board of Directors
UGI Corporation has elected Theodore A. Dosch to the company’s Board of Directors, effective July 25, 2017. Dosch currently serves as Executive Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Anixter International, a leading global distributor of network and security solutions, electrical and ..
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