Hong Kong Expands Use of Cavern Service Reservoirs to Free Up Land March 19, 2019 Hong Kong SAR The Water Supplies Department (WSD) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is considering to relocate the Diamond Hill Fresh Water and Salt Water Service Reservoirs (DHSRs) to caverns.WSD has appointed Black & Veatch to investigate, design and supervise the construction of the caverns and the new DHSRs.
Combination of conventional and clean energy adds to diverse portfolio to meet energy demand in Alabama and northwest Florida March 19, 2019 Overland Park, Kansas Black & Veatch, a global leader in the design and construction of natural gas power generation projects, announced today it has been selected by PowerSouth Energy Cooperative to engineer and manage construction of a combined cycle gas turbine facility that will deliver clean and efficient energy to customers across Alabama and northwest Florida.
New film set for screenings tour touts surging experiential learning that jump-starts students’ careers March 19, 2019 Overland Park, Kansas Growing numbers of U.S. school districts are adopting an educational model partnering them with community and business interests, giving students real-world experience and a big leap toward their career. And now, that decade-old push to remake education using experiential learning is headed to the big screen.
New Black & Veatch Leadership Roles to Help Serve Federal and Military Needs, Position Business for Growth March 12, 2019 Overland Park, Kansas Black & Veatch, a global leader in critical infrastructure development, is working to expand service to federal and military clients by naming four new leadership positions to its federal business. Steve Scott, Mohan Singh, John Somerville and Rod Staponski have each been named Vice President, Federal Programs, and will play specific roles in helping Black & Veatch deliver quality service to new and existing clients.
Black & Veatch launches new UK Smart Maintenance business March 11, 2019 Redhill, Surrey Black & Veatch has launched a Smart Maintenance business to support utility clients in the UK. The new offering builds upon the company’s technology led asset management consulting experience - and its programme management, logistics and delivery expertise - to create digitally enabled onsite maintenance teams.
New Black & Veatch Water and Wastewater Report Provides Insight into Water Rates in Top 50 U.S. Cities March 7, 2019 Overland Park, Kansas Across the U.S., water and wastewater management is gaining greater attention as cities and utilities grapple with rising rates for water and sewer services, the direct result of aging infrastructure, rising operational costs, evolving capital funding mechanisms and regulatory requirements.
Black & Veatch: With their surging populaces more technologically savvy, cities must start planning digitally connected communities March 4, 2019 Overland Park, Kansas Urban centers are growing more congested. Digitalization takes deepening root in the American experience. Connected devices number into the billions, stoking the influence of consumers at the epicenter of this new on-demand, data-driven economy. And now to no one’s surprise, they’re pushing their civic leaders for innovations that enhance service delivery and quality of life.
Black & Veatch Wins Innovation Award for Missouri 'Hyperloop' Study March 1, 2019 Overland Park, Kansas As part of a coalition exploring a way to transform travel, Black & Veatch embraced the challenge to assess the viability of something seemingly ripped from a sci-fi novel: Zipping people and cargo at hundreds of miles an hour across Missouri – in pods, through a tube. Black & Veatch spent months on that feasibility study – the first examining a “hyperloop” system in the U.S.
Morlais tidal energy project appoints Black & Veatch as design consultant February 28, 2019 Redhill Surrey, Redhill Surrey, (28 February 2019) – The UK’s tidal stream power resource is estimated to be 15 gigawatts (GW), 25 per cent of the country’s typical peak need. Through projects like the Morlais Demonstration Zone Black & Veatch is helping the tidal energy sector realise this potential.
Hong Kong’s Happy Valley Underground Stormwater Storage Scheme Receives Water Science and Technology Medal February 26, 2019 Hong Kong SAR Happy Valley Underground Stormwater Storage Scheme (HVUSSS) has been awarded the 2018 Dai Yu Science & Technology Medal of the Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society (“中國水利學會「大禹水利科學技術獎」”) for outstanding achievement in the areas of innovation and technology development.