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AECOM Technology (ACM) Given "Neutral" Rating by Goldman Sachs (GS) Analysts

AECOM Technology 's stock had its "neutral" rating reaffirmed by investment analysts at Goldman Sachs in a note issued to investors on Friday.

Hyatt Announces Three New Hotels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into agreements with Naseel Holding Company to manage three new Hyatt-branded hotels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Top Designers Want to Help Light Up Lower Manhattan for Public Display

A new project that will bring innovative light shows to lower Manhattan is attracting attention from the city's top designers and architects.

Happy Birthday, Alvar Aalto
February 3 is the birthday of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto . Born at the cusp of Modernism in 1893, Aalto became famous for both his buildings and his furniture designs. Aalto's ...

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AECOM Technology's CEO Discusses F1Q2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Good day ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the first quarter 2012 AECOM Technology Corporation earnings conference call.

AECOM Technology Increases Sales but Misses Estimates on Earnings

The 10-second takeaway For the quarter ended Dec. 31 , AECOM Technology beat expectations on revenues and missed expectations on earnings per share.

Main image for Anti-pylon campaigners take heart at cables cost

A long awaited report published by an organisation associated with National Grid says pylons are cheaper than burying power cables.

Selection panel defers decision on consultant to manage airport overhaul

The committee charged with choosing a consultant to oversee the possible overhaul of Louis Armstrong International Airport on Wednesday put off its decision for at least a week so its members can further review proposals from four companies.

Super Bowl Stadiums: Then and Now

I remember the first Super Bowl game in 1967. It wasn't called the Super Bowl back then. The LA Memorial Coliseum, site of the first Super Bowl, is a 1923 ...

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FTSE 100 movers: ARM soars on profit boost

Chip designer ARM was the second highest riser after fourth quarter sales figures came in 10% ahead of consensus estimates.

Burying electricity pylons 'cheaper than National Grid claims'

Countryside campaigners fighting hundreds of miles of 50-metre tall electricity pylons said on Tuesday that they have been vindicated by an independent report, which says burying cables is far cheaper than has been claimed by the National Grid .

Cuomo Aims to Speed New York Tappan Zee Construction With - Design-Build'

A New York law approved last month may speed infrastructure projects such as a new $5.2 billion Tappan Zee Bridge, a priority of Governor Andrew Cuomo , by giving control of design and construction to one consortium.

Topeka's CAS Construction bought by Alberici

CAS specializes in the construction of water treatment facilities. It was recently recognized as a winner in the annual awards given by the Associated General Contractors Alberici, based in St.

Burns & McDonnell Dedicates New Smart Grid Laboratory Advanced...

The new facility was formally dedicated during a Jan. 27 open house for employee-owners and clients.

Aviat Networks to upgrade the Ameren Illinois private communications network

Aviat Networks announced that it has been selected to work with URS Corporation to upgrade and expand the Ameren Illinois private communications network.

Beautiful Terminal 5

This year, Frommer's World's 10 Most Beautiful Airport Terminals includes JFK Terminal 5 in New York City. For over fifty years, Arthur Frommer has published travel advice for destinations around the world, including Saudi Arabia, Iceland, Seoul, New Zealand, Singapore, Marrakech, Madrid, Uraguay, and Bilbao. These ten locations have the most beautiful airport terminals, according to Frommer's.

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Advocacy group wants firm plan to hire local workers

A Rio Grande Valley group is pushing for a strong plan to hire local businesses and workers to repair hurricane -damaged houses using federal disaster recovery money.

A Grand Slam Tennis Stadium

While the land "Down Under" celebrated Australia Day, the real men (and women) at work have been tennis players! The two-week long Australian Open is being wrapped up today, January ...

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So, it's NOT carved in stone?
Even before the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, DC, controversy brewed over an inaccurate quotation on one side of the memorial sculpture . The inscription ...

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RCA: Forecast Overestimates Toll Revenue

The Reston Citizens Association says that a recent forecast of traffic and revenue from the Dulles Toll Road contains "many very large errors" and wants an additional study be untertaken before there are any more decisions made on moving forward with Phase 2 of the Metro Silver Line.

SLIDESHOW: Profiling 10 key energy leaders in Charlotte

Chief Executive Jim Rogers turned an idea into a regional economic force. It began with an inaugural meeting in April 2009 of industry leaders, the Charlotte Regional Partnership .

Study will give streetcars a look

A study led by consultant HDR Inc. will analyze possible transportation improvements, by bus or streetcar, along a stretch from downtown to 72nd and Dodge Streets.

Architecture Updates: Jan 20-27, 2012
As I re-read The Great Gatsby , I've been taking a new look at the opulent architecture of America's Gilded Age . Also this week: monumental mistakes and a very funny house.

New and Updated Pages:

• Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina
• Great American Mansions
• Palm Springs Architecture
• Words on Monuments: Mistakes on Memorials & Statues
• The Pod House in New York State

• What's the best American city for exploring architecture?
• What qualities make a great architect?

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Hudson County freeholders want to speed up bus service between Journal Square and Bayonne

Hudson County freeholders want to speed up bus service between Journal Square in Jersey City and Bayonne and are set to hire a transportation consultant to tell them how to do it.

Public transit could roll out by September

Transit plan. Wally Beck of HDR Inc. provides those at Thursday's open house a glimpse of what Bradford transit could be like.

Going for Global Growth

In January 2012, Scott Wilson officially changed its name to URS. To learn more about this change, we talked to URS Poland & Lithuania Country Director, Tomasz Krawczyk.

Aussie Pride
G'day! In Australia, January 26 is Australia Day , a national holiday celebrating Captain Arthur Phillip's landing at Sydney Cove. Over the next 200 years, Australia's first European settlement became the ...

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AECOM Technology (ACM) Given "Equalweight" Rating by Barclays Capital (BCS) Analysts

AECOM Technology 's stock had its "equalweight" rating reaffirmed by equities research analysts at Barclays Capital in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday.

AECOM Technology awarded $14M contract for Qatar Petroleum Headquarter

AECOM Technology announced that it was awarded a US$14M contract for the design and supervision of the Qatar Petroleum Headquarter development, formerly known as Barwa Financial District, in Doha, Qatar.

MDOT redesigns for I-94 interchange would replace Sprinkle Road bridge in 2015

Potential changes to the I-94 interchange and bridges at Sprinkle Road and Cork Street range range from rebuilding the infrasctructure and leaving the current design unchanged to building roundabouts on both sides of the highway.

Midlands report: VA hospital would create less traffic than commercial site

Owners of the Midlands property on Brownsboro Road at the Watterson Expressway say a new traffic report they commissioned suggests that a new veterans hospital there would create slightly less traffic than a mixed-use commercial development that's already been approved for the site.

Architecture & Energy in Philly

Does energy consumption influence architectural style? Should energy-efficient buildings look different? These are questions being asked—and hopefully being answered—at an architecture and energy symposium on January 27, 2012 in Philadelphia.

The "Architecture and Energy" workshop is part of a program funded by US Department of Energy (DOE) grants—part of the money you hear Congress reauthorizing occasionally.

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Burns & McDonnell One of Best Places to Work

Burns & McDonnell has been named as one of America's best places to work by FORTUNE A® magazine in the publication's 15 th annual list of "100 Best Companies to Work For." In its second time on the annual listing, Burns & McDonnell ranked 26.

Year of the Dragon
Happy (Chinese) New Year! January 23, 2012 marks the beginning of 4710, the year of the dragon. The name is apt, since dragons play an important role in Chinese ...

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U.S. Army Burns Off Final Chemical Weapons

Gary McCloskey may have destroyed more chemical weapons than any man alive, but he barely reacted when the final weapons from the world's largest stockpile of warfare agents came out of an incinerator.

South Carolina Architecture

The January 21 presidential primary in the USA reminds us of the great architecture throughout South Carolina. "My favorite place for exploring architecture is Charleston, SC," one About.com reader tells us.

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Wallingford: Burns & McDonnell Named to FORTUNE Magazine's 2012 '100 Best Companies to Work For'

Burns & McDonnell has been named as one of America's best places to work by FORTUNE magazine in the publication's 15th annual list of "100 Best Companies to Work For." In its second time on the annual listing, Burns & McDonnell ranked 26 on a list of companies that annually includes some of the most well known names in Corporate America.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. First Quarter Earnings Sneak Peek

S&P 500 component Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, January 25, 2012.

Film: 'John Portman: A Life of Building'

Soaring atriums, lit columns, glass elevators, water fountains-such features have become synonymous with hotels and convention centers.

Sweep of Little Patuxent Finds 47 Bazooka Rockets

Weapons technicians discovered 48 practice rockets in the Little Patuxent River during an annual sweep of an area once used as a bazooka range.

SOM to design Greenland Group Suzhou Centre in China

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP's Chicago wing has won an international competition to design the Greenland Group Suzhou Centre in Wujiang, China.

A Model of Integrated Design: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus

In the heart of Seattle, theA Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , the wealthiest private foundation in the world, with assets of more than $34 billion,A opened aA new campus with little fanfare last year.

Happy Birthday, Julia Morgan
January 20 is the birthday of one of America's most important and prolific architects. Born in 1872, Julia Morgan pioneered the way for women in architecture. During her long career, ...

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Architecture Updates: Jan 14-19, 2012
Dreams were the theme of this week's features: Dream homes, dream schools, dream careers. Here are this week's highlights.

New and Updated Pages:

• What Is an Architect?
• What Can I Do With a Major in Architecture?
• Favorite Fiction About Architecture
• The Gisela Bennati House
• Heatbreak Houses
• Build the House You Want
• How to Choose an Architecture School

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Urastar Starts Drilling Gold Properties in Mulatos Gold Belt

January 18, 2011 - Vancouver, Canada - Urastar Gold Corp is pleased to announce that it is starting a drill program to test its two gold properties located in the Mulatos Gold Belt in Sonora State, Mexico.

Alderwoman is cleared of conflict

A legal review by the city attorney showed that Ward 5 Alderwoman Sandy Baldwin did not violate any statutes by accepting campaign donations from a city contractor.