04/18/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Architecture.

• Should I Buy Petrofac? _{2013-04-18, 03:49 pm}
  Just the 'facs These are tough times for oil stocks, with Brent crude falling below $100 a barrel on fears of a China and U.S. slowdown and weak demand from Europe.
• Silver Spring Transit Center repairs to be expedited _{2013-04-18, 02:16 pm}
  Montgomery County officials, who said last week that repairs to the Silver Spring Transit Center would begin in late summer, are trying to accelerate that timetable to increase chances of completing the work while temperatures are mild.
• Rick Gunter Joins Luckman Salas O'Brien _{2013-04-18, 11:29 am}
  ... in our Burbank office. Rick brings more than 22 years of focused industry experience. Most recently he led the architecture practice at URS Corporation in Los Angeles. "We have been searching for this leader for more than nine months," said CEO ...
• Rick Gunter Joins Luckman Salas Oa Brien _{2013-04-18, 09:31 am}
  ... in our Burbank office. Rick brings more than 22 years of focused industry experience. Most recently he led the architecture practice at URS Corporation in Los Angeles. "We have been searching for this leader for more than nine months," said CEO ...
• Glass Panel Railing System maximizes visibility and transparency. _{2013-04-18, 09:04 am}
  April 18, 2013 - Constructed using aluminum Interna-Rail handrail, 3/8 in. tempered glass or acrylic resin panels, panel clips, and bottom support channels, Interna-Rail VUE modular, post-mounted, in-line pipe and fitting based handrail system does not require any mid-rails and can be designed to meet any building code.
• MN: Peterson Named Senior Engineering Manager for Parsons BrinckerhoffFrom: Parsons Brinckerhoff _{2013-04-17, 05:10 pm}
  In his new position, Peterson will be responsible for design and construction of rail projects in Minnesota and the upper Midwest, including light rail, streetcar, and freight rail.
• Bill Snyder: Money-driven college football is 'in a bad place' _{2013-04-17, 03:00 pm}
  In comments made to The Star and Metro Sports before the KC Catbackers Club meeting Tuesday in Overland Park, and to KCSP in an interview aired Wednesday morning, Snyder said college football "was in a bad place." "We've allowed it to be TV-driven, and allowed it to become more important to a university than it should be," Snyder said.
• Streetcar shortfall leaves questions for city leaders _{2013-04-17, 02:09 pm}
  City Manager Milton Dohoney doesn't know where the money is going to come from, but he says the city will need between $15 million and $17 million to complete phase 1 of the long-delayed streetcar project.
• Local developer to build in Powerhouse _{2013-04-17, 01:36 pm}
  Toll Brothers, Inc. has teamed up with AECOM Capital to construct Provost Square, a 417-unit apartment complex in Jersey City, N.J. The project is being financed with a $120 million construction loan from PNC Bank, Wells Fargo and Comerica Bank.
• FTSE 100 movers: Tullow Oil dives on drilling plans _{2013-04-17, 01:35 pm}
  Tullow Oil saw its shares drop significantly after its joints venture partner Northern Petroleum gave an update on one of its wells at its joint venture project in French Guiana.
• Progress MN: Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co. Inc. _{2013-04-17, 12:59 pm}
  Economic impact: Average revenue growth of 25 percent over past three years in Minnesota; workforce projected to expand to at least 75 Sieve, regional office manager for the Minnesota office of Kansas City, Mo.-based engineering/architecture firm Burns & McDonnell, had left the company in 1998 to return to his native Minnesota.
• Toll Brothers and AECOM Announce Development of Luxury Rental Tower in Jersey City, N.J. _{2013-04-17, 10:31 am}
  Located in the historic Powerhouse district, a one-block walk from the Grove Street PATH train station, the project will consist of 417 luxury apartments and extensive lifestyle amenities.
• Project Gallery: Dollar General Distribution Center _{2013-04-17, 09:41 am}
  ... a shipping truck concourse guardhouse, and a pump house and fire protection reservoir: User-generated architecture from Leo A Daly. A million-foot campus on 106 acres in Bessemer, Ala., that includes six buildings: a dry storage warehouse, ...
• London midday: FTSE 100 on track for fourth straight loss _{2013-04-17, 09:10 am}
  A number of heavyweight stocks going ex-dividend assured that London's FTSE 100 index was in the red for a fourth consecutive day on Wednesday, while concerns over the global economy continued to weigh on sentiment.
• Toll Brothers and AECOM Technology launch luxury rental tower in Jersey City _{2013-04-12, 03:00 am}
  PNC: Certain quarterly trends may not be sustainable in current environment For Q2, PNC expects modest spot loan growth, a net interest income decline of 2%-3% sequentially, expenses to increase approximately 2-3% from Q1 and a provision of $200M-$300M. PNC says it expects continued progress on achieving its capital goal and continues to expect to ... (more)
• New Orleans Aviation Board unveils $825 million overhaul of Louis Armstrong Airport _{2013-04-17, 07:41 am}
  The New Orleans Aviation Board today is expected to recommend an $826 million redevelopment plan meant to thrust Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport into the modern era - a reimagining of the sleepy, mid-century airstrip that would be in lockstep with what Mayor Mitch Landrieu has said he would like to see built in time for the city's ... (more)
• NC: Ron Tober Joins Parsons BrinckerhoffFrom: Parsons Brinckerhoff _{2013-04-16, 06:47 pm}
  Ron Tober, the former CEO of the Charlotte Area Transit System and a nationally recognized expert in transit agency management and operations, has been named a senior advisor at Parsons Brinckerhoff.
• DC: Sean Libberton named principal consultant Parsons... _{2013-04-16, 06:47 pm}
  Sean Libberton, an expert with two decades experience helping communities successfully develop transit improvement projects, has been named a principal consultant in the strategic consulting group of Parsons Brinckerhoff.
• AECOM Recognizes Earth Day with Google Plus Hangout _{2013-04-16, 06:30 pm}
  AECOM Technology Corporation, a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for public and private clients in more than 140 countries around the world, will commemorate Earth Day by hosting a Google Plus Hangout on April 17 at noon EDT.
• Metal Halide Telescoping Light Tower features pneumatic mast. _{2013-04-16, 01:33 pm}
  April 16, 2013 - Featuring 3-section mast powered by compressed air, Model PLM-18-4X1000W utilizes four 1,000 W metal halide lamps to illuminate over 3 acres.

Repairs of Silver Spring Transit Center will start in late summer, at best

Extensive repair work on the Silver Spring Transit Center will not begin until late summer at the earliest, and an estimated date for opening the long-delayed bus-and-train hub remains unclear, Montgomery County officials said Monday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/repairs-of-silver-spring-transit-center-will-start-in-late-summer-at-best/2013/04/08/f348ef3a-a074-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html?wprss=rss_local

Petrofac Ltd Rating Reiterated by JPMorgan Chase

PFC has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports. Analysts at JP Morgan Cazenove reiterated an overweight rating on shares of Petrofac Ltd in a research note to investors on Thursday.

http://www.dailypolitical.com/finance/stock-market/petrofac-ltd-rating-reiterated-by-jpmorgan-chase-pfc.htm

Tetra Tech (TTEK) Issues Q2 Earnings Guidance

Tetra Tech issued an update on its second quarter earnings guidance on Monday morning.

http://www.americanbankingnews.com/2013/04/08/tetra-tech-ttek-issues-q2-earnings-guidance/

Tetra Tech Anticipates Eastern Canadian Weakness in Second Half

Tetra Tech, Inc. announced today that it anticipates weaker than expected operating performance during the second half of fiscal 2013 due primarily to its business in Eastern Canada.

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/topix/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20130408006637&newsLang=en&ndmConfigId=1000639&vnsId=41

Tetra Tech Announces Planned Dates for Second Quarter 2013 Results and Conference Call

Tetra Tech, Inc. today announced the planned dates for its second quarter 2013 results and conference call.

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/topix/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20130408006648&newsLang=en&ndmConfigId=1000639&vnsId=41

On the Agenda: New Hanover school board makes a final budget recommendation

The New Hanover County Board of Education's Tuesday meeting will bring us a final recommendation for its 2013-14 county budget request and a contract for the district's security audit.

http://school.blogs.starnewsonline.com/14216/on-the-agenda-new-hanover-school-board-makes-a-final-budget-recommendation/

Update on Silver Spring Transit Center Fixes Expected Tuesday

What's being done to fix the nearly $120 million Silver Spring Transit Center , Montgomery County's unsafe and unusable transit hub? County council members are expected to receive a briefing on remediation plans Tuesday, April 10 at 11 a.m. David Dise, head of the county's general services department, will present in the Council Office Building in ... (more)

http://silverspring.patch.com/articles/update-on-silver-spring-transit-center-fixes-expected-tuesday

On the move

Kären Woodruff has been named vice president and community affairs officer of the Wells Fargo Foundation for the Northern California Region, based in Sacramento.

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/07/5320272/on-the-move.html#mi_rss=Business

04/06/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Architecture.

• Tetra Tech Stock Rating Reaffirmed by Zacks _{2013-04-05, 02:55 pm}
  's stock had its "neutral" rating restated by Zacks in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, StocKRatingsNetwork.com reports.
• Clean flow and clever spaces _{2013-04-05, 02:30 pm}
  ... and warmth. The aim was to marry the new studio to the existing home, knitting together the elements of architecture and garden as well as light, shadow and space. Briar would insert versatile and useful spaces while working within the restraints of ...
• Ervin, Floreen request expert to advise council on Silver Spring Transit Center fixes _{2013-04-05, 02:12 pm}
  Montgomery County Councilwomen Valerie Ervin and Nancy Floreen believe the Silver Spring Transit Center's problems are so complex, the council should hire its own expert.
• Apple's spaceship HQ attacked as extravagantly anti-people _{2013-04-05, 04:17 am}
  ... it would be alienating, as opposed to convening," says Scott Wyatt, a managing partner at NBBJ, a Seattle-based architecture firm that is designing offices in the region for Google and Samsung. Rather than making it a great place to work, "it seems ...
• City Council devotes more funds to airport terminal improvements _{2013-04-05, 03:00 am}
  The Columbia City Council approved an intradepartmental fund at Monday night's meeting to dedicate more money for terminal improvements at Columbia Regional Airport.
• Resident Frank Tintinalli looks at the plans for Ford Road at an... _{2013-04-04, 03:00 am}
  A proposal to transform Ford Road into a boulevard in Canton is gaining momentum as the Michigan Department of Transportation narrows the list of options to ease traffic congestion along the bustling thoroughfare.
• Apple's New $5 Billion Campus: Steve Jobs's Last Success or Failure? _{2013-04-04, 03:00 am}
  ... "Aesthetics seem to trump productivity, says Scott Wyatt, a managing partner at NBBJ, a Seattle-based architecture firm that's designing offices in the region for Google and Samsung. 'I would be concerned that it would be alienating, as opposed to ...
• Newly independent Columbus Division of Power names Herb Johanson administrator _{2013-04-04, 09:08 pm}
  The city of Columbus has turned to one of its utility administrators, Herb Johanson , to lead the newly created division that runs the city's electricity business.
• Petrofac Ltd Receives Overweight Rating from JPMorgan Chase _{2013-04-04, 07:26 pm}
  's stock had its "overweight" rating reaffirmed by research analysts at JPMorgan Chase in a report released on Thursday, AnalystRatings.Net reports.
• City Council to Review Main Street Bridge Project _{2013-04-04, 10:10 am}
  In an ongoing effort to keep the public informed on the Main Street Bridge Project , the City of Half Moon Bay provides the following update prepared by Karen Hurst, Senior Public Affairs Specialist for URS Corporation, a bridge design firm: The City Council members are keenly aware of the concerns expressed in the three recent public meetings held ... (more)
• Petrofac Ltd Stock Rating Reaffirmed by JP Morgan Cazenove _{2013-04-04, 06:27 am}
  's stock had its "overweight" rating reiterated by investment analysts at JP Morgan Cazenove in a note issued to investors on Thursday, Stock Ratings Network.com reports.
• Ford-to-boulevard idea gains traction _{2013-04-04, 03:00 am}
  A proposal to transform Ford Road into a boulevard in Canton is gaining momentum as the Michigan Department of Transportation narrows the list of options to ease traffic congestion along the bustling thoroughfare.
• Exhibition Explores Chicago Architecture and the Modern City _{2013-04-03, 09:19 pm}
  "Drawing the Future: Chicago Architecture on the International Stage, 1900-1925," the main gallery exhibition at Northwestern University's Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art this spring, examines the role Chicago architects played in shaping ideas about the modern city in the United States, Europe and Australia.
• Sustainable Synergy: Recycled Water Supplies Nuclear Plant, Wetlands Park _{2013-04-01, 03:38 pm}
  In the more than half a century since the 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant was constructed near the Salt River outside of Phoenix, it has grown and evolved to meet the changing needs of the burgeoning communities it serves - a far cry from the original plant built in the 1950s and handling 5 million gallons of sewage a day.
• National Award Recognizes SDG&E Environmental Monitoring Program _{2013-04-03, 06:23 pm}
  San Diego Gas & Electric was recognized with a National Environmental Excellence Award for the electronic environmental monitoring and compliance tools it used during the construction of the Sunrise Powerlink.
• Roger Eberta s cancer returnsThe longtime Chicago Sun-Times film... _{2013-04-03, 05:17 pm}
  Roger Ebert , the longtime Chicago Sun-Times movie critic and former co-host of "At the Movies," has suffered a recurrence of cancer and is undergoing radiation therapy.
• Hales Issues Bold Prediction For Troubled Streetcar _{2013-04-03, 04:59 pm}
  Mayor Charlie Hales found himself playing a very familiar role during a slightly awkward council discussion today on what seemed like a mysterious new expense in Portland's streetcar contract with TriMet: chief booster for the city's troubled East Side extension.
• St. Louis County selling $50 million in bonds for courthouse project _{2013-04-03, 03:29 pm}
  St. Louis County is selling $49.9 million in general obligation bonds this week to help fund a new family court building, according to a report from Fitch Ratings.
• California High-Speed Rail Costs Soar Again a " This time Just for Planning _{2013-04-03, 02:25 pm}
  While much of the squabbling over California's high-speed rail project has focused on its huge construction price tag, the cost to taxpayers just to plan the bullet train is also soaring While much of the squabbling over California's high-speed rail project has focused on its huge construction price tag, the cost to taxpayers just to plan the ... (more)
• Philip Lai - Architecture & Design - Stanford Who's Who Certified _{2013-04-03, 01:13 pm}
  Philip Lai Is Built Into The Stanford Who's Who Network HONG KONG, April 4, 2013 /Stanford Who's Who [1]/ -- An accomplished executive in the architecture industry with over three decades of diverse professional experience in the structural engineering field, Philip Lai [2] has enjoyed a tremendously successful career filled with several ...