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  • Parsons to Help Repair Yellowknife Giant Mine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons to Help Repair Yellowknife Giant Mine

    Parsons has been awarded a potential $16 million contract with Canada’s public works and government services agency to manage the construction of infrastructure upgrade and repair work for the Giant Mine in Yellowknife. The company will oversee work to demolish the mine shaft, build the pit buttress and upgrade sitewide power, Parsons said Wednesday. The contract […] More

  • Jacobs Awarded Multiple TxDOT Professional Services Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Awarded Multiple TxDOT Professional Services Contracts

    Jacobs Engineering Group has landed three contracts to provide professional and technical services for multiple projects run by the Texas Department of Transportation. Jacobs said Tuesday it will conduct research on transport corridors and systems, traffic counts, travel times and highway tolls within the El Paso district through the first contract. The second contract is […] More

  • Robert Thomas: IAI to Expand Ohio Hub as Firm Inks Lease Extension Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robert Thomas: IAI to Expand Ohio Hub as Firm Inks Lease Extension Deal

    Integrity Applications Inc. has signed a new agreement with Mills-Morgan Properties to extend its lease of office space in Beavercreek, Ohio and construct new facilities to expand its offices. IAI said Thursday that its lease at the College Park III building will run through 2023 and grow its office space by 7,279 rentable square feet. “Expanding IAI’s Beavercreek office and opening up additional […] More

  • Bob Ciesla: Boeing's Future Missouri Composites Hub Eyes Commercial, Military Coverage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Ciesla: Boeing’s Future Missouri Composites Hub Eyes Commercial, Military Coverage

    Construction has begun on Boeing‘s new facility in St. Louis that will house composite manufacturing operations for the 777x commercial aircraft and potentially generate 700 jobs for the community. The company said Tuesday the composites center will cover an area of 367,000 square feet and expand the existing tooling center at the location. Bob Ciesla, vice president of Boeing Military […] More

  • Mary McLaughlin: Bechtel, Siemens Finish Work on Panda Sherman Power Plant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary McLaughlin: Bechtel, Siemens Finish Work on Panda Sherman Power Plant

    A Bechtel and Siemens alliance has completed work to build a 758-megawatt combined-cycle gas plant in Sherman, Texas, for Panda Power Funds. The companies finished commissioning of the Panda Sherman Power natural gas facility two weeks ahead of schedule, Bechtel said Thursday. Bechtel managed the overall project and led construction, procurement and engineering work, while […] More

  • Todd Wager: Int'l Road Federation Recognizes Parsons for Quality Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Todd Wager: Int’l Road Federation Recognizes Parsons for Quality Mgmt

    A Parsons company has received recognition from the International Road Federation for the firm’s work on the Columbus Crossroads project in Columbus, Ohio. IRF awarded Delcan the Global Road Achievement Award in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the fifth consecutive year, Parsons said Monday. “Our innovations in quality oversight save our customers significant time and money while […] More

  • Michael Baker International to Build U.S. OSCE Offices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Baker International to Build U.S. OSCE Offices

    The State Department has awarded Michael Baker International a contract to build the U.S. headquarters for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The work will include construction and engineering services in compliance with OBO objectives for U.S. facilities in their host countries, the company said Friday. Baker indicated that the OSCE offices will occupy […] More

  • Terrence Blair on Tetra Tech AMT's IT, Aviation Partnerships with the FAA and Role of Contract Consolidation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Terrence Blair on Tetra Tech AMT’s IT, Aviation Partnerships with the FAA and Role of Contract Consolidation

    Terrence Blair oversees technology strategy and technology-related consulting work for federal agencies as chief technology officer at Tetra Tech AMT – the information technology, aerospace and safety management arm of Tetra Tech. Blair, a more-than 25-year GovCon veteran, joined Tetra Tech after spending eight-and-a-half years at Sapient as technical lead for that company’s federal government consulting business unit […] More

  • DHS Set to Enter New Phase in HQ Construction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Set to Enter New Phase in HQ Construction

    The General Services Administration this week sought to move forward with the consolidation of the Department of Homeland Security into its new headquarters in southeast Washington, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Andy Medici writes the agency’s consolidation had been postponed due to congressional budget cuts, but now has a $140 million contract to start construction of the […] More

  • Northrop Grumman Breaks Ground on Florida Campus Expansion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman Breaks Ground on Florida Campus Expansion

    Northrop Grumman has begun construction on a 220,000 sq ft office and research facility at its Melbourne International Airport campus in Florida, the Orlando Business Journal reported Wednesday. The building is part of the first phase of the company’s planned $500 million, 720,000 sq ft expansion of the campus, Anjali Fluker writes in the exclusive report. The completed […] More

  • Parsons Completes Mall Renovation in Abu Dhabi; Guy Mehula Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Completes Mall Renovation in Abu Dhabi; Guy Mehula Comments

    Parsons has completed work on modernizing the Dalma Mall in Abu Dhabi by using a fresh transportation design technology. Parsons worked to design the mall improvements by implementing the diverging diamond interchange approach, the company said Thursday. “The use of the diverging diamond interchange for this project is an example of a successful collaboration between […] More

  • John Barron Named Tishman Construction EVP, Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Barron Named Tishman Construction EVP, Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager

    John Barron has been appointed executive vice president and Mid-Atlantic regional manager at Tishman Construction, a subsidiary of AECOM. Barron will handle business development activities and company operations in five states and the District of Columbia, the company announced Tuesday. Tishman said Barron holds nearly 30 years of general contracting and construction management experience and […] More