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Major Phase of Babylon Station Modernization Delivered Two Weeks Ahead of Schedule ISLANDIA, N.Y –  The two-year, multi-phase modernization project at Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Babylon Station reached a major milestone as the station’s newly reconstructed 12-car platforms opened to riders two weeks ahead of schedule, just in time for the busy East End summer travel season. Forte Construction, in collaboration with Lead Designer AECOM, MTA Construction & Development (MTA C&D), and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), reconstructed the station’s more than 60-year-old platforms while maintaining uninterrupted train service throughout construction.  “Babylon Station is a vital station within our network; 167 trains operate through this station every weekday,” said  LIRR President Rob Free  at a June 3 rd press conference , where he was joined by MTA leadership, local officials and labor lea...

Ipsum Group has today announced its acquisition of twoH and ExcelCS, further strengthening its specialist capabilities across the UK water and infrastructure sectors and enhancing the breadth of services oBered through its Water & Infrastructure division. The acquisition represents another step in Ipsum’s continued growth across the UK water and infrastructure sectors, expanding the range of specialist services available to its customers. By bringing together complementary expertise across clean and wastewater infrastructure, it is strengthening its ability to support water companies across the full lifecycle of their assets helping to ensure safe, eBicient and resilient network performance from delivery through to ongoing operations. Based in North Wales, the two businesses bring complementary strengths across commissioning services, pipelaying and specialist equipment provision. ExcelCS delivers clean water commissioning and pipe-laying services, supporting the insta...

GHD, a global professional services company, has opened a new office in New York City, strengthening the firm’s presence across the state and bringing teams closer to clients in a key US market. GHD’s new Midtown Manhattan office builds on more than 50 years of work in New York State and nearly three decades supporting communities out of Westchester County. The Madison Avenue location offers easy access to Grand Central Station and Penn Station, making it convenient for clients and teams to connect.  The firm has a strong presence across New York State, with offices in Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Syracuse and Rye.  This space marks an important step in GHD’s growth across the NYC metro area. The new office brings clients a local team backed by GHD’s global capacity and connections, with plans to grow as the firm deepens its work across the NYC metro.  “We’ve built deep relationships across New York State over many years. Establishing ourselves in New York City places ...

Sustainable drainage specialist Sudsplanter Ltd has supported a rainwater management project led by Scottish Water and Dundee City Council, through the Water Resilient Dundee partnership. The partnership aims to manage Dundee’s rainwater more naturally, reduce local flood and pollution risk, build climate resilience and create greener spaces, while engaging with communities. St Mary’s Community Centre, in the north of Dundee, was identified as a suitable location for a series of small-scale sustainable drainage systems (SuDS), including two SuDSPlanter rain gardens, to ease pressure on the combined sewer network.  A key aim was to make SuDS more accessible and build community understanding and trust, ahead of a larger planned project. Combined sewers Parts of Dundee have experienced significant flooding in recent years, including in August 2025, when drainage networks were overwhelmed during a sudden and intense storm. Approximately 88% of Dundee’s sewers carr...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.  – Local design firms Matheny Goldmon and Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) are pleased to announce their firms have merged. Collaboration between the firms began nearly two years ago through discussions about partnering to pursue the Madison County Courthouse project. “Ultimately, we both believed our combined expertise had potential to yield the best outcome for Madison County with respect to delivering a project of this magnitude,” GMC Jeffrey Brewer said. “We had never worked on a project with the Matheny Goldmon team before, but we knew the caliber of their work and had utmost respect for their leadership and talent.”  The partnership proved to be a success, with the firms officially being selected by the Madison County Commission to design the new courthouse earlier this year.  “Finding out how well we...

United Utilities has appointed Barhale to deliver a key project to improve water quality in the Micker Brook at Bramhall, Stockport. The civil engineering, infrastructure and tunnelling specialist will construct a new detention tank at Bramhall Precinct car park to reduce the number of times the storm overflow operates into the brook, a tributary of the River Mersey. The shaft tank will intercept a sewer running into the existing Briarlands Combined Storm Overflow (CSO). The contract has been awarded as part of the largest investment in wastewater infrastructure in the North West for a century. United Utilities is investing £13bn to protect and enhance over 500km of rivers, lakes and bathing waters whilst safeguarding drinking water supplies for millions of customers. The site sits within an area with a high water table so Barhale and UU have collaborated closely to identify a suitable design solution. It includes diverting an 825mm diameter sewer running at 4m depth to al...

Director – Business Development, Director – Special Projects, and Marketing Manager roles will provide strategic direction across the firm. Ambler, Pa. | Cary, N.C. –  Precis Engineering + Architecture , an award-winning design firm with offices in Ambler, Pa., and Cary, N.C., has made three strategic appointments. The firm hired  Josh Hirshenhorn  as Director – Business Development, named  Debbie Douglas, AIA , Director – Special Projects, and hired Corin Gearhart as Marketing Manager. Roles became effective in June 2026. All three actively contribute to firm leadership. Josh Hirshenhorn | Director – Business Development Formerly a regional sales director with an environmental monitoring company, Hirshenhorn brings 15+ years of sales and business development experience to his role. He offers extensive technical background in the regulated pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and life science markets. In his new role, Hirshenhorn collaborates with Precis leade...