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Ribbon-cutting highlights SW+’s expanding commitment to economic vitality and local partnerships across the Triangle. Charleston, S.C. –  SeamonWhiteside  (SW+), a full-service site design firm with offices throughout the Carolinas, today announced it is opening a permanent home for its Raleigh office at 1225 Crescent Green, Suite 240, in Cary, North Carolina. The firm will celebrate with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Town of Cary on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 4:00 p.m., followed by a grand-opening celebration from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.  Since establishing its Raleigh team in 2024, SW+ has focused on building relationships and becoming part of the communities it serves. Moving from a shared workspace to a permanent office is the next step in that commitment, giving the established team a dedicated place to host clients and project partners, review plans together, and collaborate on design and engineering questions. It also gives SW+ room to grow in a central location to serv...

Hawthorne, N.J.:  Undergraduate and graduate civil engineering students can take the next step toward their careers by applying for scholarships from the DFI Educational Trust, DFI’s charitable arm. Applications are now open for the scholarships listed below and must be submitted by  October 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET. University of Pittsburgh  Civil Engineering  Scholarship:  Available to  University of Pittsburgh students only. Two awards of $5,000 each. For information and to apply go to:   University of Pittsburgh Scholarship  Penn State University  Civil Engineering  Scholarship:  Available to  Penn State University  students only. Two awards of $5,000 each. For information and to apply go to:  Penn State University Scholarship  Manuel Fine Civil Engineering Scholarship . Available to students attending colleges and universities in the  Province of Ontario only . Two awards of $5,000 each. F...

Tim Hoekenga named Chief Operating Officer; Neal Curran appointed Executive Director of Innovation & Product Development Cleveland, OH –  Nexus Engineering Group, a full-service independent engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, has announced two executive leadership appointments designed to strengthen the organization and advance the development of innovative solutions for clients. Tim Hoekenga has been named Chief Operating Officer, and Neal Curran, who served as Nexus’ Chief Operating Officer for more than 20 years, has been appointed Executive Director of Innovation & Product Development. Together, the appointments position Nexus to strengthen its corporate operations while dedicating experienced leadership to the creation of proprietary technologies, products, and new client offerings. “Tim and Neal bring distinct but complementary strengths to their new positions,” says Jeff Herzog, Co-Founder and P...

Xylem has opened a new 87,000-square-foot Flygt distribution, service and training hub in Toronto, expanding local capacity to support municipal and industrial water customers across Canada. More than four times the size of Xylem’s previous Toronto facility, the hub increases storage capacity by 350% and will distribute more than 100,000 Flygt pumps, parts and products annually. Greater inventory and repair capacity in Canada will give customers faster access to critical equipment and service, helping reduce downtime and keep essential operations running. The expansion follows seven years of steady growth for Flygt in Canada and strengthens support for customers managing aging water and wastewater infrastructure, stormwater needs and industrial operations. A dedicated Xylem Academy will also serve as a hub for learning and collaboration, providing comprehensive education programs and hands-on technical and application training, helping customers, channel partners and employees...

New Progress Pathway and referral rewards scheme will help organizations build on completed sustainability work, engage their wider value chain and access additional support from Tunley Environmental. Leeds UK  – Tunley Environmental has launched  Grow Your Impact , a new client initiative designed to help organizations get more value from their sustainability projects while encouraging progress across their wider supply chains and professional networks. The initiative combines Tunley Environmental’s new Progress Pathway with a referral rewards scheme, creating a structured next step for clients once a sustainability project, assessment, training program or other piece of work has been completed.  Rather than allowing sustainability work to end with a final report or deliverable, the Progress Pathway encourages organisations to consider how the findings can be put into practice, used commercially and embedded more effectively across the business.  Clients can...

By Liisa Andreassen Two years ago, GSI Environmental made its first appearance in the Hot Firm rankings at No. 74. In 2025 it moved to No. 25. This year, as the Houston-based firm marks its 40th anniversary, it landed at No. 9 on the SNZweig Hot Firm list.  Rapid climbs like that tend to invite a hunt for a single cause, such as a hot market, an acquisition or a new service line. According to GSI President Travis McGuire, the real answer is less dramatic and more useful to other AEC firms.  Investments That Paid Off   McGuire points to timing.   “Our growth is attributed to the cumulative effect of several strategic investments reaching maturity over the past several years,” he says.  Those investments were both geographic and technical. GSI added offices in Denver, Montana and Atlanta, and built capabilities in aquatic science, mining, sustainability and climate, PFAS and emerging contaminants and services for fast-growing markets suc...

San Antonio, TX  –  Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) has welcomed Avery Simao, PE, PTOE, as a team leader for traffic in the firm’s Transportation business group, strengthening its ability to help clients address mobility, safety and traffic operations challenges. Simao brings 11 years of experience in transportation planning and traffic engineering, leading projects for state departments of transportation, municipalities, federal agencies, military installations, ports and private-sector clients. Her expertise includes traffic operations and safety analysis, corridor planning, microsimulation modeling, traffic impact studies, traffic design, parking and access planning and multimodal transportation improvements. She also brings experience managing multidisciplinary teams, coordinating with clients and subconsultants, and overseeing project schedules and budgets. In her role at LAN, Simao will lead traffic engineering teams and support the delivery of transportation ...