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Psomas | January 19, 2022

Engineering consulting firm Psomas announced today it has expanded its service capabilities and geographic footprint to serve the Pacific Northwest through the acquisition of Seattle-based KPG. KPG, known for its focus on interdisciplinary design, planning and surveying, is now KPG-Psomas."We've become deeply familiar with KPG's caliber of projects, vision and broad range of planning, design and construction services, said Psomas CEO Steve Margaroni. "Plus, over the last severa...

Engineering Tech

Agora | August 12, 2021

Agora, the industry-leading commercial construction procurement platform, today announced its $33 million Series B funding round led by Tiger Global, with additional key investments from 8VC, Tishman Speyer, Jerry Yang, Michael Ovitz, DST, LeFrak, and Kevin Hartz. Commercial trade contractors use Agora to order and track materials, automate manual data entry, and bring all their supply chain stakeholders together onto a single platform for seamless communication. Agora's software solution is...

Interesting Engineering | April 03, 2020

Virtual reality has long been at the forefront of overhyped technologies. Sure, it's a cool party trick to play a video game in VR, but no one can actually utilize the technology in their daily life... right? Virtual reality, or VR, along with augmented reality, AR, and mixed reality, MR, are growing more prominent in their use within a variety of industries. From video games to art, and even to engineering. More mainstream VR devices and platforms are helping normalize the technology, like ...

Engineering Tech, Construction

Newswire | April 05, 2023

CIMA+, one of Canada's largest privately-owned consulting engineering firms, today announced the acquisition of MidSea Engineering ("MidSea"), a Vancouver-based engineering consulting firm that provides multidisciplinary engineering and consulting services and solutions. Established by Ali Taleb, P.Eng. in 2019, MidSea specializes in water resources, hydropower, marine infrastructure, and industrial engineering, and boasts a dedicated team of professionals in civil...