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Universal Engineering Sciences | November 10, 2021

Universal Engineering Sciences® (UES), a national leading engineering and consulting company specializing in geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, building code compliance, threshold inspections and environmental consulting, has agreed to acquire Alpha Testing, a professional geotechnical engineering firm headquartered in Dallas, TX, with offices in Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Alpha Testing's 400-person team provides geotechnical engineering, construction ma...

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Verdantas | January 05, 2022

Five leading professional service groups have come together to form a national company, which is launching under a new brand: Verdantas. Round Table Capital Partners (“RTC Partners”) launched this new venture with the acquisition of Hull & Associates, LLC (“Hull”) in July of 2020, and has since expanded the organization with the acquisitions of Duffield Associates, LLC (“Duffield”), HSW Consulting, LLC (“HSW”), GeoInsight, Inc. (“GeoInsig...

Arizona State University | February 05, 2020

A group of Arizona State graduate students invented a drone company called Phone-A-Drone as part of a class project, and are now considering it for a future enterprise. According to an article in The State Press, the service would allow construction workers to call Phone-A-Drone to inspect work sites for them and ensure the safety of the buildings. Additionally, the drone used for inspecting would utilize unique technology configured by the students. For example, Phone-A-Drone’s technology...

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Audubon Engineering Company | June 03, 2022

Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc, has signed a three-year contract with Audubon Engineering Company LP (Audubon), a leading provider of engineering, procurement, construction, and fabrication services, to provide brownfield engineering and procurement (EP) services for Shell's Mars Corridor. The contract includes some of Shell's offshore assets in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, including the Mars, Olympus, Ursa, and Vito tension leg platforms, and has two one-year ...