AI & Technology

Effective and Seamless Wastewater Treatment System Set-up

Setting up an effective wastewater treatment system makes for a complex and intricate project. Antea Group designed, managed the construction and oversaw the start-up and compliance testing of a wastewater treatment system for a food production company, executing the project in an organized and seamless fashion.

AI & Technology

Water Conservation and Reclamation for a Food and Beverage Client

A food and beverage industry company faces increasing water and sewer bills due to the use of water in its production line and the sewer fees for wastewater discharges. Antea Group’s water conservation assessment finds that re-using pump cooling water and drink concentrate reject would go a long way in reducing the water and sewer bills. A reuse treatment system is put in place.

AI & Technology

How the Digital Ceiling Could Change Commercial Real Estate

Two decades ago, technology firm Cisco moved voice calling from conventional phone lines to data lines, enabling capabilities like Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication. Some five years after that, the company moved closed-circuit cameras onto the same lines, allowing commercial property owners, for instance, to combine data, voice and camera functions into a single network.

Environment

GM’s Carsharing Service Expands. Is Your City Next?

General Motors’ Maven carsharing service debuted in January 2016 as an alternative mode of transportation for people living in the college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan. It has since grown to 15 more cities and 17,000 users that together have clocked in 40 million miles. Peter Kosak, GM’s executive director of urban mobility, said the company will announce even more locations in 2017.

Education & Workforce Development

Bechtel Sponsored DiscoverE Future City Team Visits White House, Appears on FabLabTV

Who knew that joining a Future City team could land you a visit to the White House? That’s exactly what happened to the Nevada Future City team this year. Future City is a middle school competition that ask students to imagine, design and build cities of the future. After four months of designing a virtual city (using SimCity), they write up their solution to a city-wide issue, build scale models of their city, and then present their vision to a panel of judges. Luckily a team from Nevada was chosen to participate in the U.S. Science Fair Engineering Festival which was hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama, April 16-17, 2016.

AI & Technology

GM to Start Autonomous Vehicle Manufacturing and Testing in Michigan

On the heels of the signing of the SAVE Act legislation to support autonomous vehicle testing and deployment in Michigan, General Motors will immediately begin testing autonomous vehicles on public roads. GM also announced it will produce the next generation of its autonomous test vehicles at its Orion Township assembly plant beginning in early 2017.

AI & Technology

PYXERA Global Secures Grant of IBM Technology

PYXERA Global has earned an Impact Grant from IBM for 2017, giving it data analytics technology designed to help organizations make more informed decisions and be more effective.

AI & Technology

Xylem’s Flygt Concertor Halves Energy Use at Heathrow Airport

Flygt Concertor, the world’s first wastewater pumping system with integrated intelligence, has solved chronic clogging issues at a Heathrow Airport pumping station and reduced energy use by 53 percent.

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