Briefs
And the winner is…
Pinellas County (Fla.) Economic Development has received five Merit Awards in the Atlanta-based Southern Economic Development Council’s 2002 Literature and Promotion Competition. The county received the awards for two magazine print ads, a directory, the “Good Business Pinellas TV and Radio Series” and a public service announcement. All entries were created in house by the economic development staff.
The Seminole County (Fla.) Purchasing and Contracts Division has received the Outstanding Agency Accreditation Achievement Award from the Herndon, Va.-based National Institute of Governmental Purchasing. The award recognizes agencies that exceed the minimum standards of the public procurement profession. The division also has received the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement from the Henderson, Nev.-based National Purchasing Institute for innovation, professionalism and productivity in procurement.
Fairfax County, Va., has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Chicago-based Government Finance Officers Association. For the 25th consecutive year, the county received the award for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
Company news
Severn Trent Services, based in Fort Washington, Pa., and Atlanta-based AdEdge Technologies have partnered to provide arsenic removal systems to the potable water treatment market.
USF Consumer & Commercial Water Group, a division of Palm Desert, Calif.-based USFilter, has sold Plymouth Products to St. Paul, Minn.-based Pentair. Plymouth manufactures water filtration products used in residential, commercial and industrial applications. The sale is part of USFilter’s strategy to divest its non-core assets.
Beachwood, Ohio-based Tremco has formed the Fire Protection Systems Group to market and service a line of passive fire control products in North America. The product line includes acrylic and silicone sealants, putties, intumescent devices and fire prevention mortar.
San Rafael, Calif.-based Autodesk has acquired Tampa, Fla.-based CaiCE Software, which specializes in survey, construction and highway design software for Departments of Transportation and their consultants.
Plugged in
Nashua, N.H., has purchased software from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada-based Municipal Software to automate its community development and licensing processes.
Chattanooga, Tenn., has contracted with Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola to centralize the city’s incoming non-emergency phone calls. Residents will be able to contact city departments using one phone number, and an operator will route the calls to the appropriate departments.
Marquette, Mich., has contracted with St. Louis-based Government e-Management Solutions to license and install software that provides 21 applications, including General Ledger, Grant Management, Accounts Payable, Budget Preparation and Purchasing.
Woburn, Mass., has contracted with Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Sanborn to update the city’s GIS.
The Indiana counties of Clinton and Fulton each have contracted with Sidwell, based in St. Charles, Ill., to create and install a uniform, countywide permanent parcel numbering system.
Carlsbad, Calif., has purchased software from Sacramento, Calif.-based Hansen Information Technologies to create an integrated work order system for the city’s Public Works Division and to establish a database of the city’s infrastructure assets. The city will use the software to centralize its streets and stormwater data.
Getting there
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded a $40.8 million contract to a partnership of New York-based Parsons Brinckerhoff; Douglassville, Pa.-based STV; and East Orange, N.J.-based The Louis Berger Group to design an extension of the No. 7 subway line in Manhattan. The companies will be responsible for completing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed 1.5-mile extension, along with preliminary engineering documents. The preparation of the EIS and accompanying materials is expected to take four years.
The Cole County (Mo.) Department of Public Works has contracted with St. Louis-based Horner & Shifrin to provide engineering and design services for the Nine Hills Road Bridge project. The existing one-lane steel truss bridge, which has a 15-ton load limit, will be replaced by a two-lane bridge with no weight limit.