Recent Merger Activity Driven Largely by Technology Needs  Engineering News-RecordAn industry-wide sellers' market helped fuel record-setting merger-and-acquisition activity among engineering and construction firms in 2018, enabling buyers to ... …

New York TimesNew Engineering Firm Called Upon to Fix Swaying Squibb Park BridgeNew York TimesPark corporation officials said Arup, the international engineering firm, would design and oversee a plan to stabilize the bridge. That will involve a retrofit th …

Cincinnati Business CourierBelcan acquiring UK-based East Kilbride Engineering ServicesStaffing Industry AnalystsEngineering consulting and staffing provider Belcan LLC will acquire UK-based East Kilbride Engineering Services, an engineering consultancy th …

MINING.comSuncor not ruling out sweetening offer for Canadian Oil SandsMINING.comSuncor Energy (TSX, NYSE:SU), Canada's largest oil and gas company, has not ruled out raising its offer to acquire Canadian Oil Sands (TSX:COS), CEO Steve Williams has con …

MINING.comSuncor cuts oil sands output for 2016MINING.comSuncor Energy (TSX, NYSE:SU), Canada's dominant oil sands player, warned Tuesday that production would drop next year as a result of major planned maintenance work at its facilities. The company, …

Wall Street JournalWPX to Buy Permian Oil Producer RKIWall Street JournalThe deal is the latest in a string of deals made by WPX over the past year as it tries to switch from pumping natural gas to finding new sources of oil. Most of the Tulsa-based compan …

WPX to Expand Oil Rights With Purchase of Permian Producer RKIWall Street Journalsaid it would transition its gas-weighted portfolio production and increase oil inventory. Chief executive Rick Muncrief on Tuesday said the RKI deal fits with that strategy t …

Ubergizmo (blog)Tissue Engineering Gets A New ApproachUbergizmo (blog)tissue-engineering The wonders of medical science certainly does not cease to amaze. This time around, we have received word that there is a team of researchers who happen to hail from I …

DealCurryQuest Global Acquires German Auto Engineering Company EDF GmbHDealCurryWarburg Pincus backed Quest Global Engineering has acquired German automotive engineering company, EDF Gmbh. The financial details of the deal remain undisclosed. EDF is an aut …

Boeing partners with University of Washington for new engineering research centerGeekWirebarc12 Boeing is tapping into the talent at the University of Washington to help the company develop its airplanes and spacecraft. Gov. Jay Inslee, Boeing Commercial A …