Saudi Aramco and Total launch engineering studies to build a giant petrochemical complex in JubailChemEngOnlineAmin H. Nasser, president and CEO of Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) and Patrick Pouyanné, chairman and CEO of Total S. …

MRO NetworkMonarch Aircraft Engineering To RestructureMRO NetworkUK-based maintenance provider Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has rejected reports that it is facing a winding-up order, but has said it is working on legacy issues and that its current o …

ENGINEERING.comAirborne Light Scan Unlocks Secrets of Maya RuinsENGINEERING.comAirborne laser scanning is often used to prepare for new construction, but a recent study in Guatemala used the technology to understand some very, very old construction. LiDAR …

Austin American-StatesmanBastrop hires Jerry Palady as director of engineering and developmentAustin American-StatesmanBastrop's interim director of engineering and development, Jerry Palady, can now scratch “interim” from his title. The city manager a …

Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information ServiceUWI Opens Faculty of Engineering - Jamaica Information ServiceGovernment of Jamaica, Jamaica Information ServiceThe University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has opened a new Faculty of Engineering, with t …

Business InsiderUber just announced plans to spend $150 million in Toronto on engineering and self-driving cars — and it's a sign ...Business InsiderUber Technologies is spending millions of dollars in Toronto to open an engineering hub and expand its …

Nikkei Asian ReviewST Engineering to buy GE aircraft component unit for $630mNikkei Asian ReviewSINGAPORE -- Defense group Singapore Technologies Engineering, one of the world's leading aircraft maintenance providers, said Thursday it will buy an aircr …

Forbes IndiaQuEST Global: Engineering excellenceForbes IndiaThe GE job gave Prabhu, a self-confessed engineering geek, a peek into the behemoth's technical know-how. “A lot of technical problems regarding their businesses were being solved at the centr …

Fox NewsDoomed duck boat's designer had no engineering training, court documents revealFox NewsBRANSON, Mo. – The duck boat that sank in a Missouri lake last week, killing 17 people and injuring several others, was built by a self-taught entrepreneur w …

FireEngineering.comLaos Dam Failed After Desperate 24-Hour Fight to Avert CollapseBloombergEngineers struggled for almost 24 hours to try and prevent Monday's inundation, SK Engineering & Construction Co. said. Eventually, one of the $1 billion dev …