18The Military Engineer l November-December l 2009 Merrick & Co.s Life Sciences Group was awarded a major inde?nite deliv- ery-inde?nite quantity (IDIQ) contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Europe District to provide commissioning services for missile-de- fense facilities in Eastern Europe. NAVFAC Paci?c has selected Mof- fatt & Nichol for the Waterfront Design Support Contract for infrastructure up- grades to waterfront facilities on Guam and other locations in the NAVFAC area of responsibility. The competitively- procured IDIQ contract has a maximum value of $100 million. Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. an- nounced its Board of Directors and Ex- ecutive Committee are recommending that shareholders approve the acquisi- tion of the ?rm by the London-based infrastructure ?rm Balfour Beatty for. The Air Force announced Pond & Co. as the winner of two 2009 Air Force De- sign Awards for projects at the Air Na- tional Guard Bases at Fort Smith, Ark., and Memphis, Tenn. Stantec Engineering was awarded Recovery Act-funded contract by the USACE-Louisville District to perform an assessment of the long-term integ- rity of Green River Lock and Dam No. 3. Stronghold Engineering Inc. was awarded a $19.9 million design-build contract by NAVFAC for the construc- tion of more than 30,000-ft2 of bachelor enlisted quarters at San Clemente Is- land, Calif. Suffolk Construction Co. Inc. was awarded a $8 million design-build proj- ect by the Navy for a new Waterfront Op- erations Small Craft Facility at the Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn. TJC Engineering was awarded a $2.15 million contract by USACE for the design and construction of a state-of- the art education and classroom facility at Caesar Creek Lake Visitor Center in Sassafras, Ky. St. Bernard Levee Partners LLC, a URS Corp.-led joint venture, has been selected by USACE to provide precon- struction services for the St. Bernard levee project in New Orleans, La. Watts Constructors recently achieved two million hours worked without a lost time accident. This year Watts was the recipient of safety awards from the Na- tional Safety Council, General Contrac- tors Association, Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. and USACE. Weston Solutions Inc. announced the acquisition of Resource Technology Inc., a New Mexico-based, minority- owned water resources, civil engineer- ing and landscape architecture design ?rm. Submit Government & Industry News items, with high-resolution (300-dpi) electronic images, to John M. Nank, M.SAME, at industrynews@same.org. Parsons Designing and Building a Better Future for More than 65 Years Please visit us at www.parsons.com QualityQualityDiversityDiversity SustainabilitySustainability IntegrityIntegrity SafetySafety InnovationInnovation Government & Industry News (continued)