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May 2016 - Pittsburgh, PA - Observed each year on May 31, National Dam Safety Awareness Day commemorates the tragic failure of the South Fork Dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1889, which took more than 2,200 lives and was the worst dam failure ...
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February 2016 - Pittsburgh, PA - RIZZO is excited to announce that our Christchurch Sample testing and Analysis Project received the Engineer Society of Western PA (ESWP)'s Project of the Year Award in the Advanced Technology category. Each year...
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October 2015 - Pittsburgh, PA - A recent article on dam safety published by South Carolina newspaper the State, featured a photo of Engineering Director H. Grady Adkins, PE. The article, entitled "Floods, rain, expose SC's flawed dam safety...
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August 2015 - Pittsburgh, PA - A paper authored by RIZZO's own Dr. Abdelatee Eljadei has been published in the November 2015 issue of Engineering Structures. This journal provides a forum for a broad blend of scientific and technical papers to r...
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August 2015 - Pittsburgh, PA - RIZZO Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) ranked 191st on the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top International Design Firms list - up 10 spots from a 201st ranking in 2013. RIZZO continues to provide world-class engineering se...
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July 2015 - Pittsburgh, PA - From June 9-11, 2015, Vice President of Power Generation Project Development, Dr. Melissa Dubinsky, represented RIZZO Associates as a panelist at the 2015 MENA Nuclear Energy Summit in Istanbul, Turkey. The conferenc...
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April 2015 - Pittsburgh, PA - On January 22, 2015, Vice President of Power Generation Project Development, Dr. Melissa Dubinsky, represented RIZZO Associates as a supplier at a U.S. Export-Import Bank roundtable discussion held at Westinghouse's...
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March 2015 - Pittsburgh, PA - A paper coauthored by RIZZO’s own Dr. Benjin Zhu has been published in the inaugural issue of “ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering”. The scope of this jo...
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March 2015 - Pittsburgh, PA - PCR Holdings' operating companies, RIZZO Associates (RIZZO) and Fall Line Testing and Inspection (FLT) have passed the Nuclear Procurement Issues Committee (NUPIC) audit, conducted at their Pittsburgh, PA and Denver...
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Oct 6, 2014 – Pittsburgh, PA – Fall Line Testing & Inspection Panama, S. de R.L., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fall Line Testing & Inspection, LLC, a USA concern and operating unit of PCR Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Pitt...
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May 12, 2014 – Pittsburgh, PA – RIZZO Associates (RIZZO), formerly Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc., is excited to celebrate 30 years of business by rebranding the company! Founded in March of 1984, the company has grown from a small humble gr...
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April 16, 2014 – Pittsburgh, PA – Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) ranked 348th on the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms list. Taken as a group, the Top 500 firms had design revenue of $92.69 billion in 2013, up 2.7% f...
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RIZZO will be participating in the Marcellus Shale Coalition's (MSC) Waste and Recycle Subcommittee meeting on August 21, 2013 at the Penn State Hotel, State College, PA during the MSC's monthly meetings. RIZZO's Mark Zatezalo will pro...
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July 1, 2013 – Pittsburgh, PA – Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) is pleased to welcome Mr. Jeff Kimball to our senior team of seismic specialists. A recognized expert in Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA), Mr. Kimball has ove...
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May 1, 2013 – Pittsburgh, PA – Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) is pleased to announce that Bill Broderick from our NY office is presenting a lecture on "Current Trends in Dam Safety" to the Westchester / Putnam Chapter – N...
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May 1, 2013 – Pittsburgh, PA – Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) ranked 310th on the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms list. The Top 500, taken as a group, had overall design revenue of $90.24 billion in 2012, up 6.1% f...
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March 7, 2013–Tarrytown, NY– A Rock Anchor Assessment study on the condition of grouted post-tensioned anchors is being conducted. The Centre for Energy Advancement through Technological Innovation (CEATI) Dam Safety Interest Group has contr...
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March 11, 2013 – Oakland, CA – Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) is happy to announce its California branch office, originally located at 2201 Broadway, Suite 400, Oakland, is moving to a new address, also in Oakland. Beginning March 11...
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February 8, 2013 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Paul C. Rizzo Associates (RIZZO) is proud to announce that the news website msn.com has referenced a RIZZO project, Taum Sauk Reservoir, on its renowned website! MSN has gotten into the Valentine...
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October 26, 2012 – Plzen, Czech Republic – Rizzo Associates Czech (RIZZO)celebrated its twenty year anniversary and official name change with a gala event held at the Museum of West Bohemia in Plzen. During the gala the Mechanical Engineers ...
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August 22, 2012 – Pittsburgh, PA – Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) is pleased to announce the Blue Ridge Dam Penstock Rehabilitation was awarded ENR Magazine's Southeast 2012 Best Projects Award. Garney Cos., the contractor for Blue R...
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December 1, 2012 – Pittsburgh, PA – Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) is excited to announce the opening of a new international branch office in London, England. RIZZO's UK office will serve as a base for extended mining efforts in Afri...
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December 1, 2012 – Pittsburgh, PA – Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) is pleased to welcome Dr. Andy Chakrabarti as the UK Operations Manager and Principal for Mining. Dr. Chakrabarti has over 40 years experience in Economic and Mining ...
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October 25, 2012 – Zaragoza, Spain – Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) is pleased to announce the Taum Sauk Upper Reservoir Dam was awarded the International Milestone Roller Compacted Concreter (RCC) Project Award after being nominated...
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November 9, 2012 – Rizzo Associates Peru S.A. - On Friday November 9, 2012, Rizzo Associates Peru S.A. (RAPSA) obtained the REQUALIFICATION TEST FOR ANTAMINA with a score of 89%.
This major benchmark in the history of the subsidiary makes RAP...
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Stevenson & Associates Kancelář v České republice a. s. has become Rizzo Associates Czech, a. s.October 1, 2012 – Plzeň, Czech Republic – Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) is pleased to announce the name change of Stevenson...
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July 23, 2012 - Pittsburgh, PA - Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) ranked 163rd on the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top International Design Firms list. The current strength of the international design market can be seen in the results of ...
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April 18, 2012 - WHEN YOU GOOGLE “DEWATERING,” some of the first results yielded are the Wikipedia page for the term, followed by the website for Griffin Dewatering Corp. While that pretty much sums up the company’s place in the industry, ...
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December 19, 2011 - Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc.'s (RIZZO) Jason Dimaria accompanied Curtiss Wright’s George Gillespie during a recent trip to the Shenyang site in China. The board Mr. Gillespie is standing by is an information board that wa...
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April 12, 2012 - Pittsburgh, PA - Paul C. Rizzo Assocaites, Inc (RIZZO) has reached an agreement with Curtiss-Wright Flow Control’s business unit, Scientech, and with URS Corporation to jointly provide seismic, flooding, other external hazar...
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28 March 2012 - Enhancing the Environmental Component in the New Nuclear Power Programmes
Environmental protection is an important aspect in deploying new nuclear power programmes. Environmental issues are often directly related to public perc...
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December 19, 2011 - Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) is pleased to announce that Dr. Paul Rizzo will be a leading panel member for an upcoming Webinar, "Updating Seismic Hazard Analysis for Nuclear Power Plants in the United States.&q...
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January 31, 2011 – Pittsburgh, PA – Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) is excited to announce that the Taum Sauk Upper Reservoir Dam Restoration Project has been selected to receive the Engineer Society of Western PA (ESWP)’s Project o...
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January 17, 2011 – Pittsburgh, PA – Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) is proud to announce that Dr. Paul Rizzo has been named one of Engineering News-Record (ENR) Magazine’s Top 25 Newsmakers for 2010. Selected annually by ENR editors...
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November 7, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA - Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) is pleased to announce that Dr. Paul Rizzo was presented with Carnegie Mellon University's Engineering Department Distinguished Alumnus Award for his contributions to the...
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October 1, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA - Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) recently completed the design and bid documents for a 1.75km-long, 3m diameter hard-rock tunnel through the sub-Andes in Southern Bolivia for Repsol YPF. (PDF)
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October 1, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA - Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) is proud to announce that in the recently released Zweig Letter Hot Firm List for 2010 RIZZO is ranked #4! RIZZO will be honored at The Zweig Letter Hot Firm Conference wh...
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August 6, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA - Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) was awarded a contract to perform consultancy services for the seismic assessment of Units 3 and 4 of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant in Romania. (PDF)
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August 4, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA - Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) just received the official announcement that our Taum Sauk Upper Reservoir Rebuild Project was selected as a Finalist for the 2011 Outstanding (PDF)
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July 5, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA - Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) placed seventh on the Engineering News-Record Sourcebook 'Dams and Reservoirs' list. (PDF)
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June 8, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA - Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. has received the United States Society on Dams (USSD) Award of Excellence in a Constructed Project for its work on the Taum Sauk Upper Reservoir Restoration Project. (PDF)
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June 8, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA - Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. participated in the festivities as AmerenUE announced its Missouri hydroelectric plant, Taum Sauk was once again generating electricity, four and a half years after a 700-foot sectio...
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June 3, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA - Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) was awarded the Tennessee Valley Authority Engineering Services contract to provide on-call engineering services specifically related to TVA hydro projects. (PDF)
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January 15, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA - Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. (RIZZO) announces it has moved its Corporate Headquarters to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (PDF)
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December 7, 2009 - Tucson, AZ - Fall Line Testing & Inspection, LLC has announced the company is opening a dedicated RCC Mix Design Lab in Tucson, Arizona. Fall Line has purchased a 10,000 square foot building located at 3360 East Elvira Roa...
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