"This is going to eliminate smaller firms trying to get government work, " adds John Woods, the founder of Woods Peacock Engineering Consultants in Alexandria, Va.

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The miner typically uses two or three outside engineering or geology consultants a year.

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The mayor's airport team will include design, engineering and project management consultants Atkins.

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Christian Parigger, associate professor of physics, and Jacqueline Johnson, associate professor of mechanical, aerospace, and biomedical engineering, along with Robert Splinter of Splinter Consultants, have developed the invention.

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He was thrilled when members of the engineering faculty mentored Page and Brin and later became Google investors, consultants, and shareholders.

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Engineering firm Buro Happold, which has worked on the power station for the past 10 years, and historic building consultants Purcell will advise on repairs.

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