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• The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) has deployed Wi-Tronix L.L.C.’s remote monitoring solutions on two ferries. The system will provide MBTA access to on-board data, increased utilization, fuel conservation monitoring and improved fleet productivity, according to Wi-Tronix.

• John Dionisio, president and chief executive officer of AECOM Technology Corp., has been appointed chairman, effective Oct. 1. He will succeed Richard Newman and continue to serve as CEO. Dionisio joined AECOM in 1971, and has served as president and CEO since 2005.

• RailComm’s Domain Operations Controller (DOC®) system will be used to monitor the shove track lights of Jim Walters Resources’ mining facility in Brookwood, Ala. The DOC system will include a workstation that allows the user to monitor device status and review operation logs of all system activity. The station will display a graphical representation of the yard showing all devices in the field.

• The Timken Co. reported net sales rose 37 percent to $1.3 billion in the first quarter due to stronger global demand, higher material surcharges and pricing. Income from continuing operations increased to $112.7 million, or $1.13 per diluted share, net of non-controlling interest, compared with $28.3 million, or 29 cents per share, in the same period a year ago. The mobile industries unit’s first-quarter sales jumped 21 percent to $443 million; process industries unit’s sales climbed 38 percent to $285 million; aerospace and defense segment sales dropped 14 percent to $92.1 million; and steel segment sales, including inter-segment sales, soared 78 percent to $481.5 million.  

• HDR has named Jason McGlashan technical director of transportation planning. He has managed the section for the southeast U.S. and Orlando, Fla., offices. McGlashan, who joined HDR in 1993, succeeds Jim Lee, who will remain with the company on a part-time basis to lead the private land development sector.

• The Arizona Department of Transportation has retained HDR to conduct the Interstate 10 Phoenix-to-California Border Multimodal Corridor Profile study, which will address multi-modal transportation planning needs within the 150-mile segment of the I-10 corridor between downtown Phoenix and the Arizona border. HDR also will develop a study that will examine improvement alternatives to State Route 189 and Mariposa Road.