Covenant Technical Solutions welcomes Blake DePaola
Danville, California-based Covenant Technical Solutions has added Blake DePaola to its leadership team as the Southern California vice president of operations. DePaola brings more than 12 years of industry experience in supervisory and project management roles, where he led successful multimillion-dollar alternative delivery projects that resulted in improved water quality and sustainability in the company’s home state.
Capstreet-backed SmartSights acquires Sage Clarity
SmartSights has acquired Sage Clarity. SmartSights is backed by Capstreet, a Houston-based lower middle market private equity firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Chicago, Sage Clarity offers real-time visibility into facility operations through a suite of applications.
Kohler Energy rebrands as Rehlko
Kohler Energy rebranded under its new corporate name Rehlko, marking a milestone in the company’s 100-plus-year history. Rehlko will continue operating as an independent enterprise. The company became a standalone entity in May 2024 when Platinum Equity completed a transaction with Kohler Company to establish then-Kohler Energy as a standalone business. Platinum Equity is the majority owner of Rehlko with Kohler Company remaining an investment partner. Rehlko operates a broad portfolio of leading businesses including Power Systems, Engines, Uninterruptible Power, Home Energy, Clarke Energy, Curtis Instruments and Heila Technologies. Kohler Power Systems and Kohler Engines will lead the enterprise portfolio brand transition by officially becoming Rehlko branded by the end of 2024.
Emerson joining Linux Foundation’s Margo initiative
Emerson is joining the Linux Foundation’s Margo, a new open-standard initiative designed to make edge applications, devices and orchestration software work together seamlessly across multivendor industrial automation environments. This approach will help remove obstacles and simplify the process of building, deploying, scaling and operating complex, multivendor industrial edge environments, helping manufacturers of all sizes build new and better digital operations or modernize existing ones.
Stantec designs new facility in Portland, Oregon
Construction has begun on the Bull Run Filtration Facility in Portland, Oregon, and Stantec is providing engineering services during construction of the facility. The filtration facility and related pipelines will allow the City to meet regulatory requirements to remove Cryptosporidium from the Bull Run drinking water. The project will also help improve the water system’s resilience by reducing the impacts from fires, landslides and other extreme events that have become more frequent with climate stress. The 135 million gpd facility will be online in 2027.
