Mall of Oman Awarded LEED Platinum Certification

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The joint venture of Consolidated Contractors Company and Shapoorji Pallonji Middle East’s Mall of Oman Project — located in Dubai, U.A.E. — was awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum certification this spring. The Mall of Oman project achieved a Platinum certification under the LEED 2009 Core and Shell Development rating system with a total of 81 points. The Mall of Oman was built using low-environmental impact construction materials; approximately 22.95% of the materials used in the construction were recycled-content products (the product was manufactured with recycled materials either collected from a recycling program or from waste recovered … Read more

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Founders District in Dublin Upgraded, Redeveloped

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It’s a rarity to find an office environment that brings suburban amenities like parking, outdoor space and an onsite restaurant together in one complex anywhere near an urban downtown, but that is just what Spear Street Capital has created in the Founders District, just three miles from Dublin’s city center in Ireland. Structure Tone Dublin is serving as general contractor on the project. Spear Street recognized this potential when they set out on a master planning effort to upgrade and redevelop the 10-block, 20-year-old campus into a modern, amenity-rich workplace that brings the best of both worlds — suburban and … Read more

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Contract Awarded for Penlink Project in North Auckland, New Zealand

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Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has appointed HEB Construction — a VINCI Construction subsidiary based in New Zealand, as part of the consortium formed with Fulton Hogan, Aurecon, Tonkin + Taylor — for the design and construction of the Penlink project in north Auckland. The project will provide a vital connection in the region that will provide better, safer and more reliable transport options. The contract is an alliance type, creating an integrated team including the designer-constructor consortium and Waka Kotahi. The NZD 510-million (€305-million) project will include the construction of a seven-kilometer, two-lane highway with a separate shared path … Read more

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Excitement Builds as New Frenchay Primary School Nears Completion

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As staff and students looked forward to the summer holidays, a group from Frenchay Church of England Primary School visited the site of their brand-new facilities in the UK to take a last peek before building work was completed over the break. And they moved in at the start of the new school year at the beginning of September. The school is a new build and enlargement on part of the site of the former Frenchay Hospital. It will have state-of-the art facilities and, as temperature records have tumbled recently, the visitors were particularly keen to see and learn about … Read more

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Gunnedah Solar Farm in Australia to Meet Needs of 48K Households

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PCL Pacific Rim has achieved substantial completion of the Gunnedah solar farm in New South Wales, Australia for Canadian Solar. Achievement of this major milestone for PCL’s first solar project in Australia was made possible by the collaborative team efforts by PCL, its client, authorities, engineering specialists, trade partners and vendors. Project highlights This was PCL’s first solar work in Australia, which consisted of the design, procurement and construction of a 153 megawatt solar electricity generating station The solar panels cover 304 hectares; the largescale solar photovoltaic system uses 353,528 bifacial Canadian solar-made panels on a single-axis tracking system The … Read more

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