Team Appointed to Deliver £51m Housing Infrastructure, City River Park

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A multi-disciplinary consulting and contracting team has been assembled to support key infrastructure works within Victoria North (previously Manchester’s Northern Gateway), the biggest renewal project Manchester (England) has ever seen. This newly appointed team—with BAM Nuttall as lead design and build contractor, and Arup as lead designer—will work closely with Manchester Council and Far East Consortium’s development and master planning team to deliver the development vision for Red Bank and New Town neighborhoods. The amount of £51.6m, secured from the Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund, will address a series of upfront infrastructure requirements to facilitate the delivery of more than 5,500 … Read more

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PCL Construction to Deliver Providence Healthcare Facility in Vancouver

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Site preparation and construction has begun on the new $1.7-million St. Paul’s Hospital project in Vancouver, Canada. At more than 2 million square feet, this will be the most extensive hospital redevelopment in British Columbia’s history. The hospital will offer a diverse and long list of general and specialized care. It will also include a multi-level underground parking garage, public plaza, new roads and civil infrastructure. The Design-Build project team includes PCL Construction, HDR Architecture Associates, Inc. and Stantec Architecture Ltd. Watch the New St. Paul’s Hospital flythrough. The design of the new St. Paul’s Hospital will be a patient-centered … Read more

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Multistory Car Park Underway for University Hospitals of Derby, Burton

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Construction has begun on a new £6.4-million multistory car park at Queen’s Hospital Burton, located in England. The project is being delivered for University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust to improve the experience for visitors and patients. Set over three stories, the car park is being built on land behind the treatment center on the hospital’s main site, and will provide 425 additional spaces, including designated electric charging points. Morgan Sindall Construction will be working closely with the Trust to help them achieve sustainability targets, which are based around the government’s drive toward reducing greenhouse emissions in … Read more

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Pavement Made of Green Concrete to Clean Air in Poland Building Complex

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Another building of the Nowy Rynek complex, located in Poznan (Poland), has received its occupancy permit. Phase D provides approximately 39,000 square meters of modern office space and will be the first investment in the region to apply for the WELL Core&Shell certificate. Nowy Rynek will create a new quarter of Poznan. Its total area, which includes five buildings with different functionalities, will be 100,000 square meters. The project was designed not only with its users in mind, but is intended to bring added value to the city’s residents and visitors. Hence, it will include a market located inside the … Read more

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Chinese Ice-Snow Museum Inspired by Winter Olympic Games

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Construction of the main structure of the Chongli Overseas Chinese Ice-Snow Museum, located in China, completed 12 days ahead of schedule. As the first museum themed by Winter Olympic Games, it’s also the largest ice and snow museum in the country with the most abundant exhibits. With a total investment of about 300 million yuan, the museum is designed by Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Chief Architect of China Architectural Design and Research Institute Cui Kai, and built by China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd. It adopts the “two-in-one” construction mode for the museum and library, with … Read more

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