Gdansk’s Wave Office Building Targets Healthy, Sustainable Workplace Certifications

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Wave, an office building under construction by Skanska in Gdansk, Poland, has been granted approval for use. It offers nearly 25,000 square meters of innovative and sustainable office space. Wave will be the first office building in the Tri-City to apply for the demanding WELL Core&Shell certificate. This means the offices in Wave meet the strictest guidelines and provide a healthy and sustainable workplace. WELL places great emphasis on proper ventilation and air filtration inside the rooms, maintaining proper humidity and ensuring thermal comfort. Skanska’s project scope includes pavement made of green concrete with photocatalytic properties. The sun’s rays reflecting … Read more

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Curtainwall Installation Begins on Egypt’s CBD Project

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A ceremony was recently held in Egypt’s new administrative capital to mark the beginning of the large-scale installation of the curtainwall units in the Central Business District project’s P4 section. Chang Weicai, general manager of China State Construction Engineering Corporation Egypt, Zhang Shanyou, chief engineer of CSCEC Egypt and more than 30 others attended the event. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, CSCEC Egypt has been adhering to the principle of properly coordinating pandemic prevention and production, and a series of steps regarding the curtainwall have been completed–including check and acceptance of visual mock-up, performance mock-up testing, approval of drawings and … Read more

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Consortium Awarded Contract to Construct Control Tower at New Lima Airport

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The consortium formed by Ferrovial Construction, Acciona and local construction company JJC has been selected by LAP Lima Airport Partners, the Peruvian airport operator, to build the control tower at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima and six ancillary buildings, all of them located in Lima, Peru. The project, which is part of Lima airport’s expansion plan, comprises a control tower, a services building to support the control tower, and a power switching and transformer building, which will also house the beacon system. The contract also comprises the construction of a fire-fighting building and a fauna control unit, which will … Read more

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Bouygues Bâtiment International to Build Africa’s Abomey-Calavi University Hospital

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The Republic of Benin’s Ministry of Health has signed a contract with a consortium led by Bouygues Bâtiment International for the development and construction of the university hospital in Abomey-Calavi, Africa’s second largest city. Representing a total amount of €175 million, this project of more than 40,000 square meters on two levels will have a capacity of 434 beds and places. It will include six large hospitalization units. The technical platform will include three-day hospitals, an A&E unit, a laboratory, medical imaging, radiotherapy and nine operating theaters. The project will also include teaching areas, staff accommodation, a mortuary and medical, … Read more

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CSCEC Builds Epidemic Control Facility in Maldives

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Constructed gratis by China State Construction Engineering Corporation, a quarantine facility for proprietors in the Maldives (South Asia Islands) to accommodate foreign workers for medical observation was recently completed and delivered. The project covers an area of about 5,000 square meters, and the facility will be able to accommodate 800 people. The project officially started on April 27, and construction took 22 days to complete. It takes up an area of 4,987.5 square meters and a construction area of 2,443 square meters, including four two-story prefabricated dormitories, one dining facility and two-bathroom facilities. Each dormitory contains 80 rooms, and there … Read more

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