Camerino Academy of Music Delivers Role of Modern Reverence in Italy

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The recently reconstructed Academy of Music, delivered in Camerino, Italy, completes the project initiated by the young Harcome studio, Alvisi Kirimoto and the Andrea Bocelli Foundation. Carried out in compliance with the scheduled timing of only 150 working days, the reconstruction ranks as the third post-2016 earthquake intervention in central Italy, one of the most affected by earthquake events. The project not only returns the local Academy of Music to Camerino, aimed at welcoming over 160 students and the many cultural initiatives of the community, but also gives the university city a new architectural identity. With clean and elegant lines, … Read more

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Hill International Selected as Project Manager for $4-Billion Monorail Project

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A contract to provide project management, design review and implementation supervision services for the New Administrative Capital City and 6th of October City Monorail project in Egypt has been awarded to Hill International. Once complete, the two lines will transport approximately 45,000 passengers per hour at peak capacity, greatly improving mobility for Egyptian citizens in a safe and sustainable manner. Built by Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels, the estimated U.S. $4-billion project represents the first monorail project in North Africa and, once complete, will be the longest monorail system in the world at a combined 98.5 kilometers. The project’s first … Read more

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Esh Construction Awarded £10m Contract for Hexham Bunker Retail Development

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Esh Construction’s commercial build division has secured a £10-million contract to transform the Hexham Bunker into a 69-bedroom Travelodge and Lidl retail outlet. Delivered on behalf of Union Property Development (Hexham) Ltd., the retail development will be based on land formerly used as a nuclear bunker and will also provide a new 250-space public car park for the town. Based at the entrance to the Northumberland town, located in England, the project will include significant works on the highways infrastructure, which will improve access to the site and the safety of pedestrians. The 5.5-acre site, known as the “long-neglected bunker,” … Read more

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STRABAG Breaks Ground for New Training Center in Austria

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Construction company STRABAG recently celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for its new apprenticeship training center in Ybbs an der Donau, Austria. The company is investing a total of approximately € 10 million in the new location, which will have the capacity to train some 250 apprentices a year. After completion of the building permission application, the groundbreaking marks the start of construction as planned on the 31,000-square-meter site. The training of the Austrian STRABAG apprentices has so far been divided between two locations due to lack of space, but the location in Ybbs will offer enough room for everyone. In addition … Read more

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VINCI to Rehabilitate Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel, Montreal

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The Quebec Ministry of Transportation has selected consortium Renouveau La Fontaine, comprising VINCI subsidiaries – Eurovia, consortium leader and Dodin Campenon Bernard – and Canadian company Pomerleau, to rehabilitate Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel and its access roads. The tunnel was opened in 1967 and is the longest underwater structure in Canada, covering a distance of 1.5 kilometers beneath the Saint Lawrence River. It is a strategic transport corridor for the Montreal urban area, linking the eastern part of the Island of Montreal to the city of Longueuil. Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel carries 120,000 vehicles a day. The rehabilitation aims to … Read more

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