Balfour Beatty Awarded £70-Million Contract for Scotland University Refurbishment, Extension Project

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Balfour Beatty has secured a £70-million contract to deliver the Edinburgh Futures Institute, a flagship refurbishment and extension project on behalf of the University of Edinburgh, located in Scotland. Balfour Beatty will be responsible for restoring and connecting six wards—unlocking the building’s wide corridors to create free-flowing areas in the university’s grade-A listed Old Royal Infirmary hospital building, spanning over 21,000 square meters. On completion, the development will provide multiple teaching and learning facilities, function areas and workspaces for staff, students and the general public. The company will utilize Building Information Modeling and augmented and virtual reality technologies to enhance … Read more

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Netherlands Municipality Officials Sign Vijfsluizen Project Agreement

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The municipality of Vlaardingen and Heijmans have signed a letter of intent for the development of the former Vijfsluizen sports park. Heijmans intends to develop and construct between 300 and 400 homes at that location. The project’s value is expected to be in the €80 million to €100 million range and will become a new district within the municipality of Vlaardingen, located in the Netherlands. Heijmans is planning to transform the former sports park into a sustainable and future-proof district with primarily ground-floor homes and apartments. Heijmans will also transform the old Shell sports building at this site and give … Read more

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Digging Begins in Construction of New Antarctic Wharf

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A new 74-meter-long wharf—bigger, deeper and stronger than the current one—will be built during the next two Antarctic seasons. It is due for completion in April 2020, and will provide safe berthing and efficient operations for the new polar research vessel the RRS Sir David Attenborough. While preparations for building a new wharf have been underway for two years, the first “spade in the ground” moment occurred recently when two 35T excavators, operated by construction partner BAM Nuttall, broke through the surface of the old “Biscoe” wharf and began the process of deconstruction, which has to take place before the … Read more

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CIMIC Group Wins $725M Regional Rail Project

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CIMIC Group companies Pacific Partnerships, UGL and CPB Contractors, as part of the Momentum Trains consortium, have been selected by Transport for NSW to deliver the $1.26-billion Regional Rail Project as a design, build, finance and maintain contract. The consortium will deliver a new regional rail fleet and a new maintenance facility in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia. CIMIC Group has led the consortium’s development of the project, with Pacific Partnerships providing leadership and equity financing for the contract term. CPB Contractors will design, construct and commission the maintenance facility at Dubbo, while UGL will maintain both the fleet of … Read more

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CPB Contractors Wins $116M Coffs Harbour Health Expansion Main Works

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CPB Contractors has been awarded the Harbour Health Campus expansion main works, which will include a new five-story clinical services building located in New South Wales, Australia. The project is expected to generate revenue of approximately $116 million to CPB. Construction is expected to commence in April 2019 and conclude by the end of 2021. The Coffs Harbour Hospital expansion main works will include: Construction of a new five-story clinical services building with a rooftop helicopter landing site, ICU and surgical, maternity and pediatric inpatient units New connections to the existing hospital building at ground and first-floor levels Refurbishment of … Read more

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