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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Hekla Tower La Défense Under Construction

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Hines and AG Real Estate have appointed Bateg (VINCI Construction France) to build the Hekla tower located in Paris, France. The 220-meter-tall skyscraper will boast six underground levels, a 48-story superstructure, a two-story-high entrance hall and a tree-planted roof terrace. This new office tower, with a surface area of approximately 80,000 square meters, forms part of a project to develop the Rose de Cherbourg area in the heart of the La Défense business district, and will benefit from a landscaped park (1.3 hectares) and a planted walkway above the circular highway. Its façade, composed of 14 kilometers of shading elements, … Read more

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Balfour Beatty, Gammon Construction JV Wins Luxury Mixed-Use Scheme in Hong Kong

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Balfour Beatty and its Far East joint venture, Gammon Construction, have been awarded the Homantin luxury residential project by Gold Topmont Limited. The project, worth HK$2.9 billion (c. £289 million), will become an iconic landmark in the Homantin residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The project involves the construction of six residential towers, a clubhouse, outdoor swimming pool and a two-level basement with carpark areas. To ensure the project’s safe and efficient delivery, Gammon will deploy a wide range of innovative technologies including 3D scanning for data collection, which will ensure an accurate and swift survey process, as well as … Read more

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