DALLAS, Texas – Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and Arup celebrated the official opening of the Queensferry Crossing by Her Majesty The Queen. The Jacobs Arup joint venture has worked with Transport Scotland since 2007 to develop and manage the Forth Replacement Crossing project in the east of Scotland. The Scottish Government investment of over $1.6 billion comprises the new Queensferry Crossing, the longest three-tower, cable-stayed bridge in the world and 13.7-miles of major motorway upgrades to the cross-Forth transport corridor. The Jacobs Arup JV co-located with Transport Scotland as an integrated Employer Delivery Team, initially in Transport Scotland’s office in … Read more
Manchester’s Tallest Commercial Office Building Handed Over, Marks Final Phase of Development Plan
No.1 Spinningfields has reached practical completion and BAM Construction has handed the building over to Allied London. Starting onsite in 2015, BAM delivered the tallest commercial office building in Manchester in the UK within 106 weeks and met the original practical completion date. Designed by architect SimpsonHaugh, this building marks the final phase of development of the Spinningfields master plan. No.1 tenants such as WeWork and D&D London will continue to improve and evolve the Spinningfields offering, while the Pavillion – also under construction by BAM – will be home to the Ivy in Manchester. Michael Ingall, Allied London chief … Read more
Officials Dedicate New U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway
OSLO, Norway – The U.S. Department of State, Chargé d’Affaires James P. DeHart and Norwegian officials opened the new U.S. Embassy in Oslo during a recent ceremonious ribbon cutting. Built by Walsh Construction and designed by EYP Architecture, this multi-building complex resides on a 10-acre site and provides a safe, secure and modern facility for U.S. diplomacy. The facility also includes a chancery, an underground support annex, three entry pavilions, Marine security guard quarters and offers state-of-the-art work space for over 200 embassy employees. The new embassy embodies green design and construction, having achieved LEED Gold certification for numerous sustainable … Read more
Printing Starts for World’s First 3-D Printed Cycle Bridge in Netherlands
On June 16, BAM Infra, one of Royal BAM Group’s operating companies in the Netherlands, began to 3-D print the world’s first fully structurally pre-stressed concrete cycle bridge. This cycle bridge has been developed by BAM Infra in cooperation with TU Eindhoven and is part of Gemert Noord-Om, a project being carried out for the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. Gemert Noord-Om is a northern ring road that links Boekelseweg road (N605) and the N272 road which runs to the southeast of Gemert. Less waste, fewer scarce raw materials The bridge will be eight meters long and, by using 3-D printing, … Read more
M3 Project Becomes UK’s Latest Smart Motorway
Balfour Beatty’s M3 project in Surrey and Hampshire has become the latest road in the UK to be upgraded to a smart motorway. The contract with Highways England is set to improve journey times for 130,000 drivers who use the road each day by converting the hard shoulder into a fourth lane and the introduction of cutting-edge technology. The smart technology works by setting speed limits to match conditions, while helping to spot any queuing traffic, incidents or broken down vehicles, and informing drivers about the road conditions ahead. The full four-lane carriageway is now open at 70 mph in … Read more