Gunnedah Solar Farm in Australia to Meet Needs of 48K Households

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PCL Pacific Rim has achieved substantial completion of the Gunnedah solar farm in New South Wales, Australia for Canadian Solar. Achievement of this major milestone for PCL’s first solar project in Australia was made possible by the collaborative team efforts by PCL, its client, authorities, engineering specialists, trade partners and vendors. Project highlights This was PCL’s first solar work in Australia, which consisted of the design, procurement and construction of a 153 megawatt solar electricity generating station The solar panels cover 304 hectares; the largescale solar photovoltaic system uses 353,528 bifacial Canadian solar-made panels on a single-axis tracking system The … Read more

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Excitement Builds as New Frenchay Primary School Nears Completion

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As staff and students looked forward to the summer holidays, a group from Frenchay Church of England Primary School visited the site of their brand-new facilities in the UK to take a last peek before building work was completed over the break. And they moved in at the start of the new school year at the beginning of September. The school is a new build and enlargement on part of the site of the former Frenchay Hospital. It will have state-of-the art facilities and, as temperature records have tumbled recently, the visitors were particularly keen to see and learn about … Read more

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Student Housing Expansion to Welcome Students in Fall

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The $106-million Suites project, a student housing expansion project for CSU Fullerton (California) on the east side of campus, is complete. Sundt Construction served as the general contractor for the suite-style housing spaces geared toward returning sophomores and above that will welcome students this fall. The new 185,505-square-foot complex will accommodate 600 students within three six-story buildings. Each suite will hold eight students with four-bedroom, two-bath apartments and a small kitchenette. Additional amenities include active rooms for residents to socialize or study, amenity spaces on every floor, a large multipurpose room that can seat up to 200 people and the … Read more

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Big-D Featured on Military Makeover: Operation Career on Lifetime TV!

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Big-D Construction, part of the Big-D Family of Companies, was featured on Military Makeover: Operation Career on Lifetime TV. A spin-off from Military Makeover with Montel Williams, Military Makeover: Operation Career is traveling the country seeking out companies with a commitment to veterans who transitioned out of the military and back into civilian life through a trades career path. The episode showcasing Big-D Construction highlights three hardworking veterans based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They include a former officer in the Army, a former Sr. Airman for the U.S. Air Force and a former Navy SEAL. “Here at Big-D Construction, … Read more

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STARC Systems Adds a Rated Ceiling to FireblockWall

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STARC Systems’ one-hour fire-rated system, FireblockWall, now offers a ceiling to create a fully fire-rated enclosure. Facility managers and contractors no longer have to go through the hassle of building through the spaghetti in the ceiling or a soffit that extends to the deck during renovations in occupied healthcare environments. In 2021, STARC introduced FireblockWall, the first modular, reusable one-hour fire-rated temporary containment system. Benefits of FireblockWall include that it effectively stops fires, installs four times faster than drywall, has superior noise-blocking, meets NFPA 101 or IBC code, meets ICRA Class IV & V standards, exceeds ASTM E119 and ASTM … Read more

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