Joint Venture Completes Design-Build Work on 1st Wastewater Treatment Plant in B.C.

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Design-Build work has been completed on the first wastewater treatment plant in Victoria, British Columbia. The McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant provides tertiary treatment for wastewater from the core area municipalities of Victoria, Esquimalt, Saanich, Oak Bay, View Royal, Langford and Colwood, and the Esquimalt and Songhees nations. Work at the facility began in 2017 by Harbour Resource Partners, a joint venture between AECOM and Graham. The plant is the main component of a CAD$775-million wastewater program undertaken by the Capital Regional District. The Design-Build partnership leveraged AECOM’s wastewater design and environmental expertise and Graham’s competence in this sector of … Read more

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Exploring 3 New Major Venues for Asian Games in Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center

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On April 22, the video broadcast of the three major venues for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, which was invested, built and operated by CSCEC, was aired with more than 1.2 million people viewing it online on mainstream Chinese media. Located on the south bank of Qiantang River, with a total construction area of 582,000 square meters, the three venues include the main arena, the aquatics center and the comprehensive training center in Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center. The combination of the main arena and the aquatics center is the largest-connected nonlinear modelling in the world, like a silver butterfly. … Read more

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ZÜBLIN to Deliver New Public Administration Center in Germany

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STRABAG subsidiary ZÜBLIN and Dreßler Bau GmbH are working together as management contractors in a consortium to realize the new public administration headquarters in the heart of Dresden (Germany). The Design-Build contract, which will leave its mark on the Dresden cityscape, was awarded by Kommunale Immobilien Dresden GmbH & Co. KG with a fixed lump sum price of € 116 million. The project is based on a design by the architectural firms Barcode Architects and Tchoban Voss Architekten. The contract has been ceremoniously signed and the consortium of ZÜBLIN (66 %) and Dreßler Bau (34 %) will begin realizing the … Read more

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Enerpac Extends Hydraulic Cutters Line with Cordless Bar Cutter

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Enerpac introduces the Cordless Bar Cutter to its hydraulic cutters line. The new battery-powered model is a portable, convenient and safe solution where external power is not available or where spark risk is a concern. Whether cutting rebar for residential or commercial construction or cutting steel and aluminum bars in industrial applications, cordless technology provides complete freedom of movement. Features and benefits include: Rotatable head can be positioned for optimal access to application Quickly cut through up to #6 rebar in 5 seconds Up to 125 cuts on a single charge Highly durable blades make up to thousands of cuts … Read more

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Core Launches ‘Crews by Core Pro’ Labor Operating System

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Core has launched Crews by Core Pro, a labor operating system that offers the capability to hire and manage crews with a task and labor management tool that syncs with existing systems to get labor onsite, improve communication and reduce rework. Since its debut in fall of 2020, this new, single-solution platform has matched hundreds of companies with thousands of workers in the construction labor marketplace, all with the help of technology and built-in algorithms that leverage keyword search for both jobs and workers. Crews by Core Pro LaborOS connects teams in a single system on desktop and/or mobile. This … Read more

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