Balfour Beatty Collaborates to Transform London Bridge Station

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The UK’s fourth busiest railway station, London Bridge, has been officially reopened by Prince William the Duke of Cambridge following a £1+ billion transformation carried out by Network Rail in collaboration with Balfour Beatty and other partners. The transformed station will nearly double its passenger capacity and enable more and faster connections for passengers. The five-year build included a major track upgrade, a new rail underpass on the approach to the station and platform widenings and extensions, all of which means 30 percent more trains can use the station than before. Balfour Beatty contributed extensive track remodeling, civil engineering and … Read more

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PCL Construction Celebrates Opening of DARE District Building

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PCL Construction recently celebrated the official opening of the new DARE (Discovery, Applied Research, and Entrepreneurship) District Building, located in Ottawa, Ontario in Canada. This project consisted of renovations, an expansion and an addition to Building C on the Woodroffe Campus. The addition will add space for learning, entrepreneurship and innovation, while recognizing indigenous roots and acting as a gathering place to spark new ideas and lead change. “We were proud to have PCL Construction and Colliers International on our team,” said Todd Schonewille, director of physical resources at Algonquin College. “This was a very complex, long-term project that involved … Read more

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Jacobs Consortium Wins New Dublin Metro North Contract from Transport Infrastructure Ireland

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Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., in consortium with Idom, has been appointed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland as employer’s designer for the development and implementation of Ireland’s first metro system, central to a new multi-modal transport strategy to support Dublin’s continued economic growth. Working collaboratively with the National Transport Authority and TII, the Jacobs Idom consortium will take the scheme from emerging preferred route status through evaluation and selection of preferred route, including all business case and environmental support work. It will then develop and promote the scheme railway orders, execute the planning process through An Bord Pleanála and attend the subsequent … Read more

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Hill International Assists Ikos Resorts with First Destination Project in Spain

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Hill International will manage the complete remodeling of the Princess Estepona and Costa del Sol Resort for Ikos Resorts. Located on the Mediterranean coast just south of Malaga in Spain, the project will raise the resort from a four-star destination to a five-star guest experience. For Ikos, the project represents a further commitment to providing boutique, luxury facilities for its guests, as well as the company’s first project outside of Greece. The total project value is $185 million. Originally built in 1964, the 43,000-square-meter resort comprises seven buildings and support facilities, occupying 70,000 square meters of beachfront property. The project … Read more

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Closing the Ranks: Merging Old-School Superintendent Ways With New-School Methods for Jobsite Cohesiveness

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By: Ken Cornell, general superintendent Consider this anecdote: The general superintendent’s computer chimes, signaling the arrival of a batch of new emails. One is correspondence from a young associate in the office right next door. The superintendent is astounded at the sender’s decision to compose an electronic message rather than pop in for a chat—or, alternatively, to simply bang on the wall and shout. Here’s another scenario: A trade partner is taken aback when a seasoned superintendent scoffs and yells and, ultimately, becomes overheated in dismissing the subcontractor’s attempt to offer a professional recommendation. Superintendents of all ages will recognize … Read more

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