VINCI Construction Completes Tunneling for Automated Metro Line B in Rennes

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VINCI Construction, through a joint venture led by Dodin Campenon Bernard and including GTM Ouest and Botte Fondations, both subsidiaries of VINCI Construction France, along with Spie Batignolles TPCI, Spie Fondations and Legendre Génie Civil, has completed tunneling Line b, the second automated metro line in Rennes, France, for regional authority Rennes Métropole and transport authority Semtcar. Line b will run between the southwest and northeast of the urban area and will serve 15 stations by 2020. After 38 months of operation, tunnel boring machine Elaine, specially designed for this project, arrived at its exit shaft. At the end of … Read more

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PORR to Build Rail Tunnel for Erdinger Ringschluss at Munich Airport

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Flughafen München GmbH has charged PORR with the extension of the existing railway tunnel, which will be expanded by around 1.8 kilometers to the east. The project cost is roughly EUR $110 million. The tunnel will primarily be driven using the cut-and-cover method. What makes this project special is the exceptionally tight timeline relating to the eastern area of the airfield of the satellite terminal, where around 250 meters of the tunnel will be built. Once the works on the airfield begin, there will be a nine-month construction period for building the tunnel and fully restoring operations on the airfield. … Read more

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CPWR Quarterly Data Report Examines Caught-In/Between Injuries, Prevention

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Caught-in/between hazards are among OSHA’s Focus Four causes of occupational fatalities in the construction industry. This category includes workers killed when trenches, walls, equipment or materials collapse, as well as people pinched/compressed between objects and equipment or caught in moving machinery. A new CPWR Quarterly Data Report, Caught-in/between Injuries and Prevention in the Construction Industry, examines fatality and injury statistics from 2003 to 2015. Key findings include: From 2011 to 2015, 275 construction workers died from caught-in/between injuries, more than any other major industry In 2015, 68 construction workers were killed due to caught-in/between injuries, a 33 percent increase from … Read more

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Modernization of College of Lake County Enhances Student Experience, Improves Accessibility

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Just in time for the start of second-semester classes, College of Lake County finished moving into a completely remodeled C Wing, which marked the final phase of Mortenson Construction’s multi-year, $50-million renovation and expansion project at the school’s main Grayslake, Illinois campus. Starting in 2015, Mortenson demolished and rebuilt 190,000 square feet and added 30,000 square feet to the community college’s primary two buildings. The goal of the project was to enhance student experience, improve accessibility and upgrade fire, life safety and mechanical systems. Based on the master plan by Legat Architects, Mortenson relocated the basement cafeteria to a new … Read more

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Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium Best Construction Project of 2017

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Atlanta, Georgia’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium was the most significant construction project of 2017, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. As a result, the project’s contractor, a joint venture of Holder-Hunt-Russell-Moody, received the association’s Construction Risk Partners Build America Grand Award, as well as the award for the best building project over $100 million. “These awards epitomize the latest and greatest projects the construction industry has to offer,” said Art Daniel, the association’s president and president of AR Daniel Construction Services in Cedar Hill, Texas. “The construction firms recognized have utilized outstanding skill, collaboration and innovation to complete some of … Read more

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