VCCC in Australia Awarded Master Builders Honor

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MELBOURNE, Australia – The PCL family of companies recently won the Master Builders National Commercial/Industrial Construction Award – Over $100 Million for its work on the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, located in Melbourne, Australia. The 2017 National Awards for Excellence in Construction recognize innovation, value for money and quality of construction in the residential, commercial and civil construction sectors. Grocon/PCL Joint Venture worked to innovate countless features that allow the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre to become Australia’s leading facility for cancer research and patient care. Australia’s Master Builders awards are judged by a national panel of independent building industry experts. … Read more

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ISG’s HQ for Japanese Shipping Giant Sets Sail for Completion

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ISG is weeks away from completing a landmark office project for the Japanese shipping corporation, Ocean Network Express. ONE will move into its new global headquarters in Marina One East Tower, Singapore, in January 2018 following the company’s consolidation of three Japanese shipping companies. ISG will fit-out 50,000 square feet of Grade A office space over two stories on level 16 and 17 of the building, following a construction phase that will last four weeks. With an overall management of over 17 trade contractors, ISG is responsible for all contract management and procurement processes through to the construction and delivery … Read more

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Nickelodeon-Themed Project in Asia Breaks Ground, Anticipates Opening by 2021

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AECOM will provide its large capital project program management services to EGGL as it seeks to advance development of its $1.85-billion, 250-acre Nickelodeon-themed project, a central feature for the 750-acre, Foshan Cultural and Ecological Coastal Park, a master-planned environment encompassing cultural, tourism, sports and science and technology components. Viacom broke ground earlier this year with an anticipated opening between 2020 and 2021. The project is located in Foshan, a southern China city of more than 7 million people, part of the affluent, greater Pearl River Delta mega metropolitan region. Including the large cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou, more than 22 million … Read more

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W/Element Hotel Development Project One of Largest Concrete Pours in Philadelphia History

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The new dual-branded W Philadelphia and Element Philadelphia Hotel development project in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will be the latest luxury addition to the city when it is completed in spring 2018. The project, which is estimated to cost $240 million, has approximately 50 carpenters from the Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters building the hotel development’s concrete superstructure. Once complete, there will be 295 rooms in the W Philadelphia hotel and 460 rooms in the Element Philadelphia hotel, as well as an outdoor terrace, outdoor pool, restaurant, banquet facilities, meeting rooms and retail space. “The building will be 52 stories when it’s … Read more

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Construction Employers Add 8,000 Jobs In November, Hourly Earnings Rise

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Construction employment increased by 24,000 jobs in November to the highest level since November 2008, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said that tight margins are keeping firms from paying even more to attract hard-to-find workers, noting that efforts to cut tax rates should help lead to higher average hourly earnings for the sector. “Employment and pay in construction have risen more rapidly over the past year than in the economy overall, as the supply of unemployed, experienced workers continues to shrink,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. … Read more

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