Shenzhen Natural History Museum Opens

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The Shenzhen Natural History Museum, built by CSCEC, recently opened its doors to the public. The museum covers 105,300 square meters, and is the largest natural history museum in southern China. The opening fills a gap in Shenzhen, which previously lacked a large, comprehensive natural history museum. It also provides the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area with a new cultural landmark for collection, research, exhibition and education. The building’s façade gives it a solid, understated look. The museum also features a rooftop garden, with walkways stretching more than 600 meters. The museum houses eight permanent themed exhibition halls — Universe, […]

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Structural Phase of Future African Landmark Complete

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In Abidjan, Africa, after nearly five years in the heart of the Plateau, construction on the structural phase of F Tower is complete. With a final height of 421 meters, the structure — conceived by architect Pierre Fakhoury and delivered by main contractor PFO Construction, holder of the Design-Build contract — aims to become the tallest tower on the African continent. The project is being led by the Côte d’Ivoire Ministry of Construction as the client, supported by the National Office for Technical Studies and Development, while SOCOTEC is responsible for the supervision assignments. With the scope assigned to BESIX in […]

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Key Step Delivered for Berlin Transport Transition

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The Siemensbahn, a historic landmark of Berlin, Germany’s transport infrastructure, is being reactivated after more than 40 years of disuse. As part of the “i2030 – More Tracks for Berlin and Brandenburg” project, a modern, high-performance link between Jungfernheide and Gartenfeld is being established. Deutsche Bahn has opted for a track partnership model (“Partnerschaftsmodell Schiene”) for the implementation. PORR is the contractual partner for contract package 2 “KIB Neubau.” Around 24,000 people worked in Siemensstadt as early as 1912/1913 — it has long been one of Berlin’s largest industrial sites. The Siemensbahn was opened in 1929 to improve transport connections […]

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New Kirjalansalmi Bridge Opens to Finland Traffic

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The Kirjalansalmi Bridge, Finland’s longest road bridge by clear span, has officially opened, marking a major milestone in the country’s transport infrastructure. Commissioned by an alliance partnership between contractor Kreate and the Finnish transport infrastructure agency Väylävirasto, the new bridge replaces the existing 1963 suspension bridge that had reached the end of its lifespan due to fatigue damage. Spanning 675 meters across the Kirjalansalmi Strait in the Archipelago Sea, the new steel composite cable-stayed bridge — with a main span of 265 meters — provides the only road connection to Pargas and the Turku archipelago, home to over 50,000 islands. […]

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Construction Complete on New RTBF Headquarters Média Square in Belgium

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BESIX, Valens and In Advance, together JV VALBESINA, recently completed Média Square in Brussels (Belgium), the new headquarters and production company of Belgian Radio and Television of the French Community. The building covers a gross area of 38,000 square meters. Média Square is equipped with 18 studios, designed to share equipment between the teams, which optimizes resources and accelerates content production. This versatility meant the site teams faced unique structural and acoustic challenges during construction. “We constructed these studios as completely soundproof units,” said Tom Michiels, project director at BESIX. “Each studio is surrounded by multiple layers of sound-absorbing material […]

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