Balfour Beatty Awarded £70-Million Contract for Scotland University Refurbishment, Extension Project

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Balfour Beatty has secured a £70-million contract to deliver the Edinburgh Futures Institute, a flagship refurbishment and extension project on behalf of the University of Edinburgh, located in Scotland. Balfour Beatty will be responsible for restoring and connecting six wards—unlocking the building’s wide corridors to create free-flowing areas in the university’s grade-A listed Old Royal Infirmary hospital building, spanning over 21,000 square meters. On completion, the development will provide multiple teaching and learning facilities, function areas and workspaces for staff, students and the general public. The company will utilize Building Information Modeling and augmented and virtual reality technologies to enhance … Read more

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Contractors Expect Demand to Expand in Every Market Segment in 2019

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Seventy-nine percent of construction firms plan to expand their payrolls in 2019 but an almost equal percentage are worried about their ability to locate and hire qualified workers, according to survey results released by the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Construction and Real Estate. The findings are detailed in Contractors Remain Confident About Demand, Worried About Labor Supply: The 2019 Construction Hiring and Business Outlook Report. “Construction executives appear to remain confident about their market prospects for 2019 and plan to add headcount to cope with the added workload,” said Stephen E. Sandherr, the association’s CEO. “Even as … Read more

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Balfour Beatty JV Awarded Hong Kong Theatre Project

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Balfour Beatty’s 50/50 Far East joint venture, Gammon Construction, has been awarded a HK$5.5-billion works contract of the Lyric Theatre Complex and Extended Basement by the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority in Hong Kong to construct the final stage of the Lyric Theatre Development. Works include the construction of a world-class theater complex that comprises of a 1,450-seat lyric theater, a 600-seat medium theater and a 270-seat studio theater, as well as numerous dance and rehearsal studios, restaurants, offices and information and ticketing center. Gammon has supported the delivery of the development of the Lyric Theatre Complex since 2016 when … Read more

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Sanfield-Gammon Construction Joint Venture Wins Sai Sha Road Widening Project

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Gammon Construction Limited, in joint venture with Sanfield (Management) Limited, has been awarded an approximately HK$2.3-billion project to widen Sai Sha Road in Shap Sze Heung, Sai Kung in Hong Kong. The civil project involves widening of a section of the road from two lanes to dual two lanes, development of a cycling track, installation of noise barriers, implementation of greening works to compensate for the affected trees, construction of three footbridges and extensive water and sewage utility provisions, including two pumping stations and installation of sewage pipes by tunnel boring machine along existing roads 2.1 kilometers north of the … Read more

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Turner Completes Expansion of Cam Ranh International Airport in Vietnam

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The Turner team managing construction of Cam Ranh international passenger terminal near Nha Trang, Vietnam, recently celebrated the end of construction and the grand opening of the expanded airport. The pace was not the only challenge the team faced as they worked to deliver the terminal, noted Project Manager Vinh Anh Ha. “One of our most difficult challenges was starting construction when the design was only at the schematic stage,” he explained. “In many cases the small subcontractors selected to complete the work had little to no experience working on such a large project, under a main contractor.” So to … Read more

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