BESIX Contributes to New State-of-the-Art School Campuses in Abu Dhabi

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The Abu Dhabi Investment Office, in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge, has awarded the contract for the Zayed City Schools public-private partnership project to a consortium led by BESIX and Plenary Group. The Zayed City Schools PPP project, located in the United Arab Emirates, includes the design, build, finance, maintenance and transfer of three new school campuses with a capacity of 5,360 students in Abu Dhabi’s Zayed City. As a pathfinder project developed from origination to award under Abu Dhabi’s new PPP regulatory framework, it will pave the way for increased private-sector participation in delivering … Read more

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Two PCL Projects Win Green Building Excellence Awards

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Two PCL Construction projects received national green building awards at the recent Canada Green Building Council’s Building Lasting Change conference. The Roam Transit Operations and Training Centre, located in Banff, Alberta, won the Zero Carbon Design Award, and the Ken Soble Tower at 500 MacNab, located in Hamilton, Ontario, won the Deep Carbon Retrofit Award. Both awards recognize teams that construct projects that demonstrate climate leadership through innovative carbon reduction strategies and optimal building performance. The Roam Transit Operations and Training Centre sets an example for zero-carbon buildings. The center is one of the first transit storage and maintenance buildings … Read more

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Smart City Bridge in Norway to Last 100 Years

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The former industrial town of Drammen in Norway is getting a makeover. And PNC Norge, a subsidiary of the Austrian PORR AG, is playing a major role in shaping it. It has been commissioned to remove the old bridge on the River Drammen and build a smart city bridge and new wharf in its place. A particular focus is species conservation. For the Norwegian town of Drammen, this is the largest construction contract in its history. The former industrial town with a 100,000-strong population is about 30 minutes by car from Oslo and stands at the mouth of the salmon-rich … Read more

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Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for Diriyah Square Project in Riyadh

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A groundbreaking ceremony was recently held for the €840-million Diriyah Square – Package 2 Super-Basement Works, a mega, multi-level car park to be built for 10,500 vehicles in Riyadh, located in Saudi Arabi. The three-story underground garage, covering nearly 1 million square meters, lies at the heart of an ambitious urban development project in Ad Diriyah, the historic district and UNESCO heritage site northwest of Riyadh. Led by Webuild, its construction will employ 9,000 people as it unites tradition with development. Commissioned by the Diriyah Gate Development Authority, the contract will be executed by Webuild through its subsidiary Salini Saudi … Read more

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First Zero-Energy Consumption Demonstration Building in Xiong’an New Area Unveiled

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The newly constructed CSCEC-built green-building display center is located at Rongdong District, Xiong’an New Area, a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, China, and consists of seven single buildings with the total construction area of 75,000 square meters. The project team built Building No.5 into the first zero-energy and low-carbon consumption demonstration facility in Xiong’an New Area. The energy consumed by Building No.5 is renewable and supplied by large photovoltaic power generation panels of Building No.7. Through its own structural design, Building No.5’s functions include heat preservation and heat insulation, as well as the improvement of gas … Read more

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