Design-Build Team to Deliver Future Police Station for City of Nice

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The French Ministry of the Interior, in association with the city of Nice, France, has retained general contractor VINCI Construction subsidiary Dumez Côte d’Azur and architect Wilmotte & Associés to build the future police station for the city of Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. Once complete, national and local police services – made up of 2,000 people – will be brought together in a single structure spanning over 50,000 square meters. The future site will also make it possible for the national police’s Information and Command Centre and the city of Nice’s Urban Hypervision and Command Centre to […]

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Toronto General Contractor Awarded Best of the Best Innovation Award

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PCL Constructors Canada Inc. (Toronto) was awarded Toronto Construction Association’s Best of the Best Innovation Award at its 155th Annual General Meeting and Best of the Best Awards. The award was bestowed in recognition for the strategy and outcomes achieved delivering Lakeridge Health’s new long-term care home, Lakeridge Gardens (Ajax, Ontario), the first project to be completed under Infrastructure Ontario’s Accelerated Build Pilot Program. The Lakeridge Gardens project team received accolades for its innovation and passion for finding new and improved ways to tackle challenges. The Toronto Construction Association Best of the Best Innovation Award recognizes companies whose achievements genuinely […]

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Multi-Phase Pentre Awel Project in United Kingdom Commences

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Construction work has begun at Pentre Awel, a multi-million-pound project that will bring together business, research, education, community healthcare and modern leisure facilities all at one prime location along the Llanelli coastline. Bouygues UK will design and build Zone One of the development due to be completed in autumn 2024. Pentre Awel is the first development of its scope and size in Wales (United Kingdom). On completion, it will provide world-class medical research and healthcare delivery and will support and encourage people to lead active and healthy lives. It will create five distinct buildings linked with a “street” space, comprising […]

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Mitikah Mixed-Use Development Welcomes First Guests

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The new Mitikah mixed-use development recently opened in Mexico City, and includes the largest retail center in Latin America. Stantec provided retail design as part of the larger project design team with Cesar Pelli, Enrique Norten, SMA and Colonnier y Asociados. The builder was Parks. The expansive development will be home to residential and commercial space, including a movie theater, major department stores and more than 280 retail spaces spanning five floors, adding up to nearly 1.29 million square feet. In addition to the five-story shopping center, the mixed-use complex features three high-rise towers in its present phase of development. […]

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Transformation of England’s Scunthorpe Town Centre Delivered

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A £1.4-million public realm project, which has re-vamped Church Square in London, England’s Scunthorpe Town Centre, was recently delivered by Esh Construction. Working on behalf of North Lincolnshire Council, the scheme formed the second phase of the Scunthorpe Urban Park development, supported by the Government’s Towns Fund initiative. The new park and gardens have been created to drive footfall to the town, and feature ultra-modern stonework, weathered steel and a dramatic green makeover. Scoutmoor Yorkstone paving totally 1,400 square meters, as well as new lighting and plush lawns, have replaced the former paved area alongside an array of new trees, […]

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