Esh Starts Work on New Premises for Children’s Mental Health Services in York

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Esh Construction has been appointed by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust – provider of children and young people’s community mental health services in The Vale of York – to deliver a refurbishment program of premises on the Link Business Park in Osbaldwick, just outside of York City Centre in England. The new premises will offer a much-improved space and environment for local children and young people’s mental health services, which are presently based at Lime Trees on Shipton Road in York. Built across two floors, the site will provide increased high-quality therapy space with improved accessibility for … Read more

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Reconstruction, Expansion Plans for Heinz Steyer Stadium in Germany Receive Green Light

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Lord Mayor Dirk Hilbert and representatives of BAM Sports GmbH recently signed the general contractor agreement for the conversion and expansion of the Heinz Steyer Stadium into a multifunctional sports and event facility, located in Dresden, Germany. The order includes general contractor services for a turnkey and operational handover to the state capital Dresden, including all the necessary planning and construction services. The order volume is around 34 million euros. A stadium with 5,000 covered seats is being built, supplemented by a multifunctional building as a south stand. A new fencing hall, sports and fitness rooms, squash courts and a multifunctional … Read more

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PORR, ORTNER to Deliver MCI Campus in Innsbruck

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The consortium PORR ORTNER will deliver the new campus of MCI | The Entrepreneurial School in Innsbruck, Austria by 2024 on behalf of the province of Tyrol. The consortium emerged as the winner of the award procedure, held as a “competitive dialogue.” The project has a contract volume of EUR 135m. As a Design-Build contractor under a partner model, the PORR ORTNER consortium assumes overall responsibility for the design and construction of the MCI Campus right through to its turnkey handover. In this future-oriented model for executing complex projects, all parties involved are integrated into the joint planning, costing and … Read more

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Construction Seasons Begin at Antarctic Research Hub

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A 20-person-plus team is working on the second season of building a new science and operations building located in Antarctica. Construction can only take place during a short window during the Antarctic summer months, avoiding the harsh, dark winter. This season, the team aims to complete the pre-cast concrete foundations, ground floor slab, rock anchors and stub columns, as well as drainage and the perimeter wall, before returning in December to complete the outer structure. The scientific support facility, named the Discovery Building, commemorates the discovery of Antarctica just over 200 years ago. Facilities in the new two-story 4,500-square-meter building … Read more

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New Waipapa Building at Christchurch Hospital in New Zealand Accepting Patients

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Patients are now being cared for in the new Waipapa building at the Christchurch Hospital, located in New Zealand. The Waipapa building, formerly known as the Acute Services Building, is the largest hospital project ever delivered in New Zealand and has been constructed to stringent seismic requirements. CPB Contractors delivered the new facility for New Zealand’s Ministry of Health. The Waipapa building includes: New emergency department and operating theaters Expanded intensive care unit Children’s facilities Radiology department Rooftop helipad The new child health spaces feature a beautiful new patient playground, the Matatiki Hub, and an activity room. Parents and caregivers … Read more

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