Skanska Signs Contract to Build Apartments in Helsinki, Finland

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Skanska has signed a contract with the City of Helsinki to build new apartments in Helsinki, Finland. The contract is worth EUR 34M, about SEK 350M, to be included in the Nordic order bookings for the fourth quarter 2020. The project encompasses three apartment buildings totaling 170 subsidized apartments in Jätkäsaari district in Helsinki. The buildings will represent the highest energy-efficiency class and include rooftop solar panels that will help generate some of the electricity used by the property. In addition, a wastewater heat recovery system will be installed in the tallest of the three buildings. Skanska will be responsible … Read more

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STRABAG Awarded Railway Construction Contract in Slovakia

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STRABAG s.r.o., the Slovak subsidiary of construction group STRABAG SE, along with consortium partners EUROVIA CS a.s., Subterra a.s. and AŽD Praha s.r.o., was awarded the contract to build the new Žilina-Teplička railway station and to modernize the infrastructure of one of the most important Slovak railway junctions for a total of around € 323 million. Work over the total length of 16.3 kilometers is expected to last 48 months. Other projects in the region include the modernization of two sections of the Czech railway network with lengths of 11 kilometers and 12 kilometers, respectively. The construction project covers five … Read more

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Upgrade to Flood Defenses on Kingston on Hull Dock Village Facilitates Reopening of Footpath Trail

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A popular section of footpath, which is part of the Trans Pennine Trail, is reopening after an upgrade to flood defenses on Hull’s Victoria Dock Village western frontage, located in England. The majority of the path has opened so people can walk along the estuary front from The Deep up to the corner at the Half Tide Basin. These improvements are part of the £42 million tidal flood defense scheme for Hull. The new defenses will improve tidal flood protection for 113,000 homes and businesses. Led by the Environment Agency, the Humber Hull Frontage scheme is upgrading seven kilometers of … Read more

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First Ground-Up Project Complete for Turner Vancouver, British Columbia Team

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Turner Construction Company’s Vancouver, British Columbia team celebrated its first ground-up project, with the recent completion of the Heather Place Redevelopment for Metro Vancouver Housing, located in Canada. The project included the construction of a five-story, 67-residential rental unit building, complete with a cast-in-place concrete structure, with fiberglass windows, a combination of metal, cement, brick veneer as well as exposed architectural concrete making up the exterior finishes. The 57,000-square-foot building was awarded a LEED Gold certification. Photo credit: © Andrew Latreille.

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The Red Sea Project Achieves Construction Milestones

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The Red Sea Development Company, the developer behind Saudi Arabia’s flagship international regenerative tourism initiative The Red Sea Project, has awarded to date more than 500 contracts to international and local firms. Collectively worth around SAR 7.5 billion ($2 billion), these include awards for the design, build and operation of the following projects: Archirodon is constructing a crossing linking Shurayrah Island (the destination’s main hub) to the mainland, as well as a number of jetties. Saudi Amana Contracting has delivered the first volumetric prefabricated units, which were built in a newly established facility in Saudi Arabia. These units will form part … Read more

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