St. Paul’s Hospital Project in Canada Awarded to PCL Construction

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PCL Construction has been awarded the $1.7-billion Design-Build contract for the new St. Paul’s Hospital Project in Canada. This healthcare facility will be the most extensive hospital redevelopment in British Columbia’s history and PCL’s largest Buildings division Design-Build in company history. The new St. Paul’s Hospital will offer a diverse and long list of general and specialized care, including chronic disease management services, emergency and critical care, mental health and addictions with approximately 550 beds and programs, ambulatory services and outpatient clinics, end-of-life care, indigenous health, maternity, colorectal and gastrointestinal services and community care and community outreach programs. It will … Read more

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Germany Headquarters BK5, BK4 Offer Future-Oriented, Dynamic Office Landscape

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In Fellbach near Stuttgart, Germany, BAM Germany has been building the corporate headquarters of the Süddeutsche Krankenversicherung (BK5) since September 2019, with a follow-up order for BK4 at the end of 2020. The new building of the SDK head office is divided into three building parts of different heights, which blend in well with the surroundings, with attractive inner courtyards in between. The world of work in the new headquarters is designed as a future-oriented, dynamic office landscape and offers space for more than 500 employees. The building includes a team space model to promote collaboration, conference area, company restaurant … Read more

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Student Village to Provide Expanded Spaces for University of London Growing Student Population

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Royal Holloway, University of London, has appointed Balfour Beatty as preferred bidder for the development of a student village in Egham, Surrey (England). In partnership with Royal Holloway under a 50-year concession contract, Balfour Beatty will design, build, finance and operate, alongside Student Living by Sodexo, a new 1,400-room student village at Rusham Park. In addition, the company will operate the existing 621-bed George Eliot student accommodation complex in London. Bringing together expertise from across the group, the company’s UK Construction Services business will be responsible for the construction of the new student village. As part of the c.£130-million Design-Build … Read more

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Public-Private Partnership to Deliver New Hospital in Australia

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Plenary Health consortium recently achieved financial close on the largest-single health infrastructure investment in the State of Victoria — the AUD$1.5-billion Footscray Hospital in Australia. The hospital is being delivered as a public-private partnership, with Western Health as the public operator of all clinical services and Plenary Health contracted by the Victorian government to finance, design, construct and maintain the hospital for 25 years following construction completion. The Plenary Health consortium comprises: Plenary Group as sponsor, investor and asset manager Stantec as building services engineer Multiplex as builder Honeywell and Compass Group as facility services providers Sojitz Corporation as investor Construction is set … Read more

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Handover Ceremony Commemorates Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center

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The handover ceremony for Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center, built by China State Construction Engineering Corporation, was recently held online in Dhaka and Beijing. Located in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, the project includes an exhibition hall, parking garage, machine room, two security rooms, ceremonial square, outdoor parking lots and other facilities. The center covers a land area of 80,000 square meters and a total building area of 33,000 square meters. The main body of the exhibition center boasts a red ceramic panel and an aluminum gray roof, symbolizing the ship of friendship and trade between China and Bangladesh. After BCFEC is put … Read more

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