New PORR Campus One-of-a-Kind Austrian Pilot Project

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The grand opening of the PORR Campus was recently celebrated on the PORR premises in Vienna Simmering (Austria). This in-company center for further education and training will allow PORR to expand its three-pronged apprentice system with an additional fourth pillar, thereby elevating the existing curriculum for vocational apprentices and professionals to a new level. The first year of training will see around 80 apprentices from the whole of Austria studying at the PORR Campus. Digital networking across the entire construction value chain is leading to fundamental changes in the construction sector and its competitive landscape. Work processes are becoming ever … Read more

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SickKids New Patient Support Building in Toronto to Transform Patient Care Delivery

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The latest development to anchor Toronto’s Discovery District is set to create a new precedent for healthcare workplace design in Canada. The proposed design for the new 22-story Patient Support Centre, located on The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) campus, includes an undulating façade, centerpiece blue ribbon staircase encased in glass and interdisciplinary education and simulation spaces that will bring physicians, nurses, hospital administration and foundation employees together in a light-filled environment. The project team includes PCL as construction manager and architect B+H Architects. The PSC is the first phase of Project Horizon – the SickKids campus redevelopment plan which … Read more

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BAM Denmark to Build New School in Sluseholmen

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The design and construction of a new school at Sluseholmen has been awarded to BAM Denmark, together with JJW Architects, consulting engineers AB Clausen and JL Engineering, Thing Brandt Landscape and Keingart, for the city of Copenhagen, Denmark. The new three-track school will be built at Sluseholmen between Sjællandsbroen and by Stigbordene, and will accommodate approximately 840 students. In addition to the school itself, which will be on five floors (living room for the fourth floor), a parking garage and a sports hall will be erected. The sports hall, with its location at the top of the parking garage, will … Read more

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China State Construction to Manage Hong Kong Palace Museum Project

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Recently, China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited (a subsidiary of China State Construction), won the bid for the Hong Kong Palace Museum Project. The project is located at the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. It is the first pavilion established by the Palace Museum with the name “Forbidden City” outside of Mainland China. The total gross floor area of the project is about 43,000 meters, and the scope of works includes a seven-floor main museum building with surrounding parking lots and supporting traffic facilities. The Hong Kong Palace Museum Project is a key cultural project proposed in … Read more

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Skanska Develops Parkview Complex in Prague

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The Pankrác project of developer company, Skanska, called Parkview, is under construction in Pujmanová street in Prague 4, opposite the Pankrác Central Park. After its completion in the second quarter of 2020, the nine-floor building, designed by the New York Architectural Studio, Richard Meier & Partners, is to offer almost 16,000 square meters of top-class office space. A quarter of the building—almost 4,000 square meters, has already been leased by IWG for its co-working center, Spaces. One of the most notable features of Parkview will be its clean white façade and an airy atrium incorporating greenery, which will serve to … Read more

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