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
China State Construction to Manage Hong Kong Palace Museum Project
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
Skanska Develops Parkview Complex in Prague
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
CPB Contractors Wins $463M Sydney Metro Station Project
CIMIC Group’s company, CPB Contractors, has been selected to build the new Sydney Metro City & Southwest Pitt Street Station. The NSW Government has awarded the contract, part of Sydney Metro, Australia’s biggest public transport project, which will generate revenue of approximately $463 million to CPB Contractors for design and construction of the station. The Integrated Station Development will provide a 250-meter-long underground Pitt Street Station running from Park Street to Bathurst Street, between Pitt and Castlereagh Streets, connecting the two station entries with retail and other commercial facilities. In addition, CPB Contractors will work with Oxford Properties Group for … Read more
CPB Contractors Awarded Auckland International Airport Works
CIMIC Group company, CPB Contractors, has been awarded Auckland (New Zealand) Airport’s Taxiway Mike and Remote Stands Stage 2 project, a critical component in the facility’s major capital works program. The contract will generate revenue to CPB Contractors of approximately NZ$221 million over the next two years. Works include construction of an additional taxiway, extension of an existing taxiway and six remote stands with in-ground jet fuel reticulation, as part of a major expansion at New Zealand’s largest and busiest airport. The project includes 900,000 cubic meters of earthworks, laying 130,000 cubic meters of aggregate basecourse,168,000 square meters of concrete … Read more