Balfour Beatty Living Places to Deliver UK’s First Highway Living Wall

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Balfour Beatty Living Places and green infrastructure experts, Biotecture, are set to deliver a UK first on behalf of Southampton City Council, as works to install the first hydroponic living wall on a highway’s scheme commenced this summer. Hydroponic living walls are sustainable, vertical installations containing living plants and foliage which grow without the need for soil. Offering many benefits to the public and the environment, these green and living structures help to remove air pollutants through the absorption of gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, as well as hazardous particulate matter. Forming part of the … Read more

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VINCI Construction Delivers Atlantic Bridge in Panama

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Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo, and Panama Canal Administrator Jorge Quijano, recently unveiled the Atlantic Bridge in Colón, located in Panama. This 4.6-kilometer structure, including 3.1 kilometers of engineering structures, located 3 kilometers from the Gatun and Agua Clara locks, creates a new link between the North American and South American continents that can be used whether the canal locks are in operation or not. Due to the adversity of the Panamanian tropical climate on the Atlantic side, a technical solution entirely made of reinforced concrete was chosen by the Panama Canal Authority rather than a metal structure. The central span … Read more

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London Stansted’s First Multi-Story Car Park Opens for Business

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The 2,700-space, six-story car park, located at London Stansted Airport in the district of Uttlesford in Essex, is a short walking distance from the terminal and boosts the number of short-stay car parking spaces available at the airport to more than 7,000. Paul Willis, business change director for the London Stansted Transformation Project, said, “We want Stansted to be the airport of choice for passengers from across the region and whilst we have a fantastic public transport record with over 50% of passengers using coach, bus or train to get to and from the airport, we also want to ensure … Read more

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Plenary Consortium Selected for Corner Brook Acute Care Facility Project

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Corner Brook Health Partnership consortium has been selected to design, build, finance and maintain a new acute care hospital in Corner Brook, located in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with an estimated contract value of $750 million. The new seven-story, 600,000-square-foot hospital will be connected to the 145-bed long-term care home that Plenary Health is building on the site. It will have 164 beds with the same services provided at Western Memorial Regional Hospital, as well as an expanded cancer care program including radiation services. In the coming months, the team will work toward reaching financial and commercial close. Construction is … Read more

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NCC to Build New North Zealand Super Hospital

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The Hovedstaden region of Denmark has chosen NCC to construct the New North Zealand Hospital, the last of the super hospitals to be built in Denmark. NCC and the New North Zealand Hospital will now work out the details and plan to sign an agreement during the fourth quarter. The hospital will comprise a four-story, 118,000-square-meter building. The project is already well known for its design, with a building that resembles a four-leaf clover from above. The hospital will be built in Hillerød. NCC has experience with hospital construction and using digital tools to create sustainable and flexible projects. This … Read more

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