PCL Construction Celebrates Opening of DARE District Building

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PCL Construction recently celebrated the official opening of the new DARE (Discovery, Applied Research, and Entrepreneurship) District Building, located in Ottawa, Ontario in Canada. This project consisted of renovations, an expansion and an addition to Building C on the Woodroffe Campus. The addition will add space for learning, entrepreneurship and innovation, while recognizing indigenous roots and acting as a gathering place to spark new ideas and lead change. “We were proud to have PCL Construction and Colliers International on our team,” said Todd Schonewille, director of physical resources at Algonquin College. “This was a very complex, long-term project that involved … Read more

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Jacobs Consortium Wins New Dublin Metro North Contract from Transport Infrastructure Ireland

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Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., in consortium with Idom, has been appointed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland as employer’s designer for the development and implementation of Ireland’s first metro system, central to a new multi-modal transport strategy to support Dublin’s continued economic growth. Working collaboratively with the National Transport Authority and TII, the Jacobs Idom consortium will take the scheme from emerging preferred route status through evaluation and selection of preferred route, including all business case and environmental support work. It will then develop and promote the scheme railway orders, execute the planning process through An Bord Pleanála and attend the subsequent … Read more

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Hill International Assists Ikos Resorts with First Destination Project in Spain

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Hill International will manage the complete remodeling of the Princess Estepona and Costa del Sol Resort for Ikos Resorts. Located on the Mediterranean coast just south of Malaga in Spain, the project will raise the resort from a four-star destination to a five-star guest experience. For Ikos, the project represents a further commitment to providing boutique, luxury facilities for its guests, as well as the company’s first project outside of Greece. The total project value is $185 million. Originally built in 1964, the 43,000-square-meter resort comprises seven buildings and support facilities, occupying 70,000 square meters of beachfront property. The project … Read more

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Hill International Awarded Contract to Deliver New Mumbai Transit Link in India

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Hill International has received a contract from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority to provide the general consultancy services for the $2.26-billion Mumbai Metro Line 4 as part of a consortium consisting of DB Engineering & Consulting GMBH as the lead partner and Louis Berger Consulting Pvt. Ltd. as another partner. The project consists of a 32.3-kilometer elevated corridor and includes 32 stations along the Wadala-Ghatkopar-Mulund-Thane-Kasarvadavali corridor. Hill is serving in a consortium whose general services will comprise design review, project management and construction supervision. The project is expected to reduce current travel times by 50-75 percent, according to officials.

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HOCHTIEF, VINCI to Design & Build Copenhagen Metro Line

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Metroselskabet has awarded a EUR $460-million Design-Build contract for Sydhavn Metro Line (Line 4) in Copenhagen, Denmark, to an equal-parts joint venture consisting of HOCHTIEF Infrastructure and VINCI Construction Grands Projets. HOCHTIEF will be the technical leader of the joint venture. This Design-Build project for the southern metro line is a six-year mandate that calls for the construction of dual 4.4-kilometer tunnels using two earth-pressure tunnel boring machines along with five underground stations and two crossover structures. The project also includes electrical and mechanical systems, architectural interior works and in-tunnel ventilation. The tunnels will have an interior diameter of 4.9 … Read more

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