Joint Venture Awarded Front End Engineering, Design for Proposed Phase 2 Expansion of LNG Canada Facility

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Fluor Corporation’s joint venture with JGC Corporation has been awarded the contract to update the Front End Engineering and Design for a proposed Phase 2 expansion of the LNG Canada facility located on the traditional territory of Haisla Nation in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada. This award follows the commissioning of Phase 1 with the recent shipment of the project’s first liquefied natural gas export cargo. Since 2018, the JGC Fluor JV has been instrumental in delivering Phase 1 of the project by providing critical engineering, procurement, fabrication management, construction and commissioning services to build the facility and support safe startup. … Read more

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Team Tapped to Build ‘The Bridge’ at Utrecht Science Park in Netherlands

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The signing of the construction team agreement between Kadans Science Partner, and BAM Bouw en Techniek, officially marked the start of construction on the innovative transition building “The Bridge” at Utrecht Science Park in the Netherlands. Arcadis is serving as structural engineer and consultant for installations & BREEAM and cepezed as architects. The Bridge is being built on the shell of the former Earth Sciences building and will initially house institutes such as the Institute for Biodynamics and Biocomplexity, the Institute of Environmental Biology and part of the Bijvoet Centre during the renovation of the Kruyt Building. Afterward, the building … Read more

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Esh Construction to Begin Repairs on Drypool Bridge in Hull

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Hull City Council in the city of Kingston (England) has appointed Esh Construction to deliver the Drypool Bridge project in partnership with Mason Clark Associates. Initial construction activity will concentrate on the south side of the bridge, which involves removal of footpath railings, surfacing and partial carriageway and curb sections. A contraflow system will be introduced during the first phase of works. The project team commenced the early contractor involvement phase for the key city structure last summer. Since then, detailed investigations of the bridge’s condition have been carried out and a design and construction program prepared for the main … Read more

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Skanska Tapped to Build Health Center in Norway

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General contractor Skanska has signed a contract with Gjesdal Municipality for the construction of Gjesdal Health Center in Rogaland County, Norway. The contract is worth NOK $360 million, about SEK $340 million. The new health center will have a building mass of approximately 8,700 square meters and will accommodate 76 institutional places, as well as facilities such as a café, institutional kitchen, physiotherapy and occupational therapy and service areas. Approximately 2,000 square meters of parking garage will be built, and the project will be connected to an existing residential and activity center. The project has high climate ambitions and will … Read more

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Sustainable Industrial Project Delivered at Manchester Airport

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As a milestone in the wider transformation of the World Freight Terminal in Manchester (UK) — delivered two weeks ahead of schedule in partnership with Columbia Threadneedle Investments — B4 comprises a 92,000-square-foot, high-spec industrial and logistics unit with integral office space and external works and landscaping. Situated within airport security boundaries at one of the UK’s most important logistics hubs, the building has been constructed to a BREEAM Rating of Excellent and EPC A+. It is the latest in a series of developments delivered by McLaren Construction Midlands and North for Columbia Threadneedle at the World Freight Terminal at Manchester … Read more

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