New Bridge Opens Across UK’s Biggest Road Project

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The A14 Integrated Delivery Team, comprised of Balfour Beatty, Skanska and Costain, has completed the second of 34 bridges and main structures on the UK’s biggest road project. The newly opened bridge forms part of Highways England’s £1.5 billion major improvement scheme on the A14. The project will see the upgrade of a 21-mile stretch of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon from two to three lanes in each direction including a brand new 17-mile bypass south of Huntingdon. Connecting Brampton and Grafham in Cambridgeshire, the new bridge is 50 meters (54 yards) longer than the previous bridge as it … Read more

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Gammon Construction Wins Contract for Lyric Theatre in West Kowloon Cultural District

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Gammon Construction Limited has been awarded a HK$1.5 billion contract by the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority in Hong Kong to deliver the extended basement and public infrastructure works for the L1 Contract for Lyric Theatre Complex and Extended Basement at WKCD. The project involves excavation and lateral support followed by construction of a two-level reinforced concrete structure, as well as public infrastructure works including drainage, a traffic lay-by and associated temporary works. The contract is Gammon’s third award from the WKCDA. It is also carrying out foundation works for the theatre, for which it has twice received the Authority’s … Read more

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CPB Contractors to Deliver Victoria’s West Gate Tunnel Project

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Workers have started clearing the site where tunneling will begin for Australia’s West Gate tunnel project. Contractors will dig down more than seven stories, clearing the way for the project’s two tunnel boring machines. Major construction work is expected to start in early 2018 with the project scheduled to open to traffic in 2022. The project contract was awarded to Hochtief’s CPB Contractors and John Holland. Another work site will be established nearby later this year, with the two sites connected by an elevated heavy-duty, covered conveyor belt. The conveyor will transport materials from the TBM excavation to large sheds, to … Read more

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Scotland’s First Design Museum Opens to Public this Fall

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V&A Dundee, Scotland’s first design museum, will open to the public on Sept. 15. It will be the only V&A museum in the world outside London, an international center for design – a place of inspiration, discovery and learning. Visitors to V&A Dundee will experience the story of design past, present and future, and the contribution design makes to all our lives. Designed by architect Kengo Kuma, V&A Dundee stands at the center of the $1.4-billion transformation of the Dundee waterfront, once part of the city’s docklands. With its complex geometry, inspired by the cliffs along the East Coast of Scotland, … Read more

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ZÜBLIN Starts Construction for Germany’s First Timber High-Rise

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The 10-story SKAIO high-rise in Heilbronn, based on a design by architectural firm Kaden+Lager, is being built by Stadtsiedlung Heilbronn GmbH and ZÜBLIN. When completed, it will be the tallest timber building in Germany. The 112-foot-tall building is being erected as part of the city exhibition for the BUGA 2019 horticulture show in Heilbronn. With an above-ground gross floor area of 61,000 square feet, it will offer space for 60 rental units with a total of 35,500 square feet of living space. A bakery will move into the commercial space on the ground floor. The building will be erected by … Read more

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