The new $9.5-million Mastic Beach Ambulance Company headquarters, located in Mastic Beach, New York, has recently been completed. The project team included general contractor Stalco Construction; architect, site engineer and construction manager L.K. McLean Associates; mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer Nelson & Pope and structural engineer TDM Consulting Engineers. The new two-story structure totals 18,000 square feet. It is located on a 1.2-acre site that includes new access driveways, an 18,000-square foot parking lot, green areas landscaped with low-maintenance grass and shrubs, exterior lighting, a flag pole and signage. Construction crews installed new drainage and sanitary systems, and built new … Read more
VINCI Launches Upgrade Works at Toulon Hy Airport in France
VINCI has recently launched work to upgrade the runways and runway lighting system at the Toulon Hy res airport. VINCI Airports began operating the airport in 2015 under a 25-year French government concession awarded by the Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile and the French Ministry of the Armed Forces. The upgrade works comprise: Renovation of the runways and taxiways Refurbishment of the airport’s runway lighting system Work to bring the airport into compliance with the French water law The work will be carried out by a joint venture bringing together the Eurovia and VINCI Energies companies. The investment, amounting to … Read more
Balfour Beatty Living Places to Deliver UK’s First Highway Living Wall
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
PORR to Build 3T Office Park in Poland’s Tri-City
3T Office Park, the largest office complex in the region, is taking shape in Gdynia, one of the three cities that make up Poland’s Tri-City (Gdansk-Gdynia-Sopot). PORR S.A is the general contractor of the investment project, while Gleed Polska is responsible for the comprehensive project management and coordination regarding the building’s BREEAM certification. Construction work started at the end of April 2019, with completion anticipated to take approximately 24 months. The 3T Office Park will consist of three buildings: two 10-story towers, one in the middle with 13 stories, and a two-level underground car park with 420 parking spaces. When … Read more
PCL Project Receives International Living Future Institute Petal Certification
The PCL family of companies has received its first International Living Future Institute’s Petal Certification for the Calgary Zoo’s Panda Passage, located in Alberta, Canada. The Petal Certification, from the ILFI Living Building Challenge, makes it the most advanced constructed habitat in the world. The Panda Passage is the first-ever Petal-certified project for PCL and the first in Alberta; it is also the second zoo facility to receive the certification. Focused on innovation and sustainability, the Living Building Challenge provides guidelines for design and construction that promote the relationship between people and the environment. Based on the ILFI and the … Read more