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3 days ago | 
globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke
The “Elan the Emperor” development will consist of 10 145m-tall towers on a 49ha site. Leighton will handle civil and structural engineering, and will manage the project’s subcontractors. The scheme, which is hoping to win a LEED Gold certificate, will be located by the eight-tower “Elan the Presidential” development, which Leighton is also building on behalf of Elan Group.
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3 days ago | 
globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke
The plan for the Spoorweghaven dock has received “initial support” from the Municipality of Rotterdam, Mast said in a press release, without giving details. The design is for 100 affordable units, public spaces and commercial areas. If built, Spoorweghaven would be Europe’s largest floating housing development. It would consist of prefabricated cross-laminated timber buildings that can be towed into place and anchored in the harbour.
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3 days ago | 
globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke
The route will run from a new S-Bahn station at Konstablerwache in the city centre to Fechenheim in the north east. The route will be part of the Nordmainische S-Bahn, a planned railway between Frankfurt, Hanau, and the town of Maintal. Implenia will do initial excavation and construction for the S-Bahn station, drill two 1.2km-long tunnel tubes with boring machines, and carry out extensive water management measures.
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3 days ago | 
globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke
It’s the company’s biggest single investment in an engine plant, and will make sixth generation V-8 engines used in large trucks and SUVs.The company’s current Tonawanda Propulsion plant will be remodelled, but in the meantime will keep making fifth generation V-8s. The $888m price tag includes spending on new machinery, tools, and plant renovations.
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5 days ago | 
globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke
The work was carried out by a joint venture between de Moya Group and Superior Construction for the Florida Department of Transportation. The department commented that the project was its first phased design-and-build contract. The work involved pile-driving, earthworks, drainage repair, concrete placement and asphalt laying. The restored causeway contains resilience features such as steel-sheet pile wall systems and concrete caps and roadway barriers.
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1 week ago | 
globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke
TU Delft researchers will build a model to analyse Hitachi’s data gathered from sensors monitoring the performance of pumps, cylinders and brakes in dump trucks working in tough environments. Daan van Berkel, HCME’s manager for mining, said: “We will be able to plan when a truck needs to come into the workshop more precisely, and order any parts that may be required ahead of time.
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1 week ago | 
globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke
CPK will transform transportation in Poland with the Foster + Partners and Buro Happold-designed new airport, highway upgrades, and 2,000km of high-speed rail. The goal is to make all major Polish cities no more than 2.5 hours’ travel time away from the new airport, to be sited some 50km west of Warsaw. Estimated to cost some $1.25bn (PLN5bn), the main terminal will initially accommodate 34 million passengers a year, but can be expanded to handle 44 million without disrupting operations.
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1 week ago | 
globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke
Located 45m below ground, the two track station will serve the Fornebubanen metro line, with an access point on either side of Hoff streetSkanska’s scope of work includes technical installations such as ventilation, electrics, elevators and escalators, concrete works, shafts, outdoor areas, access buildings, finalisation works in pre-excavated tunnels, and additional works to be carried out at Madserud, Bestum and in the tunnel towards Majorstuen.
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1 week ago | 
globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke
The project will replace the 108-year-old Edward Memorial Hospital, and will be fully built by Webuild. When complete, it will increase the capacity of the Fiona Stanley Hospital complex and the Osborne Park Hospital. Australia is Webuild’s second largest market after Italy. In November 2024, it was awarded a €1bn contract for Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop East metro project. Subscribe here to get stories about construction around the world in your inbox three times a week
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1 week ago | 
globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke
They’re engaging volunteer architects, engineers and students to create house concepts that reduce design and permit costs by 95%. Autodesk has so far released one design called “The Lewis”. The homes are being designed to resist extreme heat, wildfire and power outages, and to fit in with the area. The goal is to cut the time it takes to get building permits from months to weeks.
