Fluor Completes Citral Facility for BASF PETRONAS Chemicals
IRVING, Texas & KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it has achieved mechanical completion on a citral facility and associated infrastructure for BASF PETRONAS Chemicals in Kuantan, Malaysia. As part of the Integrated Aroma Ingredients Complex, Fluor performed front-end engineering and design, engineering, procurement and construction management on the citral facility and its associated infrastructure. The facility will produce citral, among other aroma...
Clark Celebrates Milestone on the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Project
SAN FRANCISCO – After nearly a year of construction, Clark has completed the steel structure for San Francisco’s new Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in the city’s Bayview neighborhood. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, city officials, and local residents watched as the final beam of the two-story, 46,000 square-foot building was hoisted into place. Clark is working hand-in-hand with San Francisco Public Works and KMD Architects to deliver the state-of-the-art facility. From the project’s outse...
New Ways with Nye Veier
Building roads in Norway is rumoured to be expensive and slow. In January 2016, a new governmentally owned company called Nye Veier was launched. Their bold goal is to build roads faster, cheaper – and more innovative. And Ramboll has ceased the opportunity. Recently the company won a large contract and have already started working on the 50,000 hour job. “Use of experts from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the UK was a winning factor”, says Ruth Gunlaug Haug, Division Manager from Roads Rambo...
Skanska Builds Hotel in Seattle, USA, for USD 52M, about SEK 430M
Skanska has signed a contract with the Widewaters Group to build the new Charter Hotel, which will be part of the Curio Collection by Hilton. The contract is worth USD 52M, about SEK 430M, which will be included in the order bookings for Skanska USA Building in the third quarter 2016. The 16-story, 16,250-square meter hotel, to be constructed in downtown Seattle at 2nd Ave. and Stewart St, will include 229 guest rooms. Construction will take place above an existing parking structure built f...
Clark Reaches Substantial Completion on Los Angeles United States Courthouse
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - After three years of construction, the design-build team led by Clark Construction Group and project partner SOM has reached substantial completion on the General Services Administration's (GSA) new United States Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. The 12-story, 631,000 square-foot facility will be the new home for the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, meet the needs of the U.S. Marshals Service, and provide trial preparation space for the U.S. Attorneys’...
Design-Build Bill Becomes Law in Missouri
/ / KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 29, 2016 — For two decades, countless lawmakers, municipal and county officials, and engineering and construction professionals have worked behind the scenes to enact legislation that would allow local Missouri public agencies to use the design-build construction process for everything from roads and bridges to water and wastewater infrastructure. This week, the long-awaited...
Construction Starts on the Atkins-Designed Masterplan to Transform Morocco’s Capital City, Rabat
Construction has started on the Wessal Bouregreg project, a visionary scheme to transform the cultural and social landscape of Morocco’s capital, Rabat. Atkins designed the masterplan for this inner city site, as well as two of its most iconic buildings - the Library of National Archives of the Kingdom of Morocco, and the House of Arts and Culture - for Wessal Capital, an investment fund for tourism and real estate projects in the Kingdom of Morocco. The masterplan will create a new nation...
Skanska Builds Extension of D1 Highway in Slovakia for EUR 197M, About SEK 1.8 Billion
Skanska has signed a contract with the National Highway Authority, NDS, in Slovakia to build an extension of the D1 highway in eastern Slovakia. The contract is worth EUR 197M, about SEK 1.8 billion, which will be included in the order bookings for Skanska Czech Republic & Slovakia for the third quarter 2016. The construction of the 14.4 kilometer section between Budimír and Bidovce, including an additional 1.1 kilometer of express road (R2/R4), will be financed by the European Regional Dev...
Skanska Builds Hotel and Develops Apartments in Oslo, Norway, for NOK 495M, about SEK 490M
Skanska has signed a contract with HAV Eiendom to build a hotel and retail space as well as to develop apartments in Bjørvika, Norway, one of Oslo's most sought after areas. Skanska Property Development’s investment amounts to NOK 205M, about SEK 200M. The construction contract is worth NOK 495M, about SEK 490M, which is included in order bookings for Skanska Norway in the third quarter in 2016. The two buildings to be erected include underground parking garage, basement and technical rooms b...
AECOM’s Tishman Construction Teams with TRINITY Group Construction for First Phase of Future ‘Smart City’ in DC Metro Area
/ / / / LOS ANGELES — AECOM, a premier, fully-integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that its Tishman Construction unit has been named joint general contractor of Phase 1A of Gramercy District, 2.5 million square foot, technology-focused, mixed-use development in Loudoun County, Va. The project is valued at over $US500 million and Tishman will serve as general contractor in association with TRINITY Group Construction, a top commercial general contractor headquartered...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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