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Veidekke to build more flats at Rodeløkka
Veidekke Entreprenør AS has been awarded the contract from Veidekke Eiendom AS to build stage 2 of the Konfektfabrikken housing project at Rodeløkka in Oslo. The contract comprises building 50 new flats with a total sales value of more than NOK 150 million excluding VAT.
In December Veidekke started building the first stage of the housing project consisting of 84 flats with a total sales value of NOK 260 million. In April 2011 the sale of the 50 flats in stage two started. As of 31 May 2011, 112 of a total of 134 flats in stages 1 and 2 have been sold with a total sales value of NOK 333 million. “Building of stage two has just commenced, and the flats are to be ready in December 2012,” says project developer Tor Nordstrøm of Veidekke Eiendom. Four building stages are planned with a total of 253 flats, with an estimated sales value of more than NOK 900 million. Stage 3 is expected to be put on the market in the autumn of 2011, followed by stage 4 in the spring of 2012. Visit: www.veidekke.com
Alstom unites business processes with ENOVIA Version 6 collaborative platform
Dassault Systèmes has announced that Alstom has selected its Version 6 PLM platform to improve end to end business processes. As a first step in this major transformation, Alstom Transport will leverage Dassault Systèmes’ ENOVIA Version 6 to unify its different sites under a unique, worldwide platform enabling its employees to efficiently collaborate on customer projects.
Alstom is consolidating its PLM system in order to streamline information sharing, increase its manufacturing capacity and reduce time-tomarket. Looking for maximum efficiency and ROI, Alstom chose Dassault Systèmes’ ENOVIA Version 6 for its flexible, open PLM backbone providing the unique ability to implement the ‘Design Once, Manufacture Anywhere concept’ across business lines, as well as its multi-disciplinary collaboration capabilities. ENOVIA Version 6 will be deployed to 3500 users.
“We are pleased that Alstom has chosen to consolidate its investment in Version 6,” said Sylvain Laurent, executive vice-president, PLM Enterprise Business Transformation, Dassault Systèmes. “Alstom will benefit from a single platform for intellectual property management, improved internal and external collaboration.” Visit: www.3ds.com
Bouygues Construction signs contract for the new French Defence Ministry
Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France and Exprimm, forming part of Opale-Défense, have won a contract to finance, design and construct the French Ministry of Defence at Balard, in southwest Paris, along with operation and maintenance of the complex for 30 years. Under the terms of the contract, Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France will coordinate the design and construction, for a total amount of €745 million. For Exprimm, the facilities management subsidiary of ETDE (the Energies & Services division of Bouygues Con struction), the contract is worth €534 million.
The new ministry will accommodate the Minister of Defence and his special advisors, the office of the joint chiefs of staff, the offices of the chiefs of staff of the three armed forces, the French defence procurement agency and other military departments and administrative services. In all there will be roughly 9300 people spread over a total surface area of 320,000 m2 .
As consortium leader, Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France will be the guarantor of the entire designbuild operation (building and systems). Exprimm will be responsible for operating and maintaining the buildings for 27 years from the date of handover. Visit: www.bouygues.com
MTL Group awarded major offshore renewables contract
MTL Group, one of Europe’s leading project manufacturing companies, has been awarded a multi-million pound contract to supply 97 boat landing systems to a leading European foundations manufacturer for a German offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
Specialising in batch fabrications with the ability to manufacture structures up to 400 tonnes in weight, MTL Group is one of the fastest growing project manufacturing specialists in the metals sector and is the UK’s leading secondary steelwork supplier of boat landing systems who also supply working platforms, plate beams and nodes.
Dr Henry Shirman, managing director, said: “This is a major breakthrough for us in the European offshore wind market.” 25 MTL employees will be working on the project at the group’s advanced manufacturing facility in Rotherham. Work is due to commence in July 2011 with the final delivery of boat landings to be delivered by March 2012 Visit: www.mtlgrp.com
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Spheros secures contract from South Korea
German bus climate specialist Spheros has been awarded a contract by South Korean bus manufacturer DAEWOO for the supply of 150 new Twister PowerCooler type air conditioners. The units are to be installed in natural gas-powered DAEWOO city buses destined for Bangladesh.
The Twister rooftop air conditioner – specially conceived for Asian markets and featuring a high degree of functionality, reliability coupled with competitive procurement and operating costs – is a completely new addition to the Spheros product range. The 150 units will be delivered from here to DAEWOO in South Korea, where they will be installed in the BS 106 standard city bus. The buses are to be delivered to the final customers BRTC (Bangladesh Road Corporation) in DhakaVisit: www.spheros.de
GE Capital Aviation Services signs order for 15 ATR 72-600
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric and European turboprop manufacturer ATR, has announced a new order for 15 ATR 72-600s, plus 15 options. The deal is valued at approximately US$680 million at list prices, including options. Filippo Bagnato, chief executive officer of ATR, declared: “We are proud to associate such a prestigious brand as GECAS to the ATR family. This deal underlines the increasing interest of leasing companies for ATR aircraft, as they eye the success of our aircraft and, particularly, the increasing business opportunities they provide. ATRs feature low operating cost profile and high level of reliability and value retention. In the last three years, the number of ATRs in operation that belongs to leasing companies has doubled.” ATR’s new ‘600-series’ will offer airline operators improvements in performance and passenger comfort, including the new Armonia cabin developed by Italian designer Giugiaro. They also feature technology enhancements such as a new avionics suite, while offering a very high standard of commonality with ATR’s current products. Visit: www.atraircraft.com Cargotec receives a port crane order from Russia
Cargotec has agreed to deliver one Kalmar ship-to-shore (STS) crane and one Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) crane to JSC NEVAMETAL, a division of OAO Severstal, operating at the port of St Petersburg. This will be Cargotec’s first STS crane in Russia, further strengthening the company’s presence in the country.
The Russian stevedore opted for a Kalmar STS crane capable of serving Panamax vessels in twinlift operation with a 36-metre outreach, 16-metre backreach and 28-metre hoisting height. The unit will feature optimised hoisting speeds that deliver accuracy and efficiency with very little energy consumption. The crane will operate without hydraulics requiring less time for maintenance and eliminating the potential for oil leakages.
NEVA-METAL’s Kalmar STS crane will feature an onboard electrical power generation set enabling regenerative energy flows. Due to the crane’s innovative design, the diesel power generator is kept very small compared with traditional diesel powered STS cranes resulting in significantly less fuel usage. Visit: www.cargotec.com
Alfa Laval wins breakthrough solarpower order
Alfa Laval has received an order in the US to provide Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant. The order value is substantial and well in line with the largest reported over the past 12 months. Delivery is scheduled for 2012.
The Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers, specifically developed for this application, will be the heart of the thermal storage system where heat from solar power is stored in molten salt, thereby enabling electricity production even on rainy days or at night. The solution will allow the plant to operate for additional 6 hours on stored energy – an increase of about 50 per cent over normal daytime solar power production. Visit: www.alfalaval.com
