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New contracts and orders in industry
Bouygues begins development on the site of the Lannec hospital in Paris
Oden wins three major infrastructure projects
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ouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, has launched works on the redevelopment of the neighbourhood surrounding the disused Laennec hospital, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. The project, worth approximately €150 million, consists of three distinct contracts. The first contract concerns the construction of a series of buildings totalling roughly 16,400m² for Altaréa Cogedim, for a total of approximately €68 million. Designed by architects Valode & Pistre, the buildings include 191 luxury apartments available for purchase, a gerontology centre, a 50-room student residence and shop units. The second contract concerns an office development of 2000m2 for Altaréa Cogedim, which will consist of two buildings reconstructed to restore the original configuration of the site,
for a total of roughly €15 million. A third contract, signed with Allianz, concerns the renovation of listed buildings to be converted into offices with an area of more than 17,200m2, for a total of roughly €66 million. Visit: www.bouygues-construction.com
DEN Anläggningsentreprenad AB, a subsidiary of STRABAG, has been commissioned for three new infrastructure projects in Sweden and Finland. Länsimetro Oy awarded ODEN the contract to establish a 1.8km track tunnel with intermediate stations for the metro phase 1, LU1 Matinkylä in Helsinki, Finland. Furthermore, ODEN was assigned to build a part of Sweden’s largest new city district, Norra Djurgårdsstaden, in Stockholm. After starting phase 1 of the project, ODEN was contracted by the City of Stockholm to undertake the works for phase 2. Finally, ODEN has been commissioned by Trafikverket (The Swedish Transport Administration) to build the section Edet Rasta and Torpa of the E45 motorway, a part of the route between Göteborg and Trollhättan. Visit: www.oden.se
Alfa Laval wins SEK 110 Dow Chemical Company and London 2012 to produce London’s Olympic Stadium wrap million heat exchanger he London Organising Committee of the Olym- metres wide – and will help the stadium become T pic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has the visual centrepiece of the London 2012 Games. order in Singapore confirmed that Worldwide Olympic Partner The Dow Installation will be completed by spring 2012.
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lfa Laval has received an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to a petrochemical plant in Singapore. The order value is about SEK 110 million and delivery is scheduled for 2012. The heat exchangers will be used in a catalytic processing section for production of mixed Xylenes, which is used for PET bottles and synthetic nylons. “This latest order confirms the continued positive development of the process industry in Asia,” says Lars Renström, president and CEO of the Alfa Laval Group. Visit: www.alfalaval.com
Chemical Company will produce a sustainable, fabric wrap that will encircle London’s iconic Olympic Stadium during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The wrap will comprise 336 individual panels – each approximately 25 metres high and 2.5
In keeping with LOCOG’s goal to stage a sustainable Olympic Games, Dow will repurpose the wrap following the 2012 Olympic competitions. The wrap will include resins made by Dow’s Performance Plastics Division and will require fewer raw materials to manufacture. It will be up to 35 per cent lighter and have a lower carbon footprint when compared to conventional materials. Other sustainable elements of the wrap include UV-curable inks replacing conventional inks to reduce emissions during the printing process and eliminate volatile organic compounds (VOC). Visit: www.dow.com
Invensys Inks Automation contracts with Russia’s TNK-BP
vide comprehensive automation solutions and services to help drive control, environment and safety excellence at TNK-BP’s Saratov oil refinery in western Russia. Invensys will supply its Foxboro® I/A Series® distributed control systems and Triconex® emergency shutdown and critical control systems, as well as Foxboro measurement, instrumentation and control devices for
the refinery’s hydrofining and isomerisation units. The company will also provide project management, documentation development and other services, including engineering, delivery, installation, testing and start-up, as well as a full range of training courses for the systems, covering development, commissioning and maintenance. Visit: www.invensys.com
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nvensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the process and manufacturing industries, has signed two contracts with TNK-BP, the third largest oil company in Russia. Under the terms of the agreements, Invensys will pro-
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