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NCC secures assignment from Alecta to build new block in Sundbyberg

NCC Construction Sweden has secured an assignment to refurbish and construct new premises in the Plåten block in central Sundbyberg. The customer is Alecta, which is planning a new property block featuring housing, offices, shopping, hotels and restaurants. The order is worth about SEK 550 million and will be registered not later than in the fourth quarter of 2011. The project will be conducted as a coordinated contract with Alecta.

The premises will total about 36,000m2 gross area, of which about 18,000 will be newly constructed. The block Plåten, also known under the name Signalfabriken, currently consists of vacant industrial and office premises.

“Since Alecta has chosen to engage our services at an early stage, NCC’s full range of expertise will be of use to the project. We will construct a full block with various types of buildings,” says Claes Magnusson, business unit manager, NCC Construction Sweden Stockholm/Mälardalen region.

The project has commenced and is scheduled for completion during autumn 2013. The project will be climate declared. Visit: www.ncc.se

Taiwan-based UNI Air, a subsidiary of EVA Air, has signed a contract with European regional turboprop manufacturer ATR to purchase 10 ATR 72-600s. Deliveries are scheduled to start in third quarter 2012.

UNI Air will use its new ATR-600s to progressively replace the Dash-8-300 aircraft it now has in its fleet. The regional carrier’s new ATRs will be equipped with advanced technologies such as a glass cockpit avionics suite and redesigned cabin interiors. The aircraft will feature Armonia cabin especially created for ATR by Italy’s Giugiaro Design and equipped for passengers’ enhanced comforts with lighter-weight slim-line seats and larger overhead bins that will accommodate a maximum number of carry-on bags.

UNI Air Chairman Tony Su said, “We are pleased to update our regional fleet with the most modern aircraft on the market. The new ATR -600 series will enable us to give our passengers the highest standards of comfort and, at the same time, optimise our fuel and operating costs. We are looking forward to introducing our new ATR aircraft and operating them in Asia.” Visit: www.atraircraft.com

Taiwan’s UNI Air signs contract for 10 ATR 72-600s Metso to deliver biomassfired boiler plant for Eneco

Metso will supply a biomass-fired boiler plant for the leading dutch utility company Eneco, in Delfzijl in the Netherlands. The construction of the power plant will be carried out by a consortium consisting of the German company Areva Renewables GmbH, Finnish Metso Power Oy and Dutch Ballast Nedam Industriebouw. The value of the power plant project order is €155 million, of which Metso’s share is approximately one third.

Metso’s delivery includes a 49 MWe biomass-fired boiler plant, a flue gas cleaning plant and stack, a feedwater system and a distributed control system. The boiler will utilise circulating fluidised bed (CFB) technology and use mainly recycled wood as fuel. The power plant will need around 300,000 tonnes of wood a year, among others recycled waste wood chips. Start-up of the new power plant is scheduled for the third quarter of 2013. The order is included in Energy and Environmental Technology’s third quarter 2011 orders received. Visit: www.metso.com

Skanska awarded road assignment in Norway

Skanska has been awarded the assignment to widen a 10.2 kilometre section of the E18 highway in Norway. The contract value is NOK 764 million, about SEK 880 million, which will be included in order bookings for the third quarter. The customer is the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens Vegvesen).

The assignment means Skanska will expand the existing E18 section to a four-lane highway. The project covers new southbound lanes and upgrades for northbound traffic. Work will start in September and is scheduled for completion in autumn 2014.

Skanska Norway focuses on construction and civil engineering operations. The unit has approximately 4200 employees. In 2010, Skanska Norway reported revenue of about SEK 11 billion. In Norway, Skanska is also active in the development of residential, commercial properties and public private partnerships (PPP) projects. Visit: www.skanska.com

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Balfour Beatty Engineering Services awarded Hertfordshire BSF contracts

Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES) has been awarded two school contracts within the Hertfordshire Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, valued at £14.3 million.

The contracts are both joint ventures. The £5.6 million Nobel sample scheme in Stevenage is with Mansell Construction and the £8.7 million Marriotts Lonsdale sample scheme, also situated in Stevenage, is with Balfour Beatty Construction.

Nobel involves the supply and installation of mechanical and electrical services for the remodeling and extension of the existing secondary school and includes the complete new building services installation. The project is aiming to achieve a BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rating.

Marriotts Lonsdale comprises the supply and installation of mechanical and electrical services for a new co-located secondary school and all-age SEN school with overnight accommodation and will include a complete new building services installation. Visit: www.balfourbeatty.com

Cobham to provide aerial refuelling systems for Brazilian KC-390 tanker aircraft

Cobham has been selected to develop and supply the Wing Aerial Refuelling Pod for the KC-390 tanker aircraft under development by Brazil’s Embraer and has received an order with an initial contract value in excess of US$60 million. Air refuelling operations will be a key tactical role of the KC-390 following its introduction into service, scheduled to commence in 2015.

Selection by Embraer follows a comprehensive competitive process and reflects Cobham’s unrivalled experience in the design, development and delivery of air refuelling systems. Cobham will supply Embraer with one of its state-of-theart air refuelling pods, specially modified to fit the KC-390. The system architecture will be tailored to meet the aircraft’s air-to-air refuelling capability requirements, and enable refuelling of a range of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft.

Embraer’s launch customer for the KC-390 is the Brazilian Air Force and it expects to secure significant additional orders from export customers. Visit: www.cobham.com

Atkins wins major signalling contract in Norway

Strabag subsidiary Adanti wins €161

million contract in Tuscany

The Italian STRABAG subsidiary Adanti SpA has signed an agreement to upgrade some 11km of State Road 223 between Grosseto and Siena in Tuscany. The contract includes the planning and building of three junctions, six tunnels – the longest measuring 1.5km in length – and five viaducts, the most important of which measures 900m in length with piers up to 95m tall. Adanti’s share of the €161 million contract amounts to around 65 per cent or €105 million.

Bologna-based Adanti SpA will carry out the works together with consortium partner Vittadello Intercantieri di Padova. Construction is slated to begin in the spring of 2012 and is scheduled to last about 2.5 years.

Hans Peter Haselsteiner, CEO of STRABAG SE, is pleased with the new order in Italy: “Our subsidiary Adanti is well-positioned in the Italian infrastructure market and profits especially in northern Italy from the considerable need for modernisation in road construction.” Visit: www.strabag.com

Atkins has won one of the main design contracts for the new Follo line in Norway. The contract, won in partnership with Norwegian engineering consultancy Aas Jakobsen, covers the area of Oslo Central Station where the new Follo line will run into the station, in a project that will increase the capacity and reliability of the rail links in to the Norwegian capital

The head of Atkins in Norway Håkon Dragsund said: “This is a great step forward in our ambition to become a significant player in the Norwegian signaling market.”

The project will bring the new tracks of the Follo line through a densely built-up area that features many cultural heritage sites which must be carefully protected. The new solution means the present track arrangement at Oslo Central Station must also be altered. Due to the massive and intensive works schedule simultaneous traffic diversions will be needed during the construction phase and there will be a need for considerable flexibility and robustness in the stage plans during this time. Visit: www.atkinsglobal.com