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Heijmans wins two contracts valued at more than €26 million
Heijmans will be developing two projects under contract to Eindhoven Airport NV, namely the expansion of the terminal and the construction of a new 120-room hotel. Heijmans Non-residential Building will assume responsibility for all structural components. The value of the terminal contract is in excess of €3 million; the hotel contract is worth approximately €9 million.
The logistics is an area that demands special attention particularly in view of the fact that the airport will remain in operation throughout the expansion and construction. A special phasing and contingency plan has been prepared in close collaboration with the client. A special aspect of the realisation of the hotel is the construction technique that will be used; the building will be constructed 13 metres above ground level. In addition, Heijmans will be working on the new development and renovation of the living and care centre Jozefzorg/Satijnhof in Tilburg. The project will be carried out under contract to TBV Wonen and Stichting de Wever. The contract is valued at approximately €14 million. Visit: www.heijmans.nl
STRABAG lands new orders worldwide worth €110 million
The environmental technology specialists of the European construction group STRABAG SE have recently landed new orders worth a total of €110 million. In Brazil, STRABAG acquired the contract for the engineering and delivery of a flue gas treatment facility for petroleum major Petrobras. The company is also building a waste gas & waste liquid incineration plant in Singapore as well as five flue gas treatment facilities for Formosa Plastics Group in China and Taiwan. In Leskovac, Serbia, in Târgoviste, Romania, and in Baishan, China, the company won the contracts to build three wastewater treatment plants. STRABAG will also build a water supply plant in Bilisht, Albania and a solid waste treatment plant in Tychy, Poland.
STRABAG also pulled in contracts in the field of landfill construction, with an order in Ciuperceni, Romania. Further projects involve a biological waste treatment plant in Freudenstadt, Germany, as well as landfill remediation and site decontamination works conducted under joint ventures in Brückl and Rum, Austria, and Pont Rouge, Switzerland. Visit: www.strabag.com
Russia’s NordStar Airlines adds up to 7 ATR 42-600s to its fleet
The European turboprop manufacturer ATR and Russia’s NordStar Airlines have agreed the purchase of up to 7 ATR 42-600s (5 firm aircraft and 2 options). The total value of all these airplanes is estimated at some US$ 132 million.
ATR and NordStar had previously unveiled in September 2011 an order for 2 firm ATR 42-600s plus 2 options, which has now been increased with the 3 additional firm aircraft. This follows an order in 2010 for 4 firm 42-500s plus 3 options.
NordStar Airlines will become the very first operator of new ATR ‘-600 series’ aircraft in the Russian Federation. NordStar already operates 4 ATR 42-500. With the introduction of the 5 firm ATR 42-600s, NordStar will bring to 9 aircraft its brand new fleet of ATRs. Visit: www.atraircraft.com
Bouygues Construction wins contracts in Switzerland worth almost €200 million
Losinger Marazzi, a Swiss subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, has recently signed a number of substantial contracts worth a total of over €190 million. In Monthey, in south-western Switzerland, the firm will build a commercial property development consisting of 6000m2 of retail premises and 1300m2 of offices.
The development, which is located in the Trollietta district and will be known as M Central, will be built according to the principles of sustainable construction and will be compliant with the Minergie® standard.
Losinger Marazzi is also to construct two complexes with a combined surface area of 12,400m2 in Thoune, in the canton of Bern, incorporating offices, apartments, a retirement home, shops and a multi-screen cinema.
Meanwhile, Losinger Marazzi has signed a contract worth around €25 million as the main contractor building a shopping centre in Nyon for Migros, the leading supermarket chain in Switzerland. Visit: www.bouygues-construction.com
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Bombardier Transportation has won a groundbreaking contract for propulsion and control equipment in India from Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC). MRVC is a joint venture between the Ministry of Railways and the Government of Maharashtra.
The project, funded equally by the World Bank and the Government of India, is valued at approximately INR 11.2 billion (€162 million). It involves design, manufacturing, delivery and testing of BOMBARDIER MITRAC propulsion and control equipment, as well as additional equipment including fans, compressors, passenger information systems and high voltage instruments. The order relates to a total of 72 commuter trains of 12 cars each. Deliveries of the equipment will start in the last quarter of 2012 with completion of deliveries in the third quarter of 2014.
The production will take place at Bombardier’s plant in Maneja, India, supported by Bombardier’s sites in Mannheim and Hennigsdorf, Germany. Bombardier’s Propulsion and Controls Production and Development Centre at the Maneja site in Vadodara, Gujarat, was recently expanded and has been supplying Indian Railways for decades with converters and electronic devices for train control and communications. Visit: www.bombardier.com
Wuppertaler Stadtwerke awards megacontract to Vossloh
Vossloh Electrical Systems, Düsseldorf, and Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (WSW), Wuppertal, have signed a contract for 31 new suspension railcars to be delivered by the end of 2015 to replace the present units dating back to the 1970s.
The Wuppertal ‘Schwebebahn’ is a highmounted suspension monorail. The new cars will feature innovative traction systems from Vossloh Electrical Systems including traction and board invertors and the control technology. The units will be assembled by Vossloh Rail Vehicles in Valencia. These two Vossloh subsidiaries together recently won a megacontract from the municipality of Karlsruhe and have already successfully completed projects for the Spanish provinces of León and Gijón. Both, Vossloh Rail Vehicles and Vossloh Electrical Systems, will also deliver 13 new tramways to the city of Rostock from end 2013 until spring 2014.
The first of the new suspension railcars for the city of Wuppertal will be shipped out and then put through their paces in mid-2014. Thereafter and until the end of 2015, two to three vehicles will be delivered monthly. Visit: www.vossloh.com Studsvik, through its subsidiary Studsvik Scandpower, has signed a contract with the Russian nuclear fuel producer JSC TVEL to deliver software and certain related services in 2012. The contract is worth US$ 1 million.
JSC TVEL already collaborates closely with Studsvik in the international SCIP-II project on the justification of fuel behaviour. The sale is, however, an important step in Studsvik’s broadening of its customer base within the software area as well. JSC TVEL is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of nuclear fuel that is used in 76 commercial and 30 research reactors in 17 countries.
“We decided to deepen our cooperation with Studsvik within software and services in nuclear fuel design since software developed by Studsvik Scandpower is widely recognised in the world. We trust that their use, along with the relevant Russian products, could serve as an important step in getting established as a PWR fuel vendor in the West,” says Pyotr Lavrenyuk, senior vice-president of JSC TVEL. Visit: www.studsvik.com
Studsvik signs contract in Russia worth US$ 1 million
Cobham SATCOM antenna selected by Virgin Atlantic Airways
Cobham’s HGA-7001 SATCOM high gain antenna subsystem has been selected by Virgin Atlantic for the airline’s Boeing 747 cabin upgrade programme to commence in 2012. Virgin Atlantic will retrofit seven of its Boeing 747 aircraft with the Cobham antenna, which will enable Inmarsat SwiftBroadband (SBB) SATCOM connectivity into the cockpit and cabin.
“Virgin Atlantic’s selection of the Cobham Antenna system is a result of a rigorous and thorough selection process. The combination of technical excellence, coupled with a good commercial position, has secured the ongoing partnership between Virgin Atlantic and Cobham Antenna Systems and secured the best overall solution for our Boeing 747 cabin upgrade,” says Sean Swain, general manager, Supply Chain for Virgin Atlantic.
Cobham’s antenna sub-system will be retrofitted to the fleet of seven Boeing 747-400 aircraft through an independent Supplemental Type Certificate (STC). Visit: www.cobham.com
