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New contracts and orders in industry
Largest deal ever for Volvo Buses in Colombia V
olvo Bus Latin America has recently sold 688 bus chassis to the capitol of Colombia, Bogotá. It’s the company’s largest deal ever in Colombia. The deal encompasses chassis for conventional buses as well as articulated and biarticulated buses. The new vehicles were sold for the third phase expansion of Transmilenio in Bogotá, the continent’s most efficient and advanced BRT-system. BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) is the acronym for high-capacity bus-based urban transportation systems – a cost efficient alternative to rail-bound transport systems. In total the deal encompasses 688 chassis including 48 articulated and 97 biarticulated vehicles that will operate the trunk lines of Transmilenio. The remaining over 500 chassis will be used for low entry buses, operating conventional lines and feeder lines. These are the first low floor buses to be used in Bogotá enabling access by wheelchairs to public transportation. Visit: www.volvo.com
Balfour Beatty wins £50 million Olympic Park Legacy contract
B Imtech receives €77 million order for waste processing plant in Warsaw
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mtech (IM-AE, technical services provider in and outside Europe) has been commissioned by Finalsa SA for the realisation of all technical solutions in one of the most advanced waste processing plants in the world. This plant will be built near Warsaw in Poland and is capable of processing approximately 120,000 tonnes of waste per year – more than 400 tonnes of waste per day. Ecology and energy efficiency are key elements here. The waste processing plant is not only completely self-sufficient in energy, but also produces extra energy, residual fuels and recyclable materials.
AREVA to upgrade the monitoring and control safety systems for 20 EDF reactors
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DF has awarded AREVA with a contract worth more than €600 million to upgrade the monitoring and control systems which guarantee the safety of its 1300MW power plants (Paluel, Flamanville, Saint-Alban, Cattenom, Belleville, Nogent sur Seine, Golfech and Penly).
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René van der Bruggen, CEO Imtech, says: “Imtech is the market leader in energy efficiency in Germany and Poland. The majority of our orders are characterised by the presence of a component of energy efficiency and or energy management. Waste processing plants are one of the Imtech specialisations.” The city of Warsaw produces about 800,000 tonnes of MSW per year, so Imtech’s new waste processing plant will process 15 per cent of the total amount of waste produced by the nearly 2 million residents of the Polish capital. Visit: www.imtech.eu The work, to be carried out on 20 reactors, is an integral part of EDF’s industrial programme for the continuous improvement of its nuclear installations. The aim is to enhance the performance of the monitoring and control systems, which guarantee nuclear safety. The first tranche of the works will commence in 2015, to coincide with the third 10-yearly reactor inspections. The 1300MW
alfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has won a ten-year deal to run services and facilities for the future Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London. Under the terms of the contract, Balfour Beatty will have overall responsibility for a range of services including estates and facilities management as well as operating the ArcelorMittal Orbit, the stunning new visitor attraction forming a centrepiece of what is earmarked as a great new park for London. More than 200 new jobs are to be created through the deal with most of these filled by people from the local community, where Balfour Beatty’s training and support schemes will secure new long-term career opportunities in East London. The contract value is £50 million over the next ten years, although further scope extensions under discussion between Balfour Beatty WorkPlace and the Olympic Park Legacy Company may see the long-term value of the wider Olympic Park work grow significantly beyond the initial operational phase. The first phase starts with the opening of this summer’s Olympic Games. Visit: www.balfourbeatty.com reactor monitoring and control system was the first in the world to see digital technology used in nuclear power plants. As the principal contractor, AREVA will draw on its extensive expertise and will be working primarily with its partner, ROLLS ROYCE, whose teams are based in Grenoble, to supply the majority of the technology associated with this contract. Visit: www.edf.com
