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BAM Nuttall wins major contract for Olympic Park
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lympic Park Legacy Company has awarded BAM Nuttall (the UK civil engineering company of Royal BAM Group NV) contracts to ‘Clear, Connect and Complete’ the Olympic Park. BAM Nuttall has won two separate contracts to deliver €90 million (£76 million) of improvement work in the North Park and South Park areas of the site. The contract includes removal of several temporary venues, such as a warm-up track, a basketball arena, water polo pool and spectator stands and the Athletes’ Training Centre at Eton Manor. BAM Nuttall will also connect the surrounding communities to the heart of the Park with new footways and cycle paths. This will require the reconfiguration of 30 Games-time bridges and underpasses to improve public access. Several facilities will be converted for alternative use. For example, the Press and Broadcast Centre will be prepared for incoming tenants after removing the catering village and gantry and BAM Nuttall will create the Velopark including the addition of a 1.6km outdoor cycle circuit and a 6.5km mountain bike trail. Visit: www.bam.eu
Astaldi wins new contract HOCHTIEF sets up joint venture for the Jonica National Road for offshore wind farms 1
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staldi Group, as leader of the Astaldi SpA-Impregilo SpA joint venture (in which Astaldi holds a 60% stake), has been awarded the general contracting project to construct Mega-Lot 3 of the Jonica National Road (NR-106) in Italy, worth a total of €791 million. The project will consist in the works to upgrade the section of the Jonica National Road running from the junction with National Road 534 (NR-534) to Roseto Capo Spulico, measuring a total of approximately 38 kilometres. The planned total duration of activities is 7 years and 8 months, 15 months of which for design activities (final and executive design) and activities needed prior to the start-up of works, and the remaining 6 years and 5 months for the construction phase. Visit: www.astaldi.com
Mostosal wins waste plant contract
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he City of Sosnowiec, Poland, has awarded Mostosal a contract for the construction of a Municipal Waste Processing and Treatment Plant. The contract, worth almost PLN 60 million, will be carried out in consortium with Acciona Infraestructuras SA.
OCHTIEF Solutions and Ventizz Capital Partners have set up a joint venture for the development of offshore wind farms. The two partners each hold a 50% interest in the company HOCHTIEF Offshore Development Solutions Srl. The partners are aiming to tap further earnings potential in the high-growth market for offshore wind energy. Plans include, for example, to acquire and develop wind farm concessions and capitalise on the resulting value growth by selling them on before construction begins. The new company will focus on readying the subsequent construction of the wind farms in a way that significantly reduces the risk of cost overruns and delays. This will benefit the companies that later go on to construct and operate the wind parks at the sites concerned, avoiding risks seen on projects currently in progress. The company will thus help advance the German government’s target of 10,000 megawatts of installed capacity in the German offshore wind power market by 2020. Visit: www.hoctief.com
The goal of the project is to upgrade the existing plant in Sosnowiec to meet the appropriate Polish and EU requirements and ensure that the city of Sosnowiec will be able to further treat waste in an environmentally safe manner for many years to come. The scope of work covers construction and assembly works, supply and assembly
of technological equipment. Mostosal will build green waste composting installations, a bulk waste dismantling station, a hazardous waste warehouse, a construction materials warehouse and chambers for waste containing asbestos. It will also be responsible for training the plant team. Visit: www.mostosal.waw.pl Industry Europe 11
