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New contracts and orders in industry
Strabag consortium awarded Pedemontana Skanska to construct combined heat and power plant in Sweden Lombarda motorway contract kanska has received a contract to construct a
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utostrada Pedemontana SpA has awarded the contract for Lots B1, B2, C and D of the Pedemontana Lombarda motorway in northern Italy to a consortium led by European construction group STRABAG. Work on the €1.7 billion order will begin before the summer of 2012 in order to hand over the motorway in time for the Milan Universal Exposition in 2015. The order for the STRABAG consortium includes the construction of a 52km dual carriageway motorway with two or three lanes in each direction as well as 50km of spurs and connecting routes to the existing road network. The contract also comprises 50 cut-and-cover tunnels as well as two bored tunnels including the technical facilities, three bridges with a total length of 3km and an approximately 80km bicycle trail. The new motorway in the heart of Lombardy’s economic zone will connect the city of Bergamo in northern Italy with Milan’s Malpensa Airport, strengthening northern Italy’s east-west link, relieving the local roads in the north of Milan and providing a boost to the local industry. Visit: www.strabag.com
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bio-fueled combined heat and power plant in Lund, Sweden. The assignment includes the ground work as well as construction of the plant. The customer is Lunds Energikoncernen AB. The contract amounts to SEK 310 million, which will be included in the order bookings of the first quarter 2012. “We are very happy to have been given the trust to construct the new combined heat- and power plant in Lund. This is an exciting project where our competence in laying the foundation as well as constructing the facility will come in use. The project also has a strong focus on sustainability, since the power plant will be fired with bio-fuels such as wood chip and straw,” says Hans Fransson, district manager, Skanska Sweden. To facilitate the deliveries of fuel the power plant will be built in connection to the railway. When the power plant is completed it will supply about 50,000 households in the area with district heating. The time of construction is estimated at about two years and construction starts in March 2012. Visit: www.skanska.com
Geldof nets contract with LBC in Port of Antwerp
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eldof, the total engineering and steel construction project contractor, has won a new contract with LBC worth around €20 million. The company will build seven storage tanks for various base oils in the Port of Antwerp. The project also includes the delivery of two filling stations. The entire project will be completed by the end of the year, and will mean LBC can offer its clients increased capacity while working faster and safer with more flexibility. As well as the tank construction, Geldof will also take care of the engineering, safety, pump system and preliminary studies. “Because we are managing the entire project and coordinating
SKF receives SEK 350 million order from Vestas
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KF has received an order worth around SEK 350 million from Vestas for the delivery of main shaft solutions to the Vestas V112-3.0 MW turbine. Deliveries started in 2011 and will continue into 2013. “Vestas is a very important player in the wind energy business and we have been
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the various parties involved, we will be able to deliver faster. This is where we are much stronger compared to other suppliers. We also have plenty of engineers with lots of experience in similar projects. One hundred people will be involved in the project in total,” says Reint Berghmans, project director at Geldof. This contract reinforces Geldof’s new strategy which is evolving increasingly from purely metal processing to contracting for complete EPC contracts (Engineering, Procurement and Construction management). Visit: www.geldof.be working with them for many years. Our role as the primary development partner for the V112 and our extensive knowledge and experience in wind energy have enabled us to develop a unique solution for this new turbine,” says Tom Johnstone, SKF president and CEO. “Wind energy is a key industry for the SKF Group and we continue to invest in this business by developing
new solutions to enable more cost-effective wind energy generation.” SKF provides dedicated solutions that optimise the reliability and performance of new and existing wind turbine designs. SKF main shaft solutions for the wind segment are designed to withstand axial and radial loads and operate under harsh conditions. Visit: www.skf.com
