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New contracts and orders in industry
Veidekke to build homes in Sandnes V eidekke’s subsidiary, Block Berge Bygg AS, has been awarded the contract to build the Nygaardshagen apartment project in Sandnes for Jærtunet AS. Jærtunet AS is owned 50/50 by Veidekke Eiendom and Trend Eiendom. The contract has a total value of NOK 117 million excluding VAT and is a turnkey contract. The project will be located in the centre of Sandnes and have a total area of about 9500m² in two storeys with underground car parking, four blocks of 48 apartments and commercial premises
of 275m2. The building will be well located, a short distance from central Sandnes. The architect is Arkitektkontoret Stav AS of Stavanger. The project will be an energy-efficient building, with façades of load-bearing concrete sections produced at Block Berge Bygg’s factory at Klepp and delivered ready-painted. This will be the third residential project carried out by Block Berge Bygg in this area for Veidekke Eiendom in partnership with local developers. Visit: www.veidekke.com
RNLl awards Supacat production contract for lifeboat launch and recovery systems T he Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has signed the first production contract with innovative design house, Supacat, to build the first two launch and recovery systems (L&RS) for its new Shannon class all-weather lifeboat (ALB). The first two production L&RS units will support the initial introduction into service of the Shannon class ALB. The L&RS is a 20.2m high-mobility vehicle and powered-carriage system designed and jointly developed by Supacat and the RNLI’s engineering project team. In its most common operating mode it operates as a ‘mobile slipway’ and solves the RNLI’s
unique challenge of transporting, launching and recovering the 18-tonne Shannon class from the lifeboat station over some of Britain’s most demanding beaches to it launch site. Supacat has value engineered the production standard L&RS to provide the RNLI with a costeffective solution. Following prototype development and trials completed in 2010, Supacat rebuilt the prototype L&RS up to the pre-production standard system, incorporating a series of design upgrades to improve performance, reliability and reduce costs. Visit: www.supacat.com
Vossloh to supply Chemnitz with light rail vehicles V
Atkins awarded two major contracts in Cardiff re-signalling scheme
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etwork Rail has awarded Atkins the signalling and power and distribution contracts for the Cardiff Area Signalling Renewal (CASR) project. The contracts, which will be delivered by 2015, have a revenue for Atkins of £64 million and are a key part of Network Rail’s investment to upgrade the signalling in the
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ossloh has been awarded a contract for eight light rail vehicles including the option for another two by the eastern German public transport operator Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen. The eightvehicle contract is worth €42 million. As consortium head, Vossloh Kiepe is responsible for the traction equipment and its engineering, the onboard power inverter including controls as well as
the HVAC system. Vossloh Rail Vehicles’ share is the vehicle bodies, the bogies and the entire interior. The barrier-free train-trams will link the city of Chemnitz with the surrounding areas without passengers having to change vehicle. They will operate electrically as zero-emission trams, outside dieselengine driven on the existing regional rail network. Visit: www.vossloh.com
Cardiff and wider south Wales area. Under the two contracts, Atkins will design, manage and implement the replacement of life-expired signalling and associated power and distribution equipment across 192 route miles of track between Newport and Port Talbot, covering the Vale of Glamorgan and Valleys areas. Prof Dr Uwe Krueger, Atkins’ chief executive officer, said: “This is another impor-
tant success for our UK business and is a further sign of Network Rail’s confidence in our rail team to help deliver high-profile and technically-complex signalling contracts. The signalling upgrade is fundamental to achieving the increased capacity and service improvements to meet demands in south Wales.” Visit: www.atkinsglobal.com
