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Veidekke to build homes in Sandnes

Veidekke’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

The 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

Vossloh 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

Atkins awarded two major contracts in Cardiff re-signalling scheme

Network 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 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 important 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

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QINETIQ SUPPORTS NASA’S LATEST MARS EXPEDITION

QinetiQ’s Transceiver, currently in orbit around the Mars on the European Space Agency’s Mars Express, has been monitoring NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) through entry, descent and landing on to the surface of the planet on Monday 6 August 2012. Mars Express Lander Communications subsystem MELACOM will support the rover during its operational life on the surface of Mars.

MELACOM will support the mission on Mars by sending commands to the rover vehicle and relaying science data and pictures back to Earth, alongside the transceivers on NASA’s satellites Odyssey and MRO. During this phase of the mission, recent software enhancements will increase the volume of data that can be transmitted to MSL on the Martian surface.

Sanjay Razdan, managing director New Technologies at QinetiQ said: “This is a landmark achievement for the QinetiQ Space Team, and sets a solid base for future innovations. We are also currently developing the next generation of the UHF transceiver, which will be used as the communications system on the Mars landers for ESA’s upcoming ExoMars missions.” Visit: www.qinetiq.com

Atlas Copco Compressors ships largest ever UK designed and built custom engineered package

Atlas Copco Compressors has completed delivery of its largest-ever UK designed and built order, comprising instrument and process air compressor modules, worth in excess of £6 million, to Kazakhstan where it will be used as part of a large project in the oil and gas industry. The physical size of the modules, which were custom-engineered at Atlas Copco’s Systems Division in Hemel Hempstead, required the chartering of an Antonov 124, one of the largest freight transporter aircraft in the world.

The project, valued at over £6 million, covers the supply of four containerised ‘plug and play’ modules. These include an Instrument Air module, weighing 42 tonnes and containing ZT55 oil-free screw compressors and desiccant dryers combined with pre-and after-filtration units. Three further Process Air modules were also supplied, each weighing 34 tonnes, containing ZT250 oil-free screw compressors, air handling units and desiccant dryers with pre-and-after filtration. All four modules have been specially designed to operate in extreme ambient temperatures of -40°C to +45°C. Visit: www.atlascopco.com

Sandvik signs major mining systems order

Sandvik Mining has entered an agreement for the delivery of a large materials handling and crushing system for a copper mine with a customer in South America. The contract will be performed jointly with a local partner; the value of the Sandvik share of the contract exceeds 900 MSEK and will contribute to Sandvik Mining’s business during the years 2012–2013.

The order includes the design, supply and installation of a crushing and conveying system, including primary in-pit crushers, overland conveyors, a secondary and tertiary crushing and screening plant including all auxiliary equipment and electrical instrumentation and control systems.

“The size and complexity of this system and the fact that Sandvik provides a complete integrated system of Sandvik mining equipment on a complete turn-key solution basis demonstrates Sandvik Mining’s capability to deliver wide-ranging high-tech solutions in the area of continuous mining and materials handling systems for surface mining applications,” says Gary Hughes, president of the Sandvik Mining business area. Visit: www.sandvik.com

Saab receives order for RBS15 Mk3

Defence and security company Saab has received an order from its German partner Diehl BGT for the Surface-to-Surface Missile RBS15 Mk3.The order value is SEK 168 million, and includes options with a total value of SEK 83 million. Deliveries will take place during the period 2014 to 2016.

“The order for RBS15 Mk3 is important for us in the long-term cooperation with our partner Diehl and for the continued development of the system,” says Tomas Samuelsson, senior vice-president and head of business area Dynamics. “From a broader perspective, it is yet another evidence of our ability to deliver on Saab’s long-term strategy to increase sales outside Sweden.”

Saab’s RBS15 Mk3 is a heavy weight Surface-to-Surface Missile system with a range of more than 200km and the added capability to combat land targets. The system has previously been sold to Germany, Poland and Sweden.

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