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20.04.2021 (632 Clicks)

Strabag awarded major Motorway Contract in Poland

• 18.75 km section of the A2 between Siedlce West and Malinowiec
• Contract value: €153 million
• Completion: end of 2024

20.04.2021 (448 Clicks)

Overcoming Obstacles to find Opportunities in Climate Change

Climate change is one of the world’s toughest problems. On one side is how the drivers of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions – whether they’re policy changes, technological advancements, or shifting access to capital – will affect our economic performance. The second is that, if these drivers aren’t successful in delivering the required level of emission reductions, we’re going to have increasingly erratic weather, which can also negatively affect the economy.

19.04.2021 (459 Clicks)

LKAB: Tests for heavier Transports on the Ore Railway

Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration), together with LKAB and Bane Nor, is conducting tests on the Swedish and Norwegian sections of the Ore Railway to enable heavier transports in future. Therefore, the axle load for ore cars is being increased from 30 tonnes to 31 tonnes.

19.04.2021 (633 Clicks)

Petropavlovsk announces the Appointment of Mr. Mikhail Irzhevsky as a Director

The board of directors of Petropavlovsk PLC announces the appointment of Mr. Mikhail Irzhevsky as an independent non-executive director with effect from 16 April 2021.

16.04.2021 (669 Clicks)

H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders develops new Technology to recycle Cobalt

Innovation project subsidized by the German state of Lower Saxony

16.04.2021 (441 Clicks)

Fugro’s Vulnerability Assessment informs Port of San Francisco’s safe and sustainable Future

Fugro has completed a geotechnical site characterisation, earthquake hazard and geotechnical vulnerability assessment for the Port of San Francisco’s multi-year, multi-billion dollar Waterfront Resilience Program. The work was conducted over a period of 3 years as part of a multi-hazard risk assessment (MHRA) to identify immediate and long-term hazards, such as those associated with earthquakes, flooding and sea-level rise. As the port’s lead geotechnical engineer for future programme phases, Fugro will use the MHRA inputs to develop and design optimal retrofit solutions for the port’s ageing seawall.

The 5 km seawall was built more than 100 years ago and forms the foundation of San Francisco’s Northeast Waterfront, which houses a critical mix of open spaces, tourist attractions, businesses, utilities, disaster response facilities, transportation networks, and state and regional maritime assets. The seawall’s age and proximity to two major active faults makes the waterfront especially vulnerable to earthquakes and flooding.

Fugro’s approach to the MHRA emphasised two key goals: reducing the uncertainty in the ground conditions for improved safety and minimising potential overengineering of seawall retrofit solutions for maximum cost efficiencies. These goals were accomplished through a targeted, high-quality geotechnical field campaign, development of a robust 3D ground model, and the use of innovative dynamic soil structure interaction analyses to confidently evaluate the seawall’s seismic stability. The result was a reliable, rather than conservative, vulnerability assessment which will allow the port to make informed funding decisions on retrofit design and construction.

Thaleia Travasarou, Consulting Manager for Fugro in the Americas, said: “The MHRA was a huge undertaking, and Fugro is pleased to have contributed with delivery of our Geo-data and expertise that will help guide future resilience decisions. We are thrilled to be continuing our work with the port during the next programme phases, helping to secure the city’s coastal infrastructure for safe and sustainable operations over the long-term.”

Source: Fugro

                     

15.04.2021 (410 Clicks)

How can the EU ensure its Green Deal is a Real Deal for Nature and People?

As the EU looks forward to the recovery from Covid 19, so too must it look to ensuring full alignment of all policies with the European Green Deal. But it is not all down to the EU Commission, the Member States must rise to the challenge to achieve a truly green recovery.

15.04.2021 (845 Clicks)

L.A. Metro Board awards Sepulveda Transit Corridor Partners

• Bechtel innovative pre-development contract to create rail transit solution for one of the Nation’s most congested freeway corridors
• $69.9 million contract to advance high-speed, high-capacity rail proposal to connect San Fernando Valley to West Los Angeles & relieve I-405

14.04.2021 (521 Clicks)

Eiffage and Kier receive Notice to proceed for HS2, with their new partners, Ferrovial Agroman and BAM Nuttall

Eiffage and Kier receive Notice to Proceed for HS2, with their new partners, Ferrovial Agroman and BAM Nuttall

The Eiffage Kier joint venture, recently joined by two new partners Ferrovial Agroman and BAM Nuttall, is pleased that, it has received Notice to Proceed (NTP) from HS2 Limited, enabling it to commence the full detailed design and construction of 80km of Phase 1 of the HS2 railway (the route from London – Birmingham).

13.04.2021 (504 Clicks)

China Huaneng Group and Glencore sign MOU on CCUS Project

On 10 April at the 6th China International Conference on CO2 Capture Utilization and Storage, China Huaneng Group Clean Energy Research Institute Co., Ltd. and Carbon Capture Transport and Storage Company of Glencore have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the cooperation on carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) technology, commencing with the CTSCo Project in Millmerran power station in Australia.