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25.06.2021 (407 Clicks)

Resources’ Businesses in firing Line of big Insurers and Lenders

A growing number of small to medium-sized businesses that service the resources sector are having significant problems securing finance and insurance because of recent climate change-related policy changes by banks and insurers, the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) said today.

25.06.2021 (386 Clicks)

Transport Secretary gives the Go-ahead for Start of permanent Works on HS2’s west London ‘super-hub’ Station

In partnership with HS2 Ltd, Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra will commence permanent works on the west London ‘superhub’ station - Old Oak Common. The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP visited the ten-hectare site to meet the team working there and give the thumbs up for work to begin on the biggest newly-built railway station in the UK.

24.06.2021 (429 Clicks)

Hybrit: SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall first in the World with hydrogen-reduced Sponge Iron

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall have now produced the world’s first hydrogen-reduced sponge iron at a pilot scale. The technological breakthrough in the Hybrit initiative captures around 90% of emissions in conjunction with steelmaking and is a decisive step on the road to fossil-free steel.

24.06.2021 (375 Clicks)

Normet introducing new EFNARC Operator Training Course

Normet is known as a supplier of wide product and solution range for underground mining and tunnelling industry. Perhaps the most well-known are the Normet concrete sprayers. Normet has been offering technical and operator training since the production of sprayers started in the 1970’s.

24.06.2021 (444 Clicks)

BHP establishes new Cloud Agreements

BHP has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft as long-term cloud providers to help improve safety, productivity, and reliability across its global operated assets.

22.06.2021 (449 Clicks)

All-new AutotriaxQube revolutionizes triaxial Testing

Wykeham Farrance, a division of Controls, is excited to announce the launch of the AutotriaxQube, which is set to revolutionize triaxial testing for laboratories around the world. The all-in-one automatic triaxial testing system has been meticulously designed to make triaxial testing easier than ever before.

22.06.2021 (462 Clicks)

Strabag Upgrading last single-track Section of Railway along the TEN-T Network in Hungary

• 30 km section to be modernised and extended with addition of second track
• 3 stations along the line will also be upgraded
• Contract value: € 364 million (Strabag share: 66 %)

20.06.2021 (400 Clicks)

Ontario Companies power forward on Hydrogen

Partnership to pursue potential pilot projects

18.06.2021 (435 Clicks)

Normet launches new Technologies for Concrete Spraying

Normet brought their sprayed concrete layer thickness control system, the SmartScan, to the market in 2019. The SmartScan is aimed at all underground sprayed concrete applications to deliver accurate and reliable sprayed concrete layer thickness information for the sprayer operator, and fast and easy reporting for management purposes.

17.06.2021 (1411 Clicks)

Webuild and Lane Construction in $16 billion mega High-Speed Rail Contract with Texas Central

Dallas-Houston line a key milestone for sustainable mobility in United States

Webuild and its U.S. subsidiary Lane Construction have signed the final agreement worth $16 billion with Texas Central LCC to build the first true high-speed railway in the United States between Dallas and Houston. The agreement is the final step ahead of the financial closure – foreseen in the coming months – and the start of construction of the mega project, which will provide fast, safe and environmentally friendly travel, create thousands of jobs and give a major boost to the economy.

The project promises to be a pivotal moment for sustainable mobility in the United States by having it join the ranks of countries that offer high-speed rail service, such as Japan, China, France and Italy.

The contract brings the value of construction orders in Webuild’s backlog from the United States to 35%, confirming the country as the single biggest market for the Group.

The contract is a unique opportunity for Webuild, Lane and their suppliers. Approximately 17,000 direct jobs are to be created, and more than 20,000 indirect ones. An estimated $7.3 billion worth of materials from U.S. suppliers across 37 states are to be used, together with services provided by highly specialized Italian suppliers. Once the trains come into service, more than 1,500 direct jobs are to be created.

The high-speed railway is one of the single biggest infrastructure projects in the United States in terms of value, and it stands to be transformative for Webuild, as well. It completes a process begun in 2014 when Salini increased its scale by merging with Impregilo, followed by Lane and, more recently, Astaldi to create the Webuild Group. With the latest acquisition further increasing the Group’s size under the Progetto Italia initiative in Italy, Webuild has become a strategic builder of mega projects that contribute to an economic and employment recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic.

The final agreement signed with Texas Central consolidates the results of four years of work and analysis by Webuild and Lane, bringing the project to the advanced design stage. It also updates the value of the preliminary agreement. Webuild and Lane will oversee the civil engineering works, which entails the design and construction of the 236 miles (379 kilometres) of railway, the viaducts, as well as the buildings and services for maintenance and other equipment, industrial buildings, train depots and facilities. A major part of the railway will be elevated, benefitting from the Group’s experience in bridges and viaducts to reduce to a minimum the impact that the infrastructure will have on the residents and landowners of the counties through which the railway will pass.

The Dallas-Houston high-speed railway will transform mobility between the two cities. Based on Central Japan Railway’s Tokaido Shinkansen system, the world’s safest mass transportation system, it will carry travellers at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour (320 kilometers per hour), faster than any other rail service in the United States. It will bring them to either destination in less than 90 minutes, with a single stop at Brazos Valley near Texas A&M University. Departures will be every 30 minutes during peak hours.

The service will prove to be a major benefit for at least 100,000 people – known as super commuters – who travel between the two cities by car or air every week. It will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 101,000 tons per year – emissions that would otherwise be produced by car and air travel between the two cities. By 2050, approximately 13 million people are forecast to use the train.

Webuild and Lane bring to the project unparalled experience in building mega projects throughout the world. Their track record stands at more than 13,000 kilometers of rail and metro lines, including the M4 and M5 in Milan, a section of Line 16 of the Grand Paris Express, Cityringen in Copenhagen, the viaduct and cable-stayed bridge of Sydney Metro Northwest, Red Line North Underground in Doha and Line 3 of the Riyadh Metro. In the United States, the Group built the Central Subway tunnel in San Francisco and the LYNX Blue Line Extension in Charlotte. In Italy, where it has built a number of rail and high-speed rail lines from Rome to Milan and Milan to Turin, Webuild is working on the 18 main infrastructure projects that will improve the future of Italy: the Ionian State Highway, the high-speed/high-capacity railway between Verona and Padua, Metro C in Rome and a metro line in Naples. It is also involved in projects for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) to improve rail connections across the continent. They include the Brenner Base Tunnel under the Alps between Italy and Austria, which will be the longest railway tunnel in the world at 64 kilometers; the high-speed/high-capacity railway between Naples and Bari; and another between Milan and Genoa that will have the longest railway tunnel in Italy.

Source: Webuild