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23.09.2021 (427 Clicks)

Skanska transforms new Interchange in Florida, USA

Skanska has signed a contract with the Florida Department of Transportation to design and build a new interchange at Interstate 75 (I-75) and Big Bend Road in Hillsborough County, Florida, USA. Skanska will include the contract worth USD 82M, about SEK 690M, in the US order bookings for the third quarter of 2021.

23.09.2021 (321 Clicks)

Metso Outotec to deliver a Raw Water Treatment Plant to a Gold Mine in the Middle East

Metso Outotec has signed an engineering and technology contract to deliver a raw water treatment plant for a gold plant project in the Middle East. The order value exceeds EUR 10 million, and it has been booked in Minerals’ Q3/2021 orders received.

21.09.2021 (375 Clicks)

Meeting of Minds at Mount Isa Mines in Australia

Students from throughout Queensland are in Mount Isa this week for the Oresome Minds Camp run by the Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy (QMEA), the education arm of the Queensland Resources Council (QRC).

21.09.2021 (405 Clicks)

Hatch LTK’s Julie Green among COMTO’s ‘Women Who Move the Nation’

Julie Green, P.E., vice president of Hatch LTK’s New York Region, is among those being nationally honored by the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) for outstanding contributions to America’s transportation industry.

21.09.2021 (516 Clicks)

SSAB to convene extraordinary General Meeting due to the Resignation of the Board Chairman

In consequence of the ownership changes in SSAB during May and June this year, Bengt Kjell, chairman of the Board of Directors (Board), has informed the Board that he wishes to resign from the Board at the earliest convenience.

20.09.2021 (416 Clicks)

Asset Deal: Heitkamp Industrial Solutions GmbH takes over the Piping Construction Know-how of ROBA Piping Projects GmbH

With effect from 1 October 2021, Heitkamp Industrial Solutions GmbH takes over assets and staff of the piping specialist ROBA Piping Projects GmbH. Founded in 1989, ROBA has decades of experience and proven know-how in piping and plant construction and thus strengthens the activities in the delivery of industrial plant by Heitkamp Industrial Solutions GmbH.

20.09.2021 (396 Clicks)

Lack of skilled Workers hits Qld’s Resources Sector

The number one threat to the future viability of Queensland’s resources sector has been identified, and it’s not what you’d think.

17.09.2021 (373 Clicks)

New Head Global Production in Normet's Equipment Business Line

Mr Juha Jäppinen (M.Sc) has been appointed to the role of Vice President, Global Production, Equipment Business line, Normet Group.

17.09.2021 (501 Clicks)

Coastal Protection with geotextile Container Systems

Large-format tubes and bags as effective erosion protection for banks, coasts and harbours

• Economic and ecological alternatives to conventional construction methods
• Safe building structures due to high adaptability
• Fast and flexible installation on land and in water

In the wake of climate change, sea level rise and an increasing number of extreme weather events, not only new strategies and solution concepts are required, but also alternative, new construction materials. Sustainable economic solutions made of geotextile containers, so-called tubes and bags, are easy and quick to install in water or on land and safely protect against erosion, both from waves and currents. Huesker Group's SoilTain coastal protection solutions can be individually prefabricated and are filled in-situ with locally available soils (usually sand). With its new brochure and on its website, Huesker Group presents the possibilities and areas of application of the shore and coastal protection solutions with SoilTain Tubes and SoilTain Bags and at the same time introduces the new product SoilTain Bags Xtreme.

The Huesker Group was one of the pioneers in the use of geotextile sand containers in coastal protection with the dike project at the Ruestersieler Watt in Wilhelmshaven/Germany in 1963. Over the years, two main systems have established themselves on the market today: large-format geotextile tubes filled hydraulically with sand (SoilTain Tubes) and mechanically filled, with a funnel, SoilTain Bags, in the classic sense of sand bags. Apart from the filling method, the two geotextile sand container elements essentially differ in size, with sand bags being used for a volume of up to approx. 2.5 m³ and geotextile tubes having a capacity of several hundred cubic metres.

SoilTain Tubes – heavyweights with many advantages

SoilTain tubes are manufactured from specially tested geosynthetic fabrics of up to 1,000 g/m² mass per area, with the largest standard lengths being up to 50 m. They are filled with a suspension of locally available sand via inlets. The sand-coloured, abrasion-resistant and extremely UV-resistant fabric blends in well with the landscape and is colonised by the maritime flora and fauna within a very short time.

The project-specific fabrication, in combination with so-called scour aprons, enables a coastal protection structure that is also secured against scour and subsoil erosion. The multifunctional heavyweight elements are used, among other things, in the construction of breakwaters, groynes, dams, dykes or for land reclamation. Here, they can replace the entire structure or function as the core of the structure with subsequent superstructure, for example with armourstones.

SoilTain Bags Xtreme – The new generation of sandbags are particularly robust and vandalism resistant

Conventional SoilTain Bags are small-format sand containers for all applications in shore and coastal protection. They are made of geotextiles with mass of 600 to 1,000 g/m² and usually with a filling volume of 1 m³. They are easy to handle and can be used for temporary and permanent applications alike. Depending on the area of application and project-specific conditions, materials tested in accordance with BAW (Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute) such as nonwovens or fabrics and composites are used.
A new development from Huesker is the SoilTain Xtreme material for sandbags. Thanks to the basis weight of 1,200 to 1,800 g/m² of the sand-coloured two-layer non-woven fabric, the SoilTain Bags Xtreme made from it have increased UV stability, a high sand accretion capacity and maximum resistance to abrasion and vandalism. Thanks to their special robustness and durability as well as their attractive appearance, they are preferably used with a filling volume of up to 2.5 m³ in exposed locations and on beaches.

With the SoilTain Bags Xtreme, the success story of geotextile sand containers, which began in 1963 with the Ruestersieler Watt, is supplemented by another chapter and the next era of 'sandbags' is ushered in.

About Huesker

The Huesker Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of geosynthetics and technical textiles with headquarters in Gescher (Westphalia), Germany. With more than 500 employees, the company operates globally with ten subsidiaries as well as trading and distribution partners in over 60 countries. Huesker has been shaping international markets as a pioneer of textile weaving for 160 years. The Huesker Group substitutes conventional massive construction with sustainable and intelligent solutions based on modern, high-performance technical textiles and composites. First-class engineering services, excellent competence in manufacturing, coating as well as tailoring of technical textiles, and an innovative spirit are the key to Huesker’s success.

Source: HUESKER Group

                     

17.09.2021 (355 Clicks)

Swiss Re sees growing Demand for Insurance Protection, positive Outlook for Premiums

• Need for insurance protection is growing, driven by increased exposures, risk awareness and evolving client needs
• Swiss Re expects non-life insurance premiums 10% above pre-COVID-19 level by the end of 2021 and continued increases in 2022
• With low investment yields, the industry needs to focus on underwriting results
• Swiss Re continues to upgrade its data capabilities, focusing on partnerships that help clients tackle evolving loss trends and more complex risks