19.07.2023

GeoCue unveils three new, high-end, TrueView 3D Imaging Systems

These new survey-grade systems provide highspeed data acquisition for superior aerial mapping and surveying.  

18.07.2023

First complete tunnel on HS2 project to feature in TV documentary

‘Great British Railway Journeys’ to feature HS2’s first completed tunnel in Warwickshire
Journalist, broadcaster and former politician Michael Portillo visited HS2’s Long Itchington Wood site to film inside the tunnel
It will be aired in the ‘Long Itchington to Moseley’ episode on BBC Two at 6.30pm on Wednesday 19 July  

Market-Place-4.0 Hochtief AG

18.07.2023

Cimic´s Leighton Asia wins second railway package in the Philippines

Cimic’s Leighton Asia wins second railway package in the Philippines (Credits: ADB and Philippines Department of Transportation)

Cimic Group company Leighton Asia, in joint venture, has been selected by the Philippines Department of Transportation to construct a further section of the North South Commuter Railway (NSCR) – South Commuter Railway Project (SCRP), a project that will ease road congestion around Manila.

The Leighton-First Balfour joint venture will construct contract package S-03A (CP S-03A) for the project, generating revenue of approximately A$299 million for Leighton Asia.

The newly awarded work will directly connect to package S-03B of the project, which was awarded to the joint venture in April this year.

Cimic Group Executive Chairman Juan Santamaria said: “We are pleased to further contribute our railway capability and support the Government’s strategic plans for the transport network around Manila, following our selection earlier this year to deliver another section of the railway. This important project will play a key role in the economic and urban growth of the Greater Capital Region.”

Leighton Asia Managing Director Brad Davey said: “We are thrilled to extend our partnership with our valued client and partner at SCRP. Leighton Asia has extensive experience in rail, leveraging both our international expertise and local knowledge in the Philippines, where we have operated for more than two decades. We are honoured by the award of these packages and the recognition of our teams’ ability to safely deliver the works.”

The scope of work for CP S-03A comprises building and civil engineering for approximately 7.9 kms of at-grade and viaduct railway track structure, including an elevated station at Buendia and at-grade stations at EDSA and Senate; and the relevant mechanical, electrical, façade and other ancillary works.

CP S-03A and CP S-03B are part of the nearly 56km long SCRP, which is financed by the Asian Development Bank. It runs along the existing Philippine National Railways alignment and is comprised of 19 stations. The SCRP is the southern leg of the 147-km NSCR system, which is set to run from Clark International Airport in Pampanga to Calamba, Laguna. The NSCR is set to accommodate as much as 800,000 passengers daily in its first year of operations.

Source: Hochtief AG

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18.07.2023

Webuild – work proceeds uninterrupted in latest phase of consolidation of seabed at the underwater construction site of Genoa’s New Breakwater

• Aim is to build 70,000 gravel columns in 17 months
• Gravel work begun on may 4 also continues  
  
  

14.07.2023

SNC-Lavalin announces agreement to sell Scandinavian Engineering Services business to Systra Group

• Executes on strategic review to further focus on core growth markets to maximize value creation
• Sale proceeds to provide additional funds to accelerate Company’s capital allocation priorities
• Enterprise Value of approximately £80m, with further equity value adjustments to be reconciled and paid in cash at closing