20.09.2023

Turning the tide: Ghana's innovative approach to tackle marine plastic pollution with citizen science

Working with IIASA researchers, Ghana has adopted a citizen science approach to addressing the problem of plastic pollution in marine environments, becoming the first country to integrate this type of data on marine plastic litter into its official monitoring and reporting processes. A new study presents this innovative approach on Ghana’s citizen science journey and offers a pathway that can potentially be adopted in other countries.  

Market-Place-4.0 CPB Contractors Pty Limited Cimic Group Hochtief AG

19.09.2023

Cimic´s CPB Contractors selected as preferred bidder for Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop East

CIMIC’S CPB Contractors selected as preferred bidder for Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop East (credits: CIMIC)

Cimic Group’s CPB Contractors has been selected by the Victorian Government to deliver the first major tunnelling package on the Suburban Rail Loop East project, as part of the Suburban Connect consortium, alongside Acciona and Ghella.

The package will construct a 16-kilometre section of the project’s 26 kilometre twin tunnels, including tunnelling between Cheltenham and Glen Waverley, two new underground station boxes and construction works at the Southern Stabling Yard, the critical first step in the city’s public transport network transformation.

Revenue to CPB Contractors will be announced at contract execution.

Cimic Group Executive Chairman Juan Santamaria said: “CPB Contractors is an industry leader in the delivery of complex construction and brings decades of experience to this first major package of Suburban Rail Loop, providing critical transport connections for the city. We are pleased to be selected by the Victorian Government to construct this valuable piece of infrastructure, improving the lives of people across east and south-east Melbourne.”

CPB Contractors Managing Director Jason Spears said: “Working collaboratively with the Suburban Rail Loop Authority, CPB Contractors is committed to supporting residents, local communities and businesses, by providing Victorians with every opportunity to benefit from the social, employment, skills and sustainability outcomes these infrastructure projects create.”

Minister for Suburban Rail Loop Jacinta Allan said: “SRL will not only transform our public transport network, it’ll reshape how Melbourne grows in the decades ahead – taking thousands of cars off roads, delivering 24,000 jobs across the life of the project and boosting hundreds of small local businesses.”

Suburban Rail Loop will reduce travel times and congestion, connecting millions of people to key employment, health and education destinations in Melbourne’s east and south east. Major tunnelling works are expected to commence in 2026.

Source: Hochtief AG

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19.09.2023

Work begins in West Northants on HS2’s longest ‘green tunnel’

HS2’s 2.7km Greatworth ‘green tunnel’ will be built on the surface before being covered by earth, trees and shrubs to fit in with the Northamptonshire countryside  

15.09.2023

Sika: Board and Group Management changes - New Growth Strategy 2028

• Thierry F. J. Vanlancker to be proposed as new Chair of the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting 2024
• Paul Hälg has decided to step down after twelve successful years
• Rotation in Group Management ahead of new Growth Strategy 2028  
  
  

14.09.2023

Robbins Single Shield TBM - Breakthrough at Railway Tunnel in Turkey

In June 2023, a resilient 8.0 m diameter Robbins Single Shield TBM completed its second tunnel at Turkey’s Bahçe-Nurdaği Railway. The machine completed 9.6 km of tunneling, adding on to the 9.2 km it completed in its initial railway tunnel in 2020 – for a total of more than 18 km bored.