11.04.2023

Hexagon launches HxGN MinePlan Block Model Manager to streamline mining block modeling and data management

Hexagon's Mining division, a global leader in mining technology, has unveiled HxGN MinePlan Block Model Manager, a groundbreaking solution that aims to transform how mining companies manage block models. This innovative solution enables users to simultaneously design, populate, manage, and effectively share block models while centrally managing the massive amount of sample points, variables, and outputs associated with orebody data.  

11.04.2023

Skanska builds Solitude tailings buttress in Globe, Arizona, USA

Skanska has signed a contract with mining company BHP Copper Inc., to construct the Solitude buttress main civil works project at the Solitude Closure Tailings site in Globe, Arizona, USA. The total contract value is worth USD 60M, about SEK 630M, which will be included in the US order bookings for the first quarter of 2023.  

Market-Place-4.0 Strabag SE Eiffage Webuild S.p.A.

08.04.2023

Requests for Proposals issued to Teams for Ontario Line in Canada

Requests for Proposals issued to Teams for Ontario Line in Canada (Credits: Metrolinx)

Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued Requests for Proposals (RFP) for two major works packages for the Ontario Line in Toronto, Canada: Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations and the Elevated Guideway and Stations contracts.

Six teams have been shortlisted and invited to bid on the packages, which are being delivered using a Progressive Design-Build delivery model. Shortlisted teams were selected based on criteria identified in the Request for Qualifications process that began in November 2022, which included their design and construction experience.

The following teams and their prime team members were invited to respond to the RFPs:

• Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations
  • Community Transit Link
    • Applicant Lead: Strabag Inc.
    • Design Team: Strabag Inc., Arup Canada Inc.
    • Construction Team: Strabag Inc.
  • Pape North Connect
    • Applicant Leads: Webuild S.p.A., FCC Construcción, S.A.
    • Design Team: IBI Group Professional Services (Canada) Inc., AECOM Canada Ltd.
    • Construction Team: Webuild S.p.A., FCC Construcción, S.A.
  • Trillium Subway Partners
    • Applicant Leads: Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc., Eiffage Innovative Canada Inc., Amico Infrastructures Incorporated
    • Design Team: WSP Canada Inc. (Lead Designer), Typsa Canada Inc., LEA Consulting Ltd.
    • Construction Team: Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc., Eiffage Innovative Canada Inc.
• Elevated Guideway and Stations
  • Rail Connect Partnership
    • Applicant Leads: SNC-Lavalin Major Projects Inc., Bird Construction Industrial Services Ltd.
    • Design Team: T.Y. Lin International Canada Inc., Entuitive Corporation
    • Construction Team: SNC-Lavalin Major Projects Inc., Bird Construction Industrial Services Ltd.
  • Transit Expansion North
    • Applicant Leads: Pomerleau Inc., Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc., Bouygues Travaux Publics S.A.S.
    • Design Team: Parsons Inc., SYSTRA International Bridge Technologies Canada, Inc., GHD Limited
    • Construction Team: Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc., Bouygues Travaux Publics S.A.S.
  • Trillium Guideway Partners
    • Applicant Leads: Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc., Amico Infrastructures Inc., Dufferin Construction Company, a division of CRH Canada Group Inc.
    • Design Team: WSP Canada Inc.
    • Construction Team: Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc., Amico Infrastructures Inc., Dufferin Construction Company, a division of CRH Canada Group Inc.

Teams will begin preparing proposals that detail how they will deliver these projects. Proposals will be evaluated by IO and Metrolinx and the top-ranked team for each project will work collaboratively with Metrolinx during a Development Phase, expected to start in 2024. Once the Development Phase is completed, Metrolinx will have the option to sign a contract with the successful team.

The Ontario Line will be a 15.6-kilometre new rapid transit line in Toronto running between the Ontario Science Centre and Exhibition/Ontario Place, with 15 stations along the way. The new line will provide more than 40 connections to other subway, bus, streetcar, light-rail transit and regional rail services.

The Ontario Line project is being delivered through various Public-Private-Partnership (P3), progressive design-build and traditional procurement contracts, which are all being staged accordingly for their successful delivery. This segment of the project is being delivered through four packages of work: two major works contracts as noted above and two smaller early works contracts.

Source: Infrastructure Ontario

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06.04.2023

Just new: GeoResources Journal 1-2023 - Special Topic: Focus on nature and climate

Happy Easter to you all! And if the weather really is as bad as announced, don't worry. We have something for you to read!  

06.04.2023

HS2 tunnelling team celebrates milestone TBM breakthrough in Warwickshire

• 2,000 tonne tunnel boring machine ‘Dorothy’ completes second bore of Long Itchington Wood Tunnel in Warwickshire
• Milestone breakthrough marks full completion of first twin bore tunnel on HS2
• The Balfour Beatty VINCI tunnelling team celebrate the momentous event at the tunnel’s south portal