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Canada-based AltaGas has announced that its board of directors have approved a positive final investment decision for the construction, ownership and operation of the North Pine facility in British Columbia, Canada.
Whether buildings are comprised of commercial, residential or office space, they can be assessed, rated and certified according to their green and sustainable features.
Graham Construction has been selected by Barnet Council to build around £150M of new projects in Barnet, UK.Major projects will include a range of new buildings including schools, leisure centres and community centres to meet the demands of a growing population. Schemes already confirmed include two new leisure centres at Copthall and New Barnet, the Tarling Road Community Centre in East Finchley and school expansion projects. Cllr Richard Cornelius, leader of Barnet Council, said: “As our borough expands so does the need for us to provide more housing, school places, leisure centres and community facilities for our residents, which is why we are investing £565 million in the future of the borough. Barnet has a good track record of building major projects on time and on budget and this new partnership with Graham provides us further opportunity to deliver these important new buildings which will serve our residents for many years to come.”Rod McMullan, Graham Construction’s director of the partnership, said: “The London Borough of Barnet partnership focuses on quality, value, and cost certainty and we are confident that the knowledge and experience gained from our extensive ongoing education portfolio and Inner-London projects will ensure the council’s Capital Projects pipeline is delivered on time and within budget. We are looking forward to working with the council and the wider team to further improve the range and quality of council services and strengthen Barnet’s reputation as a thriving environment.”Graham will deliver improvements to existing buildings and new projects over the next five years, with the option to extend for another two years subject to budget and performance.
Bournemouth Development Company plans to construct a £150M mixed-used development on the former Winter Gardens site in Bournemouth.
UK-based Your Housing Group has unveiled plans to build a 30-storey residential building on Liverpool’s waterfront in the UK.
Evonik Industries has broken ground on its second DL-methionine plant in Singapore.The €500M plant will have a production capacity of 150,000t annually.Evonik sells the amino acid DL-methionine under the MetAmino brand name. The new facility will boost the company’s annual capacity of MetAmino to about 300,000t in Asia, and to about 730,000t across the globe.Evonik Industries chairman of the executive board Klaus Engel said: "Our methionine complex, which came on-stream in late 2014 on Jurong Island, is a success story. This led to our decision to build a second plant next to it."The demand for MetAMINO for animal nutrition is continuing to grow at a very fast rate in Asia."The facility is anticipated to be operational in 2019, and create more than 150 jobs.
Developer Miral has announced a new $100M leisure project in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.
Subsea 7, a provider of subsea EPC services, has won a contract from Pharaonic Petroleum Company for work at Egypt’s Atoll gas field.
London & Scottish Developments (L&SD) is set to regenerate 14 dormant Tesco sites across Scotland.
UK-based construction company Laing O’Rourke has been appointed main contractor by TH Real Estate and APG for a £1bn retail and leisure centre project in Scotland, UK.
Worcestershire-based Benniman Construction Group has been selected to construct the first two units of the £120M business park in Worcester, UK.Worcester Six — to be located off junction six of the M5 at Warndon — is being developed by Stoford and Liberty Property Trust and will comprise 139,300sq m of floor space. Wychavon District Council has granted detailed planning permission in July 2016 for the construction of the first two units, comprising 14,900sq m and 4,200sq m respectively, at the business park. Stoford director Gerard Ludlow, said: “With the appointment of Benniman as construction partner, Worcester Six is on track to start construction this month, completing in the second quarter of 2017. As the first large-scale development in Worcester for more than 10 years, we’re seeing plenty of interest in the park and are confident our speculative developments won’t be on the market for long.”Once complete, the business park is expected to create 5,000 jobs.
Liverpool International College (LIC) has unveiled plans for a new ‘live-learn’ facility at the Knowledge Quarter in Liverpool.
UK-based Clugston Construction has won a contract to build a new £60M Ikea store in Sheffield, UK.
US-based McCarthy Building Companies has begun work on Arizona State University’s (ASU) $120M Biodesign C Research building in Arizona, US.
US-based real estate investment trust SL Green Realty has broken ground on One Vanderbilt Avenue in midtown Manhattan, New York.
Aecom has won a contract to build Faraday Future’s electric car manufacturing plant in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
Milhaus Development has broken ground on the first phase of a residential and retail development in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania.
Vinci subsidiary Eurovia has secured the eight works packages of the second phase of the tramway upgrade project in Košice, Slovakia.
US-based construction firm Tutor Perini has won a $107M contract for the Route 264 Interchange Improvements Project in Norfolk, Virginia.
Enel subsidiary Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA) has begun construction on the Rock Creek wind farm in Missouri, US.
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