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Infrastructure
Balfour Beatty wins £750m electricity upgrade contract
Builder Balfour Beatty today won a five-year contract worth up to £750 million to upgrade Britain's electricity transmission network. It's an extension of an existing deal for the infrastructure group, after it formed the Electricity...
Infrastructure
£43m capacity expansion for Peterborough station
A £43m upgrade of Peterborough station to improve facilities and accommodate longer trains has been announced by Network Rail. The scheme includes platform lengthening, two new platforms, the footbridge extended and lifts installed. Work...
Architecture
Construction begins for mixed-use Riviera scheme shaped to ancient Lakatamia wells
Work on the infrastructure for the ‘Riviera’ scheme, predicted to eventually amount to £50m in costs, has finally begun. Determined to be built in the suburbs of Nicosia, Cyprus, this architectural masterplan was commissioned by Plaza...
Transport
Sterling Construction wins $79 million highway project in California
Sterling Construction Company, Inc. has announced that its California affiliate, Myers & Sons Construction, LP, was apparent low bidder on a $78.7 million highway project for the California Department of Transportation in Turlock, California. The scope...
Architecture
Sustainable villa dug into mountainside with view of Lago Maggiore
The site for this five-bedroom house is located in Solduno, an old village with traditional stone-clad roofs, close to Locarno, Switzerland. The amazing setting between the mountains and the lake gives the site a clear...
Construction Equipment
JOHN DEERE 9R/9RT SCRAPER TRACTORS
The new 9R/9RT Series of scraper tractors from Deere includes three track models (designated with "RT") and three wheeled models (designated with an "R"), ranging from 460 to 560 horsepower. Deere's 9460RT, 9510RT and 9560RT are...
Architecture
CSC submits plans for £180m Lakeside expansion
Capital Shopping Centres has submitted a planning application for a 325,000-sq ft extension to Lakeside. The extension at the northern end of the centre will increase the size of Lakeside by nearly a third....
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