The discovery of concrete cracks from an alkali-silica reaction, or ASR, in five safety-related structures at New Hampshire's Seabrook nuclear powerplant has prompted plant owner NextEra Energy Resources to launch several ASR studies as part of a comprehensive corrective action plan.
Shams Gate's prime contractor, Arabian Construction, and its steel fabricator-erector, Eversendai, developed a scheme that relied on first erecting sections of the 300 meter-long, two-story penthouse on low-level platforms and then hoisting the structures into place. The scheme was considered safet than erecting the elements piecemeal at an elevation of about 245 m.
The three East African countries planning to use a stalled $360-million, 90-MW hydroelectric powerplant project have agreed to contribute funding, allowing the start of construction to be set for 2013.
Related Links: Abu Dhabi Ambition Kohn Pederson Fox Associates The on-and-off pace of development in Abu Dhabi has picked up momentum this year, following the announcement of which marquee projects are priorities in the current economic climate. One of those marquee projects is the planned midfield terminal at Abu Dhabi International Airport; the construction team will be officially confirmed soon.The $6.8-billion, 700,000-sq-meter building is expected to open in 2017. The project is part of an overall airport expansion, which includes additional gates, expansion of a security screening area for connecting passengers in Terminal 3 and a new arrivals terminal in
Crews are driving soil nails into an East Tennessee hillside to stabilize land around a section of Interstate 75 after a massive slide took out southbound lanes, which could be closed all summer.Elmo Greer & Sons LLC, East Bernstadt, Ky., already had crews on-site when the slide occurred on May 8. The contractor was repairing damage to the highway after a section of embankment collapsed on March 8.Greer’s $9.3-million contract, awarded
In response to the dramatic growth of Panama City in recent years—along with severe traffic congestion—a design-build team is constructing a 14-kilometer, $1.8-billion light-rail line that will be the first of its kind in Central America.
As part of its billion-dollar effort to expand its national rail network, Israel will seek global interest later this year and in 2013 on two design-build contracts for key rail projects in the country’s northern region, its most populous.State-owned Israel National Roads Co., which oversees the country’s overall rail expansion, will manage the planned procurement of the two lines, totaling about $150 million.
Plans by Egypt to embrace Japanese high-speed-rail technology moved closer to becoming a reality in March after the North African country signed a loan agreement with Japan for the construction of a new $1.2-billion metro line in Cairo. The loan agreement for $400 million, which is the first portion to be channeled through the Japanese International Cooperation Agency, will enable Egypt to start phase-one construction in September of the metro's Line 4 as the new government moves to address chronic traffic chaos in Africa’s largest city.
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