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ISG wins three primary school upgrade projects with Manchester City Council
ISG has secured a further three primary school upgrade projects as part of its framework partnership with Manchester City Council. The schemes at Broadhurst Primary School in Moston, Newall Green Primary School in Wythenshawe and Camberwell Park School in Blackley, form part of the government’s £7 billion Primary Capital Programme, which aims to improve and modernise school facilities across England. ISG is returning to Newall Green Primary Sc... [more]
UKTFA launches website to promote the benefits of timber as the preferred construction method
The UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) has launched a new website designed to promote the benefits of timber as the preferred construction method. The website, unveiled as part of the UKTFA’s Fabric First campaign launch, highlights the importance of using timber frame as the core fabric in a building to deliver a host of key benefits including sustainability, high thermal performance and cost efficiency. Self-builders, architects, builde... [more]
Zachry Holdings standardizes on Bentley's ConstructSim to enhance productivity and provide optimum construction paths
Zachry Holdings, Inc., a San Antonio, Texas-based engineering, construction, and industrial maintenance company, has standardized on Bentley's ConstructSim. The software will be made available to all of Zachry's project teams at job sites nationwide to enhance their productivity, provide optimum construction paths, shorten schedules, reduce risks, and improve safety. The innovative software produces a construction information model that links dat... [more]
ISG refurbishes and upgrades the Manchester Crown Court building
ISG has commenced work on a £3.3 million project with Her Majesty's Courts Service (HMCS) to refurbish and upgrade the Manchester Crown Court building. The scheme sees the contractor make significant internal alterations to the building to accommodate six new court rooms, as well as carrying out a comprehensive programme of refurbishment across existing facilities. To minimise disruption to court proceedings, ISG will be carrying out this comp... [more]
Modernisation of the power sector in Poland faces numerous barriers and tough challenges for investors
Due to long-standing underinvestment, the Polish power sector is facing a genuine need of finding up to €50bn on investments in new power-production capacity and transmission systems in the coming years. However, only part of the projects initially announced by investors will be actually implemented. Thus, the amount of around €25bn earmarked for capital investments in the power sector in 2010-2020 seems to be a more realistic figure. As state... [more]
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