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Works begin on Ballarat Station accessibility upgrade

Roads Online

Plans to improve accessibility at Ballarat Station include installing a pedestrian overpass with a passenger lift and stairs to both platforms, a new ramp and stairs to the northern station entrance, lighting and tactile upgrades, and landscaping. Crews will also start relocating communications services in the project area.

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United Utilities starts £5.5bn major project bid race

Construction Enquirer

United Utilities has started the hunt for contractors to deliver complex design and build projects for a programme worth £5.5bn over 10 years. To deliver the ramping up of work, United Utilities has created a model of five delivery runways.

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1300TempFence: State-of-the-art safety

Roads Online

The one-piece design also makes for simple installation and relocation when needed. The biggest benefits of the SmartWall design are preventing tripping hazards, a great aesthetic, and having removable ballast (water) so manual handling risks are reduced, Fouracre says.

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Design contract awarded for $200M Sydney road upgrade

Roads Online

Transport for New South Wales has announced the successful tenderer for detailed design works on the Henry Lawson Drive Section 1B project, in south-western Sydney. The post Design contract awarded for $200M Sydney road upgrade appeared first on Roads & Infrastructure Magazine. Image courtesy of the New South Wales Government.

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Persimmon invests in modular house builder TopHat

Construction Enquirer

The fundraise will help TopHat ramp up production. The new factory will employ 1,000 people, many of whom will be apprentices or employees entering the sector for the first time, working alongside the most advanced house building robots operating at scale in the UK.

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Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project team recommends innovations to reconnect communities and improve safety

Civil + Structural Engineer

The recommended design refinements meet or exceed the contract objectives of improving quality, reducing costs, shortening schedule, improving safety and/or supporting local communities. They are a testament to the collaboration, teamwork, and goals each state shares to build a better corridor while fulfilling our good neighbor pledge.”

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Prefab, Modular Homebuilder Touts Energy and Cost Benefits

The Pro Builder

Prefab, Modular Homebuilder Touts Energy and Cost Benefits qpurcell Wed, 10/04/2023 - 09:00 Dvele —a California-based manufacturer of prefab, modular homes—got started by bringing two building concepts together: high performance and factory construction. In 2018, Brandon Weiss, a third-generation U.S. bath homes of 3,957 sf that start at $1.05