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THE BIG PICTURE
01 SPAIN
03 GERMANY
ACCIONA becomes world’s largest motosharing operator
Exactal rebrands to RIB and revamps product range
ACCIONA says it has increased its network of electric motorcycles to 10,000 units, making it the world’s largest motosharing operator by number of vehicles. The firm’s shared transport service operates in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Lisbon, Milan and has been recently launched as well in Rome, deploying an initial fleet of 500 vehicles. Since its launch in October 2018, ACCIONA’s mobility service has prevented the emission of 1,000 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere, the equivalent of the amount that 100,000 cars generate in one day.
02 GERMANY
Liebherr begins sales of self-service concrete plant Liebherr has started sales of its new selfservice concrete plant which is designed to help building material suppliers extend their range of services and supply their customers in a more flexible manner. According a statement from Liebherr, the new plant enables smoother supply of different types of concrete to endcustomers in a time-saving manner and incorporates independent weighing of the individual components for a high output rate of up to 30cbm/hour. Using the new self-service plant, suppliers are able to serve a wide range of customers.
Exactal says its rebranding to RIB, conducted with a revamp of its product range will clarify the company’s ‘position and messaging to the market’. In a statement, the company said the CostX estimating platform has been renamed to iTWO costX, while CostX Benchmark is now known as iTWO benchmark. iTWO refers to RIB Software’s flagship cloud-based platform, which provides the world’s first enterprise cloud technology based on 5D BIM with AI integration for construction industries.
04 TURKEY
06 EGYPT
Marr Contracting completes world record lift for Turkey’s 1915 Çanakkale Bridge
Palm Hills announces $215m mixed-use development
Marr Contracting, an Australian-based heavy lifting tower crane specialist, has announced that it has completed a world-record lift during the construction of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey. In a statement, Marr said that the recordbreaking construction feat saw one of Marr’s M2480D Heavy Lift Luffers (HLL) undertake the world’s heaviest (155 tonnes) at height (318 metres) craneage lift on what will be the world’s longest span suspension bridge. The European side was completed 24 hours later, the statement added.
July-August 2020 | MEConstructionNews.com
05 JORDAN
Yellow Door Energy commissions 1.2MWp solar park for Jordan’s Jabri Restaurant Yellow Door Energy has commissioned a 1.2 megawatt-peak (MWp) solar park for Jabri Restaurant in Al-Salt, Jordan The solar park covers an area of 22,000sqm and will generate 2,145 megawatt-hours of clean energy in the first year of operation. The sustainable energy provider said that this will reduce carbon emissions by 1,500t and meet over 70% of Jabri Restaurant’s annual energy needs. The solar park operates under a build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) wheeling agreement.
Palm Hills Development has inked a co-development and revenue sharing agreement with Al Shorouk for Touristic Developments for a new $215 million mixed-use community in the Ain Sokhna region of Egypt. As per the deal, Palm Hills will be responsible for all work related to construction, development, infrastructure, marketing and sales activities. The project will occupy an area of 487,200sqm and is located on the Red Sea. It will be developed in five phases and will feature 1,201 residential units.
