Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR), one of Damen Shipyards Group’s most experienced yards in the repair and refit of complex offshore structures, has been awarded a contract by Stena Drilling for a refit of its drilling rig Stena Don. The vessel will arrive at DVR in October 2018 and is expected […]

Naples City Dock joined the masses trading up their aging fixed docks to Unifloat concrete docks. The city’s decision to switch to floating was influenced by customer request. Naples, Florida, USA  – A popular Naples landmark is debuting a radical facelift. The sought-after changes created such a buzz among boaters that […]

SF Marina is a world leader in the field of pontoons and floating breakwaters, internationally acknowledged as a builder of bespoke marinas designed to suit local conditions worldwide, from a fishing station in the north of Iceland to the sunny but continually storm-hit Caribbean. It is using this experience that […]

Grenzach-Wyhlen – The remediation project on the former site of the Kesslergrube landfill (perimeter 1/3 northwest) began in late summer 2015. Roche Pharma AG commissioned BAUER Resources GmbH and Bauer Umwelt, which specializes in contamination remediation, to carry out the work. After the large diameter boreholes for the installation of […]

Paris, France – The metro belongs to Paris like the Eiffel Tower. By 2030, the French capital intends to expand its famous subway network by 200 kilometers, mainly underground. “Grand Paris Express” is the name for this gigantic project, which is currently also the largest infrastructure project in Europe and […]

Double rotary drilling: LRB 18 with double rotary drive DBA 80 Installation of foundation piles and a secant pile wall Compact design is a huge advantage in restricted spaces Nenzing (Austria) – The piling and drilling rig LRB 18 is carrying out the foundation work for residential and business premises […]

When Hurricane Irma destroyed the docks at a favorite tailgate marina, three organizations came together to save the day and the party. Jacksonville, FL – On Saturday more than 150,000 college football fanatics converged on Jacksonville for the annual Florida vs. Georgia game lovingly known as The World’s Largest Cocktail Party. Eager fans traditionally start […]

The recent dredging to the Port of Maputo access channel, early this year, from -11 meters below Chart Datum to accommodate vessels with a sailing draft of 14.2 meters on the tide served as an enabler to other infrastructure projects, some already taking place at the Port. Grindrod’s Terminal de […]

A new Liebherr LB 44-510 rotary drilling rig, the manufacturer’s largest, is amongst a fleet of foundations equipment being deployed by Aneka Jaringan on the Sentral Suites project in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian foundations and geotechnical specialist Aneka Jaringan Sdn Bhd is using a newly delivered Liebherr LB 44-510 rotary drilling […]

Zurich, Switzerland – The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, ETH Zürich for short, is building a new research and laboratory complex. The seven-floor building with around 21,000 m² of floor space is planned to be operational in three years. Aside from office workplaces and seminar rooms, it will also […]