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Only one of the three South African firms registered for the purpose is attending the 4th edition of the civil construction, public works, telecommunications and security fair, that started Wednesday in Luanda. The South African Firm "Bee Fencing", specialised in civil construction, deals mainly in the construction of fences for residences and enterprises with South Africa-made galvanised iron. According to the firm's general director, Daniel Marais, "Bee Fencing" has been operating since 2000 in South Africa and also sells fruits and vegetables. With 10 workers, the company is seizing the opportunity to publicise its services and set up partnership with other participants, mainly in the civil construction field. .
(SGT-HCMC) Construction Company 585, an arm of Civil Engineering Construction Corporation 5 (Cienco 5), yesterday began work on a new apartment building project capitalized at around VND600 billion (US$37.5 million) on the outskirts of HCMC.
The project, which will bring a new urban look to the city's less developed district of Tan Phu, comprises five 17-story blocks covering a 14,000-square-meter site and bordering the 24-meter-wide Nguyen Son Street and Thoai Ngoc Hau Street that will be widened to 60 meters.
When the Phu Thanh project is completed by 2009, there will be an additional 3,000 homes in the center of the outlying district, four kilometers from Tan Son Nhat International Airport.
The apartments are quoted at VND9 million per square meter.
LONDON (AFX) - Construction groups Carillion PLC and Balfour Beatty PLC said they have won a 363 mln stg contract to upgrade the East London Line (ELL) rail route. Carillion and Balfour said Transport for London had awarded their joint venture a deal to extend the existing ELL to Dalston Junction in the north and New Cross, Crystal Palace and West Croydon in the south. The joint venture is believed to have beaten off competition for the contract from rival consortium E-Link, consisting of Laing O'Rourke, Amec Spie and Vinci. The contract, which is in two phases, will involve turning the existing London Underground line on the route into part of the mainline rail network. The project is scheduled for completion in late 2010 and construction work will begin in early 2007. Some additional work, not covered by the base contract for phase one, could be commissioned from the joint venture in the next few months, the two companies said in a statement.
A preliminary investigation Thursday pointed to old heat tape as the cause of a small mobile home fire, said Lincoln Fire Capt. Randy Bohaty.At 5:02 p.m., firefighters responded to a burning smell underneath 3700 Cornhusker Highway, No. 1A. Firefighters removed the skirting from the mobile home and extinguished the fire within 10 to 15 minutes, Bohaty said.The fire was contained to the skirting and wiring underneath the home, he said.The home, owned by Cheryl Ford, sustained about $1,000 damage, according to preliminary estimates, Bohaty said. No one was injured. The American Red Cross assisted the family with lodging Thursday night.Afterward, white foam sat in a pool outside Ford’s home. The foam is a new feature on the station’s new fire engine, and Thursday’s fire was this shift’s first use of the foam on a residential fire, Bohaty said.
Samantha Kissel reacts to the temperature of the water after stepping out of her disabled truck Saturday in front of a house on Taylor Avenue on the Southeast Side. Many Evansville streets flooded once again as heavy rains that began Friday continued into the weekend. So far this has been the second-rainiest September on record. .
Businesses in Lafayette have a rare opportunity to capitalize on technological advancements and a strong economy, speakers at a business expo said Thursday. State Chief Information Officer Rizwan Ahmed, LITE chief scientist Carolina Neira-Cruz and economist Loren Scott gave a rosy picture of the city's future, when they addressed the crowd at the IndExpo. .
An Army effort to count the number of contractors working or living in Iraq has foundered, and a spokesman acknowledged that the census, when complete, will not meet the standards set out when it was requested. The Office of Management and Budget in May forwarded agencies a call for data from the Army Central Command and the international forces in Iraq. It asked that they collect survey information on contractor personnel based in Iraq, including data on the camp or base at which contractors are located; the company and agreement under which work is performed; services such as mail, emergency medical care or meals obtained from the military; and whether the contractors carry weapons. The initial data request gave a June 1 deadline. But since then, the Pentagon has repeatedly said the data was not yet available, and on Friday, an Army spokesman acknowledged that the information is not likely to be reported as originally requested.
A Caroline County trailer park has agreed to correct problems with its wastewater treatment plant and to pay a $7,000 state fine. Minarchi Mobile Home Park in Woodford recently signed a consent order with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. According to DEQ, the company was cited for a number of violations between December 2005, when its permit expired, and June of this year. Minarchi received a warning letter and nine notices of violation for: failure to provide financial assurance as an operator; late submittal of a discharge monitoring report; failure to reapply for a new permit; failure to provide information on analysis, certification and maintenance logs and temperature-monitoring data; incomplete submittal of an application for a new permit; and discharge of effluent into state waters without a permit.
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