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Balfour Beatty | March 11, 2020

Five years into its business transformation programme, Balfour Beatty’s numbers are looking solid and its UK Construction business is finally achieving industry standard margins. However, a planned share buyback has been delayed until the stock market calms down from its current coronavirus-induced unrest. Balfour Beatty financial results for the year to 31st December 2019 show that group pre-tax profit was up 12% to £138m on revenue up nearly 8% to £8,411m. Year-end net cash t...

PBC Today | April 24, 2020

The new Hospital Nova in Finland has used BIM models and VR to involve over 350 staff in the building design. As the first completely new hospital to be built in the Central Finland Healthcare District since the 1970s, Hospital Nova aims to be modern and efficient. With planned opening in late 2020, the project is an entirely new concept compared to traditional hospitals, with a target to cut operating costs by 10%. Due to the ambitious nature of the project, the project team wanted to involve s...

Construction

Ellsworth Construction | January 11, 2022

Ellsworth Construction (“Ellsworth”), a total site infrastructure construction solutions company, announced that it has acquired A-Tech Paving (“A-Tech”), a premier infrastructure construction company based in Oklahoma City. Like Ellsworth, A-Tech provides a total site solution including asphalt, concrete, earthwork, utilities and pavement maintenance services. With this acquisition“We are very excited to bring A-Tech under the family of Ellsworth Construction compa...

Design, Construction

HOVER | August 09, 2022

HOVER, the technology company that transforms smartphone photos of any property into a digital twin with valuable 3D data, today announced that it is offering its entire 3D measurement and takeoff solution for new construction jobs with the ability to upload blueprints. Now, contractors can secure the same 3D models with exterior measurements that HOVER provides from smartphone photos through blueprint designs. HOVER now supports both the improvement of existing structures as well as ground-up n...