Check out this panoramic view of the Georgia's Own Credit Union LED sign at 100 Peachtree. Our team used a "flying crane" to ferry 160 tons of steel through downtown #ATL to install the structures. The sign features art from Off the Wall: Atlanta's Civil Rights & Social Justice Journey. #BuildingWhatMatters
Back in October, our #ATL team used a Sikorsky S-64 Aircrane helicopter to lift 160 tons of steel to install the structures for Georgia's Own Credit Union LED signs on Zeller Realty's iconic 100 Peachtree Building. The sign will debut this week and is the first of its kind in Atlanta. It will feature art from Off the Wall: Atlanta's Civil Rights & Social Justice Journey, a campaign of 30 murals by 11 artists and in time for Super Bowl LIII.
As 2018 comes to an end, we look back at some of the exciting highlights from our construction and development projects. Wishing all of you a happy and healthy new year. See you in 2019! #BuildingWhatMatters
Our Stacy Smedley is one of ENR's 2018 Top 25 Newsmakers. At a young age she vowed to build things that don't destroy nature. Today, she is leading the development of the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3), a Skanska-led tool which estimates carbon emitted during building production. Learn more about the EC3 and her journey at Skanska.
Congratulations to the team at the A14 improvement scheme. The project is the first in the UK to achieve ISO44001 collaborative accreditation. The award is a reflection of the successful relationship between Costain, Skanska, Balfour Beatty and Highways England, in recognition of their continued effort to work together to achieve completion by March 2020 and within the agreed budget. The accreditation clearly demonstrates how the team work as one, sharing resources, opportunities and successes.
Last month members of the team attended the Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW) Awards held at the House of Lords. Along with their ISO4401 certificate they also picked up the Chairman’s Special Recognition Award and the Supply Chain Management Award.
510 tonne tunnel boring machine ‘Mary’ reaches halfway point on her 5km journey under the River Humber. Delivered by Skanska, PORR Bau GmbH & A.Hak joint venture, this is a major milestone for National Grid’s new pipeline project, which will carry 20% of Britain’s gas supply through the tunnel once complete.
Since work began last year it has taken 200,000 man hours to get the tunnel to this stage, with a total of 2,023 concrete rings, each consisting of six segments, being put in place behind the machine.
Steve Ellison, National Grid project manager said: “Mary has done a brilliant job to date and we and our contractors are delighted to have reached the halfway point on the tunnel.
“There is still a lot more work to do but I would like to say a big thank you to the 40-strong team of engineers who have worked around the clock in very challenging conditions to get us to this important milestone.”
