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Prysmian supplies electrical cables to the tallest building in Western Europe
Designed in 2000 by Italian architect Renzo Piano, the Shard at London Bridge will be the tallest building in Western Europe when completed in 2012. work on the Shard started in March 2009. Construction has continued rapidly since, and the 72 storey concrete core was completed in December as the building became the tallest in the UK at 244m. Completion is due in 2012 and the skyscraper will house residential apartments, a hotel, office space, res... [more]
Tratos wins contract for the supply of medium and low voltage cables for a monorail at Saudi university
The Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University for Women in Saudi Arabia is expected to cover 8 million square metres and located north of Riyadh. The university will include administration buildings, 13 faculties, a 700-bed student hospital, laboratories, research centres, and a residential area for students and staff. The capacity of the university will be around 26,000 students. Tratos Cavi S.p.A. has won a £400,000 contract for the supply ... [more]
Soil Heat provides in-situ thermal conductivity testing of soils
Soil Heat have introduced the UK's first IN-SITU soil thermal conductivity testing and surveying service. If heat dissipation from underground cables is an issue for you, then you should be investigating this technique. Based on the NNSP technique the survey tool undertakes an in-situ thermal response test and calculates the soil thermal conductivity based on a temperature decay curve. Each test takes between 10 and 15 minutes allowing a ... [more]
Noskab to supply medium voltage power cables and accessories for the giant Gorgon Project in Australia
MacLean Electrical Group has won a contract worth £12.4 million to supply the Gorgon Project, one of the world’s biggest natural gas development projects. Situated off the north-west coast of Western Australia, the AU$43 billion Gorgon Project will include a facility to process 15 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually, plus a domestic gas plant, as well as the world’s largest carbon dioxide injection system to send the gas bi-product d... [more]
Prysmian delivers 134 kms of 132 kV cable for offshore wind farm project
Prysmian Cables and Systems has won the contract to supply and install the land connection route for Gwynt y Môr – one of the largest offshore wind farm projects under construction anywhere in the world. At £15 million the contract is the largest so far awarded in the UK by RWE npower renewables and represents a significant investment in the local economy as all the cable will be manufactured at Prysmian’s plant in Wrexham, North Wales. The... [more]
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