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19 December 2001
Agreement on Social Plan for Ballast Ham Dredging bv

Rotterdam/Woerden – The Ballast Ham Dredging bv management and representatives of the labour unions FNV Bouw, Hout- en Bouwbond CNV, Vakvereniging ‘Het Zwarte Corps’ and De Unie have reached an agreement on a Social Plan.
18 December 2001
Grundsteinlegung für Multifunktionsgebäude

Es wird ein Neubau, der verschiedene Unternehmensbereiche der Mainova beherbergen kann: sowohl Lager- und Montagetätigkeiten als auch Leitungs- und Verwaltungsfunktionen werden hier ab März 2003 von rund 180 Mitarbeitern ausgeführt werden.
8 December 2001
First contract for Ballast Ham Dredging

Ballast Ham Dredging has been awarded its first contract. In Mesaieed Port, Qatar, a transshipment yard of quarry rock is to be constructed for Qatar Petroleum. The total value of the contract is around €30 million.
7 December 2001
Cocoon silences drilling rig

A noise level reduction of no less than 25 decibels and a very short erection time – those were the design requirements that HBG Steel Structures has been able to unify perfectly with its 'cocoon' for silencing a floating drilling rig.
6 December 2001
Ferries come and go; Ascon stays

HBG Ascon knows all about the comings and goings of the Stena Line and Irish Ferries in the port of Dublin. HBG's Irish group company is renovating a wharf while the ships continue to berth as usual.
5 December 2001
Reinforcement for Bhairab Bridge

On the bank of the River Meghna in Bangladesh, an enormous circular reinforcement cage has been prefabricated for one of the piers of the Bhairab Bridge, which is currently under construction. HBG's UK civil engineering company Nuttall is building this 1.2-kilometre fixed link around 80 kilometres north of the capital Dhaka.
4 December 2001
HBG Construction in 'The Heights'

HBG Construction has been awarded a £50.5 million design-and-construct contract by Helical Bar and the Prudential Assurance Co for a large office development adjacent to the historic former racing track at Brooklands, near Weybridge in Surrey.
3 December 2001
Historic Highland Line viaduct strenghtened

The Scottish Division of Nuttall [HBG's civil engineering company in the UK] is progressing with a major strengthening contract to UB310/131 Auchtertyre viaduct, a historic five span viaduct carrying the Highland Line north from Crainlarich to Fort William.
2 December 2001
Pylons rising in California

The foundation work for the two pylons of the New Carquinez Bridge presently under construction in California has now been completed. The foot of each pylon stands on 12 tubular steel piles, three metres in diameter. The 50-metre pile casings have been drilled out to a depth of 95 metres and anchored into the bedrock.
1 December 2001
New PFI-project for HBG Construction: Magistrate's courts in Mid-England

HBG Construction has commenced the construction phase for the new magistrates courts centres in Derbyshire.
29 November 2001
Major road construction contract [€127 million] for HBG in Ireland

Rijswijk / Dublin – Ascon Ltd [the Irish civil engineering company of the European construction group HBG] has been awarded the contract for the construction of the last phase of the C-Ring Motorway around Dublin, named the South Eastern Motorway.
27 November 2001
HBG wins €62 million contract for construction of Irish National Aquatic Centre

Rijswijk / Dublin – Rohcon [the Irish building company of the European construction group HBG] has been awarded a design and build contract for the National Aquatic Centre.
22 November 2001
First contract for Ballast Ham Dredging

Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 22 November 2001 - Ballast Ham Dredging bv has been awarded its first contract.
15 November 2001
More hospital work for HBG Construction

HBG Construction has been awarded a £6 million contract to provide further facilities at the City General Hospital in Stoke for North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust.
14 November 2001
Ballast Ham Dredging bv [BHD] a reality

Rijswijk, the Netherlands – The merger of the dredging businesses of Ballast Nedam nv and HBG, Hollandsche Beton Groep nv, has been formally completed.
9 November 2001
Ascon is NISO Construction Award Winner for 2001

The NISO overall Construction Safety Award for 2001 has been presented to Ascon Ltd. Ascon’s sister company, Rohcon Ltd, won the same award last year.
8 November 2001
Marine aquarium in Berlin

Müller-Altvatter, part of HBG Bau, has started work in Berlin on the construction of a cylindrical marine aquarium and a parking garage. The amenities are part of the DomaQuarée Project, which combines shops, a hotel, two office buildings and an apartment block.
7 November 2001
£6.3 million contract at Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool

HBG Construction Ltd, which is already working on several healthcare projects in the North West, has been awarded a £6.3 million contract for the construction of a new two-storey Oncology Unit at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool.
7 November 2001
Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau erstellt Munich City Tower

Frankfurt, den 7. November 2001 Die Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG, Hauptniederlassung Süd, und Wayss & Freytag Schlüsselfertigbau AG, Hauptniederlassung Süd, erhielten den Auftrag zum Bau des Munich City Tower.
7 November 2001
Ballast Ham Dredging gets green light

Rijswijk, the Netherlands – The Enterprise Section of the Court of Appeal at Amsterdam this afternoon ruled that HBG, Hollandsche Beton Groep nv, and Ballast Nedam nv could proceed with the implementation of the merger agreement relating to the dredging activities of the two companies with immediate effect. The injunction imposed by the Court on 4 July has been lifted.

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