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883	dbpedia	2	85	https://www.calameo.com/books/003321810aeed6c98156b	en	2009 FEBBRAIO BIS ING	https://www.calameo.com/books/social/cover/003321810aeed6c98156b	https://www.calameo.com/books/social/cover/003321810aeed6c98156b	[ "https://i.calameoassets.com/210922153200-a47e4761bd772deb99ff5bf3bf4934da/large.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "convert pdf to html", "create digital magazine", "digital catalog", "digital magazine", "digital magazine software", "digital magazines", "digital publication", "document sharing", "ePaper", "flip book software", "flipbook software", "free flip", "book interactive", "documents", "magazine", "publishing online", "catalog online", "catalogs online", "documents online", "magazine online", "magazines page flip", "pageflip pdf", "flipbook", "publishing services", "publishing software" ]	null	[]	null	Publishing platform for digital magazines, interactive publications and online catalogs. Convert documents to beautiful publications and share them worldwide. Title: 2009 FEBBRAIO BIS ING, Author: Gruppo Publiscoop, Length: 84 pages, Published: 2021-09-22	en	//s.calameoassets.com/pinwheel/8970-da3069/platform/img/favicon/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png	calameo.com	https://www.calameo.com/books/003321810aeed6c98156b	Via G. Patecchio 2 – 20141 Milan – four-monthly magazine – Year 2 – Supplement to Platinum n.3 by Monday 23 february 2009 – Sent with postal rate Target Magazine – National convention no./304/2008 dated 1 June 2008 leading talk about the Capital ROME... More Via G. Patecchio 2 – 20141 Milan – four-monthly magazine – Year 2 – Supplement to Platinum n.3 by Monday 23 february 2009 – Sent with postal rate Target Magazine – National convention no./304/2008 dated 1 June 2008 leading talk about the Capital ROME situation in the economic industrialists With comments EDITION and the Vatican, SPECIAL from Institutions Aurelio Regina THE COVER STORY Less
883	dbpedia	3	26	https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/milan-cortina-2026-approves-construction-plans-for-winter-olympics-sliding-venue-despite-risks-and-ioc-opposition/	en	Cortina 2026 approves construction plans for Winter Olympics sliding venue despite risks and IOC opposition	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…=930%2C620&ssl=1	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…=930%2C620&ssl=1	[ "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/g198.png?fit=146%2C32&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/rob-profile-copy.jpg?fit=40%2C40&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gbforumsad.png?fit=728%2C90&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/FOTO-NEW-sliding-930x620-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/rob-profile-copy.jpg?fit=80%2C80&ssl=1", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/53663316297_71328369c9_c-768x512.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/352fba44309685dc80c2f42b29c379e2225a84dc-768x535.jpeg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/53252640811_3df8a5b61e_c-768x512.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/640px-Barcelona_in_Parc_Güell.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/barcelona-opening-768x512.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_9033-768x576.jpeg", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/macronmodi2-e1706375165858.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8423-e1706801916400.png?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/subscribe-ad-2020.png?fit=800%2C442&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/forum16-header-white-2020.png?ssl=1", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/subscribe-ad-2020.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Robert Livingstone" ]	2024-01-31T17:39:27+00:00	Milan-Cortina 2026 approves construction plans for Winter Olympics sliding venue despite risks and IOC opposition GamesBids.com Olympics	en	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…it=32%2C32&ssl=1	GamesBids.com	https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/milan-cortina-2026-approves-construction-plans-for-winter-olympics-sliding-venue-despite-risks-and-ioc-opposition/	The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games organizing committee Tuesday approved plans for the construction of a new sliding facility in Cortina d’Ampezzo, but there is still no guarantee that the venue will be constructed or be approved for the Games. The on-again, off-again plans to rebuild the dilapidated Eugenio Monti Sliding Track that was originally constructed for the 1956 Winter Olympics received only a single bidder earlier this month following two tenders for the work expected to cost 81.6 million euros (USD 88.7 million). Organizers say they are confident that the preparation of the new venue will be successful and fulfill the original Games masterplan, leaving a positive legacy for national sliding teams and residents in the region. Nothing can move forward until a contract is signed with engineering firm Impresa Pizzarotti, something that organizers hope to accomplish in February to keep all of the events in Italy and not have to stage one across the border for the first time Winter Olympics history. “It is not acceptable for the bobsled races to take place outside Italy,” Deputy Premier Antonio Tajan wrote on X (formerly Twitter) Tuesday adding “We will do everything to achieve the goal.” But the unfinalized contract, inherent project risks and opposition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) – that has promised a final decision “by the 31st of January” – have forced organizers to continue considering a plan B. Earlier this month IOC Executive Director Christophe Dubi told reporters “we, from the very beginning felt that this venue was extremely complex in terms of cost, in terms of legacy, in terms of timing, and we have promoted the use of an existing track.” The sliding track used for bobsled, skeleton and luge at Italy’s Turin 2006 Winter Games has since been mothballed, casting more doubt on the legacy potential of a costly track in Cortina that even the international sports federations believe is unnecessary considering the number of other existing tracks scattered around the globe. Milan-Cortina has promised that the track will be ready for testing by October 2024 and certified no later than March 2025 – an extremely aggressive and potentially record-breaking schedule for the complicated project. That will also leave limited time for test events ahead of the Games less than a year later in February 2026. Any delay could instantly end the hope for Olympic sliding in Cortina, and tight timelines are often linked with skyrocketing costs. Sliding tracks are unique and sometimes dangerous, and rigorous testing is required to iron out wrinkles that could be lethal. Despite it being certified two years in advance Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed in a training crash on the Whistler sliding track just ahead of the opening ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. Track modifications were made within hours before competition to help reduce speeds and add safety measures. As requested by the IOC, Italian organizers reached out to other selected tracks for proposals in December and several responded with interest including from nearby St. Moritz, Switzerland and Innsbruck, Austria. Even if the new Cortina track moves forward, one or more of these proposals will be retained in case of delays or failures in the risky project. 1932 and 1980 Winter Games host Lake Placid also submitted a proposal despite being an ocean apart from Italy. The bid project manager from the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority Darcy Rowe Norfolk told GamesBids.com “the Winter Olympic Games of today require creative approaches, and perhaps, safety nets.” “We are hopefully to be Italy’s helping hand as together, we won’t just help host the Games, as a cross nation family formed by legacy, we’ll make history with both being hosts for the third time.” To address legacy Lake Placid officials said they would name turn 7 in honor of Italian bobsledder Eugenio Monti who won the 1961 World Championship on the U.S. track, and they would welcome the Italian team to use the facility as their home training track. But many Italians are vehement in their desire for a viable national track for the culturally significant sliding sports. Many questions remain unanswered, but with the arrival of the end of January milestone to finalize plans, the next step is up to the IOC.
883	dbpedia	0	24	https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dino-cavallante-01447540_construction-workinprogress-dubai-activity-6785936820925419520-i1_R	en	Dino Cavallante on LinkedIn: #construction #workinprogress #dubai	https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C4D22AQHUnShcclyB1Q/feedshare-shrink_800/feedshare-shrink_800/0/1617790894816?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=H639GmqGFM_5k6WPwOaI6QnWcPtdvq5EuW60uk-tjOA	https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C4D22AQHUnShcclyB1Q/feedshare-shrink_800/feedshare-shrink_800/0/1617790894816?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=H639GmqGFM_5k6WPwOaI6QnWcPtdvq5EuW60uk-tjOA	[ "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D16AQHLL8XdtZhBMA/profile-displaybackgroundimage-shrink_200_800/profile-displaybackgroundimage-shrink_200_800/0/1682791244692?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=rIH6dGGYQNghUGF85DNs2pWa619DeOtJx6A1f9kMdy8" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Dino Cavallante" ]	2021-04-08T14:50:14.627000+00:00	#construction #workinprogress #dubai	en	https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/al2o9zrvru7aqj8e1x2rzsrca		https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dino-cavallante-01447540_construction-workinprogress-dubai-activity-6785936820925419520-i1_R	As we move closer to delivery, we're happy to share a status update for the #TheResidences, Dorchester Collection located in Business Bay – Dubai (UAE). After topping out the construction of the main structure in Q1 2020, we have now achieved a major safety milestone clocking over 10 million man-hours with zero Lost Time Injury (LTI) since the project commencement. The 32-storey waterfront development project launched in 2017 and designed by the iconic architects Foster + Partners was awarded to a joint venture between Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. and Australian firm Roberts Constructions. The project involves the construction of two towers, one housing a 5-star Dorchester Collection hotel and the other consisting of only 39 ultra-high-end fully serviced residences with bespoke interiors by Parisian design house Gilles et Boissier Kudos to the whole team #impresapizzarotti #dubai #future #safetymanagement #constructionindustry #hospitalityindustry
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What makes a city stand out and be incomparable to other cities? What allows different monuments and historical buildings, for instance, to deliver different messages and narrate different stories? Arts and architecture are among the factors that shape the history of civilizations and allow ancient and modern cities to flourish. These factors do not stop only at buildings and constructions but also include traditions, cultural beliefs, and communal arts. By cherishing our traditions and civilizations that left behind various architectural miracles, we will pave the way for future generations to develop and preserve their identity. With this in mind, various organizations have taken actions to preserve cities' identities by maintaining their architectural heritage. IEREK, a long-time advocate of architectural development, has organized the 6th international conference on "Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts." The conference will discuss various topics like the techniques used to preserve cities' architecture and arts and the effect of modernity on historical cities. Moreover, the impact of contemporary arts and architecture on the identity of cities will be studied. IEREK, through this conference, will help increase the awareness of architecture and arts enthusiasts of the importance of new techniques in preserving architectural identities. This conference will gather researchers from around the globe to exchange knowledge and experiences on protecting and sustaining cities' identities through architecture and to discuss urban development. Following the success of the previous editions of "Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts," the 6th edition of the conference will be an opportunity to benefit from and exchange knowledge with experts in this field. Selected papers of the conference will be published in a book series entitled Advances in Science, Technology, & Innovation (ASTI) by Springer. Other papers will be published in the ARChive journal byIEREK Press. All accepted submissions to the conference, after a rigorous double-blinded peer-review process by the respective and a highly-extinguished Editorial Board, will be published in one of the following: Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation (ASTI), an IEREK Interdisciplinary book series published by Springer Nature. (Scopus indexed) About ASTI Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI) is a series of peer-reviewed books based on important emerging research that redefines the current disciplinary boundaries in science, technology and innovation (STI) in order to develop integrated concepts for sustainable development. It not only discusses the progress made towards securing more resources, allocating smarter solutions, and rebalancing the relationship between nature and people, but also provides in-depth insights from comprehensive research that addresses the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) as set out by the UN for 2030. The series draws on the best research papers from various IEREK and other international conferences to promote the creation and development of viable solutions for a sustainable future and a positive societal transformation with the help of integrated and innovative science-based approaches. Including interdisciplinary contributions, it presents innovative approaches and highlights how they can best support both economic and sustainable development, through better use of data, more effective institutions, and global, local and individual action, for the welfare of all societies. The series particularly features conceptual and empirical contributions from various interrelated fields of science, technology and innovation, with an emphasis on digital transformation, that focus on providing practical solutions to ensure food, water and energy security to achieve the SDGs. It also presents new case studies offering concrete examples of how to resolve sustainable urbanization and environmental issues in different regions of the world. Read More. The ASTI series is fully indexed in Scopus and any chapter/ paper published as part of this series will be seen on the Scopus database. Some titles have been successfully indexed or submitted for indexation in Web of Science (ISI). IEREK Press Journals, a multidisciplinary publisher that aims to cultivate and disseminate research. Environmental Science & Sustainable Development (ESSD) ESSD is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that aims to systematically develop the research-driven curiosity and evidence-based discourse of aspiring scholars that seek to contribute to the academic community. As the world is currently living in an age of information where sources are widely available on the Internet, we at ESSD seek to efficiently utilize the available information to help create robust and evidence-based knowledge. In the process, we offer researchers, in general, and young and aspiring ones in particular a quicker way to get their work published and gain exposure through online open access. We pride ourselves on getting submitted work to be published quickly, through the use of our worldwide pool of subject specialist peer reviewers. Find out more about ESSD International Journal here. The Academic Research Community Publication (ARChive) ARChive is an open-access journal that publishes conference proceedings on a wide range of topics relating to social sciences. Consequently, it accepts original research papers on a wide spectrum of subjects. ARChive is a journal published on behalf of researchers that perpetually make an effort to contribute to their fields and provide them with high visibility of research submitted. The series publishes, both, theoretical and experimental high-quality papers of current and perpetual interest. It serves to cultivate, propagate, and essentially archive academic research that has been authored and submitted for academic conferences. Find out more about ARChive International Journal here. Proceedings of Science and Technology (Resourceedings) Resourceedings is an open access journal that publishes conference proceedings. Conference proceedings compromise of different disciplines, ranging from Engineering including built environments, architecture, and sustainability. Disciplines also include Technology and Energy. Resourceedings is a journal that publishes research articles that shed light on different crucial issues in order to provide them with solutions and suggestions. The journal publishes articles submitted by researchers of interest in different fields. Find out more about Resourceedings International Journal here. BAHETH International Journal - Arabian Researchers Database (Arabic Papers only) “BAHETH” in Architecture, Engineering, and Technology, is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original academic research in the fields of Architecture, Engineering, and Technology. The journal welcomes research in the Arabic Language with an English Abstract. Papers submitted to this journal in Arabic must be presented in the English Language in the conference. Find out more about BAHETH International Journal here. Registration To help the organizers plan for inter-disciplinary dialogue, participants are requested to choose from the conference themes/topics upon registration. They must also refer to, and abide by, the following instructions in registering and submitting their abstracts/ papers: Types of Participation 1. Attend/ Present Virtually and Publish (only applicable to HYBRID events) Organized from the comfort of your own home, the conference offers a virtual attendance option for your convenience. That said, participants will have a chance to present their abstract/research, online, and have their work considered for publication in the proceedings. Virtual presenters are required to submit an abstract and full paper following the "Author's instructions" below and before the deadline (see Important Dates) and confirm the participation for inclusion in the program upon payment of the registration fee (see Conference Fees). Authors who cannot, for any reason, attend/ present their own work are welcome to nominate and share the contacts of a substitute to present on their behalf. 2. Attend/ Present in-person and Publish The conference offers in-person attendance (see conference Venue), during which participants will have a chance to present their work live as well as network with other attending participants. They will also have their work considered for publication following their selection and payment (see Conference Fees). Attending Participants should refer to the Visa Application tab for guidance. 3. Register to publish in the proceedings without presenting/ attending Your contribution/ submission can be considered for publication with IEREK Press or in the Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation Book Series by Springer (indexed in Scopus) even if you are not attending the conference. In this case, the accepted work will not be included in the final conference program and the fee will cover the cost of editorial handling and peer-review evaluation of your paper (See Author's instructions, Publishing opportunities & Conference Fees) 4. Non-presenting participant Non-presenting participants may also wish to attend the conference as Audience Members or Co-authors contributing to an already submitted abstract/ paper. To confirm your attendance, please register and proceed to payment (see Conference Fees). Important Note: IEREK has an unyielding policy regarding plagiarism. We believe that copying/taking the ideas and work of other Authors without permission and credit is fraudulent. The Reviewing committee and IEREK employees have the authority to reject a paper during its reviewing process, on the basis of the paper being subjected to either minor or major plagiarism. Authors must refer to, and abide by, the following instructions in submitting their abstracts/ papers: Step 1: Abstract Submission Process The author should prepare and submit an Abstract (250/300 words) through the website and before the abstract submission deadline. The abstract should clearly state the purpose, results, and conclusions of the work to be described in the final paper. The author should select the most relevant topic for the paper from the corresponding conference topics. The author can use/download an abstract writing template to submit the abstract file accordingly. To download the Abstract Writing Template, Click Here Step 2: Abstract Review Upon submission, an abstract will undergo a preliminary evaluation process by members of our scientific committee. A relevant topic of the conference should be proposed with clear writing, aims, and objectives of the study clearly presented and sound literature and methodology of the work. The author will receive a notification by email, within 2 weeks, of: A relevant topic of the conference should be proposed with clear writing, aims, and objectives of the study clearly presented and sound literature and methodology of the work. The author will receive a notification by email, within 2 weeks, of: Approval, after which they will be requested to prepare and submit their full/short paper submissions. Rejection, if the topic proposed does not fit the theme of the conference. Step 3: Paper Submission & Preliminary Review The Full/ Long paper submission is 4,000 – 6,000+ words in length. The paper should state the major issue(s) addressed, the potential significance of the work, the theoretical and methodological approach(es) pursued, major findings, conclusions, implications, and relevant scholarly references. Upon participation type selection and payment confirmation (see conference fees and participant’s instructions), a full/long paper will be included in the conference abstracts book as well as be considered for publication with and in the selected publisher/ journal/ volume. The author must submit the paper using the writing template and through our online system or conference email before the paper submission deadline. The full paper should be written in English to be considered for publication in ASTI or IEREK Press Journals (ESSD, ARChive, Resourceedings only). The conference does welcome Arabic submissions (with abstracts written in the english language), which will only be considered for publication in BAHETH by IEREK Press. All presentations must be prepared and presented in the English language as it is the official language of the conference. Step 4: Similarity Check/ Plagiarism Detection All Chapters will be screened for similarity using iThenticate; a Turnitin Plagiarism detection software, used for academic publishers. Springer Similarity guidelines are as follows: Max. % from all sources: 10-15% Max. % from one source: 3-5% Higher than 30% (all sources): Reject completely Lower than 30% (all sources): Ask for revision to decrease the similarities To download Paper Writing Template, Click Here Step 5: Payment Completion & Confirmation Once Preliminary approval for presentation at the conference and/or consideration for publication is granted, authors will be expected to complete payment in reference to the Conference Fees before the peer review process can begin. Note: In preliminary evaluation, the research paper will be inspected against its readability, originality, structure, and relevance to the conference theme/ topics. If the paper gets acceptance by one reviewer, a preliminary acceptance notification will be sent to the author in addition to a proforma invoice requesting payment. As soon as payment is confirmed and done successfully, corresponding official documents can be issued from our end such as: A signed/stamped preliminary acceptance letter Receipt of Payment Visa Invitation Letter Step 6: Rigorous Peer Review Process Only after payment is confirmed, - and the full paper submission deadline reached, a submitted full-length paper is assigned to an Editor from the Editorial Board, in alignment with IEREK’s and the respective publisher’s revision SOP (double-blind process). - Each paper is evaluated by a minimum of two reviewers, after which a final decision by the responsible Editor is made. There is no maximum to the number of times a paper can be reviewed, depending on the quality of the submission. - Once a decision is made by the Editors, IEREK Editors will communicate one of the following three final decisions: Accepted without comments Revise and Resubmit – Minor or Major revision Final Rejection - If modifications are in order, authors will be sent the relevant instructions and a deadline will be set. Missed deadlines may result in complete exclusion/ rejection from the final publication. - A back and forth process: modifications will be sent back to the responsible Editor/ Series Editor and another round of evaluation conducted where needed. Authors should regularly check their emails (Junk/ Spam folders). To download Conference presentation Template, Click Here Eliana Martinelli Assistant Professor, University of Perugia, Italy. Eliana Martinelli (1987) is an architect and researcher. Since 2012, she has carried out academic and professional research in Italy, Germany, Turkey and Morocco; furthermore, she has also been involved in several designs that won international competitions. In 2017, she completed a PhD in Architectural Composition with honors at the IUAV University of Venice, with the first dissertation in Italy on the work of the Turkish architect Turgut Cansever, later published in the book Recomposing Unity. Turgut Cansever in Istanbul (2022). She has held teaching positions at the Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès (Morocco), SRH Hochschule Heidelberg (Germany), University of Pisa, University of Florence and Federico II University of Naples. She is a member of the Dar_Med research unit (University of Florence), where she works on architectural and urban design in the Euro-Mediterranean area, especially Turkey and the Maghreb. She also promotes and coordinates design workshops and participates in international conferences and seminars. Finally, she is a member of the DAAD-funded Learn[IN] project, part of the «Hochschuldialog mit Südeuropa» research program. Martinelli has published numerous essays in international volumes and journals and she is the co-founder and member of the editorial board of DAr, international biannual journal of architecture in the Islamic world. From 2019 to 2022, she was a research fellow at the University of Florence in the field of architectural and urban regeneration, specializing in memory and involvement of communities in the enhancement of tangible and intangible heritage, before moving to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Perugia in Italy in late 2022 as an Assistant Professor. Carmen Andriani Carmen Andriani_ Architect, full Professor of Architecture at the University of Genoa, he has held many institutional positions. Visiting professor at numerous international school, author of projects published and exhibited in editions of the Venice Biennale (1996/2000/2006/2008),and Triennale Milano(1996/2015), she has won over time prizes and awards. In 2008 she was shortlisted for the overall curatorial project of the Biennale Venezia Italian Pavilion (11th International Architecture Exhibition).In the same edition of the Biennale, she promotes and curates the multimedia conference 'Ricordo al futuro' (Biennale di Venezia/MiBAC, 2008), around a renewed notion of heritage. In 2010 she edited the volume "Il Patrimonio e l’abitare" by Donzelli Editore, resulting from the Conference. She founded and directed the series 'Le Forme del Cemento/Shapes Concrete'(2005/2016, Gangemi/Skira Ed. In 2014 she founded the permanent laboratory Coastal Design Lab (dAD /UniGe) about the abandoned industrial heritage at the interface between the city and the port. The CDL is still active. She is a member of numerous scientific committees. In November 2018, she was involved as a consultant for architectural and urban aspects in the project for the new bridge over the Val Polcevera (with Eng. Camillo Nuti, Maffeis Engineering, Impresa Pizzarotti) on the occasion of the international consultation for the reconstruction of the viaduct of Genoa. In 2020 she won, with an ItalianSwiss team, the two-phase competition to restore and enhance the Musmeci Bridge in Potenza (general coordination). She is the author of numerous projects for Rome, among which she built the Trevi-Pantheon Historic Monumental Route. In 2020 she founded and directed the series 'Image and Form' on the relationship between art, architecture and public space. In 2013 she wins the Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Icastica event. Pisa is one of the cities with a legendary historical character and one of the most famous historical areas in Italy. Pisa is located on the west coast of Italy and is considered a coastal city, as it is only 20 minutes away from the Ligurian Sea coast. What distinguishes it is that it is located in a privileged location between Florence, Livorno, and La Spezia. The following are some suggestions of places to visit while you are in Pisa, Italy: 1.Leaning Tower & Pisa Cathedral Get a comprehensive tour of Miracle Square on this walking excursion in Pisa. With a guide leading the way, you'll follow a carefully curated itinerary that ensures you hit all the landmarks such as the Cathedral and the Baptistery. This tour includes valuable skip-the-line entry to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, saving you tons of vacation time. Museum of Opera of Saint Maria of Fiore The Opera Museum of the Church, or as the Opera Museum del Duomo is known, is one of the most prominent cultural attractions in Pisa, and attracts a huge number of tourists every year, especially those who are interested in valuable artwork and sculptures. Artworks belonging to important archaeological sites in Pisa, such as the Pisa Cathedral, as well as some luxurious historical palaces. Sinopie Museum The Sinopi Museum is one of the important landmarks that can be visited during tourism in Pisa, especially if you are one of those interested in ancient history, as it played an important role in preserving original drawings of Camposanto maps. Museum of San. Matteo The museum is housed in the rooms of the old Benedictine convent of S. Matteo in Soarta (11th century) very little of which remains after alterations and restoration after the last war. The transformation into a museum and restoration of the building took place in 1949. Palazzo Blu To complement the tourist attractions in Pisa, we mention the Blue Palace, one of the most prominent landmarks of Pisa, especially for those interested in arts of all kinds. The Blue Palace in Pisa abounds with an impressive collection of artworks and paintings by Italian artists from the 16th to the 20th centuries. For participants who need Entry Visas to the country where the conference will be held, IEREK will issue the corresponding invitation letter for accepted applicants to facilitate visa issuance. Please note that we will endeavor to assist you in obtaining a visa but the responsibility is yours and the decision rests solely with the appropriate Embassy. Invitation Letter Issuance Process 1- In case the participant is an author who has submitted a research paper to the conference, it must get accepted by the Scientific Committee 2- Required participation fees must be paid 3- The participant should send the following information to the conference's official email: * A clear copy of passport * Passport number * Full name as written in your passport. * Date of Issuing and Expiration * Date of Birth * Email address of the nearest Embassy/Consulate to you * Mobile Number including country code 4- Conference coordinator will issue the needful invitation letter and send a copy to the participant's email, in addition to another one to the corresponding embassy/consulate 5- The participant should print out the invitation letter along with all other required documents by the embassy/consulate and apply for VISA
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Dubai property search portal for anyone searching to buy, rent or invest in Dubai real estate. Powerful search tools help you find properties near schools and metro stations. View the best apartment and villa rentals, learn about Dubai real estate with in-depth area guides, construction updates.	en	/apple-touch-icon.png		https://propsearch.ae/dubai/the-lana	Commute times by car From The Lana it takes roughly 13 minutes to drive to Dubai Mall, 22 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, 20 minutes to Burj Al Arab and 25 minutes to The Walk JBR.* Airport proximity Dubai International Airport (DXB) is roughly 22 minutes' drive and the new Al Maktoum International Airport is roughly 42 minutes' drive.* The number of shops and amenities that are within walking distance can greatly affect quality of life and may be a key factor when choosing a place to live. Here is an analysis of all the commercial outlets that are currently operating in the vicinity of The Lana. There is a single outlet within the building itself, located on the ground floor: Bonbon Cafe Café, marasi walk In addition, there are dozens of outlets within walking distance of The Lana. We've shortlisted the nearest ones across various categories: local_grocery_store Supermarkets & Mini Marts Uptown Minimart Mini mart, The Residences at Business Central (0.2 km) Carrefour Market Supermarket, 15 Northside (0.2 km) Grocery Mini mart, 15 Northside (0.2 km) J Market Mini mart, Hamilton Residency (0.3 km) restaurant Restaurants & Bars Piccola Milano Coffee Restaurant, Hamilton Residency (0.3 km) Baron Café & Restaurant Restaurant, Al Madar Scala Tower (0.4 km) Puzatic Restaurant Restaurant, Damac Maison Canal Views (0.4 km) Saigon Restaurant, Damac Maison Canal Views (0.4 km) local_pharmacy Clinics & Pharmacies Noran Poly Clinic Medical clinic, The Residences at Business Central (0.2 km) Life Pharmacy Pharmacy, Damac Maison Canal Views (0.4 km) Aston Pharmacy Pharmacy, The Bay (0.4 km) Bios Clinic Medical clinic, The Bay (0.4 km) spa Salons & Spas Luxury Hair Barber Men's salon, The Residences at Business Central (0.2 km) Luma Beauty Lounge Ladies' salon, The Residences at Business Central (0.2 km) Bobbie Pin Ladies Salon Ladies' salon, 15 Northside (0.2 km) A&T Star Spa Spa, Binghatti Canal (0.3 km) cleaning_services Services Ecowash Laundry Laundrette, Hamilton Residency (0.3 km) Amore Flowers Flower shop, The Bay (0.4 km) Novix Laundry Laundrette, The Bay (0.4 km) The Secret Garden Flowers Flower shop, Art 14 (0.5 km) fitness_center Gyms & Fitness Studios Business Bay Fitness Gym, Windsor Manor (0.6 km) The Lab Studios Gym, Burj View Towers (0.7 km) Easy Fit Gym, Bay Square Building 2 (0.9 km) UFC Gym Gym, Bay Square Building 1 (1.0 km) For a full analysis of all outlets and amenities in the wider area visit our Business Bay Amenities guide. The Lana has many schools nearby including Hartland International School at 1.9 km and North London Collegiate School Dubai at 2.1 km. In terms of performance there are nine schools nearby that have achieved either of two highest government inspection rating of 'Very Good' or 'Outstanding' including Horizon English School Dubai which has a rating of 'Outstanding' and Jumeirah English Speaking School which also has a rating of 'Outstanding'. Hartland International School 1.9 km, Sobha Hartland AED 63,500 • British North London Collegiate School Dubai 2.1 km, Sobha Hartland AED 111,500 • IB Citizens School 3.2 km, City Walk AED 61,500 • British Towheed Iranian Boys School 3.3 km, Al Quoz AED 16,000 • IB Propsearch.ae is a Dubai property portal that hosts ads from a number of local real estate agencies. 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883	dbpedia	1	29	https://www.rli.uk.com/137/	en	Mapic Insight (#137)	https://www.rli.uk.com/w…8/11/mapic18.jpg	https://www.rli.uk.com/w…8/11/mapic18.jpg	[ "https://www.rli.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rliWebLogo-300x134.png", "https://www.rli.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/RLI-Banner-Web-Events-1.jpg", "https://www.rli.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/mapic18.jpg", "https://www.rli.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CapitaMall-100%x803.jpg", "https://www.rli.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/T1-Tallinn-Estonia-Developer-Pro-Kaptial.jpg", "https://www.rli.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Nice-Lingostière-Nice-France-Developer-Carmila.jpg", "https://www.rli.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/MyZeil-Frankfurt-Germany-Developer-ECE-Projektmanagement.jpg", "https://www.rli.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Newsletter-Banner.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Retail & Leisure International", "Retail & Leisure International", "www.facebook.com" ]	2018-11-25T00:00:48+01:00	Mapic Insight	en	https://www.rli.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/favicon.ico	Retail & Leisure International	https://www.rli.uk.com/137/	As MAPIC once again draws hordes of retail real estate professionals from all over the world to Cannes on 14-16 November, it does so for the 24th time. With over 8,600 participants expected this year – including 2,100 retailers and 1,000 investors – MAPIC is the undisputed leading retail leasing platform. And while the event is staying true to its roots by offering a packed conference programme featuring top retail experts, exhibition stands displaying the latest and greatest projects worldwide and unparalleled networking opportunities, MAPIC 2018 has been given somewhat of a facelift. In a time where factors such as changes in demographics, technological advances and shifts in consumer behaviour have put retailers and landlords alike under great pressure, one could say that the retail industry has entered a new paradigm. This new paradigm is one where lines between online and physical are becoming increasingly blurred – the physical store is by no means dying, but its role is evolving – and where innovation is key as brick-and-mortar retailers are constantly having to reinvent themselves in order to stay relevant to an increasingly fleeting consumer. The theme of this year’s MAPIC has been chosen to reflect these changes in the industry, with the event being headlined ‘Transforming Reality: Physical in the Age of Digital’. A major topic of the conference will be the convergence of physical and digital – something we have seen numerous examples of in past years. Not only are physical retailers increasingly investing in their online channels – now considered equally important as having high street or shopping centre flagship locations – but traditionally online-exclusive brands are now moving into the physical space by opening bricks-and-mortar stores. Recent examples of this include UK-based fashion retailers Missguided as well as American brands such as Glossier and Everlane. Several panel sessions on this topic will run on Wednesday the 14th, including an opening keynote by Christophe Cuvillier, Group Chief Executive Officer of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, who will speak about the importance of bricks-and-mortar, analyse the omnichannel model and give his views on changing consumer expectations. To reflect the ever-increasing importance of e-commerce – e-commerce now represents 8.8 per cent of total sales in Western Europe, 47.7 per cent in the Asian-Pacific region and close to hit 20 per cent in the UK market – this year’s MAPIC will feature a whole new set of speakers traditionally not present at these types of events. Alongside experts from traditional retail players such as Zara, Uniqlo, Nike and Burberry, will be heavyweight e-commerce players such as Amazon, Zalando, MADE.com and vente-privée entertainment, all keen to share their experiences and discuss future projects. Furthermore, in addition to the main conference programme, we will be hosting three thematic summits, each one reflecting a specific movement in the industry: leisure, outlets and international-scale retail partnerships. A newcomer this year is the Leisure Summit, taking place the day before the main event (13th November). In the wake of e-commerce, shopping centres and other retail destinations are increasingly being transformed into places where customers come not just to shop, but to dine, socialise and experience new things, making leisure an intricate part of the retail offering. The summit will focus on various experiential concepts including location-based attractions, leisure pop-ups and wellness centres, and speakers include experts from companies such as EuropaCity and IMAX. Furthermore, the main event will feature a leisure exhibition zone and several ‘Leisure Talks’ throughout the two days. Back for a second consecutive year is the Outlet Summit and it is more relevant than ever, with recent figures showing that the outlet market has grown by six per cent per year over the last three years. The growth makes it one of the most dynamic segments of the commercial property market, but outlets are increasingly transforming into something more than just sales channels – while offering price-sensitive customers great deals, they can also be tourist attractions and lifestyle destinations. Topics at the summit include the interconnection between outlets and brand strategy and ways to improve the outlet shopping experience for the consumer. The Global Retail Partner Summit also returns for a second edition, highlighting the increasingly important strategy of working with well established local partners across different target markets. This invite-only matchmaking event has been designed to allow participants to make the most of an afternoon of intense networking, for example by allowing attendees to book meetings in advance based on geography. Finally, joining the usual line-up of country pavilions – including France, Italy, the Nordics, Turkey and India – is the UK, which will have its own dedicated area for the first time. The pavilion aims to bring together the best in breed of each region and comes with a dedicated programme. The UK pavilion have partnered with leading retail property industry advocate Revo, as well as The Completely Group, operators behind some of the UK’s largest retail deal-making events. We are convinced that this 24th edition of MAPIC will be a highlight for this rapidly changing industry – and are looking forward to welcoming all the delegates to Cannes. Retailoring The Industry MAPIC is the leading international retail real estate event for key property players to build the ultimate retail and leisure mix in order to become a complete lifestyle destination. The 24th edition of the event will this year take place on the 14-16 November at its usual home of Palais des Festivals in Cannes. MAPIC is the leading international retail real estate event for key property players to build the ultimate retail and leisure mix in order to become a complete lifestyle destination. The 24th edition of the event will this year take place on the 14-16 November at its usual home of Palais des Festivals in Cannes. Established in 1995, MAPIC has been at the leading edge of the retail revolution, constantly adding new location-based elements while remaining true to its core mission to bring retailers, investors, developers and specialists together to understand, embrace and drive forward amazing lifestyle destinations, attracting attendees from more than 80 countries. The event space will cover more than 12,000sq m and feature three international exhibition halls where attendees can discover a multitude of new people and new ideas from more than 800 exhibiting companies. MAPIC 2018 will feature a world-class programme of conferences hosted by industry leaders, who will share their expertise and insights in more than 100 sessions. Global Projects: Europe Belgium Strategically located at the borders of Belgium with Germany and the Netherlands, City Mall Verviers has an important cross-border catchment area with excellent accessibility. It will bring life to the heart of one of Wallonia’s most important cities and the second-biggest conurbation in the province of Liège. City Mall will provide around 100 units upon completion by developer City Mall. With an area of 27,000sq m, City Mall Verviers will offer a balanced commercial mix, meeting the wishes of both consumers and retailers. The centrally located food court will have a range of quality restaurants and the underground parking area will have a capacity of 1,136 spaces. Construction is due to start in 2019 with a three-year build period. The project is expected to attract five to six million visitors per year to enjoy the pleasant urban environment on the banks of the Vesdre river. The development of the shopping centre is a step towards restoring the status of Verviers as the region’s economic and commercial hub. Bosnia & Herzegovina In 2017 developer Delta began the construction of Banjaluka shopping mall. The largest building of this type in the territory of the Republic Srpska will have the area of 62,500sq m, whereas 30,200sq m will be for leasing. The building will be located in the very centre of Banjaluka, at the corner of Olimpijskih pobednika Street and Srpske vojske Boulevard. The mall will host world-famous brands, some of which will be present in this market for the first time. Apart from a large number of new shops, the shopping mall will also have the largest cinema in this region, with the area of 1,500sq m and six movie theatres, as well as the supermarket, a food court and 1,000 parking spaces. The opening is planned in the first quarter of the 2019. Bulgaria Delta Real Estate, a Delta Holding member company, in cooperation with Bulgarian company AP investments, has finalised its acquisition of the shopping mall in Varna, on the Black Sea coast. Varna is the second biggest city in Bulgaria and an important tourist centre. This project is worth €120M and is being developed together with Delta’s partner AP investments. The final works on the property with an area of 110,000sq m are in the last stages, while its opening is planned for the last quarter of 2018. The shopping mall will have three floors and three underground levels for parking, along with 160 stores. Croatia Opened in June this year was the Designer Outlet Croatia in the heart of the new Zagreb Shopping Complex. In combination with 25,000sq m of discounted luxury at the Designer Outlet Croatia and additional secondary retail with 30,000sq m including a DIY and a hyper market retail park as well as fast food, the scheme has become an attractive and unique one stop shopping destination. The Designer Outlet Croatia has been built as offers more than 4,000 parking places that are free of charge. IKEA Centres developed this unique project in cooperation with ROS Retail Outlet Shopping. Czech Republic Due to open in the middle of this month, Outlet Arena Moravia in Ostrava is the latest outlet project by developers TK Development. Phase one of the outlet centre will consist of 70 shops with a GLA of more than 10,000sq m with 800 car spaces. The customers will appreciate a new shopping experience with restaurants and cafes, with both indoor and outdoor seating and a children’s play area. All together this provides an inviting and relaxed atmosphere aimed at increasing customer dwell times and making Outlet Arena Moravia is truly a day trip destination. Estonia Opened last month in Estonia, T1 by developer Pro Kapital, is a new-generation shopping and entertainment centre and the newest and largest regional shopping centre in Tallinn. The shopping and entertainment centre has 52,000sq m of space on four levels – three floors of shopping with more than 200 shops and an entertainment level never seen before. The latter’s 11,500sq m of space features restaurants, a multiplex, trampoline centre, an autodrome, adventure park, children’s birthday party venues and a cafe with a Lottemaa (children’s book characters). The roof of the mall will feature the T1 ferris wheel, at 120m the highest in northern and Eastern Europe with the finest views of the capital city. Finland One of Finland’s largest shopping centres opened its doors back in September, REDI in Helsinki opened with 63,000sq m of leasable space. With just over 200 leased business premises, REDI has a footfall target of 12 million visitors in its first year. In addition to fashion and interior design outlets, restaurants and cafés, and daily consumer goods stores, REDI offers art, experiences and exercise opportunities as well as basic and wellbeing services for everyday life. Specialities include a climbing arena, the free-fall wind tunnel FÖÖNI and, located on the roof of the centre, the green deck Bryga, an oasis of relaxation intended for all city residents, which is nearly the size of the Esplanadi Park in central Helsinki. The project was developed by SRV. Zsar Outlet Village will open its doors on 29 November with a full launch planned for the 1 March, 2019. The first premium Outlet Village in Finland is located at the busiest crossing point between the EU and Russia and enjoys a potent cross border catchment of 8.5 million consumers as well as a strong flow of Asian and other tourists transitioning between Helsinki and St Petersburg. Zsar’s Phase I includes 65 stores with premium brands, including e.g. adidas, Armani, Bagatt, Braccialini, Ecco, Guess, Hugo Boss, Iceberg, Kappa, Le Creuset, Lindt, Osprey London, Reima, Roberto Cavalli, Skechers and Zwilling. The food and beverage offering includes a high-quality Italian bistro, an American grill restaurant, Asian fusion kitchen, as well as two coffee shops. France Due to open next year is the Shopping Promenade Arles project by developer Frey, it will offer its visitors a new way to shop in the area. The 18,000sq m project will feature 30 stores and will provide a mix of retail brands offering household, personal, sports and leisure and cultural goods once complete. Also in development by Frey and due to open in 2020 is the Shopping Promenade Claye Souilly. This new concept of shopping and leisure aims to offer visitors a genuinely enhanced experience. The Shopping Promenade is located in a premium shopping area near to one of the most powerful Carrefour hypermarkets in the Paris region. This project will offer its visitors a wide range of shops, restaurants and leisure spots across its 45 stores and 40,000sq m. In France, NEINVER is developing Alpes The Style Outlets, expected to open in Q4 2020. This outlet centre will be located close to the Swiss border between Geneva—25 minutes away—and Lyon, with a catchment area of 5.3 million inhabitants. The centre will have direct access to the A40 motorway that connects Switzerland and France, a key transport link between the two countries and to popular winter destinations. This ultimate shopping destination will be built in an “Alpine village” style and will feature 19,000sq m of gross leasable area, with 90 units of both internationally and nationally renowned brands. Over 1,300 free parking spaces will be available for visitors. In the heart of a district undergoing rapid development, Carmila is developing an extension project of high architectural and commercial quality at Nice Lingostière. The aim is to double the commercial offer to 20,000sq m of GLA in 2020 in order to meet a constantly growing demand. This historic shopping centre, anchored by a leading Carrefour hypermarket, will become the reference for the northern part of Nice and the surrounding countryside and Éco-Vallée. Designed by Wilmotte & Associés, the project will create 50 new stores including Zôdio, H&M, Kiabi and a new food & beverage hub. Opening is scheduled for late 2020. The city of Montpellier has chosen Frey to build the Ode à la Mer project, one of the most important refurbishments of a shopping, leisure and business location in Europe. The Shopping Promenade is located near the Route de la Mer, the number one shopping destination in the region. Planned to open in 2021, the scheme will feature 60 stores on a space of 111,000sq m. A project being extended by Hammerson is the Les 3 Fonatines extension is Cergy. Les 3 Fontaines is improving its retail offer with an ambitious extension project which forms part of the wider generation of Cergy-Pontoise, in the North West of Paris. A high-quality retail offer with over 72 new retail units as well as a food court housing 14 restaurants will complement the current offer when it is completed in 2021. Park Avenue Nice by City Mall is the official name of the new large-scale luxury retail project by the Belgian group City Mall, which will keep ownership after completion. Following the acquisition of the former Boscolo Park Hotel in Nice, City Mall is redeveloping a set of luxury boutiques, as well as a five-star hotel for its partner, Paris Inn. After a complete renovation of this iconic building in the heart of Nice, the commercial ground floor will accommodate nine new luxury boutiques totalling 2,875sq m. The upper part of the project will house a hotel complex of 140 rooms and suites featuring a rooftop swimming pool, sun deck, bar and a panoramic restaurant, a 600sq m spa, a fitness area and a conference centre. Completion is due in Q4 2021. Located right at the heart of the French Riviera in Sophia Antipolis, Open Sky Valbonne is a major development to be completed in 2022. The multi-functional site surrounded by exceptional nature and architecture will host a 60,000sq m shopping area with a focus on fashion, leisure, health & beauty and the best brands specialising in domestic equipment. It will also demonstrate a positive synergy between 20,000sq m of offices, 10,000sq m of entertainment facilities and a four-star hotel. With a fantastic catchment area of almost one million inhabitants and 11 million tourists, and a direct visibility and accessibility from the A8 highway, Open Sky Valbonne Sophia Antipolis will target the centre of the region. With Open Sky Valbonne, Compagnie de Phalsbourg will create the first shopping, lifestyle and food destination on the French Riviera. Germany The MyZeil centre is located on Zeil, Frankfurt’s main shopping street. Its spectacular curved glass roof and the longest interior escalator in Europe measuring 42m are MyZeil’s architectural highlights. Currently comprising 100 shops across a 44,000sq m sales area, MyZeil is undergoing a conversion into a modern shopping, lifestyle and entertainment centre due for completion in spring 2019. The heart of this refurbishment is Foodtopia, a spectacular new dining and entertainment area on the fourth floor. ECE will implement a new concept that comprises a broad choice of high-quality international and regional restaurant operators. Its highlights also include a new outdoor terrace with views across the Frankfurt skyline and a premium movie theatre. ECE Projektmanagement is also developing the modern Cano shopping centre in Singen, which lies close to Lake Constance and the Swiss border. The centre, which will open its doors in spring 2020, is located opposite the train station on the city’s main shopping street. With 500 car parking spaces, 85 shops and a 16,000sq m sales area, Cano has six different entrances and exits leading into all directions and is therefore perfectly integrated into its urban environment. The architecture and design of the centre are inspired by the volcanic legacy of the region and Singen’s traditional industries. Its interior design is inspired by geological structures and features soft shapes, warm colours, and a ceiling resembling superimposed layers. The food court with its vintage design elements will be a real highlight of the centre. It will feature numerous cafés and restaurants with a large culinary choice and bring even more life to Singen. Greece Opening during MAPIC this year is Fashion City Outlet in Thessaly, the first discount and entertainment centre in the region. Just a few minutes’ drive from Larissa and less than an hour from Volos, Karditsa and Trikala, the 20,000sq m centre developed by Sonae Sierra will offer a wide range of top brands, some of which will be available in the region for the first time. Among the 75 stores are well-known and casual youth and children brands, women’s and men’s clothing and footwear, fashion accessories and cosmetics, sports and electronics stores. The brands on the roster include Guess, Brooks Brothers, Puma, True Religion, Tommy Hilfiger, Boss, Lapin, and Matou France to name a few. Fashion City Outlet will feature a selection of restaurants, such as Hachiko Asian Food, Hot Pot Pasta, Goody’s, Pizza.gr, Crepamou, Buffala Gelato, To Paradosiako BBQ, Mikel Coffee Company, and will include a multi-screen Village Cinemas with three halls the latest blockbuster movies, and a Volta Fun Town playground. Hungary ECE Projektmanagement plans to develop a new shopping centre in the Northwestern part of the Hungarian capital, Budapest. The site is located close to the River Danube, on the site of a former textile factory in the Óbuda district. It is planned to have over 170 shops on three levels and a leasable area of more than 50,000sq m. Construction is scheduled to start in 2019, and the opening is planned for 2021. In addition to an attractive tenant mix comprised of top international brands and local vendors, ECE’s plans for the new development project – which comes with a unique architectural concept and a bright and spacious design – feature a spectacular gastronomy area. An offering of around 15 select food concepts is planned, ranging from good quickservice options and trendy casual restaurants through to fine dining restaurants. Visitors will be served high-quality local and international food and drinks prepared in a modern style and with fresh ingredients. The restaurant area is located next to a large roof garden with a sun terrace where customers will be able to relax and spend their free time. Plans for the project also include bringing an ultramodern cinema with 4D technology to the centre. Etele Plaza is a 55,000sq m GLA shopping and entertainment centre currently under development and it is located in the top multi-modal public transportation hub in Hungary. The scheme is accommodating 180 retail units arranged over three commercial levels featuring all major fashion anchor stores, foodstore, multiplex cinema and various entertainment elements. Being developed by Futureal, the project is due for completion in 2020. The New Campona will be one of Europe’s most groundbreaking projects for the next generation of shopper and leisure seeker. The total New Campona experience is a fusion of themes from which every detail has been meticulously planned by a highly experienced team of international experts. Owner CPI Property Group is Europe’s most dynamic, future thinking and ambitious owner promising to deliver an exciting, bold vision based on a deep understanding of the changing face of retail and the new role of social and leisure spaces. As the largest regional retail and leisure centre in Hungary, the New Campona will be extended from 53,500sq m to 72,000sq m GLA, feature a new 30,000sq m public park and an exciting extensive new entertainment, dining and food zone. The New Campona is a major destination filled with immersive, seamless experience, relevant and fulfilling for both the local catchment as well as for domestic and foreign visitors. Retailtainment, entertainment and attraction are key. The extension will build on New Campona’s existing positioning as the leading lifestyle and entertainment destination in Budapest with new attractions complemented by leading leisure, retail, services and other experiences. It also promises to be a superior sensory experience, yet natural, intuitive and sustainable. The project will be presented at MAPIC by CPI Hungary and is due to open in Q4 2022. Italy Being developed by BNP Paribas REIM, Nuova Monteluce is a new concept of shopping centre, located in Monteluce, Perugia. It will be completed in 2019 (phase one opens this year,) one km from the centre of the city and one km from the University, a strategic position with a catchment area of over 160,000 inhabitants of whom 25,000 are students. The structure has 19,000sq m of GLA including 3,000sq m of retail and it is divided into two squares; it will offer a mix of shops from household goods to culture & leisure, health & beauty and food that will complement the presence of offices, a health clinic, and student housing. However the anchor will be the food hall, with a wide offer of restaurants for residents, students and tourists. Rome is Italy’s most popular tourist destination and one of the world’s best loved cities. With its open air artistic treasures, its legendary dolce vita, that unique blend of history, languor, fine cuisine and romanticism, and its magnificent ancient and contemporary art, Rome is the quintessence of the Italian lifestyle. This is why Arcus Real Estate has extended its portfolio of premium outlet developments to include Roma Outlet Village, providing visitors to this world capital with an extraordinary and unforgettable shopping experience. The first phase of 21,000sq m and 90 stores will open in autumn next year, and the second phase, when it arrives, will add another 50 stores and 11,000sq m. Emilia District in Parma, a development by Sonae Sierra and Impresa Pizzarotti which is due to open next year, covers an area of around 300,000sq m and has an overall GLA of around 74,000sq m with around 170 units. The shopping district consists of a multi-level shopping centre with a GLA of around 53,000 sq m and an adjacent retail park with a total GLA of around 21,000sq m. Both will be surrounded by ample green public areas and more than 5,100 parking spaces (including 1,600 in a multistorey car park). The shopping district will benefit from an interregional catchment area of over 700,000 inhabitants within 45 minutes’ drive time. More than 30 per cent of the total GLA has been pre-leased with the major Italian and international brands represented. The Caselle Open Mall introduces a totally new concept for destination shopping & leisure venues of regional standing. The open mall design offers an unprecedented combination of open-air ambience and total protection from inclement weather conditions, allowing an unparalleled visitor experience. The impressive, state-of-the-art leisure offer and the directly connected main food & beverage area (fully enclosed and climate controlled for maximum comfort) have been designed to operate – if needed – independently of the retail component, to allow for late opening hours. The retail offer will extend from fast fashion to premium brands and will include a food superstore focused on quality and freshness, to satisfy today’s increasingly demanding consumers. The 113,000sq m, 250-store project is being developed by Aedes Siiq and is expected to be completed in 2021. Cascina Merlata is a large-sized retail real estate project which will be built next to the Expo Milan 2015 site. With 192 shops, a GLA of approximately 65,000sq m and more than ten million expected yearly visits, the Falcon Malls shopping centre is part of a wider urban redevelopment plan of 900,000sq m in the Cascina Merlata district, to the North-West of Milan. The mall will have an estimated catchment area of 3,826,794 inhabitants. The primary catchment area will include more than 206,920 resident customers with a potential growth of 15,000 units when the entire Cascina Merlata residential project is completed. The Cascina Merlata commercial hub will split into two connected structures. The west wing and the Promenade will house the main retail and food offer, while the east wing will be mostly focusing on leisure and entertainment activities including the cinema, the food court and a supermarket. Completion is due in the first half of 2021. Milanosesto is the largest post-industrial redevelopment project currently in progress in Europe. The former Falck area is being completely redesigned into an entirely new city. Falcon Malls is an essential part of this project: it will build a mall, a leisure and entertainment area and a mixed residential/retail area, with a total commercial GLA of 131,320sq m with space for 365 stores and 4,500 parking spaces when it is completed in the second half of 2021. Concordia – Milanosesto will have a diverse mix with all the major national and international retailers in the different sectors, as well as unconventional and new brands interested in entering the Italian market. Falcon Malls also plans to bring an innovative gastronomic offer to Italy based also on smart food and signature chefs. The entertainment area with a new generation of indoor playground and a multiplex cinema will complete the project. Back in June, Westfield Milano signed an agreement with Inditex, the world’s largest fashion retail group, to open six new flagship stores in the development which is set to become the largest and most iconic retail and dining destination in Italy. The new stores from Inditex join announced retailers including French luxury department store, Galeries Lafayette which will open its first store in Italy, UCI Cinema which features 16-screens with 2,500 seats and an upmarket dining service as well two major retailers from Gruppo Coin: the Italian premium department store: Coin Excelsior and OVS. At 185,000sq m across four-levels, the €1.4bn Westfield Milano development will feature over 380 stores including luxury; restaurants; cinemas; leisure and entertainment as well as parking for 10,000 cars. It will feature the latest in digital technology and high-end shopping and tourism services. Construction is expected to start this year with a completion date of late 2021 through a joint venture between Westfield and Arcus Real Estate. Netherlands Forum Rotterdam is an innovative mixed-use regeneration project in the city centre of Rotterdam. The site is uniquely located in the busy geographical and emotional heart of the city, at the junction of Rotterdam’s most important pedestrian shopping streets: Coolsingel, Lijnbaan, Binnenweg and Beurstraverse which see 12-15 million visitors per year. Once complete, Forum Rotterdam will comprise 64,000sq m of space for 11 shops, along with restaurants, offices and apartments. In the Netherlands, NEINVER and TH Real Estate are developing Amsterdam The Style Outlets, set to be an international premium shopping destination with a commercial mix based on both international and Dutch renowned premium brands. The project is scheduled to open in autumn 2020 and will feature a retail area of 18,000sq m, with 115 stores. A further 1,000sq m is planned for leisure areas, restaurants with terraces, walkways, gardens and a playground area. The centre will also provide 1,950 parking spaces for visitors and it will be easily accessible by both highway and public transport. Norway Offering 166,000sq m of retail, housing and offices, Bispevika is one of the largest urban regeneration projects to ever take place in Norway. It is the latest development undertaken by Oslo S Utvikling AS (OSU), located next to the Central Station where one million people commute every week. Set to open in phases between 2020 and 2024, Bispevika will be an extraordinary mix of retail, housing and offices with an anticipated footfall of six million each year. Its waterfront location, set in a buoyant area that is expected to become Oslo’s new destination for retail, food and culture, provides both a unique view of the Olso fjord and proximity to the city centre and landmarks such as the Munch Museum and the Opera House. The retail leasing, which will cover the ground level throughout the entirety of the development, will focus on fashion, food and beverage, culture and exciting brands; both Scandinavian and international. Poland Koneser is the first mixed-use lifestyle centre in Poland, combining the charm of the revitalized Warsaw Vodka Distillery’s buildings with new structures inspired by the original factory architecture. Koneser offers an extensive retail space of 21,800 sq m, introducing a new concept for a modern shopping destination in Poland. The tenant mix includes the best local fashion, design and art and 30 per cent of retail space is dedicated to food operators with cafés, clubs and restaurants serving a wide selection of cuisine from around the world. These include the Grupa Warszawa’s concept, Bombaj Masala, ZONI, WuWu, ¾ Bar and others. Unlike other popular retail projects, Koneser provides several more features: office, restaurant, tourist, educational, hotel, housing and leisure functions. The centre will open this year on a plot of 74,000sq m by developers Liebrecht & wooD and BBI Development. One of the largest Belgian commercial and residential property developers is launching its business in Poland. The first major Polish project by Equilis will be Galeria Chełm, a shopping center developed as a joint venture with Acteeum Group. Galeria Chełm will be the first modern mall in the only former provincial capital in Poland without a facility of this type. A total of 55 shops will take up 17,500sq m of space. Shoppers will have access to a parking garage for 500 vehicles. With its convenient location, it may become the number one shopping destination for approximately 300,000 residents within a 45-minute driving distance, not only from Chełm and the neighboring areas, but also from nearby Ukraine and Belarus. The joint venture of Equilis and Acteeum Group will cost approximately € 30 million. Construction of Galeria Chełm is expected to begin in 2018 and will continue until the second half of 2019. Galeria Orkana is a commercial and services centre located close to the most densely populated residential districts in Lublin: Czuby Północne, Rury, and Czuby Południowe. Thanks to its comprehensive offer, Galeria Orkana successfully meets the needs of the local residents. A clear and intuitive layout of the shops in the centre makes everyday shopping more convenient. The primary catchment area of 75,500 inhabitants has very strong growth potential due to the fact that Węglin is one of the most dynamically growing residential areas in Lublin. It borders with Konopnica commune, a suburban area with many semi-detached and detached houses. The 9,500sq m centre will house 35 stores when completed in the second half of next year by developers CPI Poland. Also on show at MAPIC by developers CPI Poland is Ogrody Shopping Centre, the largest multifunctional shopping centre not only in the city of Elbląg but in the entire region. The first extension of the centre was completed in 2015 and turned Ogrody Shopping Centre into the region’s most modern shopping centre with unrivalled commercial reach. The tenant mix includes renowned global brands which meet the shopping needs of the local customers. The facility is BREEAM In-Use rated “Very good”. The upcoming extension will mean the centre will spread over 47,000sq m and have space for 98 stores when it is completed in the second half of 2020. Portugal VIA Outlets, the industry-leading owner and developer of outlet shopping destinations, has a portfolio of eleven premium fashion outlets across Europe, spanning a total of nine countries from Norway to Spain. The portfolio, a joint venture between APG, Hammerson, Value Retail and Meyer Bergman, offers a total of 259,000sq m GLA and over 850 brands including Armani, Nike, Tommy Hilfiger, Polo Ralph Lauren, Coach and Michael Kors. Over 30 million guests visited the different locations in 2017 and the company saw over €1bn in brand sales. In a recent initiative, Europe’s largest suspended kinetic artwork was installed in VIA Outlets’ Freeport Lisboa Fashion Outlet in Portugal. This marks an important step in the company’s strategy to continue to transform its outlet centres from purely transactional to experience-driven places. The NorteShopping expansion is a €77M investment located in Matosinhos (Porto) owned in partnership by Sonae Sierra and TIAA-CREF. The shopping centre will be expanded by 14,000sq m of GLA, adding 34 stores and 850 parking spaces to the existing 230 shops and 3,045 parking spaces. In the expanded area, relevant fashion anchor stores will be added and an additional key feature will be the introduction of an exclusive commercial offer within a new premium mall, with aspirational brands, under a modern and trendy design concept. Leisure and entertainment options will be reinforced with a total reconfiguration of the food court, which will include a new food hall concept in line with the latest gourmet trends inspired by traditional street food markets. The development is being overseen by Sonae Sierra and is expected to complete next year. Republic of Ireland Hines has recently welcomed the decision by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to approve plans for a new 195,000sq m town center development in Cherrywood. The €1bn mixed-use development will include 1,269 build-to-rent apartments, 54,000sq m of retail and office space, as well as leisure space. The dynamic new urban quarter will prioritize pedestrians and bike users and will incorporate both covered and open public spaces, as well as an extensive array of shops, bars, restaurants, a 200-room hotel, and other leisure facilities. Construction on the three-year project is expected to commence during the fourth quarter of 2018. Romania Earlier this year Colosseum Retail Park announced its plans for the construction of the Colosseum Mall project and the expansion of the existing retail scheme with a new concept. With an investment of €30M from developer Nova Imobiliare planned for this stage of the business development, Colosseum Mall will combine both commercial and office use. The 16,500sq m will include local and international fashion brands, fast food and dining restaurants, fitness centre, play areas for children, casino, lounge bar as well as an ultra-modern seven-screen multiplex cinema. More than 75 per cent of the GLA is under advanced discussion, showing the strong demand for retail in Bucharest. The project will comprise a 1,500sq m area dedicated for A class offices, which will target mainly healthcare providers. The second Fashion House in Romania, Fashion House Outlet Centre Cernica will be a 12,250sq m open-air shopping gallery from developers Liebrecht & wooD, carefully designed to offer the look and feel of an old town. Its architectural themes will immerse visitors in another dimension of entertainment and style. The outlet concept will be maintained in order to offer visitors discounts every day and value for money for our customers. The project will open its gates in 2019 with the first of two development stages. The first stage will deliver 55 stores and the second phase will offer another 25 stores. Russia Dream Island, currently under construction in Moscow, is the first city resort in Russia and the biggest indoor theme park in the world. The total development area is approximately 100ha, of which the amusement park is to occupy 300,000sq m. Dream Island will have 10 theme areas with 40 different activities for adults and children, 27 of which will be modern and unique rides that will allow visitors to immerse themselves in the magical worlds of their favourite animated films. The planned opening for the project is Q1 2019. In addition to the themed part of the park, Dream Island will also include 31.9 ha of landscape park with children’s areas and sport zones, an open-air cinema, a dance floor, pavilions for master classes and an artificial pool with fountains. A multipurpose concert hall will have a capacity of 3,500 while a multiplex cinema will house 17 auditoriums, including an IMAX theatre. The project will also include space for more than 30 retail units. IKEA Centres Russia is to more than double the size of its Mega Adygea-Kuban mall, in southern Russia, near the Black Sea. The project is part of a €2bn upgrade program IKEA is undertaking at all its 14 Mega-branded shopping centres in Russia to enhance their utility beyond being just places to shop. The €190M Mega Adygea-Kuban expansion will see the addition of a lakeside al fresco dining area, plus other restaurants, retailers and entertainment. The centre will measure 190,000sq m when the expansion is completed in 2021. Serbia GTC Serbia, part of GTC International Group, is working on its new retail project in Belgrade, Ada Mall, the opening of the project is scheduled for the end of this year. Designed by renowned architects Design International, Ada Mall will have a gross leasable area of approximately 34,000sq m, offering more than 100 retail units, as well as 1,000 parking spaces. The shopping centre will welcome several brands for the first time. The project will be designed and built according to the latest international standards, featuring wide corridors, natural lighting and attractive common areas. Developer Delta Holding is planning to build the Delta Planet shopping centre in Nis, works on the scheme began in February this year. The 40,000sq m centre will be constructed at a cost of €80M and will be developed over 15 months. The new shopping mall will have easily accessible entrances with an attractive amphitheater, with restaurants above the entrances providing a panoramic view of the the city, as well as entertainment zones which will make the offer more complete and enable people of all ages to enjoy the experience throughout the day. Slovakia Immofinanz is taking Slovakia’s first modern shopping mall, Vivo! Bratislava, to the next level by transforming the former hypermarket area into the new heart of the centre.. In all 15,000sq m of new retail space will be created, welcoming more than 25 new shops. The offer will be widened by additional services and new fashion brands including selected premium brands. The redesign and extension will be completed ready to open in Q4 2019. The EUROVEA2 project is gaining pace in Bratislava following the success of EUROVEA which has reinvigorated Bratislava’s riverside, EUROVEA2 will support and extend what Bratislava residents and visitors loves. The project design reflects the Danube as the key-player in urban development, leveraging the riverside’s potential and supporting a wide range of leisure and sport activities. After the extension the shopping centre will stretch to 84,000sq m. Slovenia A new shopping centre is being built right in the heart of the Šiška district of the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. The shopping centre in Ljubljana-Šiška will offer approximately 90 shops, restaurants, and service outlets. The gastronomy facilities on the second floor will serve as the highlight. The first floor will feature an outdoor terrace as well as a green area on the roof, which is intended for sports and leisure facilities: The so-called “Activity Roof” will provide sports enthusiasts with a volleyball and basketball court, a fitness course, and a running track. Construction work on the centre began in the summer of 2017. The total investment in the project from developer SES Spar European Shopping Centers amounts to €130M, with the leasable area amounting to 32,000sq m. Completion is scheduled for 2020, and 700 new jobs will be created. Spain The Torre Sevilla Shopping Center, a CaixaBank project is the first mixed-use, urban and open shopping centre in the city of Seville, will open its doors during the second half of September. Designed by the prestigious Argentine architect César Pelli, considered one of the most important architects in the world and adapted for commercial use by the Broadway Malyan architecture studio, the shopping center is composed of two large buildings that add up to 26,700sq m of gross leasable area and 43,000sq m built. In the fashion sector there is the first Primark urban shop in Seville, as well as other major fashion and accessories operators such as Mango, Women’s Secret, Springfield, Hunkemöller, Calzedonia, Tezenis, Foot Locker and JD Sport; and the Andalusian brands Mayoral, Marypaz and Aromas. Opened just last month, Torrecárdenas is an innovative commercial complex designed by Chapman Taylor International Studio and developed by Bogaris, which is located in the largest residential expansion area of the city of Almeria. It provides 62,000sq m of GLA and more than 3,000 parking spaces. In the interior of Torrecárdenas, large brands trade alongside the main players in groceries, technologies, sports, fashion, local commerce, restaurants and leisure. In this way, Torrecárdenas has managed to bring together the main commercial, catering and leisure operators in a single space, with all the brands most in demand by consumers. In addition, Torrecárdenas is not only a commercial centre, but it stands out as a cultural hub for the world of cinema, with 10 screens incorporating the latest technology. There will be a rich list of performances and activities, allowing the visitor to have a global experience in a unique architectural environment. The Finestrelles Shopping Center in Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona), is in the last phase of construction and will open its doors on 14 November 14 with 95 per cent of its commercial premises occupied, and with hopes to attract more than eight million visitors in its first year. The new shopping center, which has a BREEAM sustainability certificate, is the first project in Spain of the Belgian real estate company Equilis, which has invested a total of €120M in it. The commercial and leisure offerings of the Finestrelles Shopping Center will be distributed among 110 stores over three floors, with a total area of 39,250sq m, and more than 90 agreements with brands such as Decathlon, Media Markt, Zara and Mango, among others have already been closed ahead of the opening. McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Málaga, developed together with Sonae Sierra, will become the first designer outlet in the south of Spain when it opens next year and marks McArthurGlen’s entry into the Spanish market. The €140M development will span 30,000sq m of retail space and is being developed in two phases. When complete, the centre will be home to 170 stores, including some of the most sought-after luxury and designer brands. Located adjacent to the successful Plaza Mayor Shopping Centre, the city’s most visited shopping centre with over 10 million shoppers every year, this is the first time McArthurGlen has developed a designer outlet that neighbours an existing full price shopping mall. With its lake and array of leisure attractions including open-air skiing, theme park and aquarium, along with hotel, conference centre and wildly creative retail units, intu Costa del Sol is a prime location in Spain and is set to redefine the model of shopping centres in Europe when it opens in 2020. Set to become the biggest shopping and leisure centre on the Mediterranean coast, the €600M project will include a resident circus, a Ferris wheel, wave pool, ski slope and aquarium. In addition, it will have landscaped botanical gardens and will incorporate architectural elements linked to the history of the town, including several mills. According to data provided by British-based developer intu, the park will have more than 8,000sq m of multipurpose areas; 23,000sq m for sports and culture; and more than 65,000sq m of green areas planted with 3,000 trees. Sweden Just 25 minutes from Gothenburg, Hede Fashion Outlet brings together over 150 of the biggest Scandinavian and international fashion and lifestyle brands in one convenient location. Opened this year following development from VIA Outlets, the outlet centre was designed as an open-air destination, with stores and cafes clustered around pedestrianized streets along which guests can shop, dine and unwind 361 days of the year. C4 comprises a new shopping centre and hypermarket of 40,600sqm and is located alongside the E22 motorway to the south of Kristianstad and began serving a catchment of around 300,000 when it opened in September this year fully let. The hypermarket unit is mainly let to City Gross which opened successfully during 2017. C4 by developers Agrenkonsult Sverige AB has around 90 tenants together with a 20,000sq m retail park. Turkey Inegöl Mall, one of the investments of Fiba Commercial Properties in Turkey has begun its renewal. The project aims to establish new facets into the mall to increase the number of shops from 85 to 100 and the current leasable area from 35,000sq m GLA to 42,000sq m GLA. The mall will remain open during the renovation and the new leasable area in the middle square of the mall will contribute a more holistic and compact architectural identity. 70 per cent of the new space has already been let and the new variety of brands will offer visitors a more enjoyable shopping, entertainment and social life experience. The market for shopping centres in the Turkish metropolis Istanbul is constantly in motion. The furniture and home decoration mall Home City Pendik will be yet another shopping centre with 90,000sq m of GLA when it opens shortly. This centre was developed by Evra Group and Has Group and the total investment amounts to 500 million Turkish lira. JLL – which operates in 80 countries – is responsible for leasing and management. Home City Pendik offers a wide range of home textile, glassware, carpets, curtains and lighting brands to ensure all the needs of newlyweds, families, students etc. are met. Furthermore, kids can play in play zone while families have their meals in the foodcourt. UK Launched six months ahead of schedule in March, Westfield London opened the first phase of its £600M expansion and welcomed major new store openings including John Lewis, Adidas, H&M, West Elm, Currys PC World, Boots, Space NK, Mango and The White Company. The opening signaled the start of a phased opening of the 740,000sq ft expansion which will see more than 90 new shops, cafes, restaurants and leisure outlets open throughout 2018 taking Westfield London to 2.6 million square feet, making it the largest shopping centre Europe. The Westfield London expansion will reinforce West London as a leading shopping, dining and entertainment destination. intu Watford by developers intu, is transforming the retail and leisure landscape in Watford. The 400,000sq ft development which opened in September has been predicted by CACI to elevate the town to a top 20 retail destination alongside Edinburgh and Bristol. An impressive nine-screen IMAX cinema, contemporary bowling offer from Hollywood Bowl and host of new restaurants and bars, including TGI Friday’s and The Florist will become an increasingly important part of why shoppers choose to visit Watford as they seek compelling shopping experiences. The growing appeal of the centre will increase its potential catchment population from 1.6 million to 2.8 million, making it the number one choice for even more shoppers. Scarborough International Properties Limited (SIPL), the UK and international real estate developer and its joint venture partner Legal & General, have opened The Springs, the 350,000sq ft retail and leisure destination at Thorpe Park Leeds, with its official opening taking place on 11 October. Retailers on-site include M&S Foodhall, H&M, Next, TK Maxx, Outfit, Boots and leisure brands including Nando’s, Gino D’Acampo’s My Restaurant and Pure Gym have opening their doors, offering visitors to The Springs a variety of activities for all the family including giveaways and complimentary food from a selection of street vendors. In addition to renowned high street brands, a 44,000sq ft, 10-screen ODEON offering state of the art screen and audio technology and luxury seating, is due to open in Spring 2019 located adjacent to, and above the boulevard of restaurants within the leisure offering at The Springs. Further high street leisure and retail occupiers are due to be announced over the coming weeks. A new mall opening last month at the O2 complex in Greenwich — the first shops on the site since it was turned into a music arena in 2007. The ICON Outlet mall, consisting of 85 stores, covers 210,000sq ft of space that has been empty for more than a decade, since plans for a “supercasino” were shelved. Major retailers at the centre will include ASICS, Aspinal of London, Cath Kidston, Crew Clothing Company, Gant, Hackett, Jack Wills, Karen Millen, Kurt Geiger, Osprey, Phase Eight and Ted Baker. The integrated nature of the project, alongside food and entertainment, is what the development team of AEG and Crosstree believes will set the venture apart from other outlets and make it a success in this difficult period for retail. Phase two of the development on the lower level, will open in March, with a large retail presence, alongside restaurants, a Hollywood Bowl and the largest cinema in London. McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Ashford is perfectly located just 35 minutes from London. Following 18 years of continued success, the 185,000sq ft centre is underway with an exciting new phase that will elevate the shopping experience for visitors and the retail environment for McArthurGlen’s brand partners. Scheduled to open in autumn 2019, the 100,000sq ft extension will deliver up to 50 additional premium and luxury brands, a new food piazza, an events space and a redesigned children’s play area, as well as 725 new parking spaces. The £90 million expansion will also include Europe’s largest living wall structure and many of the stores in the new phase will be clad in tens of thousands of plants, all stacked vertically. To be completed in 2020 by developer Meyer Bergman, Borough Yards has been given the go-ahead to start work on the £300M mixed-use redevelopment around Borough Market in South London. Designed by architect SPPARC, the development features five mixed-use buildings for offices, shops, gallery, restaurants and a cinema. Also it will restore and reinvent the lost medieval street pattern of the area adjacent to the world-famous food destination Borough Market. Several historic local street names will be revived, including Dirty Lane, Clink Yard and Soap Yard. Aside from offices, Borough Yards will provide more than 115,600sq ft of retail and leisure space. intu Trafford Centre is perhaps the single best-known and most iconic retail and leisure destination in the UK. The centre attracts customers from across the world and an increasing number of international retailers including Abercrombie & Fitch. Developer intu is investing £75M to enhance Barton Square at intu Trafford Centre which will include redesigned interior and a glass-domed roof. Existing anchor tenants including SEA LIFE Manchester, LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre and Next Home, will sit alongside a new Primark which will open when the project completes in early 2020. Edinburgh St James, the 1.7 million square feet development, and Scotland’s largest and most significant mixed-use regeneration project in a decade, has reached its halfway point in construction. The £1bn scheme, being developed by TH Real Estate, is the biggest city-centre development Edinburgh has seen in a generation. It will completely redefine retail-led mixed use regeneration not just in Scotland, but in the UK through its scale, innovation, and quality of its offer, repositioning Edinburgh as one of the most exciting, and sought after destinations in Europe. The retail section of the scheme is set to open in 2020, while the whole project will complete construction in 2021. The project will boast a world class retail and leisure offer and the scheme comprises 850,000sq ft of retail space, the UK’s second ever W Hotel, 152 unique apartments, 30 restaurants, a Roomzzz aparthotel and the city’s first Everyman cinema. Post development, Edinburgh St James will further strengthen the city’s standing as a global tourism destination with a predicted 13 per cent growth in tourism and it will push the city six places up the UK retail rankings to 8th Place. The town of Castleford in Wakefield, West Yorkshire is set to welcome to the development of a huge regional shopping mall called Axiom. Lateral Property Group, in partnership with investment firm Highgrove Group has announced that the project will be located along the M62 near the existing Junction 32 outlet centre. The flexibly designed Axiom shopping and entertainment development will allow for an ever-evolving mix of the world’s best retail and leisure offerings, creating an unmatched day out for the entire region. Construction is set to begin this year for an official opening in 2021. Axiom’s retail floorspace will take up 600,000sq ft and will comprise of around 75 units, with pre-lets already secured with Next, Primark, Marks & Spencer and Boots. Peel Lifestyle Outlets are developing the £100 million, 350,000sq ft project at Glasgow Harbour that is due for completion in 2021. The Glasgow Harbour Lifestyle Outlet will include shops, restaurants and cafes, a waterfront promenade, a new cinema, gym, family leisure facilities and a public square and event space. The leisure-led development would add to the attractions of part of Clydeside which already includes the Glasgow Science Centre and the Riverside Museum. Africa Developer Novare Real Estate late last year opened over 34 000sq m of prime retail space over the course of two weeks in Nigeria and Mozambique. Novare Gateway – a modern lifestyle centre of 15,000sq m offering a combination of shops, restaurants and entertainment – opened in Abuja, Nigeria, on 30 November, followed by the opening of the 19,500sq m Novare Matola mall, in Maputo, Mozambique on 9 December. Developed at a cost of $47M, Novare Matola is home to 50 stores, anchored by a 6,000sq m Premier Superspar store. The mall has the potential to be expanded to 50,000sq m during future development phases. Novare Gateway is located on the main ten-lane highway between Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and the central business district. With modern infrastructure and facilities, and Shoprite as the anchor tenant, the centre is well situated to meet the needs of the growing Abuja community. The Es-Senia shopping and entertainment centre, opened last month by developers SCCA will include a total of some 120 retailers occupying 33,000sq m of sales and leisure space on two levels. The centre will include a hypermarket, shops, leisure activities, bowling, fitness, an orchestra land for games and children’s parties. A 1,600-space car park is planned in an independent building, fully ventilated, connected with both commercial levels by escalators, rolling ramps and lifts. This is not only to offer an attractive commercial offer, but also to offer an alternative in terms of leisure, combining fun activities, cultural and events, day and night. Zenata shopping centre, a €100m investment located in Mohammedia (Casablanca), will be developed by international shopping centre specialist Sonae Sierra in a partnership with Marjane, Al Futtaim and Société d’Amenagement de Zenata (Groupe CDG). Zenata shopping centre will have 120,725sq m of GLA, with 250 shops served by approximately 3,975 parking spaces. The centre will have 18 anchor stores, including Ikea (opened in 2016) and a Marjane hypermarket. Adjacent to highway A3 that connects Rabat to Casablanca, the shopping centre will serve over 5.9 million inhabitants in its catchment area. The first phase of the project – opened in March 2016, – is the first Ikea store in Morocco. The second phase comprising the shopping centre and retail park will open in 2021. Zenata shopping centre will create 4,500 direct jobs for the local community, in a newly developed area with modern facilities such as a university, a hospital, a TGV station, hotels, residential, exhibition centre and a business district. Americas Custom planned to offer a new level of comfort and now the state’s largest and best shopping and leisure destination, the Cuiabá Station Mall was delivered last month. The scheme had been conceived using the latest mall innovations to provide an advanced, social and entertainment centre for the families of Greater Cuiabá and of the region. All in all, there are 284 stores, eight anchor stores, 16 megastores and over 200 satellite stores, including some of the largest in the state. The centre features parking for 2,000 vehicles, seven movie theatres, gourmet promenade, games area, a pet park and an innovative food hall and service promenade. The project was developed by brMalls and spreads over 47,000sq m. With more than 50 years of experience in the Brazilian shopping center segment, Iguatemi has used its know-how in the outlet business to create the new I Fashion Outlet Santa Catarina. The mall will combine the best national and global retail and architecture in an open mall format and visitors can have some fun with two unique attractions: a 22m-high ferris wheel and a wave pool. The project is due to open next month and among the confirmed occupiers are major retail players at national and international level such as Vilebrequin, Le Lis Blanc, Tommy Hilfiger, Luigi Bertolli, Ellus, VR, Track&Field, CNS, Kipling, New Balance and Brookfield. The project will also offer fast food options at the food court, restaurants and parking with 950 spaces. I Fashion Outlet Santa Catarina will offer permanent discounts of up to 70 per cent for all products throughout the year. The largest mall in the northern region of Rio Grande do Sul, Passo Fundo Mall will have a total of almost 50,000sq m of built area across three floors. It will house over 200 stores including anchor stores, megastores and satellite stores, totalling 30,000sq m of GLA. The parking area will have about 2,000 spaces. With a privileged location in the district of São Cristovão, the scheme will serve a catchment area of one million inhabitants across the entire northern region of Rio Grande do Sul. The development by AROSO, F4 Invest and Trust Investments is due to open this year. A large development being constructed amongst the companies Tacla Shopping, Casteval, Paysage and Greca Asfaltos, Jockey Plaza in Curitiba will have a built up area of 200,000sq m with around 60,800sq m of GLA. Jockey Plaza will be the capital’s largest shopping centre and the largest in southern Brazil. Designed by the renowned architect, Arthur Casas, the mall is planned to accommodate 450 businesses including 420 stores, financial services, laboratories and a movie theatre. The project is currently due to open next year. Palladium Shopping Centre in Umuarama will be the Paraná region’s largest shopping, service and leisure mall, bringing even greater comfort, development and leisure to a market which has the largest consumption potential in the region. The 24,000sq m project will feature 120 stores, and will be delivered in the second half of next year by developers Tacla Shopping. Another project to be presented by developers Tacla Shopping at MAPIC is Citycenter, Brazil’s first enterprise to gather together in a single place two commercial segments: a shopping centre alongside a retail park providing DIY stores, in addition to a hotel. With a gross area of 74,600sq m the mall will provide business and development opportunities to serve the population of Campo Largo and the other cities in the region. The scheme is strategically located on the BR277 highway 25 km from the city of Curitiba. The site will have 59,000sq m of space for retail, offer 200 stores for its estimated six million visitors a year and it currently has a planned opening date of 2020. Back in May, more than a thousand shoppers lined up for the grand opening of the amenities-packed Premium Outlet Collection Edmonton International Airport. The fully enclosed centre, a joint project between developers Ivanhoé Cambridge and Simon, includes space for 100 retailers and six anchor tenants, and upon opening included DSW, Forever 21, H&M, Nike Factory Store, Old Navy Outlet and Marshalls. With 428,000sq ft of retail space, the centre is designed for locals and tourists. A regular shuttle runs from Edmonton International Airport next door, and plane arrival and departure times are posted throughout the centre. With the unification of two properties (Complexe Les Ailes and Montreal Eaton Centre), the Montréal Eaton Centre project when it is complete in 2020, will offer a fully integrated and completely redefined retail environment. In addition to its strategic location and dominant position in downtown Montreal, the centre will provide an enhanced commercial offering and unparalleled shopping environment that will exemplify the newest trends in retailing and a new means of consumption, including Time Out Market. Time Out Market Montréal will bring the best of the city together under one roof; its best restaurants, bars and cultural experiences, based on editorial curation. Visitors will get to taste food from the city’s top chefs and best restaurateurs, sip cocktails from leading mixologists, and experience culture with Montréal’s rising talents. The shopping centre, which already benefits from a connection to Montreal’s underground city, will also benefit from the renovation of Sainte-Catherine Street West, the future McGill light rail train station that is part of the Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) and the densification that has been under way for several years in the area. The 44,600sq m project will feature more than 200 stores and is being developed by Ivanhoé Cambridge. Jardin Plaza Cúcuta, built with a unique design and concept, will be the city’s biggest mall and the first to offer an open-air environment. Developed jointly by Sonae Sierra and Central Control, its opening is scheduled for late 2018 and will feature 43,000sq m of GLA. With the best selection of local, national and international brands, the centre will present a unique tenant mix. It will have 180 shops, including a hypermarket, cinemas, electronics store, gymnasium, casino and a playground. The catering offer will consist of 35 restaurants and various kiosks. In addition, visitors will enjoy 1,400 car parking spaces plus 400 for motorcycles, Wi-Fi access throughout the mall, 24- hour security and a permanent information point. Jardin Plaza is located in one of Colombia’s fastest-growing cities with economic growth above the national average. Its design and architecture will be one of the main attractions of the mall. Vegetation, water fountains and the mall layout will help to protect it from wind and heat, generating an efficient, open and modern architecture. iP2Entertainment in partnership with Thor Urbana, one of Mexico’s leading real estate development companies will launch the Town Square Metepec project this month, the 90,000sq m scheme will feature a National Geographic Ultimate Explorer centre, along with a variety of stores, multiple restaurants and a range of entertainment options. The 2,000sq m National Geographic Ultimate Explorer centre will take guests into the far reaches of space, the deep depths of the ocean and all the spaces in between, inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers, astronauts, biologists, oceanographers and thinkers. In Mexico, Thor Urbana is also working to complete The Harbour Merida project by the end of this year. The scheme is set over a leasable area of 700,000sq ft and is being designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects. The lifestyle mall will have a modern design combined with local influences, offering the best shops and international brands in fashion, home, entertainment, and restaurants as well as a harmonious lake. The surrounding mixed-use complex will also include a corporate, residential and hotel component. Simon’s Denver Premium Outlets opened back in September with a variety of events, local food trucks and activities. Shoppers got their first look at the 333,000sq ft centre, in Thornton, Colorado, 12 miles from downtown Denver. Brands at the outlet centre, one of two to open in the US this year, include Banana Republic, Hugo Boss, Coach, Gap, Michael Kors, Nike and Under Armour. Denver Premium Outlets also features a variety of amenities including an interactive play park for children, a dinosaur ‘fossil pit,’ a fireplace, a canine watering station, free Wi-Fi and charging stations. Empire Outlets is a category-defining retail destination and New York City’s first and only shopping outlet. It will be the retail centerpiece of New York City’s newest entertainment district of Staten Island’s waterfront. The world-class shopping destination is located at the base of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, a 20 minute free ferry ride from Manhattan. It will host approximately 100 shops of the finest brands, an extensive array of waterfront food and beverage concepts and a 190 room boutique hotel with rooftop lounge offering unparalleled views of New York City. Empire Outlets grand opening is set for 2018. Currently due to open in March next year, Kilroy Realty’s One Paseo development, designed by architects 5+ is located in the north of San Diego County. The project will be a mixed-use project that will provide a centre to the community that incorporates retail, office and residential things. The heart of the project is the civic plaza a generously sized informal space of seating, relaxation and dining that can be programmed for a variety of public activities from farmers’ markets to outdoor movies. Real-estate brokers lined up recently at the old Crestwood mall site to get the first look at Walpert Properties’ new redevelopment plan for the site, which it’s calling “Crestwood City Center.” Walpert proposes a high-density mixed-use development similar to the boulevard-style development at “The Streets of St. Charles” that would combine 794,000sq ft of multi-family residential, office, retail, medical and entertainment uses around a main promenade, “Celebration Street,” with the plaza-like feel of a downtown square. With people living, working and dining there 24 hours a day and seven days a week, Walpert is advertising Crestwood City Center with the tagline “The center of it all.” The target date for completion of the offices is January 2020, whilst the preliminary plans outline a possible 161,000sq ft of retail space with 60,700sq ft of mixed-use retail at the street level, with residential above. Being built on 400+ acres, Grandscape is virtually a city within the centre of the Dallas/Fort Worth market, an epicentre of growth, in the fourth largest metropolitan area in the US. The project is attracting the biggest, boldest and brightest names in retail, including Nebraska Furniture Mart of Texas, a retail powerhouse that by itself will attract a projected eight million shoppers a year. Scheels is a 300,000sq ft sporting goods and fashion retailer that will draw four million of their own visitors and Galaxy Theatres anchoring its entertainment district. The grand plans for Grandscape include more than just one-of-a-kind retail, the scheme will also include a resort hotel and spa, unique restaurants and an outdoor amphitheatre. From its perfect location in The Colony, Texas, with more than a mile of frontage on the Sam Rayburn Tollway (SH121) and three interchanges, it will be easy to see the grandeur of Grandscape when it is completed in 2020 by developer Nebraska Furniture Mart. Macerich and Simon have formed a 50-50 joint venture to create Los Angeles Premium Outlets, planned to open in the fall of 2021. Los Angeles Premium Outlets will be located in Carson, California, in Los Angeles County. Macerich and Simon will co-develop and jointly lease the centre, which will open at 400,000sq ft, to be followed by an additional 166,000sq ft in the project’s second phase. The high-profile project will benefit from the region’s density of 2.5 million residents within 10 miles, and from its location some 12 miles from Los Angeles International Airport, the nation’s second-busiest, serving roughly 81 million passengers annually. Currently under construction, Hudson Yards is the largest private real estate development in the history of the US, and the largest development in New York City since Rockefeller Center. The masterplan aims to expand the midtown Manhattan business district westward towards the Hudson River with residential space, office towers, retail outlets, collection of high-end restaurants, a new centre for artistic invention, and a luxury hotel with more than 200 rooms. The second phase of the urban development, west of 11th avenue, will include additional residential buildings, further green space, and a public school. Being developed by Related Companies and Oxford Properties, final completion on the project is set for 2025. Asia & Australia A joint development between CapitaLand & Suzhou Hengtai Holding Group Co. Ltd, Suzhou Center Mall’s entry as a one-stop retail and leisure powerhouse last November has augmented the cityscape in an unprecedented way, transforming the growing city’s retail and leisure scene. Suzhou Center Mall is the city’s retail “gateway” to the world. It offers something for everyone through the more than 600 brands it houses, where more than 300 of them are international labels, and at least 200 are new to Suzhou, promising to fast-track shoppers towards the mainstream retail their tier 1 city neighbours are already accustomed to. The mall is also nothing short of a food haven. Shoppers are spoilt for choice with close to 200 dining options, including renowned Suzhou restaurant Song He Lou – with its 250-year history and famed for serving a personal favourite of Qing dynasty emperor Qianlong when he visited Suzhou. Anchor tenants like Suzhou’s first CGV cinema and a counter strike gaming centre attract cinephiles and avid gamers alike – proving the mall’s versatility in catering to niche hobbies and lifestyle preferences. CapitaMall LuOne, another project completed by CapitaLand in 2017, is located in Shanghai’s central Huangpu District at the bustling intersection of Xujiahui Road and Madang Road, directly connected to two subway lines to serve an immediate catchment of about one million middle- to high-income consumers. The integrated development comprises an 86,000sq m shopping mall and a 28-storey Grade-A office tower. Designed by star architect Moshe Safdie, CapitaMall LuOne is a green oasis in the heart of the city, embellished by fine architectural details such as dome skylights, outdoor gardens and waterscape feature walls. In May this year, designers Benoy celebrated the opening of Changsha International Finance Square (IFS) by developer The Wharf Holdings. The prominent mixed-use development covers a total development area of more than one million square metres and is located along the Furong District’s West Jiefang Road in the core of the Central Business District. As a new retail landmark for Changsha, over 400 shops are featured throughout the retail podium which covers 230,000sq m. From entertainment to lifestyle, retail, culture and food and beverage, the offer creates a one-stop destination for visitors. The development will also play host to a changing array of exhibitions, cultural activities and festivals as it positions itself as a community hub for Changsha. Developers Hong Kong Land & China Merchants Shekou Holdings and architects LWK & Partners back in June proudly launched the second phase of Landmark Riverside Park, Danzishi Old Street in Chongqing, a comprehensive coultural commercial experience that bridges the old and new, the oriental and western. Located in Chongqing’s Nanan District, overlooking Chongqing Grand Theatre and Chaotianmen Wharf, and on the waterfront between the Yangtze and Jialiang rivers, the retail precinct spans across a 21,500sq m site to form a kilometre-long street, and follows the concept of ‘one street; two docks; four courts and ten scenic attractions’. The Oval Partnership has undertaken the masterplan and design of the first-of-its-kind cultural and creative park in Xian, the ancient imperial capital of China. Slated to complete and open in late 2018, and situated in the National Cultural Industry District along Yan Xiang Lu, the Qujiang Creative Circle will provide 527,000sq m of mixed-use space including office, retail, residential, entertainment, recreational and public amenities. The site is a discreet mix of the old and new and as such, the Qujiang Creative Circle will serve to bridge the past, present and future, nurture the spirit of creativity, and ultimately become a new destination for cultural and creative industry endeavors in Xi’an. In Taiwan, Mitsui Fudosan Co. announced its plan to conduct the grand opening of Mitsui Outlet Park Taichung Port, central Taiwan’s largest outlet mall, on 12 December, 2018, with certain stores scheduled to open for business in late November 2018. The facility is situated in Taichung, the island’s second largest city, and will be the first full-scale retail facility in the country to be developed in a port area. Development plans for the area raise expectations of further developments, including the planned construction of an adjacent yacht club and a shuttle bus route around tourist sites in the port area. Located on the historic Chaotianmen, the crown jewel of China’s Chongqing city, Raffles City Chongqing comprises a retail podium underneath eight skyscrapers for residential, office, serviced apartment and hotel use with a total construction floor area of 1.12 million square metres. Boasting excellent connectivity, Raffles City Chongqing is integrated with a transport hub comprising a metro station, bus interchange and ferry terminal. It is designed by worldrenown architect Moshe Safdie, who drew inspiration from the region’s thousand years of waterway transportation culture to create an image of powerful sails set upon the river. A distinctive feature is the 250m – high skybridge that houses a rich array of amenities, including a viewing gallery, sky gardens, an infinity pool and restaurants. The 235,000sq m retail podium will offer a myriad of fashion, dining, lifestyle and entertainment options catering to shoppers’ diverse needs. Developer CapitaLand’s CapitaStar loyalty programme will offer shoppers at Raffles City Chongqing innovative value-added services such as augmented reality interaction and navigation, mobile payment, restaurant booking, online shopping and self-service storage. To ensure great connectivity for shoppers, 5G, Wi-Fi and Beacon will be made available. The project is due to open next year. A new paradigm for live-work-play in Singapore’s city centre, Funan by developers CapitaLand will offer a synergistic combination of modern retail, co-working and co-living components designed to appeal to tech- and socially-savvy consumers within its 46,000sq m space and more than 200 stores. Positioned at the cutting edge of smart shopping technology, Funan will offer the CBD’s first 24-hour drive-through click-and-collect and hands-free shopping service. Sustainability features abound and Funan will be Singapore’s first commercial building to allow cycling through the building with a large area set aside for urban farming. Opening in 2019, Funan aims to be a platform to inspire retail innovation with a strong focus on enabling consumers to enjoy a myriad of experiences in line with their interests. As a home for creative talents, Funan’s committed tenants include W!ld Rice, Singapore’s leading professional theatre company that will operate a 360-seat theatre; Carrie K and Keepers, a collective of Singapore designers; and consumer electronics stores operated by well-established local players Newstead Technologies, AddOn Systems and T K Foto. Anchor tenants include Golden Village cinema, Climb Central rock climbing facility and Kopitiam foodcourt. Jewel Changi Airport is envisaged as a world class lifestyle destination. Designed by a consortium led by Moshe Safdie, the iconic architecture comprises a lush indoor environment underneath a distinctive dome-shape façade made of glass and steel. This integrated development will comprise a shopping mall, attractions, facilities for airport operations and a hotel covering a total gross floor area of 137,000sq m. Jewel Changi Airport provides an excellent opportunity for retailers to showcase their brands to a global audience in the world’s fastest-growing region. Opening in 2019 from developers Changi Airport Group and CapitaLand, it will provide visitors with an exciting array of about 280 retail and dining brands including new-to-Singapore concepts, top international brands and home-grown names across 90,000sq m of retail space. Landscaping will occupy another 22,000sq m and centerpiece attractions include the Forest Valley, a five-storey garden and the Rain Vortex, expected to be the world’s tallest indoor waterfall standing at 40m. Meanwhile in Australia a new era has just begun, as last month saw the Westfield Coomera shopping centre open to the residents of Coomera in the city Gold Coast. The new lifestyle destination delivers everything needed for a modern life include a mix of favourite majors – Woolworths, Coles, Kmart, Target, Event Cinemas – and approximately 140 specialty stores. It features casual dining and entertainment offers, a curated selection of fashion and lifestyle stores, a market-style fresh food precinct, and welcoming spaces designed to bring the community together. With investment of $470M, Westfield Coomera will be a place to exceed expectations and celebrate life’s aspirations. The centre by developers Westfield delivers a new experience for the community, creating a benchmark retail, dining and lifestyle destination that will transform the northern Gold Coast.
883	dbpedia	3	47	https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/italy-signs-risky-sliding-track-deal-for-milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics-against-ioc-recommendation/	en	Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics against IOC recommendation	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…=768%2C432&ssl=1	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…=768%2C432&ssl=1	[ "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/g198.png?fit=146%2C32&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/rob-profile-copy.jpg?fit=40%2C40&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gbforumsad.png?fit=728%2C90&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Centre-de-glisse-de-Cortina-dAmpezzo.webp?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/rob-profile-copy.jpg?fit=80%2C80&ssl=1", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/niseko-768x509.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/naheednenshi-768x576.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LakePlacidImage-768x512.png", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/munich2022-768x511.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pyrenees-barcelona2030.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/53259699153_99bc1ef4a0_c-768x512.jpg", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/panam2027.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fifa26.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/subscribe-ad-2020.png?fit=800%2C442&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/forum16-header-white-2020.png?ssl=1", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/subscribe-ad-2020.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Robert Livingstone" ]	2024-02-02T19:36:05+00:00	Italy signs risky sliding track deal for Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics against IOC recommendation GamesBids.com Olympics	en	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…it=32%2C32&ssl=1	GamesBids.com	https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/italy-signs-risky-sliding-track-deal-for-milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics-against-ioc-recommendation/	Italian government officials Friday signed a 81.6 million euros (USD 88.7 million) deal to construct a sliding track for bobsled, luge and skeleton for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, a move likely to cause increased tensions between the organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that previously advised against the risky project. Construction firm Impresa Pizzarotti & C. is set to begin replacement of the former Eugenio Monti Sliding Track on February 19 – less than two years before the opening of the Games and just months before test events are expected to be staged. It took several months and two open tenders before the organizing committee was able to receive its single bid in January to build the venue that was originally constructed for the Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Even during Italy’s bid campaign to host the Games, IOC officials urged organizers to use a nearby existing track across the border to avoid any costly white elephant legacies that have commonly become haunting memories of previous budget-busting Games around the world. The sliding track used for Italy’s Turin 2006 Winter Games has since been mothballed and was ruled out for the 2026 edition, Milan-Cortina has promised that the track will be ready for testing by October 2024 and certified no later than March 2025 – an extremely aggressive and potentially record-breaking schedule for the complicated project. That will also leave limited time for test events ahead of the Games less than a year later in February 2026. Any delay could instantly end the hope for Olympic sliding in Cortina despite the completed construction of the venue and additional costs to change plans. As requested by the IOC, Italian organizers reached out to other selected tracks for proposals in December and several responded with interest including from nearby St. Moritz, Switzerland and Innsbruck, Austria and Germany. These proposals will be retained in case of delays or failures of the risky project. 1932 and 1980 Winter Games host Lake Placid also submitted a proposal despite being an ocean apart from Italy. The IOC is expected to weigh in on the proposed venue. Earlier this month IOC Executive Director Christophe Dubi told reporters “we, from the very beginning felt that this venue was extremely complex in terms of cost, in terms of legacy, in terms of timing, and we have promoted the use of an existing track.” A January 31 resolution had been promised. Italian officials remain steadfast in their ability to successfully deliver the venue and avoid investing in a facility in another nation. “The choice puts a full stop on it and attests to the extreme determination of this government to finish all the works for the Games in the best way and in Italy,” a statement read, according to the Associated Press. “Transport Minister Matteo Salvini and Sports Minister Andrea Abodi confirm that with great satisfaction.” But not everyone is so confident. On Friday Italian Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said he had regrets about backing the Games and now fears delays could taint preparations. “There are two years left, time is running out terribly fast and it’s becoming almost impossible to respect the schedule,” Giorgetti said according to ANSA news agency. “Let’s see what we can do to avoid missing this historic opportunity,” he said added, stressing the urgency of the schedule. A fatal luging accident on the Whistler sliding track just hours before the opening of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games led to track modifications before competition could begin. Since that incident there has been increased attention to safety and design and more time spent on testing. No modern track has been built in timeframes now being proposed by organizers. The IOC also warned South Korean officials not to build the PyeongChang sliding track for the 2018 Winter Games and instead stage the event at an existing venue in Japan. The advice was ignored and the track was built anyways (over a longer time period) and was featured at last month’s Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
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Request a list of 2000+ Startup Investors to speed up fundraising	en	https://e7bcduiff4m.exac…ze=32%2C32&ssl=1	Spendbase	https://www.spendbase.co/cfo-talks/startup-fundraising-advice/	Tap into storytelling Be strong on the basis and even stronger on storytelling in your pitch deck. Thierry Fortin CFO at Akeneo Numbers give confidence Know your metrics and clearly articulate the core aspect of the business. Danilo Giacovazzi CFO at Newton Track performance Have clear KPI implementation for performance tracking and appropriate controlling tools. Gabriel Martinez Roa Finance Partner to CSO at Zooplus Decide on stakes Be ambitious but don't be greedy: decide how much capital you need and the stake you are willing to give away. Michael Kuntz CFO at Pitch Find alignment Check what VCs invest in and what returns they look for. If VC investors want to exit in 3 years, do you want to sell your business in that time? Bradley Channer CFO at UBIO Prove commitment Raising money begins well before the actual round starts. Be close to your network, inspire, prove your commitment, and let investors see it. Karol Matczak CFO at SEDIVIO Build for growth Make sure you have a clear business model and a product with the potential to scale. Junada Sulillari CFO at Yenna Tech Optimize operations Improve financial processes and procedures, and strengthen reporting and IT systems. Francesco Zappalà CFO at Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. Prepare early Prepare a strategy and investor deck draft six months before seeking the next raise to socialize it with your Board and potential investors and revise it. Jim Mackey CFO at Revenue Grid Clients as investors Commercial financing is often overlooked. Yet, you can get a future client whose problem you solve to invest in your company. Not only can you have a high valuation (as they only care about your tech), but you have proven a strong market fit to other investors for future rounds. And you have already found your future exit partner before you have even started! I highly recommend this. Bradley Channer CFO at UBIO Categorize potential investors To me fundraising is like a classical sales process, where you build and nurture your funnel over multiple months, categorize investors into A, B, and C tiers, and start with C to test your equity story but keep the rest tight enough in the process to be able to move quickly. In the end, do not just go for the deepest pockets or the highest valuation but the investor that you believe can provide the best strategic value long-term. Michael Kuntz CFO at Pitch Easy way is rarely the best one Often the most promising investors are the most difficult and the most difficult investors are the most valuable. Don’t go the easy way. Look at what investors put pressure on you and at the same time motivate and support you. So that you feel that you are giving 200% and even if you fail, you can’t do more. Karol Matczak CFO at SEDIVIO Spare your equity Don’t give away too much equity in the beginning. Always remember there will be several rounds of investment to get your business to exit. Bradley Channer CFO at UBIO Terms and conditions Ensure commitment via term sheets because nothing is confirmed until in hand. Compare all the T&Cs as small differences between funds can help negotiations. Danilo Giacovazzi CFO at Newton Don’t look desperate Leave enough room for negotiation in your initial demands, you will typically be negotiated downwards. Build up a proper pipeline and create a competitive momentum where investors understand that you have no dependency on taking their offer. Michael Kuntz CFO at Pitch Know your weaknesses Accentuate your positives. Make sure you have a remediation plan for your weaknesses. It’s best to be honest about them. No sense in hiding your weaknesses—investors are savvy and they will find them. Jim Mackey CFO at Revenue Grid Practice self care Take care of your physical and mental condition. Avoid lack of sleep, alcohol, and coffee so that you have tremendous energy. This will make the fundraising process and negotiations easier. Karol Matczak CFO at SEDIVIO Withstand pressure Some investors may be aggressive and can ask for a significant portion of the equity of a start-up and may be willing to invest only a few thousand (or tens of thousands) dollars for that. Don’t let the pressure of raising funds push you to make the wrong decisions. Junada Sulillari CFO at Yenna Tech High valuation brings high responsibility Remember, if you get money at a high valuation, you have to pull through! That means you need to get the sales in and you need to scale quickly. If you fail for whatever reason, re-raising investment is very hard. You will struggle to hit that same valuation and you will be punished in a down round and this is ten times worse. Bradley Channer CFO at UBIO
883	dbpedia	0	53	https://www.espn.com.au/olympics/story/_/id/39421646/board-approves-proposal-rebuild-cortina-bobsled-track-olympics	en	Board approves proposal to rebuild Cortina bobsled track for Olympics	https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F1016%2Fr1239067_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg	https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F1016%2Fr1239067_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg	[ "https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fredesign%2Fassets%2Fimg%2Ficons%2FESPN%2Dicon%2Dolympics.png&w=80&h=80&scale=crop&cquality=40&location=origin", "https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/content-reactions/check.png&h=80&w=80" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Connor O'Halloran", "Jake Michaels", "Megan Hustwaite", "Kane Pitman", "Joey Lynch", "Emily Kaplan", "Kevin Pelton", "Olgun Uluc", "ESPN Basketball Insider", "ESPN Staff" ]	2024-01-30T16:13:37+00:00	The local organizing committee for the 2026 Winter Olympics decided Tuesday to move forward with rebuilding the Cortina sliding track.	en	https://a.espncdn.com/pr…sets/icons/E.svg	ESPN.com	https://www.espn.com.au/olympics/story/_/id/39421646/board-approves-proposal-rebuild-cortina-bobsled-track-olympics	ROME -- The local organizing committee for the 2026 Winter Olympics decided Tuesday to move forward with rebuilding a century-old bobsled track in Cortina d'Ampezzo but will also keep open a "Plan B" in case the new venue is not ready by March 2025. The committee said following a board meeting that its plans hinge on signing a contract with Parma-based construction company Impresa Pizzarotti & C., which has offered to rebuild the Cortina track for 81.6 million euros ($89 million). If the contract for the sliding center is signed "it would confirm the original masterplan" for the Olympics, the Milan-Cortina committee said, adding that the new venue "would revive Cortina's long tradition in these sports and help future generations." The announcement comes amid a standoff with the International Olympic Committee, which wants an existing foreign venue in neighboring Austria or Switzerland used instead to cut costs. But the Italian government does not want to finance a foreign venue. "It is not acceptable for the bobsled races to take place outside Italy," Deputy Premier Antonio Tajani said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. "We will do everything to achieve the goal." Construction would start with less than two years to go before the Milan-Cortina Games -- and less than a year before IOC-mandated test events. No sliding track has been built recently in such a short timeframe and test events have taken on even greater importance following the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training crash hours before the start of the opening ceremony for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. "Considering the negative views of the IOC and the international federations, which are concerned about the timeframe that the project would require, and considering advice from SIMICO (the company in charge of infrastructure for the games), the board has decided not to interrupt dialogue with other existing and functioning venues," the local organizing committee said, adding that it has asked chairman Andrea Varnier "to continue negotiations for an eventual Plan B that would require added budget." The Milan-Cortina committee added that it realizes that "under no circumstances" can the new track be certified after March 2025.
883	dbpedia	1	33	https://www.calameo.com/books/0033218103852438bf238	en	2019 NOVEMBRE ING	https://www.calameo.com/books/social/cover/0033218103852438bf238	https://www.calameo.com/books/social/cover/0033218103852438bf238	[ "https://i.calameoassets.com/210922154311-38b6c41aabf5e759bd86b18cb09d454b/large.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "convert pdf to html", "create digital magazine", "digital catalog", "digital magazine", "digital magazine software", "digital magazines", "digital publication", "document sharing", "ePaper", "flip book software", "flipbook software", "free flip", "book interactive", "documents", "magazine", "publishing online", "catalog online", "catalogs online", "documents online", "magazine online", "magazines page flip", "pageflip pdf", "flipbook", "publishing services", "publishing software" ]	null	[]	null	Publishing platform for digital magazines, interactive publications and online catalogs. Convert documents to beautiful publications and share them worldwide. Title: 2019 NOVEMBRE ING, Author: Gruppo Publiscoop, Length: 230 pages, Published: 2021-09-22	en	//s.calameoassets.com/pinwheel/8985-6c752d/platform/img/favicon/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png	calameo.com	https://www.calameo.com/books/0033218103852438bf238	ISSN 2038-2596 business leaders www.platinum-online.com Publisher: New Business Media – Via Eritrea, 21- 20157 Milano – Four-monthly year 12 issue 35 - november 2019 Complimentary copy with today’s ‘Il Sole 24 Ore’ – Nation. Conv./304/2008 of 1 June 2008... More ISSN 2038-2596 business leaders www.platinum-online.com Publisher: New Business Media – Via Eritrea, 21- 20157 Milano – Four-monthly year 12 issue 35 - november 2019 Complimentary copy with today’s ‘Il Sole 24 Ore’ – Nation. Conv./304/2008 of 1 June 2008 research&innovation Lombardia - Veneto Consultancy world the other cover Trieste Esof 2020 from the Earth Massimo Neresini Campania to the Table the cover Pope Francis Less
883	dbpedia	2	66	https://www.academia.edu/91053934/National_i_res_judicata_i_in_the_European_Union_Revisiting_the_tension_between_the_temptation_of_effectiveness_and_the_acknowledgement_of_domestic_procedural_law	en	(PDF) National <i>res judicata</i> in the European Union: Revisiting the tension between the temptation of effectiveness and the acknowledgement of domestic procedural law	http://a.academia-assets.com/images/open-graph-icons/fb-paper.gif	http://a.academia-assets.com/images/open-graph-icons/fb-paper.gif	[ "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/academia-logo-redesign-2015-A.svg", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/academia-logo-redesign-2015.svg", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/single_work_splash/adobe.icon.svg", "https://0.academia-photos.com/attachment_thumbnails/94449206/mini_magick20221118-1-75brn5.png?1668764098", "https://0.academia-photos.com/35547361/10318118/11513954/s65_araceli.turmo.jpg", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loaders/paper-load.gif", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png", "https://a.academia-assets.com/images/loswp/related-pdf-icon.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Araceli Turmo", "univ-nantes.academia.edu" ]	2022-11-18T00:00:00	National res judicata in the European Union: Revisiting the tension between the temptation of effectiveness and the acknowledgement of domestic procedural law				https://www.academia.edu/91053934/National_i_res_judicata_i_in_the_European_Union_Revisiting_the_tension_between_the_temptation_of_effectiveness_and_the_acknowledgement_of_domestic_procedural_law	This new book aims to provide some insights on recent trends and patters in judicial dialogue between the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter “CJEU”) and national courts (Constitutional Courts included). The book features seven contributions. Their order is not accidental: specific issues come after more general topics, these latter being dealt with within the first three chapters. The first article included in this book and written by Giuseppe Martinico serves as a relevant introduction to the subject-matter of this book. It aims at exploring the interesting issue of judicial application of the ECHR and EU law, in order to elucidate the vertical relationship between national judges (constitutional and common law alike) and these external legal sources. The second contribution is somehow related to the first one: Ioana Răducu discusses the dialogue between courts, and more precisely the way the former accept the decisions rendered by supranational courts and also the role played by the judicial dialogue in reducing the risk of conflicts between courts. Yet the emphasis placed by the author on this judicial dialogue is that of deference. The value of (judicial) dialogue in the EU, as discussed by the author, comes along with pragmatic advantages for both EU and domestic legal orders. The third chapter, authored by Juan A. Mayoral, approaches the issue of the use of preliminary ruling procedure and tries to establish determinants liable to explain differences in its use between new and old Member States. The value of this contribution lies especially in presenting original and comprehensive data on the use of preliminary references (1961-2011) in all 27 Member States and also in identifying differences in institutional dynamics at the national level. Giuseppe Bianco and Tatum Ragues present the interesting topic of balance between one fundamental freedom of the European Union (free movement of services) and fundamental rights, as it comes out from the approaches followed by the Court of Justice of the European Union in its rich case law. The authors emphasize the constitutional dimension of the principle of proportionality in the approach taken by the Court of Justice. Within the same preliminary ruling procedure, Ricardo García Antón approaches in the fifth chapter of this book the role played by the Court of Justice in the field of indirect taxation. Two fundamental questions are explained here: the judicial dialogue between the European court and national courts and the role adopted by the Court of Justice. According to the author, within this field, the Court adopts a more hierarchical role, rather than the traditional cooperative one: “the traditional functions of the CJEU within the preliminary reference system are being replaced by those which belong to a national Supreme Court” (p 116). This paradigm shift is explored at length. The sixth contribution, written by Mihaela Vrabie, approaches the status of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the framework of the preliminary reference procedure, also concerning the much debated issue of the field of application of the Charter with regard to Member States. The final chapter introduces the parallel application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights by Romanian courts, as pointed out by certain preliminary references to the Court of Justice made by the former, but also in certain decisions by which courts rejected requests of the parties to make references to the Court of Justice. Certain patterns in that regard are approached. Aiming to foster reflection on the role of the EU regarding the enforcement of the rule of law, this essay revisits, in a normative fashion, the Union's legal system with references to recent and established case law and literature. It understands the judicial enforcement of the rule of law as a synonym of effective judicial protection and analyses the pluralistic system of the Union as being overarched by loyalty. It then introduces three specific components of the rule of law related to its judicial enforcement. The first concerns its material aspect: the standards of protection of rights and principles. The contribution opines that the systemic analysis of the Union excludes conflicts of standards. The second component refers to judicial control. It is argued that the related structural obligations of the Member States are enforceable by individual claims grounded on a self-standing right. The last component is organic and relates to the judge. The contribution posits that the national judge is empowered by her European mandate to enforcing the rule of law. While the technique of exceptional circumstances as part of the mechanism of the European arrest warrant confirms this position, cases of constitutional conflicts suggest the procedural deficiency.
883	dbpedia	0	3	https://unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/participants/137284-Impresa-Pizzarotti-C-S-p-A-	en	Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A.	https://unglobalcompact.…fe39f57424d7.jpg	https://unglobalcompact.…fe39f57424d7.jpg	[ "https://unglobalcompact.org/assets/ungc_masterbrand_solid_white-7afbb29ddd9ad803967748dffc9bebd730fe7c8cda9b1f968d044671ac3121a3.svg", "https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=3966002&fmt=gif" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	See how Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. is helping create the world we all want		/icons/UNGC_favicon.ico		https://unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/participants/137284-Impresa-Pizzarotti-C-S-p-A-	Communication On Progress Published On Title Level/Status 29-Jul-2024 2024 Communication on Progress Submitted 24-Nov-2023 2023 Communication on Progress Submitted 11-Oct-2022 Pizzarotti - Communication on Progress 2021 Advanced 13-Sep-2021 Bilancio di Sostenibilità 2020 Active 24-Jun-2021 Grace Letter Not applicable Note: Responsibility for the content of participants' public communication related to the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact and their implementation lies with participants themselves and not with the UN Global Compact.
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883	dbpedia	2	31	https://www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/italy-deadline-catalyses-enhancement-programme/64814.article	en	Italy: Deadline catalyses enhancement programme	https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.c…erona_137910.jpg	https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.c…erona_137910.jpg	[ "https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=3203105&fmt=gif", "https://www.railwaygazette.com/magazine/dest/graphics/logo/print_logo.png", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/7/9/8/66798_figure_9_39277.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/5/8/9/66589_stalybridge11580x1040_990514.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/7/3/7/66737_pic1_520709.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/7/1/4/66714_db188949db_888381.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/4/3/4/66434_rgin2408coverminipic_69269.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/8/8/3/65883_page1_455156.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/9/7/3/62973_rgin2401coverminipic_848447.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/9/7/3/66973_rssbjpg_359885.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/9/7/2/66972_rssbjpg_359885.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/8/0/6/66806_israelrailwayslogo_537720.png", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/5/6/2/66562_rssbjpg_359885.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/3/5/0/66350_gettyimages1402454573_533574.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/8/2/6/66826_hmi_example_02_403247.png", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/5/1/1/66511_tracsis_1920__0002_adobestock_638559672_759005.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/8/1/4/59814_bresciaverona_137910.jpg", "https://d1x8q5iq3n6y12.cloudfront.net/CMS/s3/dvv-library/web/e/a/o/premium2024_74984.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Benjámin Zelki", "L.B. Foster" ]	2023-08-29T00:00:00	No less than €24·7bn has been allocated to rail investment from the EU’s Recovery & Resilience Fund, giving RFI the opportunity to accelerate a vast programme of enhancements across the network. However, the RRF funding comes with a strict 2026 deadline for project completion. Benjámin Zelki investigates the largest elements of the plans.	en	/magazine/dest/graphics/favicons/favicon-32x32.png	Railway Gazette International	https://www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/italy-deadline-catalyses-enhancement-programme/64814.article	No less than €24·7bn has been allocated to rail investment from the EU’s Recovery & Resilience Fund, giving RFI the opportunity to accelerate a vast programme of enhancements across the network. However, the RRF funding comes with a strict 2026 deadline for project completion. Benjámin Zelki investigates the largest elements of the plans.
883	dbpedia	0	28	https://www.aicd.com.au/regulatory-compliance/work-health-and-safety-act/reporting/whats-the-key-to-better-health-and-safety-in-the-construction-sector.html	en	What's the key to better health and safety in the construction sector?	https://www.aicd.com.au/…icon-192x192.png	https://www.aicd.com.au/…icon-192x192.png	[ "https://www.aicd.com.au/content/dam/aicd/logo/logo-dark.png", "https://www.aicd.com.au/content/dam/aicd/logo/logo-light.png", "https://www.aicd.com.au/content/dam/aicd/images/author-590x590px/generic/Silhouette-female-590x590px.jpg", "https://www.aicd.com.au/regulatory-compliance/work-health-and-safety-act/reporting/whats-the-key-to-better-health-and-safety-in-the-construction-sector/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/layout_container_574688132/image.coreimg.jpeg/1585797794586/josphine-sukkar-650x359px.jpeg", "https://www.aicd.com.au/content/dam/aicd/logo/logo-footer.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "Work Health and Safety", "Health and community" ]	null	[]	null	With high rates of mental ill health and suicide in the construction sector, Alison Mirams, CEO of Roberts Pizzarotti, opted for a new business model that has broader business benefits.	en	/etc.clientlibs/aicd/clientlibs/clientlib-base/resources/icon-192x192.png		https://www.aicd.com.au/regulatory-compliance/work-health-and-safety-act/reporting/whats-the-key-to-better-health-and-safety-in-the-construction-sector.html	One year into the project, Mirams is confident the team won’t need the extra 10 weeks to complete the job. She claims the five-day working week has brought higher productivity and happier workers. Now a UNSW team led by Dr Natalie Galea is studying the economic and social impacts on staff at the Concord Hospital redevelopment to see if this is true. “Subcontractors are saying they are more productive, working less face-to-face hours than on a six-day week,” says Mirams. “What we’re saying to the workers is, ‘You know you can’t work Saturdays. It’s not your make-up day anymore. Get your work done Monday to Friday.’ And they’re relishing it.” Mental health is a major issue in the construction industry, says the Construction Industry Culture Taskforce. The taskforce reports the Australian construction industry has: 190 suicides a year; construction workers are six times more likely to die from suicide than work-related accidents; and construction apprentices are 2.5 times more likely to commit suicide than other young men their age. The taskforce says factors influencing mental health issues are work and employment conditions, relationships, attitudes towards seeking help, alcohol and drug use, and stigma against mental ill health. Mirams had previously worked at Brookfield Multiplex and Lendlease Building before Roberts Pizzarotti launched in 2017. She hopes more clients will choose tenders based on a five-day week and that other construction firms will follow suit so a five-day week becomes standard practice. Roberts Pizzarotti is a joint venture between the Roberts family (formerly of Multiplex) and the Pizzarotti family in Parma, Italy, who in 2016 were looking to Australia for expansion. The company has grown from 35 staff to 130 on five projects worth more than $600m: Zurich’s new headquarters in North Sydney, the Dexus North Shore Health Hub, Concord Hospital redevelopment, Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct infrastructure works, and the T1 southern expansion at Sydney Airport. Mirams says revenue has increased from $8m in FY18 to $46m in FY19 with $325m forecast for FY20. Governance The company is governed by a board of two — Giorgio Cassina, managing director of Impresa Pizzarotti in Italy, and George Kostas, group CEO of RF Capital in Sydney. RF Capital founder Andrew Roberts was on the board, but recently changed from director to shareholder. The board meets formally three times a year — once in Italy, once in Sydney and once by Skype. Mirams runs a monthly executive meeting with the two board members, and a separate remuneration meeting yearly. “When we set up the company in 2017, the mandate from the board was to create the best construction company I could and the board pretty much left me alone,” she says. “You’ve obviously got to have profit, but to have profit, you have to have good people, a great safety culture and clients that want to give you work.” The five-day week is in place at the two hospital jobs and the company’s other worksites are open six days, but staff are rostered on five days a week. One project has a “Flee by three” policy in which staff clock off at 3pm once a week. “This is not about us having a competitive advantage. This is about trying to change an industry so it’s better for everyone,” says Mirams, adding the board is supportive of the innovative approach, noting they see the happiness among staff and the interest from talent wanting to join the firm, although conceding recruitment was tough before the company won major contracts. She encourages flexible working hours and leads by example, starting work after dropping off her son at school and taking time off for family commitments. One project engineer works three days a week, including one day from home. “I have to lead flexibility. If the staff don’t see me doing it, how will they feel they can do it?” she says. “Everyone gets an iPhone, an iPad and a laptop computer when they start. Everything’s in the cloud so you can work remotely.” Diversity Besides improving mental health at work, Mirams has a second mission: to increase the number of women working in construction. She says at Roberts Pizzarotti, 30 per cent of the staff are female, compared with an industry average of 12 per cent (2018). “If I could just make the industry sustainable so that more women want to go into it, I would be so happy,” she says. Mirams is calling for industry-wide efforts for change. “There are so many construction companies out there that say, ‘Safety is the highest priority.’ But their staff work enormous hours,” she says. “You can’t operate safely when you are doing enormous hours on projects. You become fatigued and at some point the fatigue will overtake your conscious decision-making and cause an issue.” She urges construction company boards to discuss the sustainability of their businesses in terms of staff wellbeing and to reassess what is reported in terms of “safety”. “Mental health is not reported. Suicide is not reported,” she says. “It’s time we were transparent about these issues. Everyone is now focused on modern slavery because the government has legislated something. Why does it take the government to legislate something for you to focus on it?” She points to the green star rating system introduced in 2003 to benchmark industry against energy and water use as an example of how the industry can evolve. “When that was introduced just a few firms took it on. Now, green star is business as usual.”
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What makes a city stand out and be incomparable to other cities? What allows different monuments and historical buildings, for instance, to deliver different messages and narrate different stories? Arts and architecture are among the factors that shape the history of civilizations and allow ancient and modern cities to flourish. These factors do not stop only at buildings and constructions but also include traditions, cultural beliefs, and communal arts. By cherishing our traditions and civilizations that left behind various architectural miracles, we will pave the way for future generations to develop and preserve their identity. With this in mind, various organizations have taken actions to preserve cities' identities by maintaining their architectural heritage. IEREK, a long-time advocate of architectural development, has organized the 6th international conference on "Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts." The conference will discuss various topics like the techniques used to preserve cities' architecture and arts and the effect of modernity on historical cities. Moreover, the impact of contemporary arts and architecture on the identity of cities will be studied. IEREK, through this conference, will help increase the awareness of architecture and arts enthusiasts of the importance of new techniques in preserving architectural identities. This conference will gather researchers from around the globe to exchange knowledge and experiences on protecting and sustaining cities' identities through architecture and to discuss urban development. Following the success of the previous editions of "Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts," the 6th edition of the conference will be an opportunity to benefit from and exchange knowledge with experts in this field. Selected papers of the conference will be published in a book series entitled Advances in Science, Technology, & Innovation (ASTI) by Springer. Other papers will be published in the ARChive journal byIEREK Press. All accepted submissions to the conference, after a rigorous double-blinded peer-review process by the respective and a highly-extinguished Editorial Board, will be published in one of the following: Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation (ASTI), an IEREK Interdisciplinary book series published by Springer Nature. (Scopus indexed) About ASTI Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI) is a series of peer-reviewed books based on important emerging research that redefines the current disciplinary boundaries in science, technology and innovation (STI) in order to develop integrated concepts for sustainable development. It not only discusses the progress made towards securing more resources, allocating smarter solutions, and rebalancing the relationship between nature and people, but also provides in-depth insights from comprehensive research that addresses the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) as set out by the UN for 2030. The series draws on the best research papers from various IEREK and other international conferences to promote the creation and development of viable solutions for a sustainable future and a positive societal transformation with the help of integrated and innovative science-based approaches. Including interdisciplinary contributions, it presents innovative approaches and highlights how they can best support both economic and sustainable development, through better use of data, more effective institutions, and global, local and individual action, for the welfare of all societies. The series particularly features conceptual and empirical contributions from various interrelated fields of science, technology and innovation, with an emphasis on digital transformation, that focus on providing practical solutions to ensure food, water and energy security to achieve the SDGs. It also presents new case studies offering concrete examples of how to resolve sustainable urbanization and environmental issues in different regions of the world. Read More. The ASTI series is fully indexed in Scopus and any chapter/ paper published as part of this series will be seen on the Scopus database. Some titles have been successfully indexed or submitted for indexation in Web of Science (ISI). IEREK Press Journals, a multidisciplinary publisher that aims to cultivate and disseminate research. Environmental Science & Sustainable Development (ESSD) ESSD is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that aims to systematically develop the research-driven curiosity and evidence-based discourse of aspiring scholars that seek to contribute to the academic community. As the world is currently living in an age of information where sources are widely available on the Internet, we at ESSD seek to efficiently utilize the available information to help create robust and evidence-based knowledge. In the process, we offer researchers, in general, and young and aspiring ones in particular a quicker way to get their work published and gain exposure through online open access. We pride ourselves on getting submitted work to be published quickly, through the use of our worldwide pool of subject specialist peer reviewers. Find out more about ESSD International Journal here. The Academic Research Community Publication (ARChive) ARChive is an open-access journal that publishes conference proceedings on a wide range of topics relating to social sciences. Consequently, it accepts original research papers on a wide spectrum of subjects. ARChive is a journal published on behalf of researchers that perpetually make an effort to contribute to their fields and provide them with high visibility of research submitted. The series publishes, both, theoretical and experimental high-quality papers of current and perpetual interest. It serves to cultivate, propagate, and essentially archive academic research that has been authored and submitted for academic conferences. Find out more about ARChive International Journal here. Proceedings of Science and Technology (Resourceedings) Resourceedings is an open access journal that publishes conference proceedings. Conference proceedings compromise of different disciplines, ranging from Engineering including built environments, architecture, and sustainability. Disciplines also include Technology and Energy. Resourceedings is a journal that publishes research articles that shed light on different crucial issues in order to provide them with solutions and suggestions. The journal publishes articles submitted by researchers of interest in different fields. Find out more about Resourceedings International Journal here. BAHETH International Journal - Arabian Researchers Database (Arabic Papers only) “BAHETH” in Architecture, Engineering, and Technology, is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original academic research in the fields of Architecture, Engineering, and Technology. The journal welcomes research in the Arabic Language with an English Abstract. Papers submitted to this journal in Arabic must be presented in the English Language in the conference. Find out more about BAHETH International Journal here. Registration To help the organizers plan for inter-disciplinary dialogue, participants are requested to choose from the conference themes/topics upon registration. They must also refer to, and abide by, the following instructions in registering and submitting their abstracts/ papers: Types of Participation 1. Attend/ Present Virtually and Publish (only applicable to HYBRID events) Organized from the comfort of your own home, the conference offers a virtual attendance option for your convenience. That said, participants will have a chance to present their abstract/research, online, and have their work considered for publication in the proceedings. Virtual presenters are required to submit an abstract and full paper following the "Author's instructions" below and before the deadline (see Important Dates) and confirm the participation for inclusion in the program upon payment of the registration fee (see Conference Fees). Authors who cannot, for any reason, attend/ present their own work are welcome to nominate and share the contacts of a substitute to present on their behalf. 2. Attend/ Present in-person and Publish The conference offers in-person attendance (see conference Venue), during which participants will have a chance to present their work live as well as network with other attending participants. They will also have their work considered for publication following their selection and payment (see Conference Fees). Attending Participants should refer to the Visa Application tab for guidance. 3. Register to publish in the proceedings without presenting/ attending Your contribution/ submission can be considered for publication with IEREK Press or in the Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation Book Series by Springer (indexed in Scopus) even if you are not attending the conference. In this case, the accepted work will not be included in the final conference program and the fee will cover the cost of editorial handling and peer-review evaluation of your paper (See Author's instructions, Publishing opportunities & Conference Fees) 4. Non-presenting participant Non-presenting participants may also wish to attend the conference as Audience Members or Co-authors contributing to an already submitted abstract/ paper. To confirm your attendance, please register and proceed to payment (see Conference Fees). Important Note: IEREK has an unyielding policy regarding plagiarism. We believe that copying/taking the ideas and work of other Authors without permission and credit is fraudulent. The Reviewing committee and IEREK employees have the authority to reject a paper during its reviewing process, on the basis of the paper being subjected to either minor or major plagiarism. Authors must refer to, and abide by, the following instructions in submitting their abstracts/ papers: Step 1: Abstract Submission Process The author should prepare and submit an Abstract (250/300 words) through the website and before the abstract submission deadline. The abstract should clearly state the purpose, results, and conclusions of the work to be described in the final paper. The author should select the most relevant topic for the paper from the corresponding conference topics. The author can use/download an abstract writing template to submit the abstract file accordingly. To download the Abstract Writing Template, Click Here Step 2: Abstract Review Upon submission, an abstract will undergo a preliminary evaluation process by members of our scientific committee. A relevant topic of the conference should be proposed with clear writing, aims, and objectives of the study clearly presented and sound literature and methodology of the work. The author will receive a notification by email, within 2 weeks, of: A relevant topic of the conference should be proposed with clear writing, aims, and objectives of the study clearly presented and sound literature and methodology of the work. The author will receive a notification by email, within 2 weeks, of: Approval, after which they will be requested to prepare and submit their full/short paper submissions. Rejection, if the topic proposed does not fit the theme of the conference. Step 3: Paper Submission & Preliminary Review The Full/ Long paper submission is 4,000 – 6,000+ words in length. The paper should state the major issue(s) addressed, the potential significance of the work, the theoretical and methodological approach(es) pursued, major findings, conclusions, implications, and relevant scholarly references. Upon participation type selection and payment confirmation (see conference fees and participant’s instructions), a full/long paper will be included in the conference abstracts book as well as be considered for publication with and in the selected publisher/ journal/ volume. The author must submit the paper using the writing template and through our online system or conference email before the paper submission deadline. The full paper should be written in English to be considered for publication in ASTI or IEREK Press Journals (ESSD, ARChive, Resourceedings only). The conference does welcome Arabic submissions (with abstracts written in the english language), which will only be considered for publication in BAHETH by IEREK Press. All presentations must be prepared and presented in the English language as it is the official language of the conference. Step 4: Similarity Check/ Plagiarism Detection All Chapters will be screened for similarity using iThenticate; a Turnitin Plagiarism detection software, used for academic publishers. Springer Similarity guidelines are as follows: Max. % from all sources: 10-15% Max. % from one source: 3-5% Higher than 30% (all sources): Reject completely Lower than 30% (all sources): Ask for revision to decrease the similarities To download Paper Writing Template, Click Here Step 5: Payment Completion & Confirmation Once Preliminary approval for presentation at the conference and/or consideration for publication is granted, authors will be expected to complete payment in reference to the Conference Fees before the peer review process can begin. Note: In preliminary evaluation, the research paper will be inspected against its readability, originality, structure, and relevance to the conference theme/ topics. If the paper gets acceptance by one reviewer, a preliminary acceptance notification will be sent to the author in addition to a proforma invoice requesting payment. As soon as payment is confirmed and done successfully, corresponding official documents can be issued from our end such as: A signed/stamped preliminary acceptance letter Receipt of Payment Visa Invitation Letter Step 6: Rigorous Peer Review Process Only after payment is confirmed, - and the full paper submission deadline reached, a submitted full-length paper is assigned to an Editor from the Editorial Board, in alignment with IEREK’s and the respective publisher’s revision SOP (double-blind process). - Each paper is evaluated by a minimum of two reviewers, after which a final decision by the responsible Editor is made. There is no maximum to the number of times a paper can be reviewed, depending on the quality of the submission. - Once a decision is made by the Editors, IEREK Editors will communicate one of the following three final decisions: Accepted without comments Revise and Resubmit – Minor or Major revision Final Rejection - If modifications are in order, authors will be sent the relevant instructions and a deadline will be set. Missed deadlines may result in complete exclusion/ rejection from the final publication. - A back and forth process: modifications will be sent back to the responsible Editor/ Series Editor and another round of evaluation conducted where needed. Authors should regularly check their emails (Junk/ Spam folders). To download Conference presentation Template, Click Here Eliana Martinelli Assistant Professor, University of Perugia, Italy. Eliana Martinelli (1987) is an architect and researcher. Since 2012, she has carried out academic and professional research in Italy, Germany, Turkey and Morocco; furthermore, she has also been involved in several designs that won international competitions. In 2017, she completed a PhD in Architectural Composition with honors at the IUAV University of Venice, with the first dissertation in Italy on the work of the Turkish architect Turgut Cansever, later published in the book Recomposing Unity. Turgut Cansever in Istanbul (2022). She has held teaching positions at the Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès (Morocco), SRH Hochschule Heidelberg (Germany), University of Pisa, University of Florence and Federico II University of Naples. She is a member of the Dar_Med research unit (University of Florence), where she works on architectural and urban design in the Euro-Mediterranean area, especially Turkey and the Maghreb. She also promotes and coordinates design workshops and participates in international conferences and seminars. Finally, she is a member of the DAAD-funded Learn[IN] project, part of the «Hochschuldialog mit Südeuropa» research program. Martinelli has published numerous essays in international volumes and journals and she is the co-founder and member of the editorial board of DAr, international biannual journal of architecture in the Islamic world. From 2019 to 2022, she was a research fellow at the University of Florence in the field of architectural and urban regeneration, specializing in memory and involvement of communities in the enhancement of tangible and intangible heritage, before moving to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Perugia in Italy in late 2022 as an Assistant Professor. Carmen Andriani Carmen Andriani_ Architect, full Professor of Architecture at the University of Genoa, he has held many institutional positions. Visiting professor at numerous international school, author of projects published and exhibited in editions of the Venice Biennale (1996/2000/2006/2008),and Triennale Milano(1996/2015), she has won over time prizes and awards. In 2008 she was shortlisted for the overall curatorial project of the Biennale Venezia Italian Pavilion (11th International Architecture Exhibition).In the same edition of the Biennale, she promotes and curates the multimedia conference 'Ricordo al futuro' (Biennale di Venezia/MiBAC, 2008), around a renewed notion of heritage. In 2010 she edited the volume "Il Patrimonio e l’abitare" by Donzelli Editore, resulting from the Conference. She founded and directed the series 'Le Forme del Cemento/Shapes Concrete'(2005/2016, Gangemi/Skira Ed. In 2014 she founded the permanent laboratory Coastal Design Lab (dAD /UniGe) about the abandoned industrial heritage at the interface between the city and the port. The CDL is still active. She is a member of numerous scientific committees. In November 2018, she was involved as a consultant for architectural and urban aspects in the project for the new bridge over the Val Polcevera (with Eng. Camillo Nuti, Maffeis Engineering, Impresa Pizzarotti) on the occasion of the international consultation for the reconstruction of the viaduct of Genoa. In 2020 she won, with an ItalianSwiss team, the two-phase competition to restore and enhance the Musmeci Bridge in Potenza (general coordination). She is the author of numerous projects for Rome, among which she built the Trevi-Pantheon Historic Monumental Route. In 2020 she founded and directed the series 'Image and Form' on the relationship between art, architecture and public space. In 2013 she wins the Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Icastica event. Pisa is one of the cities with a legendary historical character and one of the most famous historical areas in Italy. Pisa is located on the west coast of Italy and is considered a coastal city, as it is only 20 minutes away from the Ligurian Sea coast. What distinguishes it is that it is located in a privileged location between Florence, Livorno, and La Spezia. The following are some suggestions of places to visit while you are in Pisa, Italy: 1.Leaning Tower & Pisa Cathedral Get a comprehensive tour of Miracle Square on this walking excursion in Pisa. With a guide leading the way, you'll follow a carefully curated itinerary that ensures you hit all the landmarks such as the Cathedral and the Baptistery. This tour includes valuable skip-the-line entry to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, saving you tons of vacation time. Museum of Opera of Saint Maria of Fiore The Opera Museum of the Church, or as the Opera Museum del Duomo is known, is one of the most prominent cultural attractions in Pisa, and attracts a huge number of tourists every year, especially those who are interested in valuable artwork and sculptures. Artworks belonging to important archaeological sites in Pisa, such as the Pisa Cathedral, as well as some luxurious historical palaces. Sinopie Museum The Sinopi Museum is one of the important landmarks that can be visited during tourism in Pisa, especially if you are one of those interested in ancient history, as it played an important role in preserving original drawings of Camposanto maps. Museum of San. Matteo The museum is housed in the rooms of the old Benedictine convent of S. Matteo in Soarta (11th century) very little of which remains after alterations and restoration after the last war. The transformation into a museum and restoration of the building took place in 1949. Palazzo Blu To complement the tourist attractions in Pisa, we mention the Blue Palace, one of the most prominent landmarks of Pisa, especially for those interested in arts of all kinds. The Blue Palace in Pisa abounds with an impressive collection of artworks and paintings by Italian artists from the 16th to the 20th centuries. For participants who need Entry Visas to the country where the conference will be held, IEREK will issue the corresponding invitation letter for accepted applicants to facilitate visa issuance. Please note that we will endeavor to assist you in obtaining a visa but the responsibility is yours and the decision rests solely with the appropriate Embassy. Invitation Letter Issuance Process 1- In case the participant is an author who has submitted a research paper to the conference, it must get accepted by the Scientific Committee 2- Required participation fees must be paid 3- The participant should send the following information to the conference's official email: * A clear copy of passport * Passport number * Full name as written in your passport. * Date of Issuing and Expiration * Date of Birth * Email address of the nearest Embassy/Consulate to you * Mobile Number including country code 4- Conference coordinator will issue the needful invitation letter and send a copy to the participant's email, in addition to another one to the corresponding embassy/consulate 5- The participant should print out the invitation letter along with all other required documents by the embassy/consulate and apply for VISA
883	dbpedia	2	26	https://www.gov.me/en/article/160361--construction-of-first-one-only-hotel-in-europe-officially-starts-today-in-montenegro	en	First One & Only hotel in Europe to be built in Montenegro	https://www.gov.me/asset…o-default-en.jpg	https://www.gov.me/asset…o-default-en.jpg	[ "https://www.gov.me/assets/img/logos/logo-vlada-en.png", "https://www.gov.me/WebResources/images/thumb-photo-2.gif", "https://www.gov.me/assets/img/logos/logo-vlada.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "PR Service" ]	2016-04-22T00:00:00	First One & Only hotel in Europe to be built in Montenegro	en	/assets/img/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png	Government of Montenegro	https://www.gov.me/en/article/160361--construction-of-first-one-only-hotel-in-europe-officially-starts-today-in-montenegro	Herceg Novi, Montenegro (22. April 2016) -- Construction of the first One & Only hotel in Europe officially started earlier today, as part of the Portonovi resort, in which, according to Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Azmont Investments Ahmet Erentok, a total of EUR 650 million will be invested. At today’s ceremony, he said that the unique luxury destination will attract visitors from all over the world. The whole project is further promotion of beautiful Montenegro, which we see as a prestigious destination, and the first One & Only hotel in Europe will be the jewel of the Bay of Kotor, said Mr Erentok. He added that the Azmont Investment cooperates with many famous designers, consultants and construction companies, and the Italian Impresa Pizzarotti will be responsible for the major part of construction work. Our goal is to set new standards - in the country, throughout the Mediterranean and beyond, Mr Erentok noted, emphasising that the Portonovi resort will leave a special mark on the world tourism map. Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo Đukanović underscored that the implementation of the Portonovi project will provide citizens with high-quality jobs, gives a strong impetus to economic growth of Montenegro and improves its image in the global market.
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that shaped the actions of the designers: there are – explains architect Sergio Beccarelli of Policreo – lots of little details that contribute to making this building more human and liveable, a more suitable place for looking after children”. These include the colours, for example, chosen by an interdisciplinary team, and all of the materials, including the Cotto d’Este ceramic surfaces. Photo credits: Paolo Lorenzi “14 mm extra-thick porcelain stoneware was used in the most trafficked areas - Beccarelli explains - while for all the bathrooms KERLITE was preferred to resilient tile solutions enabling us to avoid joints and grout lines while ensuring maximum efficiency from a hygienic and sanitary perspective. The versatility of the Cotto d’Este materials – the designer continues – guaranteed us additional opportunities: because of its lightness, flexibility and large sizes, Kerlite ultra-thin ceramic porcelain stoneware was the ideal finish for the suspended walkways that connect the public areas with the clinical departments as it also matched the 14mm extra-thick porcelain stoneware”.
883	dbpedia	3	9	https://www.linkedin.com/posts/impresa-pizzarotti-c-s-p-a-_construction-moldova-bucharest-activity-7108345773108473856-F2M_	en	Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. on LinkedIn: #construction #moldova #bucharest #moldova #infrastructures	https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D22AQFNTn7FSjE-VQ/feedshare-shrink_2048_1536/feedshare-shrink_2048_1536/0/1694761696364?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=VCrrGwKUYzkO1oF4k0SPff5b_pNt8OVrgNKeEmIbk30	https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D22AQFNTn7FSjE-VQ/feedshare-shrink_2048_1536/feedshare-shrink_2048_1536/0/1694761696364?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=VCrrGwKUYzkO1oF4k0SPff5b_pNt8OVrgNKeEmIbk30	[ "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D3DAQG6nG9z6AmaJQ/image-scale_191_1128/image-scale_191_1128/0/1702308552304/impresa_pizzarotti__c_s_p_a__cover?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=5VNkqP-unCrvl9kh-qtyyvSndEEdM_jI-C-1iKvuRMs" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A" ]	2023-09-15T07:08:18.960000+00:00	On September 12th the Romania Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, together with the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Sorin Grindeanu, visited the…	en	https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/al2o9zrvru7aqj8e1x2rzsrca		https://www.linkedin.com/posts/impresa-pizzarotti-c-s-p-a-_construction-moldova-bucharest-activity-7108345773108473856-F2M_	Another milestone for this year!📢 #RailBaltica announced tenders for the construction of nearly 53 kilometers of the railway mainline in #Estonia. 💬The construction of the Rail Baltica mainline is undoubtedly a priority for us in 2024 and the following years. One year from now, we aim to see active railway infrastructure construction on more than a third of the Estonian part of the future high-speed railway. This will allow us to stay on schedule to commence rail traffic in 2030,” said Anvar Salomets, the Chief Executive Officer of Rail Baltic Estonia. 🚧Together with upcoming contract sections, construction activities are expected to take place on 74 kilometers of the Rail Baltica Estonian route within a year, constituting over a third of the entire length of the Estonian mainline. In Harju County, the railway construction will extend from the Ülemiste terminal to the county border. #CEFTransport #RailBaltica More information 🔍 https://lnkd.in/dU9_xYtJ Quang Ngai province requests to adjust the capital structure of a 3,500 billion VND project Quang Ngai province is seeking to adjust the capital structure of the Hoang Sa - Doc Soi road project, a key infrastructure initiative. The total investment for the project is 3,500 billion VND, with the central budget portion proposed to be increased from 500 billion VND to 1,300 billion VND. The Provincial People’s Committee has proposed the Ministry of Planning and Investment to submit to the Prime Minister for consideration, support for additional investment capital of 800 billion VND from the increased central budget source in 2022. The National Assembly has agreed to supplement the capital source for the project, allowing to continue completing the procedures. However, capital will only be allocated when fully meeting the conditions as prescribed by law. The Government has directed to complete the procedural dossier and submit it to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly for consideration before December 31, 2023, to timely allocate capital. The Hoang Sa - Doc Soi road project is expected to clear the bottleneck, forming an important vertical traffic axis of the province, and reduce vehicle flow on National Highway 1 during peak hours. The groundbreaking ceremony for the project is expected to be held on December 22, 2023. #QuangNgai #HoangSaDocSoiRoad #Infrastructure #Investment #BNCUpdate: Breaking Boundaries: The Morocco-Spain Undersea Railway Tunnel The Morocco-Spain Undersea Railway Tunnel initiative represents a groundbreaking endeavor poised to transform transportation between the two nations. Spearheaded by the appointment of a renowned consultancy firm, this ambitious project aims to establish a direct link between Tarifa in Spain and Tangier in Morocco, spanning the Strait of Gibraltar. Key Features: 🚇 Constructing a 38-kilometer-long undersea railway tunnel beneath the Strait of Gibraltar. 🌊 27 kilometers submerged at depths of up to 475 meters, promising unprecedented connectivity. 📈 Expected to accommodate 13 million tonnes of goods and 12.8 million passengers annually, enhancing trade and travel. 🔍 Comprehensive feasibility assessments and safety studies, ensuring technical robustness and adherence to standards. 💰 Providing updated cost estimates for the entire endeavor, including infrastructural developments on the Moroccan side, to enhance logistical and financial transparency. https://lnkd.in/dQ2kuEWX 🔗 To learn more about the consultant behind this vision, click the link! 🌐 Register for free to get exclusive updates on this initiative. #MoroccoSpainRailTunnel #TransnationalTransport #UnderseaRailway #Connectivity #Infrastructure #CrossBorderLink #WA Budget // Last Thursday, the Western Australian Government released its 2024-25 Budget, which included a total of $11.8 billion of transport related transport infrastructure projects over the next four years. The key highlight for rail was an additional $254 million investment in the transformative METRONET project. It is expected that the Yanchep Rail Extension and the Morley-Ellenbrook Line will be completed this year, with a further three major rail projects expected to be delivered in 2025. Completion of these five major METRONET rail projects will see the delivery of: ▪ 17 new train stations ▪ 61.5 kilometres of new tracks ▪ 5.5 kilometres of new elevated rail ▪ six hectares of new public open space, and ▪ the first east-west connecting rail between the Mandurah and Armadale Lines. Also of relevance to rail is the investment of $116 million for Westport, including for early marine, civil and road works to transition container trade from Fremantle to Kwinana, unlocking future trade opportunities and economic capacity. This is in addition to the Federal Government's recent pledge of an additional $33.5 million towards the development of Westport as part of their 2024-25 Budget. The Westport project is the linchpin for future trade growth in Western Australia. It includes planning a new port and the connected road, rail and logistics operations required to move container trade from Fremantle to Kwinana. #WA #rail #investment #majorprojects #metro 🚂🇻🇳 Off the rails ✅ 🎯 China Railway Construction Co., Ltd. and POWERCHINA show strong interest in joining #Vietnam's infrastructure endeavours, especially the proposed Lao Cai - Hanoi - Haiphong railway project. 🤝🏼 On his visit to China's Guangxi, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 16 had important meetings with key stakeholders from China's major corporations. The discussions centred around potential investment opportunities in Vietnam's infrastructure sector, particularly the proposed Lao Cai - Ha Noi - Haiphong railway. During the engagements, PM Chinh welcomed chairman of the Executive Board of China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) Chen Yun and Wang Xiaojun, deputy general manager of PowerChina. 💡Highlighting the global footprint of CRCC, PM Chinh said that the Vietnamese government encouraged foreign corporations, particularly those from China, to expand their investment and business operations in Vietnam. 🚆 Vietnam Railways Corporation is currently seeking opinions on preliminary planning for the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Haiphong - Quang Ninh railway line, conceived by domestic consultants. This railway, spanning over 441km, is planned up to 2030 with a vision to 2050. It is set to start at Hekou, China, in Lao Cai and traverses multiple provinces before concluding at Cai Lan Port in Quang Ninh. https://lnkd.in/gH9eEPvQ #Angola & #China : MEMORANDUM OF UNDERTANDING (MOU) SIGNED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MOTORWAY BETWEEN NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES The Ministry of Public Works, Urban Planning and Housing and the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) have signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of the first motorway linking the south and north of Angola with neighbouring countries over a distance of around 1,400 kilometres. According to Carlos dos Santos, who holds the portfolio in Macau (China), the parties have initialled an agreement in principle for formal talks in addition to the memorandum. According to a statement from the Ministry of Public Works, Urban Planning and Housing quoted by Angop, the memorandum aims to secure investments and projects for the construction of the motorway. The document states that Carlos dos Santos also met with various Chinese business groups as part of Angola's participation in the 15th International Forum for Investment and Infrastructure Construction, which took place in Macau from 18 to 21 this month. At the same time, the minister took part in the annual meeting of the International Mechanism for the Promotion of Sustainable Infrastructure (MISIP) and presented the main development trends in infrastructure construction in Angola, focussing on the road sector (roads and bridges), public buildings and social housing. According to the government representative, international cooperation has played a crucial role in the development of Angola's infrastructure, with China considered one of the country's most important strategic partners, financing and constructing various important projects such as roads, bridges, buildings, housing, public social facilities, harbours, airports and power plants. #InfrastructureFinance #Motorway4Future #Construction #Roads #Bridges
883	dbpedia	0	2	https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2019/07/12/pizzarotti-had-a-blockbuster-entrance-into-the-nyc-market-but-did-the-construction-company-fly-too-close-to-the-sun/	en	Pizzarotti had a blockbuster NYC entrance. But did the construction company fly too close to the sun?	https://static.therealde…3-Pizzarotti.jpg	https://static.therealde…3-Pizzarotti.jpg	[ "https://static.therealdeal.com/media/trd-logo.svg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Kylli-Loses-SF-Office-Tenant-as-350M-Loan-Deadline-Looms-f-150x106.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Feds-Long-Awaited-Interest-Rate-Cut-Could-Stoke-Residential-f-150x106.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CGI-Merchant-Loses-Miami-Hotel-to-Madison-Realty-Capital-m-150x94.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ft_MIA_Short-Term-Condo-Feature-150x106.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1200-Pizzarotti.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/350_PaoloPizzarotti.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/350_Jonathan-Landau-Fortis-220x300.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/161-maiden-lane-34th-floor-650x488.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Kathryn Brenzel" ]	2019-07-12T00:00:00	Construction firm Pizzarotti came to NYC in 2013 but has faced some issues with its clients.	en		The Real Deal	https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2019/07/12/pizzarotti-had-a-blockbuster-entrance-into-the-nyc-market-but-did-the-construction-company-fly-too-close-to-the-sun/	After more than 100 years in the construction business, Italy-based Impresa Pizzarotti still needed a fixer to break into a formidable new market: New York City. The company began searching in 2013 for a partner with experience and connections in the city, apparently finding both qualities two years later in IBC Business Groups, a construction management firm that launched in 2012. The company was run by Rance MacFarland and Frank DeGrande, both of whom were affiliated with small construction companies before forming IBC. As the newly created New York subsidiary, IBC Pizzarotti, which was officially formed in 2015, the open shop company quickly won an impressive volume of work, by some counts $1 billion’s worth in just 20 months. But in the past two years, the company has parted ways with its CEO, been replaced on several jobs and become entangled in a series of lawsuits with clients, former employees and subcontractors. While its Italian parent is well-known and respected internationally, some say the New York subsidiary wasn’t ready for the amount of work it took on and didn’t have adequate backing from executives across the Atlantic. “Simply, I think they had taken on too many projects all at once, and they couldn’t support it with the local staff they have,” one source familiar with Pizzarotti’s work said. “They were a small shop that could not take on all the work that they ultimately got.” Things fall apart Pizzarotti’s union with IBC didn’t last long. In March 2017, the firm quietly reached a separation agreement with MacFarland, purchasing his 20 percent stake in the company, according to a lawsuit Pizzarotti filed against MacFarland. DeGrande remained at the company, serving as its head of business development and one of the only people from Pizzarotti whose name appears on permit applications filed with the city’s Department of Buildings. Still, the firm dropped IBC from its name. In October 2017, Pizzarotti filed a lawsuit against MacFarland, claiming he misappropriated company resources to cover personal expenses, causing — among other things — delays in the firm’s projects. The lawsuit claims he committed to contracts without approval from the company’s board of directors, made unnecessary payments to vendors and subcontractors and caused “substantial harm to the company by damaging its image in the New York City market, which was especially susceptible considering the Pizzarotti Group was just emerging in that geographic area.” According to the complaint, his alleged misdeeds were the reason for the March separation agreement. Pizzarotti ultimately decided to go public with its allegations once MacFarland was hired by a competitor, McKissack & McKissack, which violated the terms of his employment agreement with Pizzarotti, according to the lawsuit. McKissack put out a press release in May 2017 announcing that MacFarland had been named its CEO. The release credited MacFarland with “facilitat[ing] [Pizzarotti’s] initial entrance into the New York market, which resulted in the company securing approximately $1 billion of work under contract in 20 months.” McKissack has since filed a lawsuit against MacFarland, alleging that he failed to disclose legal judgements against him, which were masked by other LLCs he was using. Earlier this year, MacFarland declared bankruptcy, citing both the Pizzarotti and McKissack lawsuits as major liabilities. McKissask is seeking $220,000, but the damages in Pizzarotti’s lawsuit have not yet been set, according to court documents. MacFarland did not return calls seeking comment. In court filings in response to the lawsuit filed by Pizzarotti, MacFarland denies the allegations. He also filed a motion to dismiss the McKissack complaint, arguing that it didn’t show an intent to deceive the company, but the motion was denied. For some, MacFarland’s departure marked a crucial shift in the company. Owners had worked with MacFarland and, in some cases, decided to hire Pizzarotti because of him. Marco Martegiani, who served as COO of the New York-based company for six months, was tapped to replace MacFarland. According to his LinkedIn, before joining Pizzarotti’s New York team as COO, Martegiani worked exclusively for construction companies in Rome. A repeated complaint from some who have worked with Pizzarotti is that the management team was in constant flux and seemed to operate with little guidance from its parent company. “I got the sense that their ownership was not on the ground in terms of really understanding the complexities of New York real estate,” one person who worked on a project with Pizzarotti said on the condition of anonymity. “While things were good, it was all good. But when it turned, these things have a way of quickly becoming dominos. Unfortunately, I think they got too far out over their skis.” Thank you, next Pizzarotti Impresa was founded in 1910 by Gino Pizzarotti, whose first project was a small church on a Tuscan mountain pass. Since then, the company, which is headquartered in the northern Italian city of Parma, has grown into one of Italy’s largest contractors. The firm specializes in large-scale infrastructure projects, which have included modernizing sections of the Reggio Calabria Motorway, a 307-mile long roadway. Pizzarotti also built Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty’s castles at Disneyland in Paris. By 2016, Pizzarotti Impresa had a presence in more than 20 different countries, its website states. According to Associazione Nazionale Costruttori Edili, an Italy-based contractor group, the company was the country’s fourth largest construction contractor by revenue in 2017, taking in $807 million. In 2017, the company formed a joint venture with Australia-based RF Holdings, which goes by Roberts Pizzarotti. The JV’s website boasts that within 12 months of forming Roberts Pizzarotti, the company was tapped to build a 29-story office building for Zurich Australian Property Holdings in North Sydney. The team is also working on the first phase of a hotel redevelopment and is building medical office space in St. Leonards. In Australia, Pizzarotti paired up with one of the most well-known construction families in the country. Andrew Roberts had previously served as CEO of Multiplex, a company founded by his father that Brookfield Asset Management purchased in 2007. But in New York, Pizzarotti didn’t team up with a major local player, instead merging with a company led by two lesser-known professionals. “You don’t hire people from the marketplace, put up your flag and think that you’ve got it figured it out,” said one NYC-based contractor who has watched the company’s progress in the city. “New York’s still a very parochial marketplace.” Sign Up for the undefined Newsletter However, after MacFarland’s departure, the company’s U.S. arm made a few key hires, bringing on seasoned leaders in the New York City market. In February, Pizzarotti tapped Michael Holloway to replace Martegiani as COO. Holloway previously worked for established firms like Lendlease, Plaza Construction, the Alexico Group and Madison Equities. The firm also hired two vice presidents, Michael Wewiora and Martin Hirko, both of whom worked for major city contractors, in August. In November, the company hired Plaza and L&L Holding Company alum Scott Lakow as a vice president and project executive. However, according to LinkedIn, seven months later, Lakow joined Shvo as vice president of development. He didn’t return messages seeking comment. Until recently, Fortis Property Group’s South Street Seaport condo tower at 161 Maiden Lane was the most visible of Pizzarotti’s New York operations. But over the past several years, construction issues have plagued the Seaport project. A worker fell to his death in September 2017, shutting down construction for more than two months. The city halted construction several other times for safety issues at the site, including an incident in which a concrete bucket grazed the tower’s 34th floor, causing some of the material to pour into the street and partially lifting a section of the floor’s deck. Fortis blames Pizzarotti for the 13 stop-work orders that were issued at the site and claims it fired the construction company on April 2, 2019, replacing the firm with Ray Builders. Pizzarotti is suing Fortis, claiming that it’s owed $32 million for its role on the project. Pizzarotti’s lawsuit also blames the tower’s misalignment on Fortis, alleging that the developer elected to use a cost-cutting method on the building’s foundation that caused it to lean three inches to the north. Fortis has filed a countersuit. “As the sole and exclusive result of Pizzarotti’s failures, among other things, the project has endured endless stop work orders, a lack of competent project and site management for nearly the entire duration of the project to date,” Jonathan Landau, CEO of Fortis, said in a letter to Pizzarotti, which was filed as an exhibit in the ongoing lawsuit. “In fact, at multiple meetings, Pizzarotti executives acknowledged these problems, conceded that there was no excuse for these epic failures and even went so far as to acknowledge that the dysfunction was in large part attributable to its parent company abroad failing to support Pizzarotti sufficiently to meet its contractual obligations.” Portions of an email exchange between Fortis and Pizzarotti, also included as an exhibit in the lawsuit, include discussions about clashes between the development and construction teams. In an April 2018 email, Pizzarotti executive vice president Stefano Soncini seems to acknowledge some organizational issues in his company, indicating that he’s replaced 100 percent of his team from the year prior. Pizzarotti has also had issues with its subcontractors. Its former concrete subcontractor on the Seaport tower, SSC High Rise, filed a mechanic’s lien against Pizzarotti, claiming it’s owed $3.8 million. Pizzarotti has called the lien “willfully exaggerated” and says SSC abandoned work on the tower without giving notice. In July 2018, SSC pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in connection to the death of Juan Chonillo, who fell from the building’s 29th floor. Officials said Chonillo had unhooked his harness to fix a scaffolding platform that became stuck. An SSC foreman had ordered workers to move the platform despite the fact that five workers were still on the unit, according to prosecutors. The city’s building code bars a platform from being moved when workers are on top of it. SSC High Rise’s phone number was disconnected, and the firm could not be reached for comment. Fortis also filed a complaint against Pizzarotti in May over its work at eight townhouses at 88-98 Amity Street in Brooklyn, known as the Polhemus Townhouses. Fortis alleges that Pizzarotti failed to meet the 12-month construction schedule they agreed to, instead only completing 80 percent of the project after 28 months of work. The developer alleges that Pizzarotti fell behind schedule because it was unable to hire enough manpower for the project. Fortis also claims Pizzarotti’s work is riddled with defects. According to the lawsuit, Fortis was forced to pay for the customization of individual townhouses as a way to keep buyers from walking away. In some cases, buyers backed out of their contracts, leaving Fortis to find replacements in a “less favorable sales market,” according to the lawsuit. Three townhouses are listed as in-contract on StreetEasy, and there’s only been one closing so far. “Throughout the course of the project, the manpower provided was woefully inadequate. Importantly, the manpower inadequacy was not limited to workers — project management on site was grossly deficient and incompetent,” the lawsuit states. “Pizzarotti lacked the ability to negotiate with subcontractors to complete all phases of work and/or failed to obtain multiple bids to reduce costs.” The Fortis developments aren’t the only projects Pizzarotti has lost (though, the firm maintains it terminated its contract with Fortis before the developer fired the company). DOB records show that Wonder Works construction replaced Pizzarotti at Colonnade Group’s condo project at 75 First Avenue in April. The developer and Pizzarotti are also currently locked in a dispute over the project’s costs. Pizzarotti has filed a lien, claiming it’s owed a little more than $1 million. In a counter complaint, Colonnade alleges that Pizzarotti hasn’t properly itemized its expenses and “claimed a lien for significantly more money than it has spent on the project.” In its complaint, Colonnade calls Pizzarotti’s billing practices “false and possibly fraudulent.” In 2016, RXR Realty tapped Pizzarotti to manage a $1 billion mixed-use project in Glen Cove known as Garvies Point. The construction firm was already working at RXR’s Ritz Carlton-Residences North Hills, whose final phase received a temporary certificate of occupancy in June. Though Pizzarotti remained on the Ritz Carlton project, the company wasn’t retained for the majority of work at Garvies. “They were a contractor for pre-construction services and completed that scope of work,” Robert Leonard, a spokesperson for RXR Realty said. He would not elaborate on RXR’s reason for hiring a different firm for the remainder of the Garvies Point project. When asked if he could comment on how Pizzarotti operates or how it’s performed on the Ritz Carlton job, he would only say: “We continue to deliver a Ritz Carlton-quality product at North Hills.” A representative for Pizzarotti said “allegations on the company’s performance on various projects are untruthful.” “The company is closely monitoring all allegations that are directly or indirectly being disseminated on the media, and our attorneys are working on a lawsuit for defamation,” a spokesperson for Pizzarotti said. Pizzarotti is also a development partner — alongside Madison Equities, Gemdale Properties and AMS Acquisitions — on a 1,115-foot-tower planned for 45 Broad Street. The development team held a groundbreaking ceremony in April 2017, but two years later, the tower has yet to go vertical. Madison Equities did not respond to a request for comment, nor did Gemdale. The company is a co-developer — with Centaur Properties and Greyscale Development — at the Jardim, a 36-unit condo building at 528 West 28th Street. That project topped out in September 2017. A groundbreaking ceremony was held in October for Anbau Enterprises’ 39 West 23rd Street, a 39-unit condo project that Pizzarotti is building. The developers at the Jardim and 39 West 23rd Street did not respond to requests for comment. The company has also successfully completed a Marriott-branded AC Hotel New York Downtown at 151 Maiden Lane for the LCRE Group, which opened last year. But Clipper Equities recently replaced Pizzarotti at its Gramercy Square project, a four-building hotel that’s being converted into luxury condo units. When reached by email, Clipper’s David Bistricer declined to comment. Sources familiar with the project, however, said construction has dragged at the site. “[Pizzarotti] spoke a good game,” one person familiar with the project said. “It was a two-year nightmare.”
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883	dbpedia	0	52	https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/contracts/suez-wastewater-plant-italy/	en	Suez to renovate Naples-North wastewater treatment plant in Italy	https://www.nsenergybusi…19/02/Suez-1.jpg	https://www.nsenergybusi…19/02/Suez-1.jpg	[ "https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/02/NS-Energy.png", "https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/02/Suez-1.jpg", "https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/wp-content/themes/goodlife-wp-B2B/assets/images/newsletter-new.svg", "https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/06/korea_to_channel-300x300.jpg", "https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Lighthouse-22-300x300.webp", "https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/wp-content/themes/goodlife-wp-B2B/assets/images/icons/catfish-icon.svg", "https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/code/wp-content/themes/goodlife-wp-B2B/assets/img/icons/linkedin_icon_w.svg", "https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/code/wp-content/themes/goodlife-wp-B2B/assets/img/icons/twitter_icon_w.svg", "https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/code/wp-content/themes/goodlife-wp-B2B/assets/img/icons/facebook_icon_w.svg", "https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/code/wp-content/themes/goodlife-wp-B2B/assets/images/BTM_INT.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Surya Rao Akella", "Staff" ]	2019-02-22T04:33:49+00:00	Environmental services provider Suez has secured a contract in Italy, to renovate and operate the Naples-North (Napoli Nord) wastewater treatment plant.	en		NS Energy	https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/contracts/suez-wastewater-plant-italy/	Suez stated that this contract is part of the Regi Lagni – Naples infrastructure modernisation project, for which the company secured the modernisation and operation of Cuma’s water treatment plant contract in 2017. As per the company, these two 5-year contracts represent a total turnover of €120m. As per Suez, the aim of the Regi Lagni – Naples major project is to rehabilitate five wastewater treatment plants across Cuma, Naples-North, Marcianise, Acerra and Foce Regi Lagni which have a capacity to serve 4.5 million inhabitants. The €450m project and is considered to be an important investment in sanitation in the country and in Europe in the last 20 years. Suez will join hands with its partner Impresa Pizzarotti to renovate and operate the plants in Napoli Nord and Cuma, managing wastewater treatment equivalent of 2 million inhabitants, for a total amount of over €200m, of which €120m was awarded to the French company. Suez has claimed that it will use its technology to significantly reduce energy footprint at the two facilities, including the control of the air consumption required by the biological treatment and saving resources by recovering sludge (cogeneration) and heat from the available thermal flows. Suez France, Italy & Central Europe group senior executive vice president Marie-Ange Debon said: “This project is crucial for the Naples region, which has significant infrastructure needs, in particular in the environment. In collaboration with the local and regional authorities, SUEZ will provide the teams and the know-how required to improve the technical and environmental performance of the facilities. “We take pride in being selected by the Campania region and contributing to the improvement of the bathing waters of the Gulf of Naples.” Suez serves the Italian market through joint ventures in water management, where it supplies 2.7 million inhabitants with drinking water and wastewater collection services. In last five decades, the company claims to have built 150 drinking water plants, 500 wastewater treatment plants and 80 industrial water treatment plants.
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treatment plant. T...	en	/sites/all/themes/iagua_v7/images/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png	Smart Water Magazine	https://smartwatermagazine.com/news/suez/suez-wins-contract-renovate-and-operate-naples-north-wastewater-treatment-plant	SUEZ continues to develop its activity in Italy with a new contract to renovate and operate the Naples-North (Napoli Nord) wastewater treatment plant. This contract is part of the “Regi Lagni - Naples” major infrastructure modernisation project, for which the Group was also awarded the modernisation and operation of Cuma’s water treatment plant in 2017. These two 5-year contracts represent a total turnover of €120 million for the Group. The aim of the “Regi Lagni - Naples” major project is to rehabilitate five wastewater treatment plants (Cuma, Naples-North, Marcianise, Acerra and Foce Regi Lagni), with a total treatment capacity of 4.5 million inhabitants equivalent. This €450 million project is the most important investment in sanitation in the country and in Europe in the last 20 years. With its partner Impresa Pizzarotti & C.S.p.A, SUEZ will renovate and operate the plants of Napoli Nord and Cuma, managing the wastewater treatment of 2 million inhabitants equivalent, for a total amount of more than €200 million, of which €120 million awarded to the Group. SUEZ will use innovation technologies to significantly reduce the energy footprint of the two facilities, including the control of the air consumption required by the biological treatment1, and to save resources by recovering sludge (cogeneration) and heat from the available thermal flows (cogeneration, dryers, heating and cooling networks, etc.). The Italian market is the Group’s third-largest country for the development of its water activities in Europe. In the coming years, it is expected to increase, driven by the country’s needs to invest in infrastructure. SUEZ is represented through joint ventures in water management in Italy, where it supplies 2.7 million inhabitants with drinking water and wastewater collection services. Over the last 56 years, the Group has also built 150 drinking water plants, 500 wastewater treatment plants and 80 industrial water treatment plants. One of its three centres of expertise in industrial water is located in Milan.
883	dbpedia	3	11	https://www.meed.com/impresa-pizzarotti-wins-hotel-contract-in-uae/	en	Impresa Pizzarotti wins hotel contract in UAE	https://www.meed.com/	https://www.meed.com/	[ "https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=821179&fmt=gif", "https://www.meed.com/assets/images/logo.svg", "https://www.meed.com/assets/images/logo.svg", "https://www.meed.com/assets/images/JohnBambridge.png", "https://www.meed.com/assets/images/logo.svg", "https://www.meed.com/assets/images/openAthens.png", "https://www.meed.com/assets/images/header_bg.jpg", "https://www.meed.com/Uploads/NewsArticle/12318054/thumbnail.jpg", "https://www.meed.com/Uploads/NewsArticle/12317086/thumbnail.jpg", "https://www.meed.com/Uploads/NewsArticle/12316702/thumbnail.jpg", "https://www.meed.com/Uploads/NewsArticle/12316537/thumbnail.jpg", "https://www.meed.com/Uploads/NewsArticle/12318054/thumbnail.jpg", "https://www.meed.com/Uploads/NewsArticle/12317086/thumbnail.jpg", "https://www.meed.com/Uploads/NewsArticle/12316702/thumbnail.jpg", "https://www.meed.com/Uploads/NewsArticle/12316537/thumbnail.jpg", "https://www.meed.com/Uploads/NewsArticle/12315923/thumbnail.gif", "https://www.meed.com/assets/images/sub-image.png", "https://www.meed.com/assets/images/meed-footer-logo.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2011-10-01T00:00:00	<p>Italian contractor will build five-star hotel in Fujairah</p>	en	/assets/images/favicon.png	MEED	https://www.meed.com/impresa-pizzarotti-wins-hotel-contract-in-uae	The Italian contractor Impresa Pizzarotti has been awarded a contract by Dubai-based developer Elwan Group for the main construction package on its estimated AED450m ($122m) hotel resort in Al-Aqah, Fujairah. The five-star hotel will have 288 rooms, large terraced pool, 1,320 square metres of conference facilities and six food and beverage outlets. The resort will also contain landscaped gardens and parking facilities for more than 300 cars. Pizzarotti will start construction work in the second quarter of 2011, and the hotel is scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of 2013. Foundation work was completed previously, but Elwan decided to suspend work during the downturn of 2008 and 2009. The hotel resort was designed by US-based Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (HOK). The developer is hoping to achieve Leed (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for the project by the US Green Building Council by using photovoltaic panels on the roof to increase energy efficiency. Elwan is also expected to use treated wastewater for irrigation and cooling to increase efficiency.The developer is the majority owner of Tanqia, a wastewater collection and treatment system in Fujairah.
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883	dbpedia	2	0	https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2019/07/12/pizzarotti-had-a-blockbuster-entrance-into-the-nyc-market-but-did-the-construction-company-fly-too-close-to-the-sun/	en	Pizzarotti had a blockbuster NYC entrance. But did the construction company fly too close to the sun?	https://static.therealde…3-Pizzarotti.jpg	https://static.therealde…3-Pizzarotti.jpg	[ "https://static.therealdeal.com/media/trd-logo.svg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Kylli-Loses-SF-Office-Tenant-as-350M-Loan-Deadline-Looms-f-150x106.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Feds-Long-Awaited-Interest-Rate-Cut-Could-Stoke-Residential-f-150x106.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CGI-Merchant-Loses-Miami-Hotel-to-Madison-Realty-Capital-m-150x94.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ft_MIA_Short-Term-Condo-Feature-150x106.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1200-Pizzarotti.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/350_PaoloPizzarotti.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/350_Jonathan-Landau-Fortis-220x300.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/161-maiden-lane-34th-floor-650x488.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Kathryn Brenzel" ]	2019-07-12T00:00:00	Construction firm Pizzarotti came to NYC in 2013 but has faced some issues with its clients.	en		The Real Deal	https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2019/07/12/pizzarotti-had-a-blockbuster-entrance-into-the-nyc-market-but-did-the-construction-company-fly-too-close-to-the-sun/	After more than 100 years in the construction business, Italy-based Impresa Pizzarotti still needed a fixer to break into a formidable new market: New York City. The company began searching in 2013 for a partner with experience and connections in the city, apparently finding both qualities two years later in IBC Business Groups, a construction management firm that launched in 2012. The company was run by Rance MacFarland and Frank DeGrande, both of whom were affiliated with small construction companies before forming IBC. As the newly created New York subsidiary, IBC Pizzarotti, which was officially formed in 2015, the open shop company quickly won an impressive volume of work, by some counts $1 billion’s worth in just 20 months. But in the past two years, the company has parted ways with its CEO, been replaced on several jobs and become entangled in a series of lawsuits with clients, former employees and subcontractors. While its Italian parent is well-known and respected internationally, some say the New York subsidiary wasn’t ready for the amount of work it took on and didn’t have adequate backing from executives across the Atlantic. “Simply, I think they had taken on too many projects all at once, and they couldn’t support it with the local staff they have,” one source familiar with Pizzarotti’s work said. “They were a small shop that could not take on all the work that they ultimately got.” Things fall apart Pizzarotti’s union with IBC didn’t last long. In March 2017, the firm quietly reached a separation agreement with MacFarland, purchasing his 20 percent stake in the company, according to a lawsuit Pizzarotti filed against MacFarland. DeGrande remained at the company, serving as its head of business development and one of the only people from Pizzarotti whose name appears on permit applications filed with the city’s Department of Buildings. Still, the firm dropped IBC from its name. In October 2017, Pizzarotti filed a lawsuit against MacFarland, claiming he misappropriated company resources to cover personal expenses, causing — among other things — delays in the firm’s projects. The lawsuit claims he committed to contracts without approval from the company’s board of directors, made unnecessary payments to vendors and subcontractors and caused “substantial harm to the company by damaging its image in the New York City market, which was especially susceptible considering the Pizzarotti Group was just emerging in that geographic area.” According to the complaint, his alleged misdeeds were the reason for the March separation agreement. Pizzarotti ultimately decided to go public with its allegations once MacFarland was hired by a competitor, McKissack & McKissack, which violated the terms of his employment agreement with Pizzarotti, according to the lawsuit. McKissack put out a press release in May 2017 announcing that MacFarland had been named its CEO. The release credited MacFarland with “facilitat[ing] [Pizzarotti’s] initial entrance into the New York market, which resulted in the company securing approximately $1 billion of work under contract in 20 months.” McKissack has since filed a lawsuit against MacFarland, alleging that he failed to disclose legal judgements against him, which were masked by other LLCs he was using. Earlier this year, MacFarland declared bankruptcy, citing both the Pizzarotti and McKissack lawsuits as major liabilities. McKissask is seeking $220,000, but the damages in Pizzarotti’s lawsuit have not yet been set, according to court documents. MacFarland did not return calls seeking comment. In court filings in response to the lawsuit filed by Pizzarotti, MacFarland denies the allegations. He also filed a motion to dismiss the McKissack complaint, arguing that it didn’t show an intent to deceive the company, but the motion was denied. For some, MacFarland’s departure marked a crucial shift in the company. Owners had worked with MacFarland and, in some cases, decided to hire Pizzarotti because of him. Marco Martegiani, who served as COO of the New York-based company for six months, was tapped to replace MacFarland. According to his LinkedIn, before joining Pizzarotti’s New York team as COO, Martegiani worked exclusively for construction companies in Rome. A repeated complaint from some who have worked with Pizzarotti is that the management team was in constant flux and seemed to operate with little guidance from its parent company. “I got the sense that their ownership was not on the ground in terms of really understanding the complexities of New York real estate,” one person who worked on a project with Pizzarotti said on the condition of anonymity. “While things were good, it was all good. But when it turned, these things have a way of quickly becoming dominos. Unfortunately, I think they got too far out over their skis.” Thank you, next Pizzarotti Impresa was founded in 1910 by Gino Pizzarotti, whose first project was a small church on a Tuscan mountain pass. Since then, the company, which is headquartered in the northern Italian city of Parma, has grown into one of Italy’s largest contractors. The firm specializes in large-scale infrastructure projects, which have included modernizing sections of the Reggio Calabria Motorway, a 307-mile long roadway. Pizzarotti also built Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty’s castles at Disneyland in Paris. By 2016, Pizzarotti Impresa had a presence in more than 20 different countries, its website states. According to Associazione Nazionale Costruttori Edili, an Italy-based contractor group, the company was the country’s fourth largest construction contractor by revenue in 2017, taking in $807 million. In 2017, the company formed a joint venture with Australia-based RF Holdings, which goes by Roberts Pizzarotti. The JV’s website boasts that within 12 months of forming Roberts Pizzarotti, the company was tapped to build a 29-story office building for Zurich Australian Property Holdings in North Sydney. The team is also working on the first phase of a hotel redevelopment and is building medical office space in St. Leonards. In Australia, Pizzarotti paired up with one of the most well-known construction families in the country. Andrew Roberts had previously served as CEO of Multiplex, a company founded by his father that Brookfield Asset Management purchased in 2007. But in New York, Pizzarotti didn’t team up with a major local player, instead merging with a company led by two lesser-known professionals. “You don’t hire people from the marketplace, put up your flag and think that you’ve got it figured it out,” said one NYC-based contractor who has watched the company’s progress in the city. “New York’s still a very parochial marketplace.” Sign Up for the undefined Newsletter However, after MacFarland’s departure, the company’s U.S. arm made a few key hires, bringing on seasoned leaders in the New York City market. In February, Pizzarotti tapped Michael Holloway to replace Martegiani as COO. Holloway previously worked for established firms like Lendlease, Plaza Construction, the Alexico Group and Madison Equities. The firm also hired two vice presidents, Michael Wewiora and Martin Hirko, both of whom worked for major city contractors, in August. In November, the company hired Plaza and L&L Holding Company alum Scott Lakow as a vice president and project executive. However, according to LinkedIn, seven months later, Lakow joined Shvo as vice president of development. He didn’t return messages seeking comment. Until recently, Fortis Property Group’s South Street Seaport condo tower at 161 Maiden Lane was the most visible of Pizzarotti’s New York operations. But over the past several years, construction issues have plagued the Seaport project. A worker fell to his death in September 2017, shutting down construction for more than two months. The city halted construction several other times for safety issues at the site, including an incident in which a concrete bucket grazed the tower’s 34th floor, causing some of the material to pour into the street and partially lifting a section of the floor’s deck. Fortis blames Pizzarotti for the 13 stop-work orders that were issued at the site and claims it fired the construction company on April 2, 2019, replacing the firm with Ray Builders. Pizzarotti is suing Fortis, claiming that it’s owed $32 million for its role on the project. Pizzarotti’s lawsuit also blames the tower’s misalignment on Fortis, alleging that the developer elected to use a cost-cutting method on the building’s foundation that caused it to lean three inches to the north. Fortis has filed a countersuit. “As the sole and exclusive result of Pizzarotti’s failures, among other things, the project has endured endless stop work orders, a lack of competent project and site management for nearly the entire duration of the project to date,” Jonathan Landau, CEO of Fortis, said in a letter to Pizzarotti, which was filed as an exhibit in the ongoing lawsuit. “In fact, at multiple meetings, Pizzarotti executives acknowledged these problems, conceded that there was no excuse for these epic failures and even went so far as to acknowledge that the dysfunction was in large part attributable to its parent company abroad failing to support Pizzarotti sufficiently to meet its contractual obligations.” Portions of an email exchange between Fortis and Pizzarotti, also included as an exhibit in the lawsuit, include discussions about clashes between the development and construction teams. In an April 2018 email, Pizzarotti executive vice president Stefano Soncini seems to acknowledge some organizational issues in his company, indicating that he’s replaced 100 percent of his team from the year prior. Pizzarotti has also had issues with its subcontractors. Its former concrete subcontractor on the Seaport tower, SSC High Rise, filed a mechanic’s lien against Pizzarotti, claiming it’s owed $3.8 million. Pizzarotti has called the lien “willfully exaggerated” and says SSC abandoned work on the tower without giving notice. In July 2018, SSC pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in connection to the death of Juan Chonillo, who fell from the building’s 29th floor. Officials said Chonillo had unhooked his harness to fix a scaffolding platform that became stuck. An SSC foreman had ordered workers to move the platform despite the fact that five workers were still on the unit, according to prosecutors. The city’s building code bars a platform from being moved when workers are on top of it. SSC High Rise’s phone number was disconnected, and the firm could not be reached for comment. Fortis also filed a complaint against Pizzarotti in May over its work at eight townhouses at 88-98 Amity Street in Brooklyn, known as the Polhemus Townhouses. Fortis alleges that Pizzarotti failed to meet the 12-month construction schedule they agreed to, instead only completing 80 percent of the project after 28 months of work. The developer alleges that Pizzarotti fell behind schedule because it was unable to hire enough manpower for the project. Fortis also claims Pizzarotti’s work is riddled with defects. According to the lawsuit, Fortis was forced to pay for the customization of individual townhouses as a way to keep buyers from walking away. In some cases, buyers backed out of their contracts, leaving Fortis to find replacements in a “less favorable sales market,” according to the lawsuit. Three townhouses are listed as in-contract on StreetEasy, and there’s only been one closing so far. “Throughout the course of the project, the manpower provided was woefully inadequate. Importantly, the manpower inadequacy was not limited to workers — project management on site was grossly deficient and incompetent,” the lawsuit states. “Pizzarotti lacked the ability to negotiate with subcontractors to complete all phases of work and/or failed to obtain multiple bids to reduce costs.” The Fortis developments aren’t the only projects Pizzarotti has lost (though, the firm maintains it terminated its contract with Fortis before the developer fired the company). DOB records show that Wonder Works construction replaced Pizzarotti at Colonnade Group’s condo project at 75 First Avenue in April. The developer and Pizzarotti are also currently locked in a dispute over the project’s costs. Pizzarotti has filed a lien, claiming it’s owed a little more than $1 million. In a counter complaint, Colonnade alleges that Pizzarotti hasn’t properly itemized its expenses and “claimed a lien for significantly more money than it has spent on the project.” In its complaint, Colonnade calls Pizzarotti’s billing practices “false and possibly fraudulent.” In 2016, RXR Realty tapped Pizzarotti to manage a $1 billion mixed-use project in Glen Cove known as Garvies Point. The construction firm was already working at RXR’s Ritz Carlton-Residences North Hills, whose final phase received a temporary certificate of occupancy in June. Though Pizzarotti remained on the Ritz Carlton project, the company wasn’t retained for the majority of work at Garvies. “They were a contractor for pre-construction services and completed that scope of work,” Robert Leonard, a spokesperson for RXR Realty said. He would not elaborate on RXR’s reason for hiring a different firm for the remainder of the Garvies Point project. When asked if he could comment on how Pizzarotti operates or how it’s performed on the Ritz Carlton job, he would only say: “We continue to deliver a Ritz Carlton-quality product at North Hills.” A representative for Pizzarotti said “allegations on the company’s performance on various projects are untruthful.” “The company is closely monitoring all allegations that are directly or indirectly being disseminated on the media, and our attorneys are working on a lawsuit for defamation,” a spokesperson for Pizzarotti said. Pizzarotti is also a development partner — alongside Madison Equities, Gemdale Properties and AMS Acquisitions — on a 1,115-foot-tower planned for 45 Broad Street. The development team held a groundbreaking ceremony in April 2017, but two years later, the tower has yet to go vertical. Madison Equities did not respond to a request for comment, nor did Gemdale. The company is a co-developer — with Centaur Properties and Greyscale Development — at the Jardim, a 36-unit condo building at 528 West 28th Street. That project topped out in September 2017. A groundbreaking ceremony was held in October for Anbau Enterprises’ 39 West 23rd Street, a 39-unit condo project that Pizzarotti is building. The developers at the Jardim and 39 West 23rd Street did not respond to requests for comment. The company has also successfully completed a Marriott-branded AC Hotel New York Downtown at 151 Maiden Lane for the LCRE Group, which opened last year. But Clipper Equities recently replaced Pizzarotti at its Gramercy Square project, a four-building hotel that’s being converted into luxury condo units. When reached by email, Clipper’s David Bistricer declined to comment. Sources familiar with the project, however, said construction has dragged at the site. “[Pizzarotti] spoke a good game,” one person familiar with the project said. “It was a two-year nightmare.”
883	dbpedia	3	46	https://www.veeam.com/resources/customer-stories/pizzarotti.html	en	Veeam Customer Story	https://cdn.veeam.com/co…ck=1720528884728	https://cdn.veeam.com/co…ck=1720528884728	[ "https://cdn.veeam.com/content/dam/veeam/en/public/images/diagrams/menu-diagram.svg?ck=1697532117059", "https://cdn.veeam.com/content/dam/veeam/en/public/images/diagrams/menu_vdc_diagram.png.web.1920.1920.webp?ck=1711629313815", "https://cdn.veeam.com/content/dam/veeam/global/success-stories/customer-logo/logo-pizzarotti.jpg.web.480.480.webp?ck=1642621183321" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Veeam Software" ]	2019-08-06T00:00:00	Menu diagram	en	https://cdn.veeam.com/content/dam/veeam/global/2023/favicon_16x16px.ico	Veeam Software	https://www.veeam.com/resources/customer-stories/pizzarotti.html	The Business Challenge In recent years, Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. started a path of expansion towards foreign markets, supported by a deep process of digital transformation that, among other things, has led to the change of the organization’s ERP environment and to the introduction of advanced productivity and collaboration tools. The growing importance of data availability showed the limitations of the existing backup solution, especially when rebuilding files. The problem was further exacerbated after the adoption of Microsoft Office 365 data in the cloud for approximately 1.400 of the groups’ accounts. This meant there was an essential need to get total access, control and protection of information to ensure business continuity and mitigate against attacks such as cryptolockers to which the environment is vulnerable. With support from Infor, the groups ERP infrastructure partner, the company began an in-depth analysis of the market to find a Cloud Data Management platform with Office 365 protection capabilities. "Most of the solutions that were in line with the available budget showed clear limitations, especially in terms of dynamism and execution times. No platform guaranteed the effectiveness and flexibility necessary to support our business growth expectations apart from Veeam,” said Augusto Lambertino, IT Director, Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S..p.A. The Veeam Solution Inform initially rolled out Veeam Availability Suite, which produced exciting results. Veeam’s Instant VM Recovery capabilities meant that backup and recovery times were reduced by 30% compared with previous solutions. Veeam’s automated processes also meant that man-hour savings were realized in the IT Department and the staff could be deployed on higher value projects elsewhere across the group. With Lambertino’s key aim of improving speed, reliability and flexibility, the group easily installed Veeam SureBackup, across two data centers where 120 virtual servers reside, and in the subsidiaries’ sites, which mainly host stand-alone servers. “Veeam allowed us to change our approach to backup and keep our applications running without interruption,” states Lambertino. “Before Veeam, we did it with time consuming operations. Now, using the new solution, we automatically manage hundreds of virtual machines every day, and in theory we'd be able to restore the entire data center in no time. The daily reports automatically sent by the system tell us if something has gone wrong — freeing us from direct daily control.” Lambertino was also impressed by the simplicity of the DR procedures. “Veeam’s is much simpler and the new Disaster Recovery plan is much smaller”. After the success of the first phase of the Veeam implementation — Infor installed Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365. This provided Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A a better way to backup and store all Microsoft Office 365 email, SharePoint and OneDrive data. The IT team was keen to ensure that data was stored, accessible and protected in a separate environment from the production site so that it could quickly search for an item whenever the business needed. Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A have also benefitted from centralizing their data management strategy with Veeam. The single console provided by the Veeam Availability Suite means that all tasks have been simplified, reducing Total Cost of Ownership. “Given the performance, ease of use and man-hour savings achieved by deploying Veeam, we are confident of expanding the platform across all our subsidiaries to support the groups growth overseas and ERP strategy,” concludes Lambertino. The Results Backup and recovery times reduced by 30% Veeam Instant VM Recovery has dramatically improved recovery procedures compared with previous platforms and keeps ERP applications running. Centralized data management resulting in lower Total Cost of Ownership Veeam Availability Suite allows Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A to control the entire architecture, from data centers to Office 365 accounts, from a single management console.
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Mediation Conference scheduled for 7/18/2023 at 11:00 AM in telephone or video conference.(mnp) May 17, 2023 NOTICE OF MEDIATOR ASSIGNMENT - Notice of assignment of mediator. Mediator Schedule due by 6/16/2023.(ah) May 9, 2023 Filing 18 MEDIATION REFERRAL ORDER FOR CASES FILED UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT 29 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq. This case, involving claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq., has been assigned to this Court for all purposes. In the Courts experience, cases involving FLSA claims often benefit from early mediation. To that end, prior to a Rule 16(b) case management conference the Court is referring this case to the Mediation Office for settlement purposes under Local Civil Rule 83.9. To facilitate mediation the parties shall, within four weeks of this Order, confer and provide the items set forth in this Order. Mediator to be Assigned by 5/23/2023. (Signed by Judge John P. Cronan on 10/09/2020) (rpr) May 5, 2023 Filing 17 STIPULATION TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADING TO COMPLAINT Whereas, Pizzarotti, LLC, Ignazio Campoccia, Michael Butta, and Gun Lee Individually, (collectively referred to as "Defendants") in the above captioned matter, by and through their attorneys, hereby stipulate as follows: 1. John Ho, counsel for Defendants, accepts service of the Summons and Complaint on behalf of the Defendants as defined above and waives any defect of personal service of the Summons and Complaint of the Defendants, if any. 2. Plaintiff consents to extend the Defendants' time to file a responsive pleading to the Complaint until and including July 6, 2023. 3. Nothing in this Stipulation shall be interpreted or construed as a waiver or limitation of any rights of any party except as set forth herein. So Ordered. Michael Butta answer due 7/6/2023; Ignazio Campoccia answer due 7/6/2023; Gun Lee answer due 7/6/2023; Pizzarotti, LLC answer due 7/6/2023. (Signed by Judge John P. Cronan on 5/5/2023) (jca) May 5, 2023 Filing 16 RULE 7.1 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. Identifying Corporate Parent Pizzarotti NY LLC, Corporate Parent Impresa Pizzarotti SpA (Italy) for Pizzarotti, LLC. Document filed by Pizzarotti, LLC..(Ho, John) May 4, 2023 Filing 15 PROPOSED STIPULATION AND ORDER. Document filed by Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Gun Lee, Pizzarotti, LLC..(Ho, John) May 4, 2023 Filing 14 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Janice Sued Agresti on behalf of Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Gun Lee, Pizzarotti, LLC..(Sued Agresti, Janice) May 3, 2023 Filing 13 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Jacqueline Soheir Kafedjian on behalf of Antonio Giancotti..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) May 3, 2023 Filing 12 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by John S. Ho on behalf of Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Gun Lee, Pizzarotti, LLC..(Ho, John) April 27, 2023 Filing 11 ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to Gun Lee. (vf) April 27, 2023 Filing 10 ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to Michael Butta. (vf) April 27, 2023 Filing 9 ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to Ignazio Campoccia. (vf) April 27, 2023 Filing 8 ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to Pizzarotti, LLC. (vf) April 26, 2023 Filing 7 REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to Gun Lee, re: #1 Complaint. Document filed by Antonio Giancotti..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) April 26, 2023 Filing 6 REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to Michael Butta, re: #1 Complaint. Document filed by Antonio Giancotti..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) April 26, 2023 Filing 5 REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to Ignazio Campoccia, re: #1 Complaint. Document filed by Antonio Giancotti..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) April 26, 2023 Filing 4 REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to Pizzarotti, LLC, re: #1 Complaint. Document filed by Antonio Giancotti..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) April 26, 2023 CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE: The above-entitled action is assigned to Judge John P. Cronan. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned District Judge, located at #https://nysd.uscourts.gov/judges/district-judges. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. Please download and review the ECF Rules and Instructions, located at #https://nysd.uscourts.gov/rules/ecf-related-instructions..(jgo) April 26, 2023 Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang is so designated. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1) parties are notified that they may consent to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. Parties who wish to consent may access the necessary form at the following link: #https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/AO-3.pdf. (jgo) April 26, 2023 ***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS. Notice to Attorney Jacqueline Soheir Kafedjian to RE-FILE Document No. #3 Request for Issuance of Summons,. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): the PDF attached to the docket entry for the issuance of summons is not correct; each summons request must be filed separately OR one summons request may be filed listing all of the parties on the PDF 'To' section or attaching a rider/addendum;. Re-file the document using the event type Request for Issuance of Summons found under the event list Service of Process - select the correct filer/filers - and attach the correct summons form PDF. (jgo) April 26, 2023 Case Designated ECF. (jgo) April 25, 2023 Filing 3 FILING ERROR - SUMMONS REQUEST PDF ERROR - REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to Pizzarotti, LLC, Ignazio Campoccia, Michael Butta, and Gun Lee, re: #1 Complaint. Document filed by Antonio Giancotti..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) Modified on 4/26/2023 (jgo). April 25, 2023 Filing 2 CIVIL COVER SHEET filed..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline)
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883	dbpedia	0	33	https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/01/30/milan-cortina-board-approves-proposal-to-rebuild-cortina-bobsled-track-but-will-keep-open-a-plan-b/	en	Milan-Cortina board approves proposal to rebuild Cortina bobsled track but will keep open a ‘Plan B’	https://kitchener.cityne…f658c9adjpeg.jpg	https://kitchener.cityne…f658c9adjpeg.jpg	[ "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/themes/citynews-2023/src/images/CityNews_Everywhere_White.svg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/3/2024/01/20240129090156-65b7bc9825c84760f658c9adjpeg.jpg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/3/2024/08/10/vincent-1-1040x572-1-1024x563.jpg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/3/2021/09/waterloo-police-cruiser-e1429119089868.jpg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/3/2024/08/10/Canadas-Rylan-Wiens-1040x572-1-1024x563.jpg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/3/2024/07/30/20240809105617Annotation-2024-07-31-122626.png", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/themes/citynews-2023/src/images/radio_station_logos/kitchener-colored.svg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/3/2024/08/10/vincent-1-1040x572-1-1024x563.jpg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/3/2021/09/waterloo-police-cruiser-e1429119089868.jpg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/3/2024/08/10/Canadas-Rylan-Wiens-1040x572-1-1024x563.jpg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/3/2024/07/30/20240809105617Annotation-2024-07-31-122626.png", "https://cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/593482582001/71525d25-5b79-4e0d-9545-37f16b099032/2fa15ec4-c5ee-4770-a4c6-1ba10068c133/1920x1080/match/image.jpg", "https://cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/593482582001/dd60556c-7202-4d98-9e01-ea22a3e2e461/4f4ae2c3-001e-4c3a-b90d-3466647628ae/1920x1080/match/image.jpg", "https://cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/593482582001/ca0d798e-b54c-40ec-8e44-efa75d546827/7b5d43d8-e39d-4cd1-98d7-b09a66e86370/1920x1080/match/image.jpg", "https://cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/593482582001/394581f2-938a-4279-a797-92bc5ab6b3ff/c8d6b0b2-d5ee-4b9c-ae38-1142f6871100/1920x1080/match/image.jpg", "https://cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/593482582001/f692d31b-dd66-499a-97d1-72997ce31078/294e6301-9662-422b-9b5b-65766870b6a7/1920x1080/match/image.jpg", "https://static.rogersdigitalmedia.com/web_footers/images/common_footers/comscore_logos/white_BG/comscoreRogersMediaRadioKitchener.png", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/plugins/rsm-consent-management/public/images/necessary.svg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/plugins/rsm-consent-management/public/images/more.svg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/plugins/rsm-consent-management/public/images/functional.svg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/plugins/rsm-consent-management/public/images/more.svg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/plugins/rsm-consent-management/public/images/performance.svg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/plugins/rsm-consent-management/public/images/more.svg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/plugins/rsm-consent-management/public/images/targeting.svg", "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/plugins/rsm-consent-management/public/images/more.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "News Staff" ]	2024-01-30T00:00:00	ROME (AP) — The local organizing committee for the 2026 Winter Olympics decided Tuesday to move forward with rebuilding a century-old bobsled track in Cortina d’Ampezzo but will also keep open a “Plan B” in case the new venue is not ready by March 2025. The committee said following a board meeting that its plans […]		/apple-touch-icon.png?v=2	CityNews Kitchener	https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/01/30/milan-cortina-board-approves-proposal-to-rebuild-cortina-bobsled-track-but-will-keep-open-a-plan-b/	ROME (AP) — The local organizing committee for the 2026 Winter Olympics decided Tuesday to move forward with rebuilding a century-old bobsled track in Cortina d’Ampezzo but will also keep open a “Plan B” in case the new venue is not ready by March 2025. The committee said following a board meeting that its plans hinge on signing a contract with Parma-based construction company Impresa Pizzarotti & C., which has offered to rebuild the Cortina track for 81.6 million euros ($89 million). If the contract for the sliding center is signed “it would confirm the original masterplan” for the Olympics, the Milan-Cortina committee said, adding that the new venue “would revive Cortina’s long tradition in these sports and help future generations.” The announcement comes amid a standoff with the International Olympic Committee, which wants an existing foreign venue in neighboring Austria or Switzerland used instead to cut costs. But the Italian government does not want to finance a foreign venue. “It is not acceptable for the bobsled races to take place outside Italy,” Deputy Premier Antonio Tajani said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “We will do everything to achieve the goal.” Construction would start with less than two years to go before the Milan-Cortina Games — and less than a year before IOC-mandated test events. No sliding track has been built recently in such a short timeframe and test events have taken on even greater importance following the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training crash hours before the start of the opening ceremony for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. “Considering the negative views of the IOC and the international federations, which are concerned about the timeframe that the project would require, and considering advice from SIMICO (the company in charge of infrastructure for the games), the board has decided not to interrupt dialogue with other existing and functioning venues,” the local organizing committee said, adding that it has asked chairman Andrea Varnier “to continue negotiations for an eventual Plan B that would require added budget.” The Milan-Cortina committee added that it realizes that “under no circumstances” can the new track be certified after March 2025. ___ AP coverage of the Paris Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/2024-paris-olympic-games Andrew Dampf, The Associated Press
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883	dbpedia	3	27	https://www.ibanet.org/transfer-pricing-update	en	Transfer pricing update: report on a session at the 10th IBA London Finance and Capital Markets Virtual Tax Conference	https://www.ibanet.org/m…YmUxOGJkYzgwODM5	https://www.ibanet.org/m…YmUxOGJkYzgwODM5	[ "https://www.ibanet.org/document?id=LexisNexis-banner-June-2024", "https://www.ibanet.org/medias/logo.png?context=bWFzdGVyfGltYWdlc3wyMTU5NnxpbWFnZS9wbmd8YUdJekwyZzVOUzg0TnprMk1qazNNREF6TURNNEwyeHZaMjh1Y0c1bnw5ZjkyNGYwY2U3MTQ1NDk0NTRmMmExNzNmM2EzYzI3MTMxZWI2ZTgyMGIxZGFjNDVkMDkyNzRjYzIyMjQ1MmVk", "https://www.ibanet.org/medias/logo.png?context=bWFzdGVyfGltYWdlc3wyMTU5NnxpbWFnZS9wbmd8YUdJekwyZzVOUzg0TnprMk1qazNNREF6TURNNEwyeHZaMjh1Y0c1bnw5ZjkyNGYwY2U3MTQ1NDk0NTRmMmExNzNmM2EzYzI3MTMxZWI2ZTgyMGIxZGFjNDVkMDkyNzRjYzIyMjQ1MmVk", "https://www.ibanet.org/document?id=IBA-logo-white", "https://www.ibanet.org/document?id=Twitter-X-logo-white", "https://checkoutshopper-live.adyen.com/checkoutshopper/images/logos/visa.svg", "https://checkoutshopper-live.adyen.com/checkoutshopper/images/logos/mc.svg", "https://checkoutshopper-live.adyen.com/checkoutshopper/images/logos/amex.svg", "https://checkoutshopper-live.adyen.com/checkoutshopper/images/logos/maestro.svg", "https://checkoutshopper-live.adyen.com/checkoutshopper/images/logos/cup.svg", "https://checkoutshopper-live.adyen.com/checkoutshopper/images/logos/diners.svg", "https://checkoutshopper-live.adyen.com/checkoutshopper/images/logos/discover.svg", "https://checkoutshopper-live.adyen.com/checkoutshopper/images/logos/jcb.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "Taxes", "Transfer pricing" ]	null	[]	null	The panel examined two court decisions: the US Tax Court case decision in Coca-Cola, ruled on 18 November 2020, and the Impresa Pizzarotti decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union on 9 October 2020. The OECD Transfer Pricing Guidance on Financial Transactions were also addressed.	en	/_ui/responsive/theme-alpha/images/favicon.ico		https://www.ibanet.org/transfer-pricing-update	Rezan Ökten Houthoff, Amsterdam r.okten@houthoff.com Report on session at the 10th IBA London Finance and Capital Markets Virtual Tax Conference 24 February 2021 Chair Guglielmo Maisto Maisto e Associati, Milan Speakers James P Fuller Fenwick and West, Mountain View Mark van Casteren Loyens & Loeff, Amsterdam Sarah Bond Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London Guglielmo Maisto began the session by introducing the speakers. He indicated that, for this panel, two court decisions were selected for discussion: the US Tax Court (the Court) case decision in Coca-Cola, ruled on 18 November 2020, and the Impresa Pizzarotti decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 9 October 2020. The OECD Transfer Pricing Guidance on Financial Transactions would also be addressed, which was published in February 2020. Maisto finished the introduction by mentioning that the Coca-Cola case received a lot of attention, not only in the US, but also globally. Then he gave the floor to James P Fuller. Dealing with valuable intangibles (US Tax Court case decision in Coca-Cola, 18 November 2020) Fuller indicated that Coca-Cola is an important court decision in the US, being the largest transfer pricing case in North American history. The adjustment for the three years in issue was about $10bn. Facts Fuller started by summarising the facts of the Coca-Cola decision. The US Coca-Cola parent company (USP) owned seven foreign manufacturing subsidiaries (one as a branch). The largest was in Ireland. They manufactured concentrate using USP’s intangibles. USP also owned over 60 foreign service subsidiaries that performed substantive marketing and other services in those locations. The tax years 2007–2009 were at issue. Fuller pointed out that the years involved were over a decade ago. Bottlers, mostly unrelated to USP, purchased the concentrate from the manufacturing subsidiaries and bottled the concentrate. They then produced, marketed and sold the final product to unrelated customers. The taxpayer used the following transfer pricing methodology to remunerate the foreign manufacturing subsidiaries: The manufacturing subsidiaries were permitted to retain ten per cent profit of their gross sales, with the remaining profit split 50–50 with USP. This formula was derived from a closing-agreement settlement with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that covered the years 1987–1995. The closing agreement did not apply to subsequent years, except to protect USP from penalties if that methodology were used; and The foreign service subsidiaries were paid a cost–plus fee by USP. USP charged the foreign manufacturing subsidiaries their allocated shares of the foreign service company fees. Fuller indicated that this is actually an important factor that the Court probably did not fully address, although it did cover a major part. Furthermore, USP charged the foreign manufacturing subsidiaries with commissions (marked-up costs) plus allocated shares of the service companies’ third-party marketing expenses. These charges totalled approximately $3bn during the years in issue. USP incurred marketing costs, as did the bottlers. These costs were split 50–50 between them. The Court’s opinion Fuller discussed the Court’s opinion, which stated that USP’s experts agreed that foreign manufacturing subsidiaries’ manufacturing function was a routine activity that could be benchmarked to the activities of contract manufacturers. Thus, those profits were not in issue. He mentioned that this is an important point and should be compared with the Medtronic v Commissioner (8th Cir. 2018) decision, a case involving different products. The exact opposite result was reached on the facts of that case. Fuller emphasised that transfer pricing is factual. In the Medtronic case, the manufacturing did enhance the quality of the products and the manufacturing function had to be awarded commensurately with that contribution to the product. The products were different, being pacemakers and related products. Fuller also noted that, while the Court said that USP’s experts agreed that the contract manufacturing comparable was relevant, the record is sealed. As a result, the parties’ briefs cannot be reviewed. Typically, you can review the parties’ briefs and see how the taxpayer made an argument in this regard. The Court also stated that USP’s central submission in this case is that the foreign manufacturing subsidiaries owned immensely valuable off-book intangible assets that justified their extraordinarily high profits. The Court rejected this argument. The Court held that the foreign manufacturing subsidiaries did not own these valuable intangibles, and therefore were not entitled to a return on them. Thus, the Court concluded that the comparable profits method (CPM) was the best method and that the unrelated bottlers could serve as CPM comparables. There was no discussion regarding whether the manufacturing subsidiaries might have been entitled to a return as a result of the $3bn in costs. After all, the costs incurred were marketing-related costs regarding their customers. If a manufacturer incurs marketing costs or funds them in relation to its customers, it should receive a return. The Court only considered the argument that the expenditure did not give rise to their manufacturing subsidiaries having valuable off-book intangible assets. Fuller mentioned again that the briefs in the case cannot be reviewed, and therefore it is not exactly clear how this was argued. The Court said that since the USP had not established that the IRS’s adjustments were ‘arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable’, which is the taxpayers’ burden in transfer pricing cases in the US, the IRS’s adjustment was sustained. Fuller mentioned that this is very important from a litigation strategy standpoint. In section 482 cases, the taxpayers bear the burden of proof. The Court will not go further if the taxpayers do not satisfy the burden of proof. Hence, the IRS adjustment was sustained, without the Court going further. However, USP argued successfully that $1.8bn of the increased royalty amounts should be treated as having been paid in the form of dividends from its subsidiaries, thus reducing the $10bn in transfer pricing adjustment by this amount. Main observations Fuller explained that this is obviously a very costly loss for Coca-Cola. The company discussed this subject in its earnings report. Coca-Cola said that it would appeal the case. Coca-Cola has to deal with the years in issue, the ten to 11 years in between, and today. The ultimate tax burden will be a very large number. Thus, according to Fuller, an appeal can certainly be expected. Maisto asked whether collection of tax in the US is suspended until there is a final judgment by the higher court, or whether it is preliminary collected. Fuller answered that, when a company files a case in a US tax court, it does not have to pay the tax, which is very helpful. Once it loses in a tax court, however, it has to post a bond before it can appeal the case. Posting the bond can be very expensive. It must have a corporate security supporting the posted bond. What many taxpayers will therefore do is pay the tax. However, since it is such a huge amount in this situation, it may raise financing issues for Coca-Cola. Sarah Bond had some observations on the lessons that perhaps others can learn from this case. One thing that really stood out was the importance of not assuming that the tax authorities will respect a previously reached agreement on the appropriate transfer pricing methodology. This can also be crucial for settlement agreements because, if an approach to continue an agreement after its term has ended leads to a challenge by a tax authority, it would obviously be useful for the taxpayer – and would have been useful for Coca-Cola in this case if they were able to point out something in the terms which supported its position. For example, a reference to the facts underpinning the methodology or that the agreement reflects arm’s-length pricing. In addition, Bond mentioned that the agreement was a particular issue for Coca-Cola since the intercompany contract they had with the foreign manufacturers seemed to be slightly at odds with the arguments made in support of its profit allocation transfer pricing methodology. The Court was then left to look at what happened in practice, and all of the Court’s findings showed that the manufacturing subsidiaries were doing something that seemed to be focused on manufacturing rather than marketing activities. The lesson there, according to Bond, is that it is always going to be easier for a taxpayer to defend a transfer pricing methodology if it is supported by a contractual arrangement. However, what happens in practice is extremely important as well. Mark van Casteren wondered if there could be any relief for Coca-Cola in this case by claiming corresponding adjustments, and what the US’s role would be in successfully claiming them. Fuller answered that corresponding adjustments in a foreign country would probably have no bearing on the Court’s decision. The Court has the duty to focus on taxes in the US. Furthermore, the largest of these manufacturing subsidiaries was in Ireland, where a lower tax rate applies than in the US. So, if that argument was raised, Fuller did not believe it would help in court. Fuller noted that Bond made some good comments about the contractual agreements. There are two different agreements. First, parties should ensure that their agreements encompass what they are doing and that they follow them. The second kind of agreement was the taxpayer’s agreement with the IRS. While the agreement with the IRS covered prior years, one can fairly say that Coca-Cola was somewhat blindsided by the IRS not following the agreement. It did provide that the IRS would not assert penalties if the taxpayer (Coca-Cola) followed the agreement. According to Fuller, this is a sticky point because the agreement did not literally apply and yet there was certainly an incentive for the taxpayer to continue to use that pricing method. Maisto asked Fuller to elaborate on the mechanism that royalties should be treated like they have been paid in the form of dividends by overseas subsidiaries, which leads to a reduction. Fuller said that this was a very unusual issue. A procedure requires that there is an agreement with the IRS at that time. And therefore, if the dividends were paid by, for example, an Italian subsidiary, those dividends would not bring with them a foreign tax credit. This instead would be treated as payment of the royalties. Here, the Court addressed whether there actually was this kind of agreement with the IRS that the taxpayer could rely on. The Court found that on the usual facts involved in the Coca-Cola case and the prior audit that there was sufficient acknowledgement of such an agreement. However, Fuller emphasised that this is not the norm in the US. Transfer pricing and EU law (Impresa Pizzarotti, CJEU (C-558/19), 8 October 2020) Van Casteren pointed out the Impresa Pizzarotti case was an CJEU decision taken in October 2020. Facts and legal background Van Casteren addressed the facts of the case, which was about a dispute between an Italian company and the Romanian tax authorities. There was an Italian company (Pizzarotti Italia) that had a Romanian permanent establishment (PE, Impresa Pizzarotti). The Romanian permanent establishment provided, as a lender, two interest-free loans to Pizzarotti Italia back in 2012. The loan agreements had a one-year term, which could be extended, and the two loans totalled €13.7m. The Romanian tax authorities argued that because these loans did not carry any interest, the interest was not at arm’s length. They corrected the Romanian PE’s profits with an imputed interest income of €525,000. Van Casteren noted that it cannot be deduced from the decision as to which interest rate was used instead and how it was determined. Therefore, the risk profile the Romanian tax authorities gave to the loan is unknown. The Romanian PE argued that the Romanian national legislation that tax authorities relied on infringed Articles 49 and 63 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The Regional Court of Romania requested that the CJEU deliver a preliminary ruling regarding the national legislation’s impact on the tax treatment of a money transfer between a branch established in Romania and its parent company established in another EU Member State. The question at stake is really whether the imputation of interest income by Romania is in violation of the freedom of establishment (Article 49, TFEU). This question came up because a PE is considered a related person in Romanian law, and therefore its head office’s transactions must be priced in accordance with the arm’s-length principle – but only if the head office is in a foreign country and is not a Romanian company. The CJEU considered this was a different treatment. Namely, it was a less beneficial treatment purely based on the seat of the head office company if it was not located in Romania. Therefore, the CJEU considered the imputation of interest to be a violation of the freedom of establishment. Van Casteren stressed that a second question was still to be answered: namely, whether there was a justification for the discrimination. This could be justified by the difference in tax treatment which concerns situations that are not objectively comparable or by overriding reasons in the public interest. The CJEU decided that the Romanian legislation appropriately preserved the allocation of the power to tax between EU Member States, which constitutes an overriding reason in the public interest. He also mentioned that the most interesting part is the last part of the CJEU's analysis, where the CJEU assessed whether the Romanian tax authorities’ measures go beyond what is necessary to attain the legitimate objective underlying that legislation. The CJEU stated that these measures do not go beyond because, firstly, the possibility would always be open to the taxpayer to demonstrate there were objective reasons for concluding a price not reflecting the market price. Secondly, the Romanian tax authorities imposed an income adjustment that concerns only the difference between the market price of the transaction and the price applied by the parties. Van Casteren explained that, if Pizzarotti Italia was a Dutch company, the internal loan would not be taken into account from a Dutch tax perspective. As a result, the loan between the Dutch head office and the PE would not be considered in determining the taxable profits of the Dutch company. He also mentioned that, in the Netherlands, prices can typically be adjusted upwards and downwards based on the arm’s-length principle in transactions between related parties. However, a new Dutch bill is expected to be proposed which will disallow a downward pricing adjustment in the Netherlands if there is no corresponding pickup of the downward adjustment in the other country. Maisto said that the CJEU decision is unusual, considering that the CJEU said that there is always the possibility for the taxpayer to demonstrate that there were objective reasons for concluding a price which is not at arm’s length. Although the CJEU confirms prior case law, the CJEU basically says that there is a justification for the application of transfer pricing rules solely to cross-border transactions in order to protect the public interest. However, if there is a justification – which is a group justification – then the tax authorities will be prevented from making the adjustment. This is odd because, in transfer pricing matters, group justification is not considered. Group justification is, by itself, the application of the transfer pricing rules. Bond found it quite hard to see how the two rules interact and how the CJEU decision affects transfer pricing rules generally. Bond also made an observation from the UK perspective. She believed that – although the taxpayer would have the opportunity to make comments during an audit or challenge of a particular transaction, or defend the reasons why a particular transaction might be at arm’s length – there is no real possibility for the taxpayer to defend its position, as opposed to the tax authority’s position. Therefore, it is quite hard to see in what context this decision could apply. This EU-only decision would no longer be relevant for the UK going forward. Maisto finally mentioned that it would be interesting to see the reactions of domestic courts on the CJEU’s decision. Peter Flipsen from the audience raised a question about how this case relates to the OECD principles of allocation of income to permanent establishments. Van Casteren answered that, in his view, no interest on internal loans (between head office and branch) should be taken into account and this aligns with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) approach. This also aligns with the Dutch tax authorities’ view. Flipsen agreed and asked whether this aspect played a role in the matter between Italy and Romania. Van Casteren answered that as far as he was aware, this was not addressed. OECD Transfer Pricing Guidance on Financial Transactions Chapter X of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines Bond started by mentioning that the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidance on Financial Transactions were published in March 2020, following a consultation and a draft paper. The topics covered are characterisation of debts as a loan and various treasury functions, including: loans; integrated loans; cash pooling; hedging; guarantees; and captive insurance arrangements. She mainly focused on the changes in the discussion draft because there was substantial engagement with more than 75 responses to the revised draft. However, the key point was that not much had changed. While there was contentious debate over the discussion draft, much of the original guidance had been retained. Bond mentioned one particular change in relation to guarantees in situations where the effective guarantee would increase the borrowing capacity. The effect of a guarantee currently in place is that the borrower is able to borrow more. The draft guidance and the final guidance suggest that an accurate delineation of that transaction might require that the additional amount that the borrower is able to borrow is re-characterised as a loan to the guarantor, and then equity to the borrower, which is quite extraordinary despite responses from the public suggesting otherwise. According to Bond, there are a few key changes. Firstly, there is more focus on the use of credit ratings in pricing intra-group loans. More detailed guidance provides information on how to perform a credit rating analysis. There is also more guidance on approaches to analysing interest rates aside from using a comparable uncontrolled price method and also benchmarking – such as looking at funds and economic modelling. Second, on cash pooling, it further explains delineating transactions and also on allocating synergy benefits among cash pool members resulting from enhanced interest rates. Third, the section on captive insurance in particular has changed quite significantly. In order for a captive insurance company to be viewed as providing real insurance, it needs to assume actual risks. Most of the comments made on that section in the draft paper have been rejected. Bond also mentioned that the guidance had stated to be consistent with the commentary on Article 9 of the OECD Model Treaty. The proposed changes which were agreed by the OECD Working Party No. 1 have been incorporated in that commentary, and it also notes that the guidance might be revised if those proposals are not materially changed. Those changes to the commentary to Article 9 have not yet been published so, according to Bond, that is still something that remains to be seen. Themes Bond discussed some of the guidance’s general themes on how to transfer price in financial transactions. This essentially involves applying existing transfer pricing tools from the 2017 OECD Guidelines in the financial transactions concept, with the key concept being accurate delineation of the transaction. Bond believes that the OECD is testing the limits with what that concept can do. It is effectively being used in some cases as a form of economic re-characterisation, for example, as if they were equity. Therefore, it uses the concept to get a complete picture of what the relevant transaction or arrangement is by reference to the contracts and what happens in practice, but also to assess whether those transactions would have taken place at all at an arm’s-length basis. Thus, a sort of ‘could’ versus ‘would’ question: Could the company have borrowed on those terms as compared to what it would have done? Bond then mentioned the particular considerations that feed into an accurate delineation of the transaction, such as commercial and financial relations, and the economically relevant characteristics. In the ‘loan’ context, that might include: examination of the contract; functional analysis; what characteristics the financial instruments may have; the parties’ economic circumstances and business strategies; and the market of the relevant industry sector. Putting this in practical terms, this requires looking at things like whether there is an obligation to pay interest, existence of financial covenants and any fixed repayment date. There is also a need to examine the broader context, such as the ability of the borrower to obtain funds from unrelated lenders and its ability to repay the loan. The guidance also considers the two-sided approach from the lender and borrower perspectives, including options realistically available to both. For example, for the lender: considering business objectives; context of the transactions; and other investment opportunities. For the borrower: what funds are actually required; whether it would rather choose not to borrow if that might adversely affected its credit rating; and any increase on its cost of existing capital. The last consideration that Bond mentioned is the implicit support. By this, she meant the incidental benefit assumed to be received solely by virtue of a group affiliation, which goes to the potential credit rating of the borrower or of the issued debt. Bond mentioned that, after the transaction is accurately delineated, the most appropriate transfer pricing method should be consistent with that transaction. The preference would be the comparable uncontrolled price (CUP) method, noting the availability of the public data for benchmarking purposes. The alternatives might be looking at the cost of the lender’s funds, building a risk premium and profit margin, or a risk-free or risk-adjusted return depending on the transaction. For example, the leader of a national cash pool might be expected to receive a risk-free return. Bond concluded by giving several comments from a UK perspective. In the UK, compliance with the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines is enshrined in UK law. However, UK law is not yet updated to refer to the latest version of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines, including the 2020 updated Guidance on Financial Transactions. Strictly speaking, compliance is not required until that has happened. In practice, the tax authorities’ approach is to access the historic position by referring to the most recent guidance if it clarifies the previous position. Bond further noted that the updated guidance is fundamentally aligned with the UK tax authorities’ perspective on financial transactions. Finally, she mentioned that the updated guidance does not prevent other tools from being used to adjust the tax treatment of financial transactions or interaction with other rules for restricting interest deductions (eg, loans). The UK might use other tools for that such as its general corporate interest restriction which can limit the deductible interest expense on a group basis. Another tool is often the ‘unallowable purpose’, which often is used alongside transfer pricing as an alternative way of disallowing deductions of interest. If a company’s main purpose is securing a UK tax advantage by being a party to a loan, deductions denied for interest that is adjusted on a reasonable basis are attributable to that bad tax purpose. However, if the unallowable purpose conditions are not satisfied, transfer pricing provides an alternative way to disallow that deduction. Maisto added that, in some countries, it is very controversial if the transaction can be re-characterised through a transfer pricing rule, compared to anti-abuse rules. In these cases, arbitration of mutual agreement procedures (MAP) could prevent this. Fuller commented from a US perspective on loan bifurcation. If there is a country where a loan can be part equity and part loan, that could raise huge concerns between countries trying to negotiate resolution of that issue. He mentioned the creditworthiness of the borrower. According to Fuller, the US approached it in the past as a sort of debt capacity analysis. By this, he meant that if you are making a large loan, you should have experts make an economic or financial assessment on the debt capacity analysis. However, there may be other issues here beyond credit worthiness. For example, there is US case law concerning related parties being a manufacturer and a supplier. In this case, the supplier made some low-interest loans to the manufacturer, and the Court found that this was motivated by business reasons and they were dealing at arm’s length. Finally, to conclude this panel discussion, Fuller noted that the second big issue is the interest-free rate versus the risk-adjusted rate, and how that will be applied in practice. For example, if the treasury function with a treasury lender function is hedging or carrying out other similar transactions, does that have to be actually in the lending subsidiary’s head office or can it be in the parent company’s head office? According to Fuller, if the treasury function is not in the lender’s office, then you cannot count on treasury functions for interest rate purposes to be performed elsewhere. He also believed that guarantee fees will be another issue. The US had this issue in the past few decades. Fuller referred to a Canadian tax court case involving General Electric, which dealt with how to take the interest rate spread approach to a guarantee fee. Lastly, Fuller mentioned cash pools. He believes that tax authorities globally do not always understand what a cash pool is. In fact, there are different kind of cash pools and they are very common. Fuller hopes that these new rules do not interfere with the appropriate use of cash pools, which essentially do not have anything to do with taxes but rather with funding an international business.
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By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI In the newest development of the years-long effort to open a new entrance to Jerusalem to alleviate congestion at its main one, the mountain tunnels for the new Route 16 have been dug out. In a project titled "Har Nof," meaning both "Mountain View" in English and referring to the Israeli settlement that was once officially by the same name, double tunnels for passage into Jerusalem were completed, each approximately one-and-a-half kilometers long. Route 16 is intended to progress from Route 1's Motza Interchange straight to the center of the city, close to Shaare Zedek Medical Center and the Givat Mordechai neighborhood. The billion-shekel highway aims for completion sometime during 2022. The massive tunnels were just one portion of a long list of tasks – including the casting of exit bridges, the completion of the Revida Interchange including a control structure, and the installation of traffic management systems – all necessary in order to complete the project. The highway will be six kilometers in length, with two directions and two lanes each, as well as three interchanges: Revida, Motza, and Bait. The intended speed limit will be 110 kph (kilometers per hour). Transportation Minister Miri Regev explained that the new highway will also open the option for more light rail lines and other such new public transportation options to, from and within Jerusalem. The project was a massive one, aggravated by the difficult terrain leading up to Jerusalem, forcing the project to do over 100,000 cubic meters of earthworks – the equivalent of 800 Olympic pools. The project is a cooperative one between the Transportation Ministry, The National Roads Company of Israel and Shapir Pizzarotti Railways, the latter being a partnership between Israel's Shapir Civil and Marine Engineering and the Italian firm Impresa Pizzarotti & C SpA. Shapir has been criticized in the past for its construction past the "Green Line". Both it and Pizzarotti are family-owned businesses. The Italian-Israeli partnership is providing a large group of workers to construct the highway. But Route 16 is not the only project currently in the works to ease the entrance and exit from Jerusalem. Sakharov Junction, proceeding west from the city, as well as the widening of Route 1 at the entrance of the city, are just a few other actions taken to make transit surrounding the Holy City more comfortable. On Monday, Sakharov Junction's lanes exiting Jerusalem were opened, therein shutting several traffic lights and allowing for smoother transit in the region. The entering lanes had already previously been opened. This project, organized by the Jerusalem Municipality and the Transportation Ministry, is working with Moriah Jerusalem Development Corporation, which in itself was established by the Jerusalem Municipality to develop Jerusalem's infrastructure. The entire project, worth millions of shekels, spans over approximately two-and-a-half kilometers and plans to include a public transportation lane, broadening Route 9's lanes at the entrance to the city, geometric restructuring of the streets, and the regulation of traffic lanes and routes. The project, if all goes according to plan, will be completed sometime in 2021. "Pedestrians, private vehicles, buses, light rails and Israel Railways – all will meet and integrate optimally at the entrance to the city," Regev said about the project.
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Industries have to rethink now. The challenge of the construction industry lies in the business models of the future. Soon, it will surely be over with the solid and conventional model. The construction industry has been trying for years to catch up with the level of digitalisation of other industries, e.g., the automotive industry. In the meantime, the requirements from other sides, such as public sector clients, have also been increasing. Why Does the Construction Industry Actually Need to be Digital and Innovative? There are multiple reasons for this. On the one hand, we are gradually working on digital standards, such as BIM, for public tenders, and on the other hand, we want to make our processes more efficient to maintain our competitiveness on the market. Developing new, flexible, and scalable business models and optimising old business models with a future-oriented focus is the challenge. Diversification in different business areas creates a stable economic position and makes companies solid. In addition to the need for digitalisation and related activities such as change management, the topic of innovation, of course, plays a major role. Technology scouting, proof of concept, technology integration, etc., are bit by bit gaining importance in construction life. It is not just about finding new technologies, the added value behind the process must be focused on. Let’s take an example: Why does a construction company buy a machine control system and transfer gathered data to a cloud? Not because the process is digitised with it, or because it can produce cleaner edges with an excavator. The added value lies in being able to provide owed services to the client more quickly. In the end, time will be saved—and time is money. The question of “return on investment” stands behind every investment and always requires closer attention. People and Technology In 2015, STRABAG created a digital unit in the area of 3D mapping, which takes care of geodata acquisition, mass data evaluation, and data provision. If we look at the topic of geospatial data, we also have to look at the construction process. Geodata is not only a constant companion in the lifecycle of a building, but is also an accompanying process in the construction phase, from calculation up to accounting. It is easy to see that there is a lot of potential for optimisation in this area. STRABAG 3D Mapping Services have made this their business and nowadays integrate new mapping technologies worldwide while being a service provider for data acquisition and data analysis for geodata on the internal and external market. It is not just about finding new technologies, the added value behind the process must be focused on Because of modern technologies such as mobile mapping systems or UAVs, construction sites and the associated processes can not only be executed more quickly, but also in a more structured manner through clear databases. But as we all know, know; the core of success never lies in technologies alone. Every revolutionary technology is only as good as the people behind it. Years of experience with technologies and handling of mass data are the basis of success for any innovation division of a company. The employees’ competence matters the most for the future of the construction industry. New qualification requirements, new functions, new workplaces are created. The Bigger Picture At the same time, we must look ahead and think about what the organisational structure of construction companies will look like in ten or twenty years. You don’t gather experience overnight. One of the biggest topics will be Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). Even if we start out yet, A.I. is developing rapidly and will strongly influence the entire industry as well as our private environment. Opportunities will arise, as will risks. In spite of it all, the one who is well placed is the one who keeps trying and who is able to see the bigger picture.
883	dbpedia	3	32	https://www.theceomagazine.com/executive-interviews/construction-trades/michele-pizzarotti/	en	Michele Pizzarotti, Deputy Chairman of Impresa Pizzarotti	https://static.theceomag…TTI-1100x733.jpg	https://static.theceomag…TTI-1100x733.jpg	[ "https://static.theceomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/26141055/ceo-logo-white-1100x312-1.png", "https://static.theceomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/26141055/ceo-logo-white-1100x312-1.png", "https://static.theceomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/13145355/ceo-logo-white.png", "https://static.theceomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/12162827/google-play-badge.png", "https://static.theceomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/12163103/Download_on_the_App_Store_Badge_US-UK_blk_092917.png", "https://static.theceomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20105723/Michele-Pizzarotti_IMPRESA-PIZZAROTTI.jpg", "https://static.theceomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20105723/Michele-Pizzarotti_IMPRESA-PIZZAROTTI.jpg", "https://static.theceomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20110445/Motorway-Pedemontana-Lombarda-80-x-60.jpg", "https://static.theceomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20110443/Milano-trade-Centre80-x-60.jpg", "https://static.theceomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20110442/Motorway-Catania-Siracusa-80-x-60.jpg", "https://static.theceomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20105723/Michele-Pizzarotti_IMPRESA-PIZZAROTTI-e1534726662156-150x150.jpg", "https://static.theceomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/13145355/ceo-logo-white.png", "https://static.theceomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/12162827/google-play-badge.png", "https://static.theceomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/12163103/Download_on_the_App_Store_Badge_US-UK_blk_092917.png", "https://gwkqk-zc1.maillist-manage.in/images/challangeiconenable.jpg", "https://campaigns.zoho.in/images/refresh_icon.png", "https://gwkqk-zc1.maillist-manage.in/images/spacer.gif", "https://gwkqk-zc1.maillist-manage.in/images/videoclose.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "The CEO Magazine", "Words - Sharon Masige" ]	2018-08-20T04:35:54+00:00	For Impresa Pizzarotti Deputy Chairman Michele Pizzarotti, honesty and dedication are the foundations of the family construction business.	en	//static.theceomagazine.net/content/logos/favicon.ico	The CEO Magazine	https://www.theceomagazine.com/executive-interviews/construction-trades/michele-pizzarotti/	Parma, Italy, may be known for parmesan cheese, prosciutto di Parma and handmade pasta, but it is also home to one of the country’s leading construction companies: Impresa Pizzarotti. The family business was founded by Gino Pizzarotti in 1910, with one of its first projects being the construction of a church in Cisa Pass. Since then, the company has been involved in construction works that include Paris Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle and Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris. Impresa Pizzarotti Deputy Chairman – and fourth-generation family member – Michele Pizzarotti, finds joy in developing infrastructure for everyday use. “In my job, you have a lot of issues to face every day, but this just drives my passion and curiosity,” Michele tells The CEO Magazine<. “I’m fascinated by the opportunity to create industrial initiatives that may have a positive impact on ordinary people.” “I’m fascinated with the opportunity to create industrial initiatives that may have a positive impact on ordinary people.” The company conducts construction works for a broad range of industries including hospitals, factories, residential properties, railways, motorways and water treatment facilities. A standout project example is the new Milan Trade Fair complex. The building was designed by Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas and includes 80 conference rooms, 25 bars and 20 restaurants. Its iconic feature is a large canopy named ‘veil’, made from glass and mirrored stainless steel. The veil reflects the natural landscape, with structures that emulate waves, craters and hills. One of Impresa Pizzarotti’s innovative projects is the photovoltaic power plant above the Catania–Syracuse highway in Sicily. Not only did the business construct the 25-kilometre highway itself – which included four kilometres of viaducts and 2.8 kilometres of artificial tunnels – it built the solar plant as well. The 13.2 megawatt grid-connected plant is made up of four solar fields: the Campana, San Fratello, Cozzo Battaglia Nord and Cozzo Battaglia Sud, and Michele says it was “something very new” for the country. With the company still going strong after more than a century, Michele attributes its success largely to the family’s management practices and values. “It’s our strategy to not distribute dividends and this has generated a high amount of capital for the Group, with a Group equity of around €500 million,” he says. [/img] “We work hard, we guarantee high quality to our clients and we are honest with them,” says Michele of their values. “Good relationships need a lot of respect between people. If someone wants to become a part of our company, they have to be honest and completely dedicated to the job.” Over the years, Michele has been impressed by the company’s capabilities beyond Italy’s borders. “We have a presence in France, a country that is very difficult to enter because you have construction companies with a turnover much higher than ours,” he explains. “But we were still able to win some contracts, and I think we should be very proud of this achievement.” Further, Impresa Pizzarotti has spread its reach to South America, the Middle East, Poland, Romania, Russia and, more recently, Australia, where it entered into an agreement in 2017 with RF Holdings to create a tier-one joint venture construction company, Roberts Pizzarotti. “We are becoming very attractive to people around the world because we’re a family-owned business that is also multinational, with a long history and a lot of experience.” Now the company is setting its sights on other markets such as the US. However, Michele acknowledges that entering new markets comes with several obstacles. “At a personal level, I inherited the same drive my grandfather and father had to achieve success,” Michele muses. “And this is important because there are a lot of challenges. It’s more difficult now than in the past. Competition is high and prices are low. If you have an activity where the profit margin is not so high, you have to be near perfect.” We work hard, we guarantee high quality to our clients and we are honest with them.” And perfect Impresa Pizzarotti strives to be. Michele is honoured by the recognition the company has already received around the world for its projects. “We are very proud to have received so many certificates of excellence from our national and international clients,” Michele says. “This means recognition of all the work our employees have done to create such a company.”
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]	2002-07-18T07:54:21+00:00		en	/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parma_Calcio_1913	Association football club Football club Parma Calcio 1913 (Italian pronunciation: [ˈparma]), commonly known as Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which will compete in the Serie A, the top tier of Italian league system, following promotion from Serie B in the 2023–24 season. Parma Football Club was originally founded in December 1913, while the current society dates back to 2015. The team has been playing its home matches at the 27,906-seat Stadio Ennio Tardini, often referred to as simply Il Tardini, since 1923. Financed by Calisto Tanzi, the club won eight trophies between 1992 and 2002, a period in which it achieved its best ever league finish as runners-up in the 1996–97 season. The club has won three Coppa Italia, one Supercoppa Italiana, two UEFA Cups, one European Super Cup and one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.[1][2] Financial troubles were brought about in late 2003 by the Parmalat scandal which caused the parent company to collapse and resulted in the club operating in controlled administration until January 2007. The club was declared bankrupt in 2015 and refounded in the Serie D, but secured a record three straight promotions to return to the top flight in 2018. History [edit] Early years (1913–1968) [edit] The club was founded in July 1913 as Verdi Foot Ball Club in honour of the centenary of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, who was born in the province of Parma. It adopted yellow and blue as its colours.[3][4] In December of the same year, Parma Foot Ball Club was formed from many of the original club's players and began wearing white shirts emblazoned with a black cross.[5] Parma began playing league football during the 1919–20 season after the end of World War I. Construction of a stadium, the Stadio Ennio Tardini, began two years later.[6] Parma became a founder member of Serie B after finishing as runners-up in the Prima Divisione in the 1928–29 season. The club would remain in Serie B for three years before being relegated and changing its name to Associazione Sportiva Parma in 1930.[4] In the 1935–36 season, Parma became a founding member of Serie C, where the club stayed until winning promotion back to Serie B in 1943. Italian football was then brought to a halt as the Second World War intensified, although the team did make an appearance in the Campianto Alta Italia in 1944. Following the restart of organised football, Parma spent three years in Serie B, then split into two regional divisions, before again being relegated in 1948–49 to Serie C. The side would spend another five seasons in Serie C before an eleven-year spell in Serie B that included the achievement of ninth position in 1954–55, a club record at that time.[7] This was an era in which the club's players generally held down other jobs or were still in education and when the town's amateur rugby union and volleyball sides, Rugby Parma F.C. 1931 and Ferrovieri Parma, proved more popular among the more privileged.[8] Parma made its debut in European competition during the 1960–61 season, defeating Swiss side AC Bellinzona in the Coppa delle Alpi, but relegation to Serie C followed in 1964–65 season. Parma spent just one season in Serie C before a second successive relegation, this time to Serie D, in 1966. Rebirth and improvement (1968–1989) [edit] The club was in turmoil and was ordered into liquidation by the Court of Parma in 1968, changing its name to Parma Football Club that year. In 1969, another local team, Associazione Calcio Parmense, won promotion to Serie D. On 1 January 1970, A.C. Parmense adopted the sporting licence of the liquidated club which had been formed in 1913. This meant that it had the right to use the Crociata shirts, the badge and the city's name.[3][4][7] This brought about a change of luck in both financial and sporting terms, as the side was crowned Serie D champions and spent three years in Serie C before promotion to Serie B; however, it was a short stay. The team was relegated back to Serie C in its second season in the division. A return to Serie B did not materialise until the end of the 1970s and the club again lasted only one season in the second division of Italian football. Under the management of Cesare Maldini, Parma once again returned to Serie B after winning its division in 1984 with victory on the final day over Sanremo; Juventus-bound Stefano Pioli scored the only goal of the game. The Ducali again only spent a year in Serie B, finishing third from bottom and succumbing to relegation as a consequence. Arrigo Sacchi did, however, manage to return the club to Serie B in 1986 after a single season in the third tier. The side enjoyed good success that season in missing out on promotion to Italy's top tier by just three points and eliminating A.C. Milan from the Coppa Italia, a result that convinced owner Silvio Berlusconi to hire Sacchi as the new manager of the Rossoneri. Sacchi's replacement, Zdeněk Zeman, was fired after just seven matches and replaced by Giampieri Vitali, who secured two consecutive mid-table finishes. Success and insolvency (1989–2004) [edit] Nevio Scala was appointed as head coach in 1989.[7] Scala's Parma secured a historic promotion in 1990 to Serie A with a 2–0 Derby dell'Enza win over Reggiana.[9] Investment from parent company Parmalat helped to improve the team's fortunes and the club made its debut in UEFA competition in 1991.[3][9][10][11] Scala led the club to its first four major honours. The first of these was the Coppa Italia in 1991–92, beating Juventus 2–1 over two legs. The following year came the first international triumph in a 3–1 victory in the Cup Winners' Cup over Belgian side Antwerp at Wembley.[9][12] The next season, the side was successful in the European Super Cup, overcoming Milan 2–1 on aggregate, but lost the Cup Winners' Cup final 1–0 to Arsenal.[9] Scala's final success with Parma was in another two-legged final against Juventus: Dino Baggio scored twice to give Parma a 2–1 aggregate win, but Juventus exacted revenge in the Coppa Italia final. Replaced by Carlo Ancelotti, Scala departed in 1996 and was a popular coach for the trophies he won and because the team played attractive football in the tradition of the club.[8] Ancelotti overhauled the team and guided it to a record second place in 1997.[9][13][14] Parma consequently made its debut in the UEFA Champions League the following year. Alberto Malesani was installed as coach in 1998 and the club completed a rare cup double in his first season, winning the Coppa Italia final against Fiorentina on the away goals rule and the UEFA Cup against Marseille at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow with a 3–0 victory before 1999 Supercoppa Italiana victory over league champions Milan followed in August 1999. In 2000, Hernán Crespo was sold to Lazio for a world record transfer fee and Malesani departed. Under replacement Renzo Ulivieri, the club lost the Coppa Italia final to Fiorentina. Under Pietro Carmignani in 2002, Parma won the third Coppa Italia trophy against Juventus (but would slip to defeat in the 2002 Supercoppa Italiana) and finished outside the top six for the first time since promotion in 1990. This success earned it a tag as one of the "Seven Sisters".[15][16] In April 2004, the club was declared insolvent following the financial meltdown of Parmalat and the club remained in special administration for three years.[17][18][19] Rebirth and another bankruptcy (2004–2015) [edit] The club re-formed as Parma Football Club SpA in June 2004[20] (as a subsidiary of being liquidated Parma AC SpA) and the 2004–05 season saw Parma plummet to its lowest finish in Serie A – despite a second consecutive 23-goal haul from Gilardino, who was then sold for €25 million[21] – as managers came and went.[15] Parma ended the following season, its first without European competition since 1991, in tenth, but returned in 2006 after the Calciopoli scandal. On 24 January 2007, Tommaso Ghirardi bought the club out of administration and became the owner and president of the club.[22] Manager Claudio Ranieri helped the team avoid relegation to Serie B on the final day of the 2006–07 season following his February appointment.[23][24] However, under a succession of managers, Parma's battle with relegation the following year was not successful, consigning the club to Serie B after 18 years in the top flight.[4][25] Francesco Guidolin won promotion back to Serie A at the first attempt with a second-place finish and led the side to eighth on its return to Serie A in 2009–10, narrowly missing out on qualification for the UEFA Europa League before leaving for Udinese. In May 2010, Guidolin swapped jobs with Pasquale Marino, who was sacked by Ghirardi in April 2011 when Parma was caught in another relegation dogfight.[26][27][28] Under Marino's replacement, Franco Colomba, Parma escaped the threat of relegation with two games to spare.[29] In January 2012, Colomba was replaced by Roberto Donadoni following a winless run that culminated in a 5–0 loss to Inter Milan and the new coach led the team to eighth position in a Serie A club record seven-match winning run.[30][31] In 2014, Donadoni guided Parma to sixth in Serie A and a third consecutive top ten finish, but a return to Europe in the Europa League for the first time since 2007 was barred due to the late payment of income tax on salaries, not qualifying for a UEFA license, for which the club would also be docked points during the 2014–15 Serie A season.[32][33] Financial troubles precipitated a succession of ownership changes and the club's eventual bankruptcy in March 2015 with total liabilities of €218 million, including €63m unpaid salaries.[34][35][36] The club was allowed to finish the season but finished bottom of the league in 20th place. Administrators Angelo Anedda and Alberto Guiotto were forced to put some trophies to sell in an auction in a desperate attempt to raise money to cover the debt. These included: three Coppa Italia won in 1992, 1999 and 2002, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup from 1993, the 1994 UEFA Super Cup, two UEFA Cup of 1995 and 1999 and the 1999 Supercoppa Italiana.[37] Another rebirth (2015–present) [edit] The re-founded club, S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913, was formed in July 2015, taking its name from the year of foundation of the predecessor club and securing a place in the 2015–16 Serie D under article 52 of N.O.I.F. as the representative of Parma.[38] Ex-head coach Nevio Scala was appointed as president and former player Luigi Apolloni was chosen as head coach.[39] In the club's first season, it sold over 9,000 season tickets, more than doubling the Serie D record.[40] Parma achieved promotion from Serie D into professional football league Lega Pro with three games to spare following a 2–1 win against Delta Rovigo, ending the season in first place with 94 points from 38 games, and an unbeaten run of 28 victories and 10 draws.[41][42] Parma ended the 2016–17 Lega Pro season in second place of Group B, but were promoted to Serie B after a 2–0 win over Alessandria in the promotion play-off final.[43] On 18 May 2018, Parma achieved a third promotion in three seasons, becoming the first Italian football club to achieve this, having finished the 2017–18 Serie B season second behind champions Empoli and level on points with Frosinone, but achieving automatic promotion due to a better head-to-head record, thus making a comeback to the top flight for the next season in 2018–19 Serie A just three seasons after their bankruptcy relegation to Serie D.[44] On 23 July 2018, Parma were handed a 5 point deduction for the 2018–19 Serie A season, following text messages from Parma player Emanuele Calaio "eliciting a reduced effort" from two players of Spezia (Filippo De Col and Claudio Terzi) during the 2017–18 season, a match Parma won 2–0 to secure promotion.[45] On 9 August, Parma had the 5-point deduction expunged.[46] In the club's first season back in Serie A, they managed to achieve a 14th placed finish on the table, three points above the relegation zone.[47] For the 2019–20 Serie A season, Parma finished in 11th place with 49 points. Dejan Kulusevski, playing for Parma on loan from Atalanta, won the Best Young Player in Serie A award.[48] Ahead of the 2020–21 Serie A season, manager Roberto D'Aversa was sacked on 23 August 2020 and replaced by Fabio Liverani.[49] Liverani would only last until 7 January 2021, himself being replaced by his predecessor D'Aversa. Parma finished the season in bottom place, managing just three wins from 38 games and were relegated to Serie B. In September 2020, Parma was purchased by American Kyle Krause.[50] Enzo Maresca was appointed as the new head coach for the 2021–22 Serie B season.[51] Maresca was sacked on 23 November 2021[52] and replaced by Giuseppe Iachini the same day.[53] Parma finished the season in 12th place. Argentinian attacher Franco Vázquez was the joint second highest scorer in the league with 14 goals. Fabio Pecchia took over as coach for the 2022–23 Serie B season.[54] Parma was promoted to Serie A in the following season. Colours and badge [edit] Originally, the club wore blue and blue chequered shirts in honour of the city's traditional colours, which date back to 1545 when the Duchy of Parma was established,[55] but white shirts with a black cross on the chest were introduced after the First World War, drawing inspiration from Juventus' colours, following a name change.[5] White continued to be worn as the main colour of the home kits for much of the remainder of the century, although often complemented with yellow, blue or both, rather than black. The club did, however, experiment in the 1950s with blue shirts and blue and yellow striped shirts. The cross shirts were restored and worn until bankruptcy in 1968, when white shirts with off-centre blue and yellow vertical bands were worn, but the cross returned from 1970 until 1983 when a yellow and blue-sleeved white shirt was introduced and used for 8 years. After decades in the lower divisions, Parma was promoted to Serie A in 1990, where the side immediately became a major force in the battle for major trophies, on many notable occasions in direct opposition to Juventus, who would become fierce rivals of Parma's. This rivalry and the influence of Parmalat led to the demotion of the white shirts to the away kit, so the side wore yellow and blue hooped shirts at home for six seasons between 1998 and 2004, and navy blue shirts often worn as third choice in this period. This was a time of great success for the club, thus the shirts became synonymous with Parma, often still called the Gialloblù (Yellow and Blues) today, despite a recent reversion to the traditional white shirts emblazoned with a cross caused by parent company Parmalat's collapse and the clubs subsequent re-foundation as Parma Football Club. Yellow and blue were Parma's traditional change colours, used in various combinations from 2004 to 2015, such as vertical stripes, hoops, crosses or as solid colour designs.[56] Parma's logo changed in 2005 to reflect the name change from Parma A.C. to Parma F.C., but the logo otherwise remained the same, encompassing the city colours of yellow and blue and the club's traditional black cross set on a white background, and has not changed much in years, although it was dramatically overhauled to feature a prancing bull for one season in 2000–01 before it was criticised and discontinued in favour of the old badge. A new badge with broadly similar features was introduced for the 2014–15 season following the use of a commemorative centenary badge for the 2013–14 campaign.[57] The newly formed club in 2015 adopted a new logo before acquiring the rights to a number of legacy items for €250,000 a year later.[58] Parma F.C.'s crest until 2012 Parma F.C. logo, 2014–15 S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913 badge, 2015–16 Grounds [edit] Parma initially had no permanent home and used the Piazza d'Armi, where two wooden posts constituted the frame of each goal. In December 1914, the club began to use land between the Via Emilia, the Eridania refinery and the Ferraguti factory, but it was sold, so the club returned to the Piazza d'Armi before transferring to the Tre Pioppi, the first fenced-off pitch in the city.[59] Parma moved into the Stadio Ennio Tardini in 1923 and remains there today, although the stadium saw drastic change from the vision of Ennio Tardini, under whose auspices the stadium was to be built, but who died before completion of the venue.[60][61] Much of the renovation took place after the club's first promotion to Serie A at the start of the 1990s.[6] Since 1996, the first team has trained and played friendly matches at the Centro Sportivo di Collecchio in Collecchio, which is located 15 kilometres to the south-west of the stadium. Parma's youth teams also play their home matches in the same complex. Until 2015, younger youth teams trained at Campi Stuard but now train at Collechio.[60] In 2018, the refounded Parma Calcio 1913 acquired the centre from the administrator of Eventi Sportivi S.p.A., the parent company of Parma F.C., and the former owner of the centre, for about €3 million.[62][63] Support [edit] The supporters of Parma are seen as placid fans.[64] Traditionally, they have been seen as fans who enjoy the spectacle of football and are less partisan, although they have been more characterised by impatience of late.[8] The supporters were praised for their loyalty after the club sold more season tickets in 2015 when playing in Serie D than the previous year in Serie A following bankruptcy.[36] In Northeast Italy, the team is the fifth best supported, behind Inter Milan, Juventus, Milan and Bologna, the first three of which are not based in that region.[65] They are represented by three main groups: il Centro di Coordinamento dei Parma Club (which represents most of the fanbase), l'Associazione Petitot and the club's ultras, Boys Parma, which was established on 3 August 1977 by young fans wanting to split from the Centro di Coordinamento and to encourage meetings with opposition fans.[66] The Boys Parma occupy the northern end of the home stadium, La Curva Nord, directly opposite to where the away fans sit in the south stand.[61] In 2008, the Curva Nord was renamed in honour of Boys Parma 1977 member Matteo Bagnaresi, who died when he was run over on the way to the Tardini by a coach which was carrying the opposition Juventus fans.[67] In a not uncommon practice, the number 12 shirt has been reserved for the Parma fans, meaning no player is registered to play with that number on his kit for the club. The implication is that the supporters, particularly those of the famous Curva Nord, are the twelfth man. The last player to be registered with the number was Gabriele Giroli for the 2002–03 season. Parma's club anthem is Il grido di battaglia, which means "The Battle Cry".[68] Rivalries [edit] Main articles: Derby dell'Enza and Derby dell'Emilia Parma maintains rivalries with regional and national clubs; some of these are keenly fought local derbies. Derby dell'Enza[nb 1] opponents Reggiana are the club's bitterest rivals. The ill-feeling with Reggiana comes from a traditional city rivalry between Parma and Reggio Emilia. Parma contests the Derby dell'Emilia[nb 2] with Bologna.[69][70] Bologna and Parma are Emilia-Romagna's two most decorated clubs, winning the region's only domestic titles: 7 Serie A titles and 5 Coppe Italia. Two other local derbies are the Derby dei Ducati,[nb 3] which is contested with neighbours Modena, and the Derby del Ducato,[nb 4] which is played against Piacenza.[70] Despite their relative obscurity, Lombardian side Cremonese and Tuscan outfit Carrarese, to Parma's north and south, respectively, are both seen as rivals too. Juventus is considered a great rival of Parma largely due to their recent duels, which include Parma's 1995 UEFA Cup victory, its first and third Coppa Italia triumphs, Supercoppa Italiana defeats in 1995 and 2002, and its 1995 domestic cup final defeat to The Old Lady.[71][72][73] These six matches comprise nearly half of the fourteen major finals Parma has participated in. Ironically, Parma's colours have their origins in those Juventus wears, and the switch from white and black to a yellow and blue home kit in the late 1990s took place in order to distance and distinguish Parma from Juventus. Parma maintain keenly fought rivalries with Vicenza and Genoa. In Italy, it is common for clubs to be twinned in an arrangement called gemellaggi. This is a practice uncommon elsewhere.[74] Parma enjoy amicable relations with Empoli in an arrangement that dates back to a game played in foggy conditions in 1984 that ended in the Parma fans congratulating those of Empoli on its win when the full-time whistle was blown without the Azzurri fans' knowledge.[75][76] Perhaps a more current bond is felt towards the fans of Sampdoria.[77][78] Ownership and finances [edit] In 1991, the club was bought by multinational Italian dairy and food corporation Parmalat. This was the platform for success on the pitch but the club eventually succumbed to administration in 2004 due to Parmalat's massive bankruptcy with debts of $20 billion and fraudulent activity at Parmalat worth over €10 billion and a €167 million net loss by the club in 2003.[16][18][35][79][80] On 24 January 2007, engineering entrepreneur Tommaso Ghirardi bought the club after three years of administration for $39 million and incorporated Eventi Sportivi as a holding company owning 100% of the club's shares of €20 million nominal value.[22] Eventi Sportivi Srl (later S.p.A.), at first had a share capital of just €3 million, with Banca Monte Parma, owned 10% of the shares as minority.[81] By 21 January 2009, Ghirardi's ownership of Eventi Sportivi was 75% with Banca Monte Parma holding 10% and Marco Ferrari, former vice-president Diego Penocchio and Penocchio's company Brixia Incipit each owning 5%.[82] In July 2011, Ghirardi sold to both Alberto Rossi and Alberto Volpi 5% each of Eventi Sportivi.[83] On 29 February 2014, Energy T.I. Group bought 10% of the shares in the club from Eventi Sportivi.[84] On 19 December 2014 and as a result of a ruling which barred the club from a first European campaign under Tommaso Ghirardi, Ghirardi sold his 66.55% controlling stake in Eventi Sportivi to Dastraso Holding Ltd, a company based in Cyprus and controlled by Rezart Taçi for €1, at which point the club was $200 million in debt.[35][85][86] The club became the third Serie A club to become foreign-owned as a result and Albanian Emir Kodra was installed as president.[87][88] In February 2015, Taci sold his stake to Giampietro Manenti for the price he bought it, €1, less than two months after buying it, at which point salaries at the financially stricken club had not been paid since the previous summer.[35][89][90][91][92][93] With Parma bottom of Serie A, Manenti was arrested in March 2015 on allegations of money laundering and his involvement in a credit card fraud ring, imperilling the already precarious situation as the club was plunged further into debt.[35][94] On 19 March 2015, the club was declared bankrupt with a total liabilities of €218 million (including unpaid wages of €63 million).[34][95] On 22 April 2015, the intermediate holding company of Parma, Eventi Sportivi SpA, was also declared bankruptcy by the Tribunal of Parma.[96] The club was then declared legally bankrupt on 22 June 2015 after no new investors willing to refurbish €22.6 million debt in order to trigger Comma 3 of Article 52 of N.O.I.F. to allow the club to remain in Serie B.[97][98] Other debts of the club were either waived by the footballers or settled by the administrator. New investor was not required to repay the subordinated debt and bank debt of the old company. The medals of Parma, which was owned by the company, as well as Centro Sportivo di Collecchio which was owned by its holding company Eventi Sportivi, were under auction after the bankruptcy.[99] The phoenix club S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913 S.r.L. was incorporated in 2015 under the ownership of Nuovo Inizio SrL with share capital of €250,000. Nuovo Inizio was owned by a number of backers including representatives of Parmalat and local businessmen Guido Barilla (co-owner of Barilla Group), Paolo Pizzarotti (president of Impresa Pizzarotti), Mauro Del Rio and Giampaolo Dallara.[35][100][101] The new owners sought to overhaul the core philosophy of Italian club ownership and formed Parma Partecipazioni Calcistiche SrL to act as a vehicle for fan ownership, so issued a further €89,286 of shares to that company. Fans therefore own approximately 25% of the club at a cost of €500 per share.[102] In June 2017, Chinese businessman Jiang Lizhang's Desports group acquired a 60% majority stake in the club. The seven local businessman who launched the club in 2015 retained 30% of the club, while the remaining 10% remained in the hands of fans through Parma Partecipazione Calcistiche.[36][103][104] At the end of October 2018 the local Nuovo Inizio group regained control of the club reacquiring 60% of the shares, with the Chinese partners forced to downsize to 30% in light of alleged lack of diligence in meeting their obligations, while 10% remained unchanged in the public company Partecipazioni Calcistiche. On 9 November Parma Calcio held a shareholders' Meeting to appoint a new board of directors, at the end of which Pietro Pizzarotti, at the time vice-president, was appointed the new president of the club.[105][106] In 2020, Parma were purchased by the Krause Group, owners of American-based convenience store chain Kum & Go.[107] Since 2013 the main sponsor is Cetilar by Pharmanutra.[108] Players [edit] Current squad [edit] As of 15 August 2024[109] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Other players under contract [edit] As of 11 August 2024 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Out on loan [edit] As of 11 August 2024 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Retired numbers [edit] See also: Retired numbers in football 6 – The club announced the retirement of the shirt number worn by club's captain Alessandro Lucarelli after his retirement announcement. Lucarelli holds the record for league appearances for the club and stayed with the club from its 2015 relegation from Serie A to Serie D following bankruptcy and through its three straight promotions back to Serie A between 2015 and 2018.[110] 12 – From the 2002–03 season until the present (with the exception of the 2015–16 season in Serie D, where league rules required that the number be assigned to a substitute), Curva Nord of the Stadio Ennio Tardini, as a sign of recognition towards the fans who sit in the Curva Nord, considered the 12th man on the pitch.[111] Academy [edit] For information on Parma's youth teams, see Parma Calcio 1913 Youth Sector. Below the first team, the club runs six teams at youth level, as well as a ladies' team.[112] Former players [edit] For details of former players, see List of Parma Calcio 1913 players and Category:Parma Calcio 1913 players. Club captains [edit] For a list of club captains, see List of Parma Calcio 1913 players § Club captains. Player records [edit] For player records, including player awards, see List of Parma Calcio 1913 statistics and records § Players. Club officials [edit] Owner Kyle Krause Club management[113] President: Kyle Krause Coaching staff Manager: Fabio Pecchia Assistant manager: Antonio Porta Goalkeeper coach: Valerio Visconti Athletic coach: Marco Antonio Ferrone Technical collaborator: Gennaro Troianiello Ferdinando Coppola Chairmen history [edit] Parma has had numerous chairmen over the course of its history; here is a complete list of them:[114] Managerial history [edit] Below is a list of Parma managers since the end of the First World War until the present day.[114] Honours [edit] Parma has won eight major titles in its history, all coming in a period of ten years between 1992 and 2002.[118] These honours make it the eleventh most successful team in Italian football history in terms of the number of major trophies won, the fourth most successful Italian team in European competitions (after AC Milan, Juventus and Inter Milan), and one of thirteen Italian clubs to have won multiple major titles. National [edit] League [edit] Serie A Runners-up: 1996–97[119] Serie B Winners: 2023–24 Runners-up: 2008–09,[120] 2017–18[121] Serie C Winners: 1953–54, 1972–73,[nb 5] 1983–84,[nb 6] 1985–86[nb 6] Serie D Winners: 1969–70, 2015–16[nb 7] Cups [edit] Coppa Italia Winners: 1991–92, 1998–99, 2001–02 Runners-up: 1994–95,[122] 2000–01[123] Supercoppa Italiana Winners: 1999 Runners-up: 1992,[124] 1995,[125] 2002[126] European [edit] UEFA Cup Winners: 1994–95, 1998–99 European Cup Winners' Cup Winners: 1992–93 Runners-up: 1993–94 European Super Cup Winners: 1993 Divisional movements [edit] Series Years Last Promotions Relegations A 28 2024–25 - 4 (1926, 2008, 2015✟, 2021) B 30 2023–24 5 (1925, 1990, 2009, 2018, 2024) 6 (1932, 1949, 1965, 1975, 1980, 1985) C 30 2016–17 7 (1946, 1954, 1973, 1979, 1984, 1986, 2017) 1 (1966) 88 out of 93 years of professional football in Italy since 1929 D 5 2015–16 2 (1970, 2016) never Notes [edit] References [edit] Bibliography [edit] Bellè, Gianfranco; Gandolfi, Giorgio (2003). 90 anni del Parma calcio 1913–2003 [90 Years of Parma Football 1913–2003] (in Italian). Parma: Azzali Editore. Dunford, Martin (1 March 2011). The Rough Guide to Italy (10th ed.). Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-84836-717-3 . Giulianotti, Richard (16 August 1999). Football: a sociology of the global game. Polity Press. ISBN 978-0-333-94612-1 . Melegari, Fabrizio, ed. (2007). Calciatori del Parma (I Crociati nelle figurine Panini) [Parma Players (The Crusaders in Panini Trading Cards)] (in Italian). Modena: Panini Group. Morrow, Stephen (30 September 2003). The people's game?: football, finance, and society. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-94612-1 . Sappino, Marco (2000). Dizionario del calcio italiano [Dictionary of Italian football] (in Italian). Vol. 2. Baldini & Castoldi. ISBN 978-88-8089-862-7 .[permanent dead link]
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Bajaj Reinforcements LLP has successfully introduced and supplied fibers to prestigious "Tunnel Projects" in various states of India. BAJAJ fibre tuff has been used in more than 45 kms of tunnelling projects. As of now Ministry of Road Transport and Highway, Government of India has approved use of Macro Synthetic Polypropylene Fibres (Bajaj FibreTuff) for the "Z- Morth Tunnel, Zojila Tunnel Projects which will be India's longest road tunnel and Asia's longest "Bi- Directional Tunnel" We also have successfully introduced Bajaj Fibre Tuff in "Railway Tunnel Projects" such as, RVNL Rishikesh – Karanpryag Projects, Irrigation Tunnel- Palmaru Ranga Reddy LIS Telangana, and Madhya Bharat Hydro Electric Power Plant Sikkim. We have supplied our fibres to all major infrastructural companies like L&T, AFCONS, ITD Cementation India Ltd, MEIL and many others. All these contractors appreciated the quality and performance of our fibres. As a result we are experiencing high demand for our quality “Bajaj FibreTuff”. For further information on BAJAJ FIBRE TUFF please visit our website https://www.brllp.in/fibre-tuff.html or email export@brllp.in. To view our latest brochures please click the links below for the Fibre Tuff Brochure click here and for the Fibre Guard brochure please click here. Contact details: EMAIL: fibretuff@brllp.in or export@brllp.in PHONE: 9130098079 or 07104281000. BAJAJ Fibre Tuff The Bajaj Group - Nagpur is based in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, and was incorporated in 1961. Bajaj Reinforcements LLP (ISO 9001:2008) are manufacturers of next generation "Macro Synthetic Structural Fibres” called BAJAJ FIBRE TUFF (a replacement for Steel Fibre)and is used as welded wire mesh in Pavements (Floors) and shotcrete applications (using fibres) for construction in Tunnels. The Bajaj groups turnover is now over 5 Billion annually. Bajaj Reinforcements LLP has successfully introduced and supplied fibers to prestigious "Tunnel Projects" in various states of India. BAJAJ fibre tuff has so far been used in more than 45 kms of tunnelling projects. As of now the Ministry of Road Transport and Highway, Government of India has approved use of Macro Synthetic Polypropylene Fibres (Bajaj FibreTuff) for the "Z- Morth Tunnel, Zojila Tunnel Projects which will be India's longest road tunnel and Asia's longest "Bi- Directional Tunnel" BAJAJ have successfully introduced Bajaj Fibre Tuff in "Railway Tunnel Projects" such as, RVNL Rishikesh – Karanpryag Projects, the Irrigation Tunnel- Palmaru Ranga Reddy LIS Telangana, and the Madhya Bharat Hydro Electric Power Plant Sikkim. BAJAJ have supplied fibres to all major infrastructural companies such as L&T, AFCONS, ITD Cementation India Ltd, MEIL and many others. All these contractors appreciated the quality and performance of BAJAJs fibres in Fibre Tuff. As a result they are experiencing high demand for their high quality product “Bajaj FibreTuff”. For further information on BAJAJ FIBRE TUFF please visit their website https://www.brllp.in/fibre-tuff.html or email export@brllp.in. To view our latest brochures please click the links below for the Fibre Tuff Brochure click here and for the Fibre Guard brochure please click here. Contact details: EMAIL: fibretuff@brllp.in or export@brllp.in PHONE: 9130098079 or 07104281000. Transforming steel wire and applying advanced coating know-how. That is what we are good at. Improving both the bulk and surface properties of steel wire products since almost 140 years. That is what we do better, every day. Offering innovative solutions that add value to our customers and help them grow their business. That is what makes us better together. We purchase approximately 3 million tons of wire rod per year as our basic material. Depending on our customers’ needs, we draw wire from it in different diameters and strengths, even as thin as ultrafine fibers of one micron. We group the wires into cords, ropes and strands, weave or knit them into fabric, or process them into an end product. Depending on the application, we apply coatings which reduce friction, improve corrosion resistance, or enhance adhesion with other materials. History Since 1952 Cotti&Marchi has been operating in the field of electrical systems with the design and the installation of industrial, residential and technological systems, and with the construction of transformer substations for any need (containerised for large construction sites, armoured for tunnels, etc.). The Company has both its own technical office responsible for designing and order management, and its own operational teams working in construction sites in order to provide maintenance services at a later time when system installations are completed. The design and installation of the electrical systems also extends to tertiary industry as office buildings, with normal and emergency lighting systems, structured wiring systems and building automation. Cotti&Marchi has created a specific area related to building electrical transformer transportable substations, both containerised for large construction sites, that armoured tunnel substations for use in tunnel during construction and also when the work is realized. Nowadays the evolution of the technology involves also traditional heating and air-conditioning systems, water and sanitary systems, air/water exchange and treatment systems, gas plants: in each of these systems the electronic component plays an important and essential role managing the systems, if necessary, also with remote control. For these reasons, we have enlarged our field of activities including the mechanical installations, ranging from those at the service of industrial processes, such as the cooling and heating systems for industrial machinery and process tanks, the plants for the production and distribution of necessary fluids to the various processes (chilled water, hot water, superheated water, steam for technological purposes, compressed air for technological and instrumental uses), to the gas and fluids distribution systems. We also realize the waste water collection systems, residential or industrial, installing treatment systems of industrial waste water resulting from the various processes. The activities also include the installation of dedusting and smoke reduction systems, in addition to air conditioning systems for the machines and process equipments, offices, workshops and CED areas. To improve significantly the environmental comfort and to reduce energy consumption, we design and install heating and cooling systems, using radiant panels, floor and ceiling, attached with a system for the environmental humidity control. So in order to provide, if well accepted, our customers with the opportunity of a single company in charge and to guarantee better services, in addiction to the production of electrical and mechanical systems, we provide a global service both for new systems that for the maintenance of existing systems. In this way our customers can enjoy a post-sales service, concerning technical assistance, management and maintenance of systems: this service is realized by a simple work schedule of maintenance with periodic maintenance works to check the correct functioning of the systems and replace the components worn-out. Achieving your goal with precision Throughout the entire duration of the project, our experienced employees are available to you both as consultants and at an operative level for carrying out measurements and evaluations even under the most difficult conditions. Our services in the area of surveying range from planning and constructing geodetic networks to precise tunneling control and construction surveying up to as-built documentation. The execution of control measurements during all project phases underground and above ground is also part of our scope of services. For this purpose, we use the latest technologies and partly self-developed systems which guarantee the greatest possible degree of efficiency and accuracy. In order to provide you with the necessary information and the basis for decision-making in a clear and timely manner, we have developed customized software solutions. References SIROCCO 2017-2018 Traintunnel Infrabel Brussels, Belgium – Engineering, production & delivery of fan shut off dampers 2017-2018 Metro Warszaw, Poland – Engineering, production, delivery and mounting of fan shut off dampers, smoke extraction and ventilation dampers 2017-2018 Tunnel Amberg, Austria – Engineering, production, delivery & mounting of crosscut ventilation system 2015-2018 Tunnel Neuchâtel, Switzerland – Engineering, production & delivery of fan shut off and butterfly dampers, installation in the tunnel ceiling for concentrated air suction during regular and event operation 2016-2017 Tunnel Scheibengipfel, Germany – Engineering, production, delivery & installation of machinery located in the tunnel ceiling for concentrated air exhaustion during regular and event operation 2015-2017 Tunnel Landwasser, Switzerland – Engineering, production, delivery and installation of escape tunnel ventilation system 2012-2018 Tunnel Eyholz, Switzerland – Engineering, production, delivery & installation of machinery located in the tunnel ceiling for concentrated air exhaustion during regular and event operation 2014-2016 Tunnel Küblis, Switzerland – Installations in the tunnel ceiling for local exhausting in standard operation and case of fire 2015-2016 Cross Rail, Great Britain – Engineering, production & delivery of pressure relief dampers 2015-2016 Tauerntunnel, Austria – Refurbishments of installations in the tunnel ceiling for local exhausting in standard operation and case of fire 2013-2016 Seelisbergtunnel, Switzerland – Installations in the tunnel ceiling for local exhausting in standard operation and case of fire 2015-2017 Tunnel Mont Terri & Russelin, Switzerland – Installations in the tunnel ceiling for local exhausting in standard operation and case of fire 2014-2016 Metro Baku, Azerbaijan – Engineering, production & delivery of fan shut off dampers, smoke extraction and ventilation dampers 2014-2016 Tunnel Biel-Längholz, Switzerland – Installations in the tunnel ceiling for local exhausting in standard operation and case of fire 2014-2015 Karawankentunnel, Austria – Installations in the tunnel ceiling for local exhausting in standard operation and case of fire – reinstallations and refurbishments For more than 25 years, Strata Worldwide has dedicated its business to developing advanced safety solutions for mines all over the world. Increasing the safety of miners, as well as improving mining efficiency and productivity, have always been the heart of our focus. While our beginnings grew from roof supports in underground coal operations, today we proudly service mines of all types, all sizes, all commodities and all locations. Our global presence truly embodies the Strata Worldwide name. Strata’s core values of listening to customers, tailoring solutions for their specific needs and providing unmatched service and support across the business process are the keystones of our organization. From our people and expertise to our supreme customer service, Strata is always committed to enhancing mining safety technology. SWEDFAN Your supplier of complete turnkey Ventilation Systems for underground construction since 1995. SWEDFAN Underground Ventilation provides a wide range of products to meet the needs of every customer. From initial ventilation design to final quality assurance processes, we make sure our goods are reliable and exceptional. We’re proud to be one of the best-known names in the industry. Get in touch to see how you can benefit from our products. REFERENCES SWEDFAN has designed and manufactured ventilation systems for more than 2.000 tunneling projects worldwide. References of some of these major supplies of SWEDFAN Ventilation Systems are provided below. ARLANDA AIRPORT, SWEDEN SWEDFAN was the main supplier of ventilation for underground works for the construction of Arlanda Link Tunnels, the commuter train to Arlanda Airport, the largest airport in Sweden. DONG AH GEO POHANG-SAMCHUK RAMILWAY, KOREA SWEDFAN was the supplier of ventilation systems for the Dong Ah Geo POHANG-SAMCHUK RAMILWAY project in Korea. CU MONG PASS TUNNEL, VIETNAM SWEDFAN has delivered high quality ventilation systems for underground works all over the world, one major project among these were to the Cu Mong Pass tunnel in Vietnam. BAIHETAN HEPP, CHINA SWEDFAN was responsible for the design of the entire ventilation system for the tunneling works of the 18 000 MW hydroelectric power project Baihetan in China, the world's largest underground hydroelectric project. A total of 110 fans and 150 000 m ducting was delivered. FÖRBIFART STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN SWEDFAN was responsible for system design and supply of the major part of the ventilation for Förbifart Stockholm, the largest ever infrastructure project in Sweden. Incorporated in 1990, TERRATEC is the world-renowned Australian designer and manufacturer of Tunnel Boring Machines, Raise Boring Machines and other custom-made products for tunnelling and mining applications. TERRATEC’s success is based on the experience and excellence of its engineering team. The team includes engineers with over 40 years experience in the design and manufacture of tunneling and mining machines who have also worked on some of the world’s largest underground projects. TERRATEC is fully managed by Engineers and this gives quick and efficient solutions to meet the Customer’s expectations. TERRATEC products are well-known in the industry as Robust, Durable and Safe, basic principles which must prevail in the conception of any equipment made to work in the extreme conditions encountered underground. As a provider of Total Tunnelling Solutions, TERRATEC’s scope of work extends to include operation and maintenance of boring equipment during the execution of works as well as supply of ancillary equipment. Today, TERRATEC is well placed to meet the growing global market, demanding the highest Quality and Reliability of Equipment for fast and efficient execution of tunneling Projects anywhere in the World.
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]	2002-07-18T07:54:21+00:00		en	/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parma_Calcio_1913	Association football club Football club Parma Calcio 1913 (Italian pronunciation: [ˈparma]), commonly known as Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which will compete in the Serie A, the top tier of Italian league system, following promotion from Serie B in the 2023–24 season. Parma Football Club was originally founded in December 1913, while the current society dates back to 2015. The team has been playing its home matches at the 27,906-seat Stadio Ennio Tardini, often referred to as simply Il Tardini, since 1923. Financed by Calisto Tanzi, the club won eight trophies between 1992 and 2002, a period in which it achieved its best ever league finish as runners-up in the 1996–97 season. The club has won three Coppa Italia, one Supercoppa Italiana, two UEFA Cups, one European Super Cup and one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.[1][2] Financial troubles were brought about in late 2003 by the Parmalat scandal which caused the parent company to collapse and resulted in the club operating in controlled administration until January 2007. The club was declared bankrupt in 2015 and refounded in the Serie D, but secured a record three straight promotions to return to the top flight in 2018. History [edit] Early years (1913–1968) [edit] The club was founded in July 1913 as Verdi Foot Ball Club in honour of the centenary of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, who was born in the province of Parma. It adopted yellow and blue as its colours.[3][4] In December of the same year, Parma Foot Ball Club was formed from many of the original club's players and began wearing white shirts emblazoned with a black cross.[5] Parma began playing league football during the 1919–20 season after the end of World War I. Construction of a stadium, the Stadio Ennio Tardini, began two years later.[6] Parma became a founder member of Serie B after finishing as runners-up in the Prima Divisione in the 1928–29 season. The club would remain in Serie B for three years before being relegated and changing its name to Associazione Sportiva Parma in 1930.[4] In the 1935–36 season, Parma became a founding member of Serie C, where the club stayed until winning promotion back to Serie B in 1943. Italian football was then brought to a halt as the Second World War intensified, although the team did make an appearance in the Campianto Alta Italia in 1944. Following the restart of organised football, Parma spent three years in Serie B, then split into two regional divisions, before again being relegated in 1948–49 to Serie C. The side would spend another five seasons in Serie C before an eleven-year spell in Serie B that included the achievement of ninth position in 1954–55, a club record at that time.[7] This was an era in which the club's players generally held down other jobs or were still in education and when the town's amateur rugby union and volleyball sides, Rugby Parma F.C. 1931 and Ferrovieri Parma, proved more popular among the more privileged.[8] Parma made its debut in European competition during the 1960–61 season, defeating Swiss side AC Bellinzona in the Coppa delle Alpi, but relegation to Serie C followed in 1964–65 season. Parma spent just one season in Serie C before a second successive relegation, this time to Serie D, in 1966. Rebirth and improvement (1968–1989) [edit] The club was in turmoil and was ordered into liquidation by the Court of Parma in 1968, changing its name to Parma Football Club that year. In 1969, another local team, Associazione Calcio Parmense, won promotion to Serie D. On 1 January 1970, A.C. Parmense adopted the sporting licence of the liquidated club which had been formed in 1913. This meant that it had the right to use the Crociata shirts, the badge and the city's name.[3][4][7] This brought about a change of luck in both financial and sporting terms, as the side was crowned Serie D champions and spent three years in Serie C before promotion to Serie B; however, it was a short stay. The team was relegated back to Serie C in its second season in the division. A return to Serie B did not materialise until the end of the 1970s and the club again lasted only one season in the second division of Italian football. Under the management of Cesare Maldini, Parma once again returned to Serie B after winning its division in 1984 with victory on the final day over Sanremo; Juventus-bound Stefano Pioli scored the only goal of the game. The Ducali again only spent a year in Serie B, finishing third from bottom and succumbing to relegation as a consequence. Arrigo Sacchi did, however, manage to return the club to Serie B in 1986 after a single season in the third tier. The side enjoyed good success that season in missing out on promotion to Italy's top tier by just three points and eliminating A.C. Milan from the Coppa Italia, a result that convinced owner Silvio Berlusconi to hire Sacchi as the new manager of the Rossoneri. Sacchi's replacement, Zdeněk Zeman, was fired after just seven matches and replaced by Giampieri Vitali, who secured two consecutive mid-table finishes. Success and insolvency (1989–2004) [edit] Nevio Scala was appointed as head coach in 1989.[7] Scala's Parma secured a historic promotion in 1990 to Serie A with a 2–0 Derby dell'Enza win over Reggiana.[9] Investment from parent company Parmalat helped to improve the team's fortunes and the club made its debut in UEFA competition in 1991.[3][9][10][11] Scala led the club to its first four major honours. The first of these was the Coppa Italia in 1991–92, beating Juventus 2–1 over two legs. The following year came the first international triumph in a 3–1 victory in the Cup Winners' Cup over Belgian side Antwerp at Wembley.[9][12] The next season, the side was successful in the European Super Cup, overcoming Milan 2–1 on aggregate, but lost the Cup Winners' Cup final 1–0 to Arsenal.[9] Scala's final success with Parma was in another two-legged final against Juventus: Dino Baggio scored twice to give Parma a 2–1 aggregate win, but Juventus exacted revenge in the Coppa Italia final. Replaced by Carlo Ancelotti, Scala departed in 1996 and was a popular coach for the trophies he won and because the team played attractive football in the tradition of the club.[8] Ancelotti overhauled the team and guided it to a record second place in 1997.[9][13][14] Parma consequently made its debut in the UEFA Champions League the following year. Alberto Malesani was installed as coach in 1998 and the club completed a rare cup double in his first season, winning the Coppa Italia final against Fiorentina on the away goals rule and the UEFA Cup against Marseille at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow with a 3–0 victory before 1999 Supercoppa Italiana victory over league champions Milan followed in August 1999. In 2000, Hernán Crespo was sold to Lazio for a world record transfer fee and Malesani departed. Under replacement Renzo Ulivieri, the club lost the Coppa Italia final to Fiorentina. Under Pietro Carmignani in 2002, Parma won the third Coppa Italia trophy against Juventus (but would slip to defeat in the 2002 Supercoppa Italiana) and finished outside the top six for the first time since promotion in 1990. This success earned it a tag as one of the "Seven Sisters".[15][16] In April 2004, the club was declared insolvent following the financial meltdown of Parmalat and the club remained in special administration for three years.[17][18][19] Rebirth and another bankruptcy (2004–2015) [edit] The club re-formed as Parma Football Club SpA in June 2004[20] (as a subsidiary of being liquidated Parma AC SpA) and the 2004–05 season saw Parma plummet to its lowest finish in Serie A – despite a second consecutive 23-goal haul from Gilardino, who was then sold for €25 million[21] – as managers came and went.[15] Parma ended the following season, its first without European competition since 1991, in tenth, but returned in 2006 after the Calciopoli scandal. On 24 January 2007, Tommaso Ghirardi bought the club out of administration and became the owner and president of the club.[22] Manager Claudio Ranieri helped the team avoid relegation to Serie B on the final day of the 2006–07 season following his February appointment.[23][24] However, under a succession of managers, Parma's battle with relegation the following year was not successful, consigning the club to Serie B after 18 years in the top flight.[4][25] Francesco Guidolin won promotion back to Serie A at the first attempt with a second-place finish and led the side to eighth on its return to Serie A in 2009–10, narrowly missing out on qualification for the UEFA Europa League before leaving for Udinese. In May 2010, Guidolin swapped jobs with Pasquale Marino, who was sacked by Ghirardi in April 2011 when Parma was caught in another relegation dogfight.[26][27][28] Under Marino's replacement, Franco Colomba, Parma escaped the threat of relegation with two games to spare.[29] In January 2012, Colomba was replaced by Roberto Donadoni following a winless run that culminated in a 5–0 loss to Inter Milan and the new coach led the team to eighth position in a Serie A club record seven-match winning run.[30][31] In 2014, Donadoni guided Parma to sixth in Serie A and a third consecutive top ten finish, but a return to Europe in the Europa League for the first time since 2007 was barred due to the late payment of income tax on salaries, not qualifying for a UEFA license, for which the club would also be docked points during the 2014–15 Serie A season.[32][33] Financial troubles precipitated a succession of ownership changes and the club's eventual bankruptcy in March 2015 with total liabilities of €218 million, including €63m unpaid salaries.[34][35][36] The club was allowed to finish the season but finished bottom of the league in 20th place. Administrators Angelo Anedda and Alberto Guiotto were forced to put some trophies to sell in an auction in a desperate attempt to raise money to cover the debt. These included: three Coppa Italia won in 1992, 1999 and 2002, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup from 1993, the 1994 UEFA Super Cup, two UEFA Cup of 1995 and 1999 and the 1999 Supercoppa Italiana.[37] Another rebirth (2015–present) [edit] The re-founded club, S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913, was formed in July 2015, taking its name from the year of foundation of the predecessor club and securing a place in the 2015–16 Serie D under article 52 of N.O.I.F. as the representative of Parma.[38] Ex-head coach Nevio Scala was appointed as president and former player Luigi Apolloni was chosen as head coach.[39] In the club's first season, it sold over 9,000 season tickets, more than doubling the Serie D record.[40] Parma achieved promotion from Serie D into professional football league Lega Pro with three games to spare following a 2–1 win against Delta Rovigo, ending the season in first place with 94 points from 38 games, and an unbeaten run of 28 victories and 10 draws.[41][42] Parma ended the 2016–17 Lega Pro season in second place of Group B, but were promoted to Serie B after a 2–0 win over Alessandria in the promotion play-off final.[43] On 18 May 2018, Parma achieved a third promotion in three seasons, becoming the first Italian football club to achieve this, having finished the 2017–18 Serie B season second behind champions Empoli and level on points with Frosinone, but achieving automatic promotion due to a better head-to-head record, thus making a comeback to the top flight for the next season in 2018–19 Serie A just three seasons after their bankruptcy relegation to Serie D.[44] On 23 July 2018, Parma were handed a 5 point deduction for the 2018–19 Serie A season, following text messages from Parma player Emanuele Calaio "eliciting a reduced effort" from two players of Spezia (Filippo De Col and Claudio Terzi) during the 2017–18 season, a match Parma won 2–0 to secure promotion.[45] On 9 August, Parma had the 5-point deduction expunged.[46] In the club's first season back in Serie A, they managed to achieve a 14th placed finish on the table, three points above the relegation zone.[47] For the 2019–20 Serie A season, Parma finished in 11th place with 49 points. Dejan Kulusevski, playing for Parma on loan from Atalanta, won the Best Young Player in Serie A award.[48] Ahead of the 2020–21 Serie A season, manager Roberto D'Aversa was sacked on 23 August 2020 and replaced by Fabio Liverani.[49] Liverani would only last until 7 January 2021, himself being replaced by his predecessor D'Aversa. Parma finished the season in bottom place, managing just three wins from 38 games and were relegated to Serie B. In September 2020, Parma was purchased by American Kyle Krause.[50] Enzo Maresca was appointed as the new head coach for the 2021–22 Serie B season.[51] Maresca was sacked on 23 November 2021[52] and replaced by Giuseppe Iachini the same day.[53] Parma finished the season in 12th place. Argentinian attacher Franco Vázquez was the joint second highest scorer in the league with 14 goals. Fabio Pecchia took over as coach for the 2022–23 Serie B season.[54] Parma was promoted to Serie A in the following season. Colours and badge [edit] Originally, the club wore blue and blue chequered shirts in honour of the city's traditional colours, which date back to 1545 when the Duchy of Parma was established,[55] but white shirts with a black cross on the chest were introduced after the First World War, drawing inspiration from Juventus' colours, following a name change.[5] White continued to be worn as the main colour of the home kits for much of the remainder of the century, although often complemented with yellow, blue or both, rather than black. The club did, however, experiment in the 1950s with blue shirts and blue and yellow striped shirts. The cross shirts were restored and worn until bankruptcy in 1968, when white shirts with off-centre blue and yellow vertical bands were worn, but the cross returned from 1970 until 1983 when a yellow and blue-sleeved white shirt was introduced and used for 8 years. After decades in the lower divisions, Parma was promoted to Serie A in 1990, where the side immediately became a major force in the battle for major trophies, on many notable occasions in direct opposition to Juventus, who would become fierce rivals of Parma's. This rivalry and the influence of Parmalat led to the demotion of the white shirts to the away kit, so the side wore yellow and blue hooped shirts at home for six seasons between 1998 and 2004, and navy blue shirts often worn as third choice in this period. This was a time of great success for the club, thus the shirts became synonymous with Parma, often still called the Gialloblù (Yellow and Blues) today, despite a recent reversion to the traditional white shirts emblazoned with a cross caused by parent company Parmalat's collapse and the clubs subsequent re-foundation as Parma Football Club. Yellow and blue were Parma's traditional change colours, used in various combinations from 2004 to 2015, such as vertical stripes, hoops, crosses or as solid colour designs.[56] Parma's logo changed in 2005 to reflect the name change from Parma A.C. to Parma F.C., but the logo otherwise remained the same, encompassing the city colours of yellow and blue and the club's traditional black cross set on a white background, and has not changed much in years, although it was dramatically overhauled to feature a prancing bull for one season in 2000–01 before it was criticised and discontinued in favour of the old badge. A new badge with broadly similar features was introduced for the 2014–15 season following the use of a commemorative centenary badge for the 2013–14 campaign.[57] The newly formed club in 2015 adopted a new logo before acquiring the rights to a number of legacy items for €250,000 a year later.[58] Parma F.C.'s crest until 2012 Parma F.C. logo, 2014–15 S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913 badge, 2015–16 Grounds [edit] Parma initially had no permanent home and used the Piazza d'Armi, where two wooden posts constituted the frame of each goal. In December 1914, the club began to use land between the Via Emilia, the Eridania refinery and the Ferraguti factory, but it was sold, so the club returned to the Piazza d'Armi before transferring to the Tre Pioppi, the first fenced-off pitch in the city.[59] Parma moved into the Stadio Ennio Tardini in 1923 and remains there today, although the stadium saw drastic change from the vision of Ennio Tardini, under whose auspices the stadium was to be built, but who died before completion of the venue.[60][61] Much of the renovation took place after the club's first promotion to Serie A at the start of the 1990s.[6] Since 1996, the first team has trained and played friendly matches at the Centro Sportivo di Collecchio in Collecchio, which is located 15 kilometres to the south-west of the stadium. Parma's youth teams also play their home matches in the same complex. Until 2015, younger youth teams trained at Campi Stuard but now train at Collechio.[60] In 2018, the refounded Parma Calcio 1913 acquired the centre from the administrator of Eventi Sportivi S.p.A., the parent company of Parma F.C., and the former owner of the centre, for about €3 million.[62][63] Support [edit] The supporters of Parma are seen as placid fans.[64] Traditionally, they have been seen as fans who enjoy the spectacle of football and are less partisan, although they have been more characterised by impatience of late.[8] The supporters were praised for their loyalty after the club sold more season tickets in 2015 when playing in Serie D than the previous year in Serie A following bankruptcy.[36] In Northeast Italy, the team is the fifth best supported, behind Inter Milan, Juventus, Milan and Bologna, the first three of which are not based in that region.[65] They are represented by three main groups: il Centro di Coordinamento dei Parma Club (which represents most of the fanbase), l'Associazione Petitot and the club's ultras, Boys Parma, which was established on 3 August 1977 by young fans wanting to split from the Centro di Coordinamento and to encourage meetings with opposition fans.[66] The Boys Parma occupy the northern end of the home stadium, La Curva Nord, directly opposite to where the away fans sit in the south stand.[61] In 2008, the Curva Nord was renamed in honour of Boys Parma 1977 member Matteo Bagnaresi, who died when he was run over on the way to the Tardini by a coach which was carrying the opposition Juventus fans.[67] In a not uncommon practice, the number 12 shirt has been reserved for the Parma fans, meaning no player is registered to play with that number on his kit for the club. The implication is that the supporters, particularly those of the famous Curva Nord, are the twelfth man. The last player to be registered with the number was Gabriele Giroli for the 2002–03 season. Parma's club anthem is Il grido di battaglia, which means "The Battle Cry".[68] Rivalries [edit] Main articles: Derby dell'Enza and Derby dell'Emilia Parma maintains rivalries with regional and national clubs; some of these are keenly fought local derbies. Derby dell'Enza[nb 1] opponents Reggiana are the club's bitterest rivals. The ill-feeling with Reggiana comes from a traditional city rivalry between Parma and Reggio Emilia. Parma contests the Derby dell'Emilia[nb 2] with Bologna.[69][70] Bologna and Parma are Emilia-Romagna's two most decorated clubs, winning the region's only domestic titles: 7 Serie A titles and 5 Coppe Italia. Two other local derbies are the Derby dei Ducati,[nb 3] which is contested with neighbours Modena, and the Derby del Ducato,[nb 4] which is played against Piacenza.[70] Despite their relative obscurity, Lombardian side Cremonese and Tuscan outfit Carrarese, to Parma's north and south, respectively, are both seen as rivals too. Juventus is considered a great rival of Parma largely due to their recent duels, which include Parma's 1995 UEFA Cup victory, its first and third Coppa Italia triumphs, Supercoppa Italiana defeats in 1995 and 2002, and its 1995 domestic cup final defeat to The Old Lady.[71][72][73] These six matches comprise nearly half of the fourteen major finals Parma has participated in. Ironically, Parma's colours have their origins in those Juventus wears, and the switch from white and black to a yellow and blue home kit in the late 1990s took place in order to distance and distinguish Parma from Juventus. Parma maintain keenly fought rivalries with Vicenza and Genoa. In Italy, it is common for clubs to be twinned in an arrangement called gemellaggi. This is a practice uncommon elsewhere.[74] Parma enjoy amicable relations with Empoli in an arrangement that dates back to a game played in foggy conditions in 1984 that ended in the Parma fans congratulating those of Empoli on its win when the full-time whistle was blown without the Azzurri fans' knowledge.[75][76] Perhaps a more current bond is felt towards the fans of Sampdoria.[77][78] Ownership and finances [edit] In 1991, the club was bought by multinational Italian dairy and food corporation Parmalat. This was the platform for success on the pitch but the club eventually succumbed to administration in 2004 due to Parmalat's massive bankruptcy with debts of $20 billion and fraudulent activity at Parmalat worth over €10 billion and a €167 million net loss by the club in 2003.[16][18][35][79][80] On 24 January 2007, engineering entrepreneur Tommaso Ghirardi bought the club after three years of administration for $39 million and incorporated Eventi Sportivi as a holding company owning 100% of the club's shares of €20 million nominal value.[22] Eventi Sportivi Srl (later S.p.A.), at first had a share capital of just €3 million, with Banca Monte Parma, owned 10% of the shares as minority.[81] By 21 January 2009, Ghirardi's ownership of Eventi Sportivi was 75% with Banca Monte Parma holding 10% and Marco Ferrari, former vice-president Diego Penocchio and Penocchio's company Brixia Incipit each owning 5%.[82] In July 2011, Ghirardi sold to both Alberto Rossi and Alberto Volpi 5% each of Eventi Sportivi.[83] On 29 February 2014, Energy T.I. Group bought 10% of the shares in the club from Eventi Sportivi.[84] On 19 December 2014 and as a result of a ruling which barred the club from a first European campaign under Tommaso Ghirardi, Ghirardi sold his 66.55% controlling stake in Eventi Sportivi to Dastraso Holding Ltd, a company based in Cyprus and controlled by Rezart Taçi for €1, at which point the club was $200 million in debt.[35][85][86] The club became the third Serie A club to become foreign-owned as a result and Albanian Emir Kodra was installed as president.[87][88] In February 2015, Taci sold his stake to Giampietro Manenti for the price he bought it, €1, less than two months after buying it, at which point salaries at the financially stricken club had not been paid since the previous summer.[35][89][90][91][92][93] With Parma bottom of Serie A, Manenti was arrested in March 2015 on allegations of money laundering and his involvement in a credit card fraud ring, imperilling the already precarious situation as the club was plunged further into debt.[35][94] On 19 March 2015, the club was declared bankrupt with a total liabilities of €218 million (including unpaid wages of €63 million).[34][95] On 22 April 2015, the intermediate holding company of Parma, Eventi Sportivi SpA, was also declared bankruptcy by the Tribunal of Parma.[96] The club was then declared legally bankrupt on 22 June 2015 after no new investors willing to refurbish €22.6 million debt in order to trigger Comma 3 of Article 52 of N.O.I.F. to allow the club to remain in Serie B.[97][98] Other debts of the club were either waived by the footballers or settled by the administrator. New investor was not required to repay the subordinated debt and bank debt of the old company. The medals of Parma, which was owned by the company, as well as Centro Sportivo di Collecchio which was owned by its holding company Eventi Sportivi, were under auction after the bankruptcy.[99] The phoenix club S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913 S.r.L. was incorporated in 2015 under the ownership of Nuovo Inizio SrL with share capital of €250,000. Nuovo Inizio was owned by a number of backers including representatives of Parmalat and local businessmen Guido Barilla (co-owner of Barilla Group), Paolo Pizzarotti (president of Impresa Pizzarotti), Mauro Del Rio and Giampaolo Dallara.[35][100][101] The new owners sought to overhaul the core philosophy of Italian club ownership and formed Parma Partecipazioni Calcistiche SrL to act as a vehicle for fan ownership, so issued a further €89,286 of shares to that company. Fans therefore own approximately 25% of the club at a cost of €500 per share.[102] In June 2017, Chinese businessman Jiang Lizhang's Desports group acquired a 60% majority stake in the club. The seven local businessman who launched the club in 2015 retained 30% of the club, while the remaining 10% remained in the hands of fans through Parma Partecipazione Calcistiche.[36][103][104] At the end of October 2018 the local Nuovo Inizio group regained control of the club reacquiring 60% of the shares, with the Chinese partners forced to downsize to 30% in light of alleged lack of diligence in meeting their obligations, while 10% remained unchanged in the public company Partecipazioni Calcistiche. On 9 November Parma Calcio held a shareholders' Meeting to appoint a new board of directors, at the end of which Pietro Pizzarotti, at the time vice-president, was appointed the new president of the club.[105][106] In 2020, Parma were purchased by the Krause Group, owners of American-based convenience store chain Kum & Go.[107] Since 2013 the main sponsor is Cetilar by Pharmanutra.[108] Players [edit] Current squad [edit] As of 15 August 2024[109] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Other players under contract [edit] As of 11 August 2024 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Out on loan [edit] As of 11 August 2024 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Retired numbers [edit] See also: Retired numbers in football 6 – The club announced the retirement of the shirt number worn by club's captain Alessandro Lucarelli after his retirement announcement. Lucarelli holds the record for league appearances for the club and stayed with the club from its 2015 relegation from Serie A to Serie D following bankruptcy and through its three straight promotions back to Serie A between 2015 and 2018.[110] 12 – From the 2002–03 season until the present (with the exception of the 2015–16 season in Serie D, where league rules required that the number be assigned to a substitute), Curva Nord of the Stadio Ennio Tardini, as a sign of recognition towards the fans who sit in the Curva Nord, considered the 12th man on the pitch.[111] Academy [edit] For information on Parma's youth teams, see Parma Calcio 1913 Youth Sector. Below the first team, the club runs six teams at youth level, as well as a ladies' team.[112] Former players [edit] For details of former players, see List of Parma Calcio 1913 players and Category:Parma Calcio 1913 players. Club captains [edit] For a list of club captains, see List of Parma Calcio 1913 players § Club captains. Player records [edit] For player records, including player awards, see List of Parma Calcio 1913 statistics and records § Players. Club officials [edit] Owner Kyle Krause Club management[113] President: Kyle Krause Coaching staff Manager: Fabio Pecchia Assistant manager: Antonio Porta Goalkeeper coach: Valerio Visconti Athletic coach: Marco Antonio Ferrone Technical collaborator: Gennaro Troianiello Ferdinando Coppola Chairmen history [edit] Parma has had numerous chairmen over the course of its history; here is a complete list of them:[114] Managerial history [edit] Below is a list of Parma managers since the end of the First World War until the present day.[114] Honours [edit] Parma has won eight major titles in its history, all coming in a period of ten years between 1992 and 2002.[118] These honours make it the eleventh most successful team in Italian football history in terms of the number of major trophies won, the fourth most successful Italian team in European competitions (after AC Milan, Juventus and Inter Milan), and one of thirteen Italian clubs to have won multiple major titles. National [edit] League [edit] Serie A Runners-up: 1996–97[119] Serie B Winners: 2023–24 Runners-up: 2008–09,[120] 2017–18[121] Serie C Winners: 1953–54, 1972–73,[nb 5] 1983–84,[nb 6] 1985–86[nb 6] Serie D Winners: 1969–70, 2015–16[nb 7] Cups [edit] Coppa Italia Winners: 1991–92, 1998–99, 2001–02 Runners-up: 1994–95,[122] 2000–01[123] Supercoppa Italiana Winners: 1999 Runners-up: 1992,[124] 1995,[125] 2002[126] European [edit] UEFA Cup Winners: 1994–95, 1998–99 European Cup Winners' Cup Winners: 1992–93 Runners-up: 1993–94 European Super Cup Winners: 1993 Divisional movements [edit] Series Years Last Promotions Relegations A 28 2024–25 - 4 (1926, 2008, 2015✟, 2021) B 30 2023–24 5 (1925, 1990, 2009, 2018, 2024) 6 (1932, 1949, 1965, 1975, 1980, 1985) C 30 2016–17 7 (1946, 1954, 1973, 1979, 1984, 1986, 2017) 1 (1966) 88 out of 93 years of professional football in Italy since 1929 D 5 2015–16 2 (1970, 2016) never Notes [edit] References [edit] Bibliography [edit] Bellè, Gianfranco; Gandolfi, Giorgio (2003). 90 anni del Parma calcio 1913–2003 [90 Years of Parma Football 1913–2003] (in Italian). Parma: Azzali Editore. Dunford, Martin (1 March 2011). The Rough Guide to Italy (10th ed.). Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-84836-717-3 . Giulianotti, Richard (16 August 1999). Football: a sociology of the global game. Polity Press. ISBN 978-0-333-94612-1 . Melegari, Fabrizio, ed. (2007). Calciatori del Parma (I Crociati nelle figurine Panini) [Parma Players (The Crusaders in Panini Trading Cards)] (in Italian). Modena: Panini Group. Morrow, Stephen (30 September 2003). The people's game?: football, finance, and society. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-94612-1 . Sappino, Marco (2000). Dizionario del calcio italiano [Dictionary of Italian football] (in Italian). Vol. 2. Baldini & Castoldi. ISBN 978-88-8089-862-7 .[permanent dead link]
883	dbpedia	3	86	https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/italys-flood-of-the-century-a-disaster-foretold/	en	Italy’s “Flood of the Century”: A Disaster Foretold	https://www.greeneuropea…0/Analysis-1.png	https://www.greeneuropea…0/Analysis-1.png	[ "https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/wp-content/themes/greenjournal/images/logo-gej-2019.png", "https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/picture-5-1-min-2-1024x683.png", "https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/picture-2-min-683x1024.png", "https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/picture-1-min-1-1024x848.png", "https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/picture-3-min-683x1024.png", "https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/picture-4-min-1024x683.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	A combination of drought and torrential rain exposed Italy to devastating floods last May. Inefficient administration, short-sighted politics, and an unstoppable appetite for urban sprawl are to blame.	en	https://www.greeneuropea…on-gej-80x80.png	Green European Journal	https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/italys-flood-of-the-century-a-disaster-foretold/	A combination of drought and torrential rain exposed Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region to devastating floods last May. But while extreme weather events are difficult to predict and mitigate, their impacts are also a result of inefficient administration, short-sighted politics, and a seemingly unstoppable appetite for urban sprawl. A photo essay. The fourth-longest coastline in Europe, a strategic position in the Mediterranean, and a temperate climate – geography has traditionally been regarded as one of Italy’s greatest blessings. But as the country climbs the rankings of Europe’s most climate disaster-prone regions, its geography appears less like an asset and more like a burden. In 2021, the environmental protection agency ISPRA warned that 93.9 per cent of Italian cities were at risk of flooding, landslides, and coastal erosion. Emilia-Romagna – before seventeen lost their lives and fifty thousand were displaced due to two devastating floods last May – was flagged by ISPRA as the Italian region most at risk. The recent floods (less than one year after the ones in the Marche region, where 13 people died) hit in particular the Po Valley, the floodplain of the country’s longest river, home to a third of Italians and largely characterised by low-permeability clay soil. In 2022, the most severe drought in 70 years struck the region, making these precarious hydrogeological conditions even more prone to disaster. When three months of rain poured down in less than two days in May, the hydrometric levels in the plains rose by up to 15 meters, while 250 landslides devastated the surrounding hills and mountains. But was it just a matter of misfortune? Uncommitted to risk mitigation Over the last decades in Italy, investment in hydrogeological risk mitigation has been inconsistent and generally in reaction to major disasters, and following the tides of public sentiment. After 37 died in the floods that hit the Sicilian city of Messina in 2009, the government approved a resolution to mobilise 2.2 billion euros to prevent future disasters. But as the memory of these floods faded, so did investments, which reached a low of 227 million euros in 2012. The downward trend was tragically halted the following year, when another flood in Sardinia claimed 18 lives. In 2014, the coalition government led by Matteo Renzi included a 2.3-billion-euro-investment in hydrogeological risk mitigation in its “Unblock Italy” decree. 99.2 per cent of the total public tender value in the past decade was entrusted to a handful of companies with a track record hardly in line with the objectives. More recently, in 2021, the government approved an extraordinary measure to mobilise 220 million euros in direct financing to the regions. Emilia-Romagna spent its share of the money partly on the maintenance of already existing projects (a consequence of inconsistent government funding), and partly on detention basins and dewatering pumps. The region ignored most of the government’s naturalistic guidelines, which suggested instead to focus on restoring the rivers’ sinuosity, reforesting the floodplains, and reducing artificiality. To this day, 64 per cent of the projects have not yet reached the design stage, and none have been fully implemented, despite completion being initially scheduled after 13 months on average. Misguided public tendering The notorious inefficiency of the public administration bears some responsibility for these delays. Despite the reform in 2013 of a National School of Administration, Italy’s administrative tasks are predominantly undertaken by workers who often feel they lack analytical skills. This situation frequently leads to negligence in the evaluation of the social and environmental costs of projects, as well as delays in the assessment of new projects. The scarce capacity of the public administration isn’t the only hurdle. While locally run land reclamation consortiums can usually be trusted with hydrogeological risk mitigation works, 99.2 per cent of the total public tender value in the past decade was entrusted to a handful of companies with a track record hardly in line with the objectives. Webuild (formerly Salini Impregilo), the largest single contractor with a tender volume of almost 22 billion euros, has caused 23 large-scale disturbances of hydrogeological systems worldwide, according to NGOs. The runner-up Impresa Pizzarotti has been criticised by WWF and the environmentalist association Legambiente for its involvement in the controversial Tirreno-Brennero highway project, which allegedly threatens the ecological and hydrogeological security of eighty thousand people in Emilia-Romagna. GCF and Salcef, jointly in direct or indirect control of 23.8 billion euros worth of public procurement contracts, were recently found to have ties with the Calabrian mafia group Ndrangheta. No soil left to soak Another issue is that the Italian procurement law lacks any requirement to include social and environmental costs in the feasibility studies of the projects seeking public funding. As a result, many constraints to the ecological conduct of private companies are systematically undermined, explaining also why these companies tend to frequently come into conflict with environmentalists. In Emilia-Romagna, a 2017 regional law has been widely criticised for de facto inhibiting the regulatory capacity of local authorities with respect to urban planning. The region is currently losing 751 square meters of soil every hour in favour of construction projects. By the time you have finished reading this article, around a 1-bedroom apartment size worth of soil will have been covered in asphalt or cement, with all that this entails in terms of carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, the urban heat island effect, worsened air quality, and reduction in soil water absorption capacity. The latter effect not only creates a breeding ground for inundation but, over time, can also lead to loss of water security because precipitation can no longer reach the groundwater. The centre-left Partito Democratico (PD) has played a pivotal role in shaping the trajectory of soil protection policy. When in 2012 a milestone law was put forward in the regional council of Tuscany, the ruling PD opposed it. Prominent environmentalist and urban planner Anna Marson, who wrote the proposal and had been nominated by the PD, denounced the private interests – disguised as concerns about employment in the construction industry – guiding the party’s decisions. Only two years later, following a flood in Carrara, the regional council had to face reality, and the law was approved. Finally, soil consumption was facing proper regulation. But after the PD won the 2015 regional elections by a wider margin, and formed a majority without the support of smaller environmental parties, the law’s regulatory capacity was inhibited, particularly in regard to the citizens’ right to be informed and the institutions’ oversight capacity. To avoid losing support, Italian politicians have historically been hesitant to impose regulation, regardless of their ideological affiliation. That same year, the local PD leader presented a new urban planning law to the regional council of Emilia-Romagna. The draft bore a strong resemblance to that of a former centre-right minister who had resigned following a corruption scandal involving prominent construction contractors. The new draft also included elements of a letter submitted to the council by an association representing the region’s construction companies. Once approved, the law contributed to fast-tracking soil consumption. Currently, Emilia-Romagna is the Italian region with the highest amount of concrete on alluvial soil. Then the “flood of the century” hit, and Emilia-Romagna’s government abolished the regional environmental agency’s authority on city planning, demonstrating yet again that it had not learned any lessons about the risks of soil sealing. Even at the national level, in the wake of the disaster, the central government was still unwilling to acknowledge the consequences of overbuilding. Nello Musumeci, the far-right Minister for Civil Protection and Maritime Policies, said that the government planned to tackle the problem with an engineering approach focused on dams. The region, according to the Minister, needs tens of dams to solve the combined threats of flooding and drought in the years to come. Of Italy’s 529 large dams, only 12 are used for flood control (of which eight are currently inactive). However, damming as a solution to flood prevention is only effective in scenarios where most of the rainfall takes place at high altitudes, overwhelming the riverbanks downstream. In March, the government financed a new feasibility study for the Vetto Dam in Emilia-Romagna, originally designed in the 1970s. Construction work began in 1988 but was suspended only a year later due to an appeal by environmental associations. But even if the dam had been completed, it would not have changed much in last May’s floods: just 23 per cent of the rainfall happened at altitudes higher than 447 meters above sea level, where the Vetto dam would be located. Europa Verde – the current iteration of the Italian Green party – criticised the plan as anachronistic and put forward more modern and less environmentally intrusive measures. According to the Greens, the same funds may be allocated to smaller-scale projects such as decentralised reservoirs and detention basins that can be distributed along multiple areas at different altitudes, and are therefore more resilient to unpredictable precipitations. A responsibility no one wants to bear As the construction lobby pointed out in its 2016 letter to the Emilia-Romagna council, soil sealing is mostly done in response to market demand. Concrete and asphalt are laid to increase parking spaces, expand real-estate supply and improve connections between cities. To avoid losing support, Italian politicians have historically been hesitant to impose regulation, regardless of their ideological affiliation. This has made urban planning a difficult topic to debate, and even more so in recent years. Italy is third among OECD countries for the most dwellings per thousand inhabitants. With a proper wealth or vacancy tax missing, one in five dwellings is currently uninhabited. Many municipalities do not even bother to survey the amount of empty or abandoned dwellings within their borders, and so land consumption still goes on unabated. Construction from the ground is preferred over renovations, also considering the increasing demand for urban sprawl. A low-density housing environment is essential for private vehicle ownership, and this neatly fits Italy’s motorisation rate, the third highest in Europe. With the majority of the population less and less interested in sensible urban planning, and political leaders reluctant to take responsibility for economically unpopular decisions, land consumption does not seem likely to slow down in the near future. But with climate change making extreme weather events increasingly frequent, this means setting the country up for disaster once again.
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Europe", "s", "Olympic games", "World news", "Sports", "i", "Antonio Tajani", "World News" ]	null	[ "ANDREW DAMPF", "Europe. twitter", "apnews.com", "andrew-dampf" ]	2024-01-30T15:22:17+00:00	The local organizing committee for the 2026 Winter Olympics has decided to move forward with rebuilding a century-old bobsled track in Cortina d’Ampezzo but will also keep open a “Plan B” in case the new venue is not ready in time.	en	/apple-touch-icon.png	AP News	https://apnews.com/article/bobsled-track-milan-cortina-olympics-a96a9129d4a9bbe5cf8a7a7490bca69b	ROME (AP) — The local organizing committee for the 2026 Winter Olympics decided Tuesday to move forward with rebuilding a century-old bobsled track in Cortina d’Ampezzo but will also keep open a “Plan B” in case the new venue is not ready by March 2025. The committee said following a board meeting that its plans hinge on signing a contract with Parma-based construction company Impresa Pizzarotti & C., which has offered to rebuild the Cortina track for 81.6 million euros ($89 million). If the contract for the sliding center is signed “it would confirm the original masterplan” for the Olympics, the Milan-Cortina committee said, adding that the new venue “would revive Cortina’s long tradition in these sports and help future generations.” The announcement comes amid a standoff with the International Olympic Committee, which wants an existing foreign venue in neighboring Austria or Switzerland used instead to cut costs. But the Italian government does not want to finance a foreign venue. “It is not acceptable for the bobsled races to take place outside Italy,” Deputy Premier Antonio Tajani said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “We will do everything to achieve the goal.” Construction would start with less than two years to go before the Milan-Cortina Games — and less than a year before IOC-mandated test events. No sliding track has been built recently in such a short timeframe and test events have taken on even greater importance following the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training crash hours before the start of the opening ceremony for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. “Considering the negative views of the IOC and the international federations, which are concerned about the timeframe that the project would require, and considering advice from SIMICO (the company in charge of infrastructure for the games), the board has decided not to interrupt dialogue with other existing and functioning venues,” the local organizing committee said, adding that it has asked chairman Andrea Varnier “to continue negotiations for an eventual Plan B that would require added budget.” The Milan-Cortina committee added that it realizes that “under no circumstances” can the new track be certified after March 2025. ___
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existing venue in Austria or Switzerland to be used. The offer from Parma-based Impresa Pizzarotti & C. — which does not include taxes — was the only one submitted at the closure of the tender process late Thursday. If approved, construction would start with less than two years to go before the Milan-Cortina Games — and less than a year before International Olympic Committee-mandated test events. No sliding track has been built recently in such a short timeframe and test events have taken on even greater importance following the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training crash hours before the start of the opening ceremony for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. The IOC has repeatedly insisted that an existing ice sliding venue outside Italy must be picked to avoid extra spending on construction. Options include nearby tracks at St. Moritz, Switzerland and Igls, Austria. “Our position is unequivocal,” the IOC’s director of Olympic Games Christophe Dubi said Thursday at a briefing in South Korea, setting a Jan. 31 target for a decision. “We from the very beginning felt that this venue was extremely complex in terms of cost, in terms of legacy, in terms of timing,” Dubi said of the options in Italy. “We have promoted the use of an existing track.” The Italian government, however, does not want to pay for events to be held abroad. A final decision could be made at the local organizing committee’s next board meeting on Jan. 30. The IOC is sensitive about spiraling costs and potential white elephant projects, so encourages local organizers to use venues in other countries. But organizers for this year’s Summer Games in Paris defied the IOC by picking Tahiti to host surfing events. That project has run into environmental concerns over constructing a new tower for judges and TV cameras in a lagoon amid pristine waters and reefs. The next Winter Games are being held across northern Italy from Feb. 6-22, 2026. ___
883	dbpedia	0	10	https://www.dvidshub.net/news/469946/fead-sigonella-awards-79m-renovate-unaccompanied-housing-nas-sigonella	en	FEAD Sigonella Awards $7.9M to Renovate Unaccompanied Housing at NAS Sigonella	https://d1ldvf68ux039x.c…28/1000w_q95.jpg	https://d1ldvf68ux039x.c…28/1000w_q95.jpg	[ "https://www.dvidshub.net/images/dvids_logo_main.png", "https://www.dvidshub.net/images/dvids_mobile_menu_logo_main.png", "https://www.dvidshub.net/images/dvids_mobile_menu_logo.png", "https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/2308/7972628/1000w_q95.jpg", "https://cdn.dvidshub.net/images/subscribe-button-icon.png", "https://www.dvidshub.net/images/public_domain_logo.png", "https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/2308/7972628/75x75_q95.jpg", "https://www.dvidshub.net/images/podcasts_logo_white.png", "https://www.dvidshub.net/images/mil_247_logo_white.png", "https://www.dvidshub.net/images/defensegov-logo-footer-new.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Europe Africa Central, Facilities Engineering and Acquisition Division (FEAD) Sigonella, Italy awarded a $7,999,400 firm-fixed price contract, March 19, 2024, to Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.a to renovate Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Italy.		/favicon.ico	DVIDS	https://www.dvidshub.net/news/469946/fead-sigonella-awards-79m-renovate-unaccompanied-housing-nas-sigonella	Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Europe Africa Central, Facilities Engineering and Acquisition Division (FEAD) Sigonella, Italy awarded a $7,999,400 firm-fixed price contract, March 19, 2024, to Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.a to renovate Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Italy. The BEQ building B623 on NAS 2 and building B170 on NAS 1 are living and leisure spaces to support the installations mission. The request for proposal was advertised to all Sigonella Multiple Award Construction Contract (MACC) contractors, of which there were eight. “MACCs streamline Government procurement by allowing multiple contractors to compete for task orders, thereby reducing leading lead times for construction projects. The competitive nature of the MACCs leverages contractor expertise and secures the best value for the Navy and the taxpayer,” Timothy Whitt, supervisory contract specialist, NAVFAC Europe Africa Central FEAD Sigonella, said. In recent years, the deterioration due to normal wear and tear of these spaces has led to prolonged closures for repairs, affecting Sigonella's mission readiness. Repaing these issues now is critical to restoring functionality and safety, aligning with our mission requirements. The work to be performed includes, but is not limited to, repairing drains, sewer repair, electrical upgrades, ventilation repair, and structural issues. The goal of the project is to recondition and repair the buildings in order to enable them to support the base to accomplish current and future missions,” Samantha Stanton, NAVFAC EURAFCENT Public Works Department FEAD Sigonella, said. “Once finished, the facilities will serve as strategic locations, providing an inviting and serene environment for the community.” The work is anticipated to be completed in September 2026. Fiscal year 2024 Operation and Maintenance, Navy funds were obligated on the award. The MACC was awarded to eight firms on January 27, 2021, and the final ordering period is set to expire on January 26, 2027. To see current fiscal year and future workload projections, visit: https://atlantic.navfac.navy.mil/NAVFAC-Worldwide/NAVFAC-Europe-Africa-Central/Workload-Projections/. About Naval Facilities Engineering Command Europe Africa Central NAVFAC Europe Africa Central manages facility project planning and design, including all related acquisition, construction, leasing, environmental, maintenance, and contingency support required by the Navy and Department of Defense commands where the Navy is designated as the lead agent in Europe, Southwest Asia, and the Gulf of Guinea, Africa, and the Horn of Africa. Subordinate Public Works Departments in Bahrain; Devesulu, Romania; Djibouti; Naples, Italy; Redzikowo, Poland; Rota, Spain; Sigonella, Italy; Souda Bay, Greece, provide facilities support service to each installation throughout the area of responsibility, and employs approximately 1,300 military, government civilians, local nationals and contractors. For more information, contact NAVFAC EURAFCENT public affairs at +39 366.695.8800 or NAVFAC-EAC-PAO@us.navy.mil. Please reference package number at top of press release.
883	dbpedia	3	45	https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/sports/local-sports/2024/06/20/lp-still-in-running-for-2026-sliding-center-bid/	en	LP still in running for 2026 Sliding Center Bid			[ "https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/wp-content/themes/OgdenWeekly/images/website_logo.png", "https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/wp-content/themes/OgdenWeekly/images/search_icon_black.png", "https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/wp-content/themes/OgdenWeekly/images/website_logo.png", "https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/wp-content/themes/OgdenWeekly/images/facebook_article_icon.png", "https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/wp-content/themes/OgdenWeekly/images/twitter_article_icon.png", "https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/wp-content/themes/OgdenWeekly/images/linkedin.jpg", "https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/wp-content/themes/OgdenWeekly/images/email_icon.png", "https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/wp-content/themes/OgdenWeekly/images/print_icon.png", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.lakeplacidnews.com/images/2024/06/19162432/240621_Track-1100x825.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.lakeplacidnews.com/images/2024/08/07181141/40404_29796-578x500.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.lakeplacidnews.com/images/2024/08/07181134/TEASE_sports-611x500.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.lakeplacidnews.com/images/2024/08/07181038/240809_Lax-750x500.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.lakeplacidnews.com/images/2024/07/31180306/240802_Rugby-606x500.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.lakeplacidnews.com/images/2024/07/31180315/240802_lax-487x500.jpg", "https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/wp-content/themes/OgdenWeekly/images/website_logo.png", "https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/wp-content/themes/OgdenWeekly/images/twitter_footer.png", "https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/wp-content/themes/OgdenWeekly/images/facebook_footer.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "Local Sports", "LP still in running for 2026 Sliding Center BidSports", "LP still in running for 2026 Sliding Center Bid" ]	null	[]	2024-06-20T00:00:00	LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid-New York state bid to host the sliding competitions for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano-Cortina, Italy is still in t	en	https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/wp-content/themes/OgdenWeekly/favicon.ico		https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/sports/local-sports/2024/06/20/lp-still-in-running-for-2026-sliding-center-bid/	LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid-New York state bid to host the sliding competitions for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano-Cortina, Italy is still in the running, according to state Olympic Regional Development Authority Director of Communications Darcy Norfolk. Lake Placid’s bid is one of just three other potential host sites, which also include St. Moritz, Switzerland and Igls/Innbruck, Austria, sited as a “Plan B” option if the century-old sliding track in Cortina d’Ampezzo is not completed by March 2025. The Milan-Cortina Organizing Committee recently asked the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to provided additional information to its “Plan B” solution for the Lake Placid-New York sliding bid, according to Norfolk. While Norfolk said she wasn’t able to release the updated bid yet, because she wasn’t able to verify if the Milan-Cortina Organizing committee had reviewed the second bid, she noted that it contains more information and details. “The athletes village and transportation, scheduling from one location to another and how that would look,” she said on June 17. “As well as preliminary budget information.” The original bid, which was released in December 2023, provides different concepts that have some similarities to the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. ORDA’s Olympic Jumping Complex and Olympic Sports Complex General Manager Rebecca Dayton said the biggest thing working against Lake Placid’s bid is geography. “The two other tracks we’re competing against are close to Milan-Cortina, but they both have their challenges as well,” she said on June 16. “We think we have put together a pretty aggressive campaign and plan to balance out that travel issue with charter flights. “Now, we’ll wait and see what they decide,” Dayton added. “But I think we’ve done a lot of good work and we’ve talked to a lot of people, and people now as we get closer to a deciding point people pay more attention to those details and hopefully we’ll do well.” Dayton hopes that the 2026 Olympic sliding events will be in Cortina. If the bid were to be selected it would be the first in Winter Olympic history to have events held outside the host nation. “We all want them to have a track because that’s what is best for the health of the sport,” she said. “If that can’t happen, we’d like to be considered because we think we do a good job. We think we can do a good job in this case and we have a lot of experience from what we learned from FISU. We’re well set up. It’s exciting to be one of the final three and be considered.” The International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation president and chair of Winter Sports of the International Olympic Committee, Ivo Ferriani, said he feels confident that the Italian organizing committee for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina will deliver the track on time. “Of course the timing is very tight,” Ferriani said on June 16. “The company is working very hard. Today we are confident.” The Milan-Cortina Organizing committee officially signed a contract on Feb. 2 with Parma-based construction company Impresa Pizzarotti & C. to build the track rebuild a century-old bobsled track in Cortina d’Ampezzo, which closed in 2008. As of the of May 29, the first corner of the track, which is about 15 meters in length, was completed. The sliding track at the Cortina Sliding Center will have 16 curves and a length of 1,400 meters with a height difference of 107 meters. Ferriani expects the construction to accelerate. “They will understand how to do it quickly and after the first corner they will do the other corners much faster,” he said. “At the moment we have a Plan A, and we’ll see in the future. We have to always be positive and I’m sure the Italian government will give all their best to deliver the track on time.” Normunds Kotans, representative of the Organizing Committee for Milano-Cortina 2026, provided an update on the status of construction work on the sliding track in Cortina on the second day of the 72nd International Luge Federation (FIL) Congress in Lake Placid on June 15. “The construction of the Olympic track in Cortina is progressing. So far, significant progress has been made,” Kotans said in a statement. According to the FIL, he explained the Olympic track and pointed out three tunnels and track sections such as “Labirinto” in the middle section and the historically well-known curves “Antelao” and “Cristallo” in the lower part of the track. “We want to ensure that the Olympic Games take place in Cortina and will complete our luge track in time,” Kotans said. The FIL Track Construction Commission will meet again on June 26. The goal is for the FIL and IBSF to officially approve the the track in the spring of 2025, followed by an international training week in the fall of 2025. “I’ll be there in June 26 and we’ll check again,” Ferriani said. “Believe me, we won’t give up. We will check every month what’s happened there. We’ll see, but again we’re confident.” In each of the past four Olympic Winter Games, sliding tracks have been built specifically for the Games. All four took years of preparation and no sliding track has been built recently in such a short timeframe. The Cortina sliding track will likely require test events. Test events have become a higher priority task following the death of 21-year-old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training crash hours before the start of the opening ceremony for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
883	dbpedia	2	3	https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/italy-signs-risky-sliding-track-deal-for-milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics-against-ioc-recommendation/	en	Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics against IOC recommendation	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…=768%2C432&ssl=1	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…=768%2C432&ssl=1	[ "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/g198.png?fit=146%2C32&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/rob-profile-copy.jpg?fit=40%2C40&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gbforumsad.png?fit=728%2C90&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Centre-de-glisse-de-Cortina-dAmpezzo.webp?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/rob-profile-copy.jpg?fit=80%2C80&ssl=1", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/niseko-768x509.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/naheednenshi-768x576.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LakePlacidImage-768x512.png", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/munich2022-768x511.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pyrenees-barcelona2030.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/53259699153_99bc1ef4a0_c-768x512.jpg", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/panam2027.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fifa26.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/subscribe-ad-2020.png?fit=800%2C442&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/forum16-header-white-2020.png?ssl=1", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/subscribe-ad-2020.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Robert Livingstone" ]	2024-02-02T19:36:05+00:00	Italy signs risky sliding track deal for Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics against IOC recommendation GamesBids.com Olympics	en	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…it=32%2C32&ssl=1	GamesBids.com	https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/italy-signs-risky-sliding-track-deal-for-milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics-against-ioc-recommendation/	Italian government officials Friday signed a 81.6 million euros (USD 88.7 million) deal to construct a sliding track for bobsled, luge and skeleton for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, a move likely to cause increased tensions between the organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that previously advised against the risky project. Construction firm Impresa Pizzarotti & C. is set to begin replacement of the former Eugenio Monti Sliding Track on February 19 – less than two years before the opening of the Games and just months before test events are expected to be staged. It took several months and two open tenders before the organizing committee was able to receive its single bid in January to build the venue that was originally constructed for the Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Even during Italy’s bid campaign to host the Games, IOC officials urged organizers to use a nearby existing track across the border to avoid any costly white elephant legacies that have commonly become haunting memories of previous budget-busting Games around the world. The sliding track used for Italy’s Turin 2006 Winter Games has since been mothballed and was ruled out for the 2026 edition, Milan-Cortina has promised that the track will be ready for testing by October 2024 and certified no later than March 2025 – an extremely aggressive and potentially record-breaking schedule for the complicated project. That will also leave limited time for test events ahead of the Games less than a year later in February 2026. Any delay could instantly end the hope for Olympic sliding in Cortina despite the completed construction of the venue and additional costs to change plans. As requested by the IOC, Italian organizers reached out to other selected tracks for proposals in December and several responded with interest including from nearby St. Moritz, Switzerland and Innsbruck, Austria and Germany. These proposals will be retained in case of delays or failures of the risky project. 1932 and 1980 Winter Games host Lake Placid also submitted a proposal despite being an ocean apart from Italy. The IOC is expected to weigh in on the proposed venue. Earlier this month IOC Executive Director Christophe Dubi told reporters “we, from the very beginning felt that this venue was extremely complex in terms of cost, in terms of legacy, in terms of timing, and we have promoted the use of an existing track.” A January 31 resolution had been promised. Italian officials remain steadfast in their ability to successfully deliver the venue and avoid investing in a facility in another nation. “The choice puts a full stop on it and attests to the extreme determination of this government to finish all the works for the Games in the best way and in Italy,” a statement read, according to the Associated Press. “Transport Minister Matteo Salvini and Sports Minister Andrea Abodi confirm that with great satisfaction.” But not everyone is so confident. On Friday Italian Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said he had regrets about backing the Games and now fears delays could taint preparations. “There are two years left, time is running out terribly fast and it’s becoming almost impossible to respect the schedule,” Giorgetti said according to ANSA news agency. “Let’s see what we can do to avoid missing this historic opportunity,” he said added, stressing the urgency of the schedule. A fatal luging accident on the Whistler sliding track just hours before the opening of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games led to track modifications before competition could begin. Since that incident there has been increased attention to safety and design and more time spent on testing. No modern track has been built in timeframes now being proposed by organizers. The IOC also warned South Korean officials not to build the PyeongChang sliding track for the 2018 Winter Games and instead stage the event at an existing venue in Japan. The advice was ignored and the track was built anyways (over a longer time period) and was featured at last month’s Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
883	dbpedia	3	44	https://www.aicd.com.au/regulatory-compliance/work-health-and-safety-act/reporting/whats-the-key-to-better-health-and-safety-in-the-construction-sector.html	en	What's the key to better health and safety in the construction sector?	https://www.aicd.com.au/…icon-192x192.png	https://www.aicd.com.au/…icon-192x192.png	[ "https://www.aicd.com.au/content/dam/aicd/logo/logo-dark.png", "https://www.aicd.com.au/content/dam/aicd/logo/logo-light.png", "https://www.aicd.com.au/content/dam/aicd/images/author-590x590px/generic/Silhouette-female-590x590px.jpg", "https://www.aicd.com.au/regulatory-compliance/work-health-and-safety-act/reporting/whats-the-key-to-better-health-and-safety-in-the-construction-sector/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/layout_container_574688132/image.coreimg.jpeg/1585797794586/josphine-sukkar-650x359px.jpeg", "https://www.aicd.com.au/content/dam/aicd/logo/logo-footer.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "Work Health and Safety", "Health and community" ]	null	[]	null	With high rates of mental ill health and suicide in the construction sector, Alison Mirams, CEO of Roberts Pizzarotti, opted for a new business model that has broader business benefits.	en	/etc.clientlibs/aicd/clientlibs/clientlib-base/resources/icon-192x192.png		https://www.aicd.com.au/regulatory-compliance/work-health-and-safety-act/reporting/whats-the-key-to-better-health-and-safety-in-the-construction-sector.html	One year into the project, Mirams is confident the team won’t need the extra 10 weeks to complete the job. She claims the five-day working week has brought higher productivity and happier workers. Now a UNSW team led by Dr Natalie Galea is studying the economic and social impacts on staff at the Concord Hospital redevelopment to see if this is true. “Subcontractors are saying they are more productive, working less face-to-face hours than on a six-day week,” says Mirams. “What we’re saying to the workers is, ‘You know you can’t work Saturdays. It’s not your make-up day anymore. Get your work done Monday to Friday.’ And they’re relishing it.” Mental health is a major issue in the construction industry, says the Construction Industry Culture Taskforce. The taskforce reports the Australian construction industry has: 190 suicides a year; construction workers are six times more likely to die from suicide than work-related accidents; and construction apprentices are 2.5 times more likely to commit suicide than other young men their age. The taskforce says factors influencing mental health issues are work and employment conditions, relationships, attitudes towards seeking help, alcohol and drug use, and stigma against mental ill health. Mirams had previously worked at Brookfield Multiplex and Lendlease Building before Roberts Pizzarotti launched in 2017. She hopes more clients will choose tenders based on a five-day week and that other construction firms will follow suit so a five-day week becomes standard practice. Roberts Pizzarotti is a joint venture between the Roberts family (formerly of Multiplex) and the Pizzarotti family in Parma, Italy, who in 2016 were looking to Australia for expansion. The company has grown from 35 staff to 130 on five projects worth more than $600m: Zurich’s new headquarters in North Sydney, the Dexus North Shore Health Hub, Concord Hospital redevelopment, Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct infrastructure works, and the T1 southern expansion at Sydney Airport. Mirams says revenue has increased from $8m in FY18 to $46m in FY19 with $325m forecast for FY20. Governance The company is governed by a board of two — Giorgio Cassina, managing director of Impresa Pizzarotti in Italy, and George Kostas, group CEO of RF Capital in Sydney. RF Capital founder Andrew Roberts was on the board, but recently changed from director to shareholder. The board meets formally three times a year — once in Italy, once in Sydney and once by Skype. Mirams runs a monthly executive meeting with the two board members, and a separate remuneration meeting yearly. “When we set up the company in 2017, the mandate from the board was to create the best construction company I could and the board pretty much left me alone,” she says. “You’ve obviously got to have profit, but to have profit, you have to have good people, a great safety culture and clients that want to give you work.” The five-day week is in place at the two hospital jobs and the company’s other worksites are open six days, but staff are rostered on five days a week. One project has a “Flee by three” policy in which staff clock off at 3pm once a week. “This is not about us having a competitive advantage. This is about trying to change an industry so it’s better for everyone,” says Mirams, adding the board is supportive of the innovative approach, noting they see the happiness among staff and the interest from talent wanting to join the firm, although conceding recruitment was tough before the company won major contracts. She encourages flexible working hours and leads by example, starting work after dropping off her son at school and taking time off for family commitments. One project engineer works three days a week, including one day from home. “I have to lead flexibility. If the staff don’t see me doing it, how will they feel they can do it?” she says. “Everyone gets an iPhone, an iPad and a laptop computer when they start. Everything’s in the cloud so you can work remotely.” Diversity Besides improving mental health at work, Mirams has a second mission: to increase the number of women working in construction. She says at Roberts Pizzarotti, 30 per cent of the staff are female, compared with an industry average of 12 per cent (2018). “If I could just make the industry sustainable so that more women want to go into it, I would be so happy,” she says. Mirams is calling for industry-wide efforts for change. “There are so many construction companies out there that say, ‘Safety is the highest priority.’ But their staff work enormous hours,” she says. “You can’t operate safely when you are doing enormous hours on projects. You become fatigued and at some point the fatigue will overtake your conscious decision-making and cause an issue.” She urges construction company boards to discuss the sustainability of their businesses in terms of staff wellbeing and to reassess what is reported in terms of “safety”. “Mental health is not reported. Suicide is not reported,” she says. “It’s time we were transparent about these issues. Everyone is now focused on modern slavery because the government has legislated something. Why does it take the government to legislate something for you to focus on it?” She points to the green star rating system introduced in 2003 to benchmark industry against energy and water use as an example of how the industry can evolve. “When that was introduced just a few firms took it on. Now, green star is business as usual.”
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"https://i0.wp.com/parmafansworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_2994.jpg?resize=40%2C40&ssl=1" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2018-10-24T16:51:17+02:00	Posts about Pietro Pizzarotti written by parmafansworldwide	en	https://i0.wp.com/parmaf…it=32%2C32&ssl=1	Parma Fans Worldwide	https://parmafansworldwide.com/tag/pietro-pizzarotti/	We are supporters, not journalists. Our mission is to bring Parma Calcio and Parma closer to abroad fans and, hopefully, vice versa, but we think all you outside Italy would like to know more about what happened yesterday: the Nuovo Inizio back at the helm of Parma Calcio. Nuovo Inizio – a 7 parmesan businessmen group composed by Guido Barilla, Giampaolo Dallara, Capital B in the person of Mauro Del Rio, Marco Ferrari, Erreà in the person of Angelo Gandolfi, Giacomo Malmesi and Impresa Pizzarotti in the person of Pietro Pizzarotti – refounded together with Parma Partecipazioni Calcistiche, Parma Calcio 1913 after the failure. Nuovo Inizio had the intent to save Parma football team, restart football passion in Parma and entrust it in the hands of a reliable football specialized businessman that was found in Chinese Jihang Lizhang and Link International. Almost one year and an half ago they sold majority quote to the Chinese group, keeping the 30% (10% still in the hand of PPC, as you already know) and the promise of being the guarantee for Parma town and fans that they would intervene incase of need. This happened yesterday. After Link International agreement non-fulfillment, due probably to Chinese government restriction on football investments, Nuovo Inizio exercised their rights and retook 60% of Parma Calcio. In their official statement and press conference they underlined intention of a capital increase and to keep being a guarantee for the Club future and, maybe future transfer to some real trustable investor, if there will be ever condition to. Parma Partecipazioni Calcistiche will still have his role of citizenship representative and will keep having a member inside the board. Just a quick overlook on who composes Nuovo Inizio. We will talk about them on WikiParma soon. A huge thank you to Facebook page Parma-Reggiana #maistatastoria, for conceding us to use their pictures. Guido Barilla: Italian businessman and the chairman and CEO of Barilla Group, the world’s largest pasta company, which is 85% owned by Guido, his brothers Paolo and Luca, and a sister. (from Wikipedia) Giampaolo Dallara: Italian businessman and motorsports engineer. He is the owner of Dallara Motorsports, a company that develops racing cars. (from Wikipedia) Mauro Del Rio: founder and president of Buongiorno, a DOCOMO Company that develops apps and services for mobile devices. He is also, between other roles, chairman of DOCOMO Digital, the European holding of NTT DOCOMO. (from LinkedIn) Marco Ferrari: former CEO and chairmen of Zodiak Active and founder of industrial holding NEXT 14. Former minority Parma FC owner from 2009 to 2013 when he left the board. (from ParmaLive) Angelo Gandolfi: founder and president of Erreà, sport equipment company supplier. Giacomo Malmesi: lawyer and former Parma Calcio vice-president.
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883	dbpedia	3	13	https://www.unthinkablebuild.com/161-maiden-lane-new-yorks-leaning-skyscraper/	en	161 Maiden Lane – New York’s Leaning Skyscraper	https://www.unthinkableb…-Maiden-Lane.jpg	https://www.unthinkableb…-Maiden-Lane.jpg	[ "https://www.unthinkablebuild.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/logo.png", "https://www.unthinkablebuild.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/logo.png", "https://www.unthinkablebuild.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/161-Maiden-Lane.jpg", "https://www.unthinkablebuild.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Legends-Tower-768x432.jpg", "https://www.unthinkablebuild.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/THE-HENDERSON-768x432.jpg", "https://www.unthinkablebuild.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/merdeka118-768x432.jpg", "https://www.unthinkablebuild.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Merdeka-118-768x432.jpg", "https://www.unthinkablebuild.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/10-Future-Tallest-Skyscrapers-Taking-Shape-in-2024-768x432.jpg" ]	[ "https://www.youtube.com/embed/bwQsJE2Vu_k?si=re3KIhTCgQ3ZzODB" ]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2024-05-11T10:02:14+00:00	Exploring the world of urban architecture unveils the awe-inspiring realm of skyscrapers, towering giants that stand as modern marvels of engineering and design. Defined by their soaring height and multiple floors, these structures earn the title of skyscraper if they reach at least 100 meters or 150 meters in…	en	https://www.unthinkableb…-build-32x32.png	Unthinkable Build	https://www.unthinkablebuild.com/161-maiden-lane-new-yorks-leaning-skyscraper/	Exploring the world of urban architecture unveils the awe-inspiring realm of skyscrapers, towering giants that stand as modern marvels of engineering and design. Defined by their soaring height and multiple floors, these structures earn the title of skyscraper if they reach at least 100 meters or 150 meters in height, according to contemporary standards. On average, a well-maintained skyscraper can defy time for over a century, with some enduring for more than 150 years—a testament to human ingenuity and ambition. This remarkable longevity stands in stark contrast to the fleeting nature of human life, with global life expectancy currently hovering around 76 years. Yet, the narrative takes a sobering turn when neglect and environmental factors come into play. In cities like New York, where skyscrapers rise amidst low-lying terrain, the specter of foundation erosion looms large. Without vigilant maintenance and intervention, these towering giants may find their lifespans drastically reduced, potentially succumbing to the forces of decay in as little as 50 years. But, amidst the downtown skyline of New York City, a 205 meter tall striking glass behemoth remained unfinished in 2018, despite construction commencing in 2015. Initially envisioned as a symbol of ambition, boasting breathtaking views of the East River, this edifice now finds itself entangled in a swirl of lawsuits. Also Read: Isthmus of Tehuantepec: Mexico’s New Corridor to Replace the Panama Canal In the heart of Manhattan’s Financial District stands 161 Maiden Lane, a residential skyscraper known by various names like One Seaport, 1 Seaport, or Seaport Residences. Designed by the esteemed Hill West Architects, this towering structure reaches a staggering height of 205 meters. Overlooking the majestic East River, it represents a modern marvel in New York City’s ever-evolving skyline. While its construction reached a significant milestone with its topping out in September 2018, 161 Maiden Lane holds a unique distinction – it leans 76 mm to the north. Despite its impressive stature and innovative construction methods, the skyscraper remains incomplete as of 2024. Only half of the finishing touches, including windows, have been installed, leaving its story still unfolding amidst the bustling cityscape of New York. In July 2015, the ambitious project embarked on its construction journey with the promise of 80 luxurious condos commanding a hefty price tag totaling $272 million. However, just two years later, the project faced a series of setbacks under the supervision of its general contractor, Impresa Pizzarotti. By January 2017, the New York City’s Department of Buildings issued 10 safety citations, signaling red flags for the project. Tragedy struck in September of the same year when Juan Chonillo, an employee of the project’s concrete subcontractor, SSC High Rise, tragically fell to his death from the 29th floor of the building. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office launched an investigation, uncovering multiple breaches of building regulations that had contributed to Chonillo’s fatal accident. The year 2018 brought further woes for the project as safety netting issues halted construction for eight days in early January. Another pause ensued later that month due to improper netting installation. Delays compounded when a spilled bucket of concrete struck the 34th floor, exacerbating the construction timeline. Adding to the turmoil, Pizzarotti terminated its contract with SSC High Rise, which later pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with Chonillo’s death and faced a $10,000 fine. As the building remained unfinished, legal battles ensued in 2019. The crux of the dispute centered around a 76mm lean that had developed in the building. Pizzarotti alleged that the developer, Fortis Property Group had inadequately constructed the foundation, impeding the installation of the glass curtain wall. It all begins with the very ground beneath our feet. In the bustling landscape of New York City, the bedrock serves as a sturdy foundation, akin to a reliable table supporting massive structures. However, for 161 Maiden Lane, this foundational stability is notably absent. Positioned on land reclaimed centuries ago, its site lacks the solid bedrock typical of Manhattan’s skyline. As the East River shoreline was extended, engineers encountered a challenging terrain characterized by layers of sand and unpredictable soil—a far cry from the steadfast foundation of bedrock. Yet, it’s precisely these obstacles that ignite ingenuity. While conventional skyscraper construction in Manhattan often relies on deep-drilled piles or caissons to anchor into bedrock depths, the bedrock beneath 161 Maiden Lane lies at a daunting depth of 132 to 166 feet. Delving to such depths proves financially prohibitive and technically intricate. Also Read: Inside Google’s Geothermal Power Initiative Enter the engineers’ innovative solution: jet grout soil improvement. High-powered jets forcefully inject a mixture deep into the sandy soil, penetrating to a depth of 55 feet. This process solidifies the soil, transforming it into a robust foundation capable of supporting the weight of the building. It’s a testament to the creative problem-solving and adaptability required to navigate the unique challenges of urban construction in the ever-evolving landscape of New York City. Atop this fortified layer, instead of traditional piles, engineers opted for a massive, thick, reinforced concrete mat—an analogy likening it to a colossal raft distributing the tower’s weight. While this alternative proved more cost-effective, saving developers approximately $6 million, it introduced a fresh set of challenges. Unlike structures anchored directly to bedrock, this type of foundation, though sufficient, inherently lacks rigidity. This flexibility poses a significant issue for a skyscraper boasting an ultra-slim aspect ratio, with a height-to-width ratio of 15 to 1, like 161 Maiden Lane. Compounded by the strong winds sweeping off the East River in Lower Manhattan, the tower’s slender profile renders it susceptible to swaying. Moreover, it faces the peril of overturning forces—wind exerting pressure in an attempt to tip it over. The engineers behind 161 Maiden Lane anticipated the challenges posed by its less rigid foundation compared to bedrock and took proactive measures to mitigate potential issues. Recognizing that the building would naturally sway more in response to wind forces, they bolstered the structure to withstand these additional stresses. Moreover, sloshing dampers were strategically incorporated at the pinnacle to minimize the perceptibility of swaying for residents. However, contrary to popular belief, the observed three-inch lean primarily stems from factors beyond the foundation design. Uneven settling of the 60-story residential skyscraper, induced by the immense weight exerted on the soil beneath it, emerges as the most plausible explanation. Picture this: one corner of the foundation mat sinks slightly more than the others, followed by successive shifts across different sides. This disparate settling places varied stress on the rock anchors, resulting in a slight tilt of the mat and subsequently causing the entire tower to lean in the direction of imbalance. Pizzarotti alleged that the building experienced uneven settling, leading to a noticeable tilt; the issue was initially brought to light by a subcontractor in April 2018. According to Pizzarotti, the building’s lean posed challenges during the installation of the glass curtain wall, potentially resulting in malfunctioning windows, elevator issues, and compromised waterproofing. In response, the developer Fortis Property Group countered with a lawsuit in May, attributing the problems to Pizzarotti’s inadequate site surveying and failure to ensure worker safety. Seeking expert opinions, the developer enlisted the services of engineering firms WSP Global and Arup Group, both of which concluded that the building’s lean did not compromise its structural integrity. Subsequently, Ray Builders, assuming the role of general contractor in lieu of Pizzarotti, devised a glass curtain wall design that accommodated the lean, ensuring the project’s progression despite the setback. Fortis affirmed the structural safety of the tower and resumed progress on the curtain wall with a new contractor. Nevertheless, by mid-2020, a segment of the glass panels had been removed, leaving the tower largely unaffected. The Seaport Residences stands as a testament to architectural ambition, yet its future hangs in the balance amidst the challenges it confronts.
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"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8d48dd8e25c4a33265e6bf8873d0c7f8?s=20&d=blank&r=g" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Forough Farhadi" ]	2024-02-24T13:30:35+00:00	Discover Insights into 101 Construction Company Across the Globe, from Sweden to India. Explore their Strategies, Market Presence, and ...	en	https://i0.wp.com/neuroj…it=32%2C32&ssl=1	Neuroject	https://neuroject.com/construction-company-2/	Suggested article to read: 11 Top Construction Company in Turkey (2024) Let’s take a look at this list of 11 top construction company in Turkey: 8. Rönesans Holding This construction company in Turkey was established in 1993 by Turkish engineer Erman Ilıcak in St. Petersburg, Russia; however, the company’s main office is currently in Ankara, Turkey. It is the biggest foreign construction enterprise in Turkey. Rönesans is now ranked eighth in Europe and 24th globally, having been on the ENR’s Top 250 Developers list for the previous 15 years. Currently, the developer is engaged in 28 different countries’ projects. The highest structure in Europe, the Lakhta Centre in St. Petersburg, is among the most well-known. 9. Limak Holding Since its founding in 1976, Limak Construction has grown into a holding. With operations in 14 different countries, it has grown to be one of Turkey’s biggest construction enterprises throughout its nearly 50-year existence. Istanbul is home to the holding’s most ambitious structures. The third-largest airport in the world, Istanbul International Airport, was constructed by the developer along with Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. One of this construction company in Turkey’s other notable projects was the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, which spans the Dardanelles and is the longest medium-span suspension bridge in the world. 10. Tekfen Construction & Installation Three Turkish engineers launched the business in 1956. These days, Tekfen is a sizable holding company whose operations extend beyond construction; for example, it has been well-known as a major producer of incandescent light bulbs since the 1960s. This construction company in Turkey is involved in many different industries, including as the chemical and agricultural sectors. While this construction company in Turkey is working on construction projects in several nations (such as Russia and Qatar), the majority of its projects—including the 80,000-seat Atatürk Olympic Stadium and the Istanbul metro—have been completed in Turkey. 11. Yapı Merkezi Istanbul’s Yapı Merkezi is a well-known construction company that specializes in non-residential constructions. Established in 1965, the holding company specializes in European and Asian transportation networks. The Eurasia Tunnel, which spans the Bosporus Strait and is the first two-level car tunnel ever constructed beneath the seabed, and the Dubai Metro, the longest driverless metro system in the world, are two of the company’s most well-known projects. Yapı Merkezi also takes part in restoration projects; among Istanbul’s most well-known structures, the Galata Tower was restored by the business. 12. Ant Yapı Founded in 1991, Ant Yapı is a relatively young construction company in Turkey. The company’s primary focus is on global projects, encompassing not only Europe and Asia but also America. In the United States, Ant Yapı and the Italian fashion business Missoni constructed the opulent Missoni Baia residential complex in Miami and also contributed to the renovation of the Crown Building, which was constructed in 1921 and is one of the oldest buildings in New York. Additionally, Ant Yapı has overseen numerous projects in Russia. For example, the company built multiple skyscrapers at the Moscow City business center and worked on projects at the Domodedovo International Airport. 13. TAV Construction With over two decades of experience, the company specializes in building airports and associated infrastructure. Among its holdings are airports in Tbilisi, Saudi Arabia, and Doha, Qatar. Fascinating fact: the company specializes in the upkeep and support of already-existing airports, which puts it in a very unique market niche in addition to development. This construction company in Turkey is involved in numerous major projects around the Middle East. The Times Square Center, the Paramount-designed DAMAC Tower, and the United Arab Emirates’ EMAAR Square are a few of the most prominent projects. 14. ENKA This construction company in Turkey was founded in 1957 and is involved in trading, real estate, engineering, and electric power. At $10 billion on the Istanbul Stock Exchange, ENKA is one of the most valuable brands in Turkey. Apart from holdings in Turkey, ENKA has built numerous well-known structures in Russia, such as the Moscow City business center’s skyscrapers and the Krasnye Holmy business center. Numerous industrial, transportation, and medical facilities in Libya, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Croatia, and other countries have been completed by the organization. 15. Mapa Group This construction company in Turkey conglomerate, known as the MNG Group of Companies until 2020, was founded in 1976 as a combination of businesses involved in telecommunications, aviation, and construction. The majority of Mapa’s projects are in the Middle East and Africa, where the company is constructing transportation hubs, airports, and water systems. The company gained recognition in the early 2000s for constructing hotels in Antalya that were unlike anything else in the world. The structures were exact reproductions of notable architectural sites, such as the Moscow Kremlin and Istanbul’s Topkapı Palace. 16. Sinpaş GYO This construction company in Turkey is essentially a residential developer, as opposed to the developers mentioned above. The company was established in 1974 and has long since been building residential complexes in Istanbul, Ankara, and other Turkish towns. With more than 75 projects completed successfully, Sinpaş GYO has a large portfolio. The developer’s primary tenet is the importance of green spaces. The Sinpaş GYO apartment complexes are invariably encircled by plazas, gardens, canals, and even swimming pools. 17. IC Holding In 1969, this construction company in Turkey was established. Its primary industries are building, electricity production, and tourism. At now, IC is involved in the construction of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, Akkuyu NPP. Under the administration of the IC Hotels network, the holding’s development branch specializes in building opulent five-star hotels in Turkey’s resort cities. 18. Alarko Holding It is among Turkey’s oldest construction enterprises, having been established in 1954. There are 24 subsidiaries under the Alarko group, including one abroad. The primary areas of business include energy engineering, building and development, pumping and air conditioning equipment manufacturing, cinema design and construction, nightclub construction, and hotel construction. The corporation has several sizable development projects in various regions of Turkey planned for 2020. The company is now working on numerous projects, such as shopping centers, dams, sewage treatment plants, resort complexes (a hotel and leisure area by the sea), coal and solar power plants, Istanbul metro amenities, and many more.
883	dbpedia	0	46	https://therealdeal.com/magazine/national-december-2023/how-fortis-luxury-high-rise-became-the-leaning-tower-of-fidi/	en	How Fortis’ luxury high-rise became the leaning tower of FiDi	https://static.therealde…ower-feature.jpg	https://static.therealde…ower-feature.jpg	[ "https://static.therealdeal.com/media/trd-logo.svg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Rabbis-battle-it-out-over-Young-Jewish-Professionals-organization-f-150x106.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CHI-Burr-Ridge-listing-FEATUREIMG_v2-150x106.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ft_NY_Brandon-Miller-Loan-Suit-Titan-Capital-150x106.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/What-Was-Brandon-Millers-Strategy-At-Real-Estate-Equities-f-150x106.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Leaning-tower-main-1400x875.jpg", "https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Fortis.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Kathryn Brenzel" ]	2023-12-04T12:00:00+00:00	Luxury tower once sold units for as much as $18 million. Abandoned for three years, it has unresolved structural, safety and financial issues.	en		The Real Deal	https://therealdeal.com/magazine/national-december-2023/how-fortis-luxury-high-rise-became-the-leaning-tower-of-fidi/	The party set off from the Skyport Marina. Fortis Property Group CEO Jonathan Landau joined real estate brokers and reporters aboard a picnic boat from Hinckley Yachts, a brand favored by late billionaire David Rockefeller Sr. and home decor queen Martha Stewart. Celebrity broker Fredrik Eklund lounged at the boat’s stern, an American flag whipping behind him. It was 2016. The boat passed under the Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges before arriving at the River Café in Dumbo. The group was there to celebrate Fortis’ new condo tower at 161 Maiden Lane, which would soon join the glittering downtown Manhattan skyline across the river from the Michelin-starred restaurant, and to hear about the building’s nautical amenities. Three fully crewed yachts would be on standby for condo owners. The industry titans had no inkling of the calamitous events to follow as they sipped wine on the outdoor patio and later dined on wild sea bass in a brown butter sauce and tiny chocolate marquise cakes shaped like the Brooklyn Bridge. Landau flashed a cheerful, dimpled grin, his shoulder-length hair slicked back, his shirt opened at the top. Fortis President Joel Kestenbaum appeared in a buttoned-up double-breasted suit. They posed for photographers, unaccustomed to such attention. This was their first ultra-luxury Manhattan skyscraper. Other guests felt right at home. Stars of the reality television show “Million Dollar Listing” and Douglas Elliman boss Howard Lorber mingled with the crowd. Eklund, part of the team marketing the building, literally bought into the developer’s vision, signing a contract for a $4.6 million duplex in the tower. Fortis expected other future residents to pay as much as $18 million for the privilege of calling the building home. The night, the developers hoped, conveyed the effortlessly opulent lifestyle that prospective occupants would enjoy in the all-glass tower, billed as the first in the area. Those buyers remain hypothetical, and the dream presented that night in Dumbo has devolved into a nightmare. Today, the tower looms 60 stories high, rising far above the neighborhood’s mid-rise office buildings. A single strip of glass runs down the middle third of the structure’s face. Gray concrete slabs jut out like vertebrae, with orange construction netting blocking each floor. Wind and rain have whipped through the exposed interior, destroying drywall, framing and insulation installed three years ago. Vandals spray-painted over the sign on the ground floor announcing the project’s 2021 opening. A homeless person broke into the site at one point, reportedly disabling the building’s standpipe and causing the city to declare the unfinished behemoth a fire hazard. Worst of all, the tower tilts 3 inches to the north, prompting one British tabloid to dub Landau’s spire “the leaning tower of FiDi.” A state court last month ruled that the project’s lender can foreclose on the property, and blame for the rest of the fiasco is currently being apportioned in court. Even if the legal fight concludes, work would resume at a time of high interest rates and construction costs. But it’s not too early to draw some lessons from the emails, letters and text messages entered into evidence. They offer a stomach-churning glimpse of the harrowing view from the C-suite and provide a cautionary tale of how hiring decisions, inexperience, cost-saving measures and fundamental misunderstandings can snowball into disaster. “Each bad choice compounds each bad choice,” one industry source said of the hiring decisions at the project. “This was a shit show from start to finish.” The developer’s vision Before Landau was Louis Kestenbaum‘s partner, he was his tax attorney. The pair met when Landau repped Kestenbaum on a joint venture agreement for a project on the Williamsburg waterfront. Afterwards, the two started collaborating on deals, including Northside Piers, a luxury condo tower in Williamsburg. They launched Fortis in 2005, bringing on Terrence Storey, another tax attorney, as chief operating officer, and Kestenbaum’s son, Joel, as president, and setting up shop in an eighth-floor office on Dumbo’s Main Street. By 2013, the company had built a handful of condo and rental projects in New York City and a sizable office portfolio in Dallas and Boston. They were ready to take their business to the next level. The condo market was about to explode, with demand for ultra-luxury units priced above $10 million on the rise; the following year would see average sales reaching record highs. “When you make one bad mistake in construction, it has an enormous downstream [effect].” Jonathan Landau, fortis property group So when Kay Development offered up a prime development plot on the East River waterfront, Fortis took the leap, purchasing the 11,539-square-foot site at 151-161 Maiden Lane for $64 million. Representatives from the project’s lenders and numerous contractors and subcontractors declined to comment for this article. Documents provide a rough outline of what happened next. The project’s primary lender was the U.S. branch of Bank Leumi, which had financed other Fortis developments. The offering plan for 161 Maiden Lane estimated that the 80 condos would sell for a total of $272 million, with a top-floor unit marketed at $18 million. The building needed a strong foundation, according to RA Consultants, an engineering firm hired by Fortis. The engineers initially recommended that the developers use a method employed by other buildings in the area, which involved deep foundation elements drilled into bedrock. Robert Alperstein, founder of RA Consultants, said Fortis struggled to find a contractor willing to go the deep foundation route, due to the height of the proposed building, the size of the footprint and the subsurface conditions. “The risk for various contractors, they wouldn’t do it,” Alperstein said in an interview. One subcontractor suggested an alternative called “soil improvement,” which involves pumping cement grout into the ground and mixing it with the soil to create a solid mass. This cost $6 million less than the deep foundation approach, according to a lawsuit Fortis’ former general contractor, Pizzarotti, filed against the firm and an article in structural engineering trade publication Structure. Fortis asked RA Consultants to determine if this would work, not to cut costs but as a path forward for otherwise squeamish contractors, Alperstein said. RA Consultants said this was “technically feasible” but that it would lead to the building’s foundation settling unevenly. The approach was unusual enough to warrant a June 2018 story in Structure. The article, based on interviews with structural engineers involved in the project, offered a slightly different version of events, suggesting there were companies willing to build the foundation using the traditional approach but that the “difficulties associated with drilling” to the depths required for a building of the height Fortis envisioned “resulted in extremely high foundation bids from a limited number of contractors.” The alternative, which was “not commonly utilized to support high-rise structures,” it noted, was less expensive. Though it would require design changes and mitigation efforts throughout construction to account for how the building would settle and react to wind whipping from the shoreline, the engineers judged the soil improvement technique a “sound structural solution.” “He never asked us for an alternative because of price,” Alperstein said. He added that he has worked with Fortis on a number of projects. “I can’t recommend them highly enough.” Construction began in July 2015. The same year, Jack Resnick & Sons sued Fortis, accusing the firm of infringing on the copyright of its nearby One Seaport, the same name selected for the Maiden Lane tower. This dispute, resolved once Fortis agreed to change the project name to Seaport Residences, seems almost quaint in retrospect, given what followed. Getting off the ground Fortis was a relative newcomer to developing luxury condominiums in Manhattan, but it selected an even newer company to handle construction of the project, the American subsidiary of Impresa Pizzarotti, an Italian infrastructure juggernaut. Fortis was attracted to Pizzarotti’s international reputation, and court testimony suggests the contractor offered a comparatively low price for its services, which at least one subsequent company found wildly unrealistic. Problems began almost immediately. At Pizzarotti, local leaders came and went. The firm accused CEO Rance McFarland, a construction veteran who was supposed to help the company grow its newly formed New York business, of mismanagement and misappropriation of firm resources. On the morning of Sept. 21, 2017, Juan Chonillo, a 44-year-old Ecuadorian native, reported to the site after being called into work at the last minute by his employer, SSC High Rise, a subcontractor hired by Pizzarotti to build the tower’s concrete core. The city’s building code prohibits moving a platform while workers are nearby, but that day, an SSC foreman instructed employees to move a platform with a crane, even though five workers were still on the structure, according to investigators. The platform got stuck. Chonillo, a father of five with a decade of construction experience, unhooked his harness in an attempt to fix it. The platform jolted, sending Chonillo plummeting 29 stories to his death. The city shut down the site, and the Manhattan district attorney’s office charged SSC with manslaughter. Prosecutors blamed the subcontractor for failing to train workers to safely move the platforms. Construction resumed nearly three months after Chonillo’s death. Early in 2018, work was shut down again, this time because of improperly installed safety netting and an accident with a concrete bucket that grazed the 34th floor and poured concrete onto the street. Leaning tower of Pizzarotti Sign Up for the undefined Newsletter Jason Giessel was worried. Pizzarotti had hired Giessel’s company, RC Structures, to take over for SSC, but his contract did not protect him from the mistakes of previous contractors. And he had just noticed a major issue: The building was leaning 3 inches to the north. In an April 2018 email, he told an attorney for Pizzarotti that his company could not add to the building without an OK from the project’s structural engineers. The engineering firm, WSP, adjusted some structural elements to offset the building’s lean on its upper floors, allowing construction of the superstructure to continue and the tower to top out at 670 feet in September 2018. But tensions continued to build during installation of the glassy façade, the “intentional reflective face” that Landau had told a reporter would “move with the water.” “We write this letter to express our deepest concerns,” Pizzarotti project manager Scott Lakow and engineer Gabriele Corazza began in a Feb. 4, 2019, letter to Fortis, subsequently entered into court documents. Pizzarotti was experiencing “numerous issues” with Fortis’ preferred curtain wall contractor. There were “numerous outstanding design issues” stemming from the tower’s misalignment, and no plan to address them, they complained. Winter weather had put already completed work in danger of “deterioration and corrosion.” Until its concerns were addressed, they concluded, Pizzarotti could no longer risk moving forward. Landau, enraged, replied that Fortis had showed “tremendous restraint” by not firing Pizzarotti up to that point. “Our patience has run thin,” Landau wrote. “Suffice it to say, for more than two years now, Pizzarotti has repeatedly, inexcusably and with impunity failed to meet its contractual obligations as our Construction Manager on the Project.” The two parties also blamed each other for the tower’s lean. Pizzarotti alleged in court documents that Fortis chose the cheaper soil method for laying the foundation. The developer countered that the contractor was at fault for failing to “properly survey and ensure the plumbness of the building.” In a statement, a spokesperson for Fortis said that “Pizzarotti failed to exercise the attentiveness and standard of care required, did not perform the mandated accurate surveying and did not perform proper concrete installation.” “Where we went wrong on the South Street Seaport project was we hired a construction firm that wasn’t local,” Landau told Bisnow in January. “When you make one bad mistake in construction, it has an enormous downstream [effect].” Pizzarotti and Fortis ended their contract in early 2019. Soon after, Fortis replaced the Italian firm with Ray Builders, which had been the owner’s rep on the project. The new contractor was also relatively inexperienced in Manhattan luxury skyscrapers, though the firm had done a number of smaller scale condo buildings in the borough, as well as a lot of commercial work in Lakewood, New Jersey, and completed a Fortis condo project at 347 Henry Street, a 15-story building that drew headlines in 2021 for a screeching sound it made on windy days. At 161 Maiden Lane, Ray Builders had a bigger budget than its predecessor. Ray CEO Jacob Mermelstein testified that Pizzarotti’s budget was unrealistic. “What I do know is that the previous budget never worked,” Mermelstein said in court in May 2022. ”It couldn’t work and, therefore, the budget increased very drastically.” Fortis disputes that Pizzarotti’s contract was low-balled, and a spokesperson said other bids for the project came in with similar prices. Both Fortis and Ray Builders seemed to understand how much was at stake in the handover. The evening before Ray’s first day, Fortis’ head of construction and development, Akiva Kobre, sent an email to Louis and Joel Kestenbaum. The new construction manager had to start off on the right foot, he wrote, since the Department of Buildings had ordered a safety compliance officer to monitor the site after Chonillo’s death and was watching the project closely. “[Ray] must realize that because of the Pizzarotti history with poor safety at this building, the DOB is extremely sensitive to this project,” Kobre wrote. “It is not just another project to the DOB.” The lenders “Avner we have a very big problem,” Landau texted to Avner Mendelson on July 2, 2020. “Pls. call me.” Mendelson, then CEO of Bank Leumi’s U.S. branch, later testified in court that he’d received similar “something is burning” messages from Landau about the project over the years. This one came as Landau was becoming increasingly desperate to avoid another shutdown, this time for financial reasons. Fortis said that the bank, its project lender, had failed to pay a single dollar of its loan since March 2019. Ray Builders’ workers had not been paid for several months and were threatening to walk, and four days after Landau’s text message, they did. Fortis then sued Bank Leumi for failing to fund $30 million of its $120 million loan. “Whatever stigma is associated with a distressed project evaporates very quickly.” appraiser Jonathan Miller The bank initiated a foreclosure proceeding, accusing Fortis of defaulting on the terms of its agreement. Fortis, the bank said, had failed to obtain a temporary certificate of occupancy by its May 31 deadline. Mack Real Estate, which provided a $66 million mezzanine loan, suggested that Bank Leumi USA issue a low-leverage loan to Fortis, according to a text message from Peter Sotoloff, then-head of Mack, in July 2020. “Otherwise count on World War III and total lawyer enrichment with time and losses for all … or just let this thing go nuclear,” Sotoloff said to Mendelson in a message included in the lawsuit. Still, he sympathized with the bank’s frustration. “I know how we all feel about Fortis, but there were eventually much less costly ways of handling them than this … hurts all of us unnecessarily,” Sotoloff wrote. “Now Leumi looks horrible despite the history.” Last year, Mack filed its own lawsuit against Fortis and Leumi, accusing both of fraud. It alleges that Leumi said it would keep funding the loan past the May 2020 deadline even if costs rose, but went back on its word. It also alleges that Fortis failed to disclose the construction snafus that created a “banana-shaped” building. The tower’s future The 17th floor of 180 Maiden Lane, the leaning tower’s neighbor, was once the sales gallery for Fortis’ project, providing a preview of its stunning panoramic views. Now, the view from 180 Maiden is an “eyesore,” said David Sturner, CEO of MHP Real Estate Services, who is marketing upper-floor office space there. Leasing activity has progressed anyway at the office building. Sturner said the building is 90 percent leased and has rented out more than 54,000 square feet in the last eight months. Fortis believes the cost of completing the project to be upwards of $106 million — if it is ultimately able to do so. The company and its lender failed to reach a resolution through mediation, and a state court recently ruled that Valley Bank, which acquired Bank Leumi USA last year, can move forward with foreclosing on the project’s loan. A spokesperson for Fortis said the company is considering its options but hopes to ultimately finish the project. It is also still pursuing a separate lawsuit against the bank. A lot will have changed if and when Fortis — or another developer — gets back to work. Landau left Fortis in December to launch a company, Landau Properties, with his daughter and son-in-law. Fortis is still locked in a court battle with Pizzarotti over the tower’s lean and allegations that Fortis still owes the contractors tens of millions of dollars. In court, the two companies agreed that the unfinished tower did not pose an immediate safety hazard, but an engineer hired by Pizzarotti warned that it was unclear how the tower would move once its façade was installed. At one point, 71 of the 80 units at 161 Maiden Lane were under contract, but the buyers backed out. Fortis is also facing a separate, unrelated suit over its development of the former Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn. The company, however, is seeing success at Olympia Dumbo, a condo project that is more than 50 percent sold and could become the borough’s most expensive address. The Department of Buildings periodically inspects the Maiden Lane property and says it has found no evidence that the tower is structurally unstable. Construction could continue, with a redesigned façade, though building now would mean renewing expired permits and dealing with high interest rates and soaring prices for material. Condo sales in new developments dipped below pre-pandemic averages in September and October, though the lack of condo inventory and the potential explosion of demand could play in the project’s favor. “When a distressed project comes on the market, and the defects are corrected so that it can be offered, whatever stigma is associated with it evaporates very quickly,” said appraiser Jonathan Miller, whose firm was hired at one point to appraise the condo project. For now, the yachts and the high-end homes and the reflective façade that would move with the water are still just visions, given life only by the tilted tombstone in the downtown skyline. “The saddest thing in this industry is an unfinished building,” one developer, who asked to remain anonymous, said. “It’s a huge physical reminder of what can go wrong.”
883	dbpedia	0	50	https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/bobsleigh/olympics-italy-sliding-track-1.7103524	en	Italy 2026 Olympic organizers sign deal to rebuild sliding track amid IOC standoff	https://i.cbc.ca/1.71035…italy-020224.jpg	https://i.cbc.ca/1.71035…italy-020224.jpg	[ "https://www.cbc.ca/a/images/nojsimg.gif", "https://i.cbc.ca/1.7103537.1706904942!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/sliding-track-italy-020224.jpg", "https://subscriptions.cbc.ca/newsletter_static/images/1581432954501-the-buzzer.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "The Associated Press" ]	2024-02-02T20:20:00+00:00	Barely two years before the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics, the local organizing committee signed a contract on Friday to rebuild a century-old bobsleigh track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, putting "a full stop" on a saga that has Italy's finance minister starting to regret backing the bid.	en	/a/apple-touch-icon.png	CBC	https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/bobsleigh/olympics-italy-sliding-track-1.7103524	Barely two years before the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics, the local organizing committee signed a contract on Friday to rebuild a century-old bobsleigh track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, putting "a full stop" on a saga that has Italy's finance minister starting to regret backing the bid. The contract is with Parma-based construction company Impresa Pizzarotti & C., which has offered to rebuild the Cortina track for 81.6 million euros (about $118 million). It has said work will start on Feb 19. The committee for the Milan-Cortina Games announced on Tuesday its decision to move forward with plans amid a standoff with the International Olympic Committee, which wants an existing foreign venue in neighbouring Austria or Switzerland used instead to cut costs. But the Italian government does not want to finance a foreign venue. "The choice puts a full stop on it and attests to the extreme determination of this government to finish all the woks for the Games in the best way and in Italy," a statement read. "Transport Minister Matteo Salvini and Sports Minister Andrea Abodi confirm that with great satisfaction." Next Tuesday will mark exactly two years before the opening ceremony in Milan, but the Cortina track has to be ready before then. There is less than a year before IOC-mandated test events, and the Milan-Cortina committee is aware that "under no circumstances" can the new track be certified after March 2025. No sliding track has been built recently in such a short timeframe and organizers are continuing negotiations for an eventual Plan B — likely in a neighbouring country — that would require added budget. Timing risk There is the risk that if it is not ready in time the committee will have to spend more, while still paying to rebuild the Cortina track that would not be used for the Olympics. "The Olympics don't come every two years, they're coming in 2026 and then they won't come again, and I'm beginning to regret backing it, because I feel the responsibility," Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said. Giorgetti was speaking at a meeting in Sondrio, in the Valtellina valley that is also home to Bormio where the men's skiing is slated to take place. He added that an electronic sign should be placed "at the entrance to Valtellina that shows how many days are left to make us understand the necessary urgency."
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According to a statement from the firm, work on the project has already begun and is due for completion in 2020. The project was designed by architectural firm Foster + Partners and includes two towers, which will house the Dorchester Collection’s first five-star hotel in the region, as well as high-end, exclusive residences known as Private Residences by Dorchester Collection. Mark Phoenix, managing director at Omniyat commented, “We always select the best partners that help us execute our vision. I have no doubt that this joint venture will yield immaculate results.” The project includes high-end F&B retail outlets and will be surrounded by a mixed-use precinct. The total development package is said to be around $2bn. “Omniyat is known for creating bespoke developments of the highest quality, with relentless attention to detail when it comes to luxury finishes and appointments. We are also honoured to deliver this project for such an esteemed brand as Dorchester Collection,” said Graeme Robson, chief executive, Roberts Constructions. Prior to the announcement, Omniyat organised a black-tie event to celebrate its partnership with Dorchester Collection. The event showcased the first images of what the high-end project would look like once it was completed.
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883	dbpedia	3	29	https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/sports/winter-olympic-sports/2024/01/milan-cortina-board-oks-plan-to-rebuild-cortina-bobsled-track-but-will-keep-open-a-plan-b/	en	Milan-Cortina board OKs plan to rebuild Cortina bobsled track but will keep open a ‘Plan B’	http://d14e0irai0gcaa.cloudfront.net/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2017/04/17105339/Untitled-2.jpg	http://d14e0irai0gcaa.cloudfront.net/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2017/04/17105339/Untitled-2.jpg	[ "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/website_logo.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/search_icon_black.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/website_logo.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/facebook_article_icon.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/twitter_article_icon.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/linkedin.jpg", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/email_icon.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/print_icon.png", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/08/09183313/AP24222596786170-400x300.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/07/24153834/AP24206389078601-450x300.jpg", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/website_logo.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/twitter_footer.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/facebook_footer.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "News", "Milan-Cortina board OKs plan to rebuild Cortina bobsled track but will keep open a ‘Plan B’Sports", "Milan-Cortina board OKs plan to rebuild Cortina bobsled track but will keep open a ‘Plan B’Winter Olympic Sports", "Milan-Cortina board OKs plan to rebuild Cortina bobsled track but will keep open a ‘Plan B’" ]	null	[]	2024-01-31T00:00:00	ROME — The Italian organizing committee for the 2026 Winter Olympics decided Tuesday to move forward with rebuilding a century-old bobsled track in Cortina d�	en	https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/favicon.ico		https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/sports/winter-olympic-sports/2024/01/milan-cortina-board-oks-plan-to-rebuild-cortina-bobsled-track-but-will-keep-open-a-plan-b/	ROME — The Italian organizing committee for the 2026 Winter Olympics decided Tuesday to move forward with rebuilding a century-old bobsled track in Cortina d’Ampezzo but will also keep open a “Plan B” in case the new venue is not ready by March 2025. The International Olympic Committee has yet to respond. The Italian organizing committee said following a board meeting that its plans hinge on signing a contract with Parma-based construction company Impresa Pizzarotti & C., which has offered to rebuild the Cortina track for 81.6 million euros ($89 million). If the contract for the sliding center is signed “it would confirm the original masterplan” for the Olympics, the Milan-Cortina committee said, adding that the new venue “would revive Cortina’s long tradition in these sports and help future generations.” “Lake Placid congratulates Milano Cortina 2026 on its decision to rebuild the sliding track in Cortina and looks to be a supportive partner to the Milano Cortina Organizing Committee as they get ready for the 2026 Winter Games,” state Olympic Regional Development Director of Communications Darcy Norfolk said in a statement. “Lake Placid with its active and competitive sliding track and similar Olympic history, submitted a budget-friendly, compelling proposal in collaboration with New York City, and stands ready to make its facilities available for the sliding events if necessary.” The announcement comes amid a standoff with the IOC, which wants an existing foreign venue in neighboring Austria or Switzerland used instead to cut costs, according to the Associated Press. While Norfolk acknowledged the AP’s reporting on Austria or Switzerland being the IOC’s preferred sliding hosts, she said the Lake Placid’s bid committee had not been told that information. “We’ve also heard about some of the deficiencies with some of those tracks too,” she said. “There is a lot more to this and we’re kind of in this waiting game still.” The Italian government has made it clear that it does not want to finance a foreign venue. “It is not acceptable for the bobsled races to take place outside Italy,” Deputy Premier Antonio Tajani said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “We will do everything to achieve the goal.” Construction would start with less than two years to go before the Milan-Cortina Games — and less than a year before IOC-mandated test events. No sliding track has been built recently in such a short timeframe and test events have taken on even greater importance following the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training crash hours before the start of the opening ceremony for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. “Considering the negative views of the IOC and the international federations, which are concerned about the timeframe that the project would require, and considering advice from SIMICO (the company in charge of infrastructure for the games), the board has decided not to interrupt dialogue with other existing and functioning venues,” the local organizing committee said, adding that it has asked chairman Andrea Varnier “to continue negotiations for an eventual Plan B that would require added budget.” The Milan-Cortina committee added that it realizes that “under no circumstances” can the new track be certified after March 2025.
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All fined companies are international and the amount of fines exceeds EUR 3.8 million. The four companies that were sanctioned for delays in the execution of the works were contracted during 2011-2014 for repairing several areas on national the routes Chisinau - Soroca, Chisinau - Comrat - Giurgiulesti, Chisinau - Ungheni - Sculeni and for the construction of Ungheni bypass road. In most cases, the final completion of the works took place 1-2 years after the deadline. The necessary funds originated from European Commission (EC) grants and loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The total budget of the works in the sanctioned contracts is nearly EUR 140 million. A fine of two million Euro for a delay of two years The State Road Administration (SRA) signed two contracts with the Italian consortium Toto Costruzioni Generali in association with Taddei Spa, selected in international tenders for therehabilitation of Chisinau-Soroca national route. The execution of the works costs the government over EUR 19.3 million, funds were provided as a loan by the EIB and the EBRD. Anatol Salaru, the Minister of Transport and Road Infrastructure at that time, was reportedly content with the first signed contract with an international company. “Other similar tenders will be organized and will be conducted in full transparency that will encourage our sponsoring partners”, said the minister. The works on the two 45 km long sections of the Chisinau-Soroca road started on 3rd May 2011 and were meant to be completed in 18 months. However, the Italian Consortium has experienced severe delays in contract execution. The first road section was to be commissioned in November 2012, but at the request of the Italian contractor, the deadline was extended by another 43 days. Other delays followed, so the road sector was only finalized on 18th August 2014, almost two years later. In the case of the second sector - Orhei and the Soroca-Sarateni intersection, the execution deadline was exceeded by one year. For delays in completing the two contracts, the Italian consortium was sanctioned by the SRA with more than two million euros, money were deducted from the budget of the contracts. The Head of the Department for Quality Control of Construction Products and Road at the State Inspection in Construction, Alexandru Untilov, says that the construction inspectors have repeatedly found irregularities on the two roads repaired by the Italian contractor. ICS Toto-Taddei SRL was forced to remove a layer of asphalt from a road section and re-surface it. After receiving several instructions, the deformities were removed and the final state of works was accepted with no objection. Usatii: "Italian contractor submitted its bid for another tender, but it was disqualified" The Italian consortium operated on the territory of the Republic of Moldova through its local representative, Toto-Taddei SRL a foreign-owned enterprise. The company also contracted local subcontractors for the job. Several of them have had court trials with Toto-Taddei SRL because of the outstanding debt for the works done. According to a court ruling, the named company was obliged to pay the Poduri Prim SRL approximately MDL 600,000 (which means the debt plus court fees and interest for delay) for the assignment under this contract. On 26th October 2017, through a decision of the Chisinau Court of Appeal, Toto-Taddei SRL was liquidated due to the debts amounting to MDL 90 million that could not be repaid. We have repeatedly tried to contact representatives of the Italian consortium, however they did not answer the phone. They have only completed 3% of the works in three years The Romanian company SC Pa&Co International SRL was also fined with almost EUR 340 thousand for delaying the road works on the two sections of the national route Chisinau-Giurgiulesti-Romania border, that were contracted for. Based on the first two contracts signed in 2012, SC Pa&Co International SRL would receive EUR 24.6 million from the EBRD grant for repairing 55 km of the area. The completion of the project was scheduled for April 2014, however at the beginning of 2017, only 65 percent of the first contract and over 80 percent of the second contract were executed. The State Inspection in Construction has checked the quality of 26 km of section one and has identified several cracks throughout. Subsequently, Alexandru Untilov assures that the irregularities were partially removed. In 2017, the company did not carry out any works on 29 kilometers of the sector two, according to the same source. In 2014, the Romanian company also won an international tender for the rehabilitation of another 31 km of road on the same route Chisinau-Giurgiulesti-Romania border. With EUR 18.8 million of the EBRD loan, the contractor assumed the responsibility to repair Ciumai - Vulcanesti - Cismichioi road section during the period of two years. Although the works had to be completed in August 2016, at the beginning of this year, the company had met only three per cent of the commitments assumed. After several delays and penalties, the Ministry of Transport and Road Infrastructure decided to terminate the three contracts with Pa&Co International SRL. The Romanian company is the only one that the government has applied such extreme sanctions. As of today, no works are taking place on the three named areas.. The SRA is due to organize a new tender for this project on 12th December 2017. In the spring of 2018, the works could possibly be resumed. Debtors go to court Due to the fact that they disagreed with the sanctions applied, Pa&Co International SRL attacked the decision of the Moldovan authorities at the International Court of Arbitration, which will decide whether the Moldovan state has applied the penalties accordingly or not. So far, the Romanian company has lost the right to participate in tenders organized by the State Road Administration. The general manager of the state enterprise, Gheorghe Curmei, says that “the Romanian firm will no longer have the right to participate in any tender initiated by the SRA. At the same time the EBRD could also forbid them to participate in other projects. It is not known whether they will be able to participate in European tenders". Being contacted by phone, Dan Balcanu, the project manager at Pa&Co International SRL, refused to comment on the case because lawyers did not allow him to make any press statements while the company is in dispute with the SRA. The SRA has similar litigations with other international contractors, such as the Italian Consortium Toto Costruzioni Generali in association with Taddei Spa. In 2017, EUR 230,000 were envisaged for arbitration costs. Anatol Usatîi, the State Secretary at the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure: “All those having penalties will try to go to arbitration. We believe we have correctly applied deductions for delays. If it turns out that we were wrong, the funds will be returned. The arbitration take a long time”. Penalties of EUR 800,000 for the Czechs The payments of more than EUR 800,000 are also to be withheld from the value of the contracts signed with the Czech company OHL Z.S. for delays in repairing 52 km of the two sections on the Chisinau-Ungheni road and the bypass of Ungheni. In July 2014, the Czech company committed to rehabilitate the first 44.2 km of road on the Chisinau-Ungheni road for the amount of EUR 27 million. The road was to be repaired in two years, i.e. by July 2016. In December 2017, the Czech company had performed only 60 percent of the works. Contacted by phone, the site supervisor, Sergiu Iuras, refused to tell us why the works were so late on the route. We also phoned the OHL C.Z. project manager, Moises Louredo, but he did not answer the phone. The Czech company also builds the 7.7-kilometer bypass road of Ungheni city, for which EUR 10.7 million have been allocated from a European Commission grant. More than 70 percent of the works were carried out so far. The final completion of the assignment was set for the second half of 2018. Three contracts and all with delays On the same national road Chisinau - Ungheni - Sculeni, together with the Czechs, rehabilitation works are carried out on a segment of almost 40 km by the Azerbaijani company - Evrascon JSK. In 2014, the company gained a contract of EUR 23 million to rehabilitate the Chisinau-Ungheni road, from km 6 to km 24 by July 2016. As of today, the Azerbaijani have performed only half of the works and have been sanctioned with over EUR 115,000 and the penalties could increase. the state of the works for another 22 km of Chisinau-Ungheni road is Even worse , which Evrascon JSC was supposed to repair by November 2016. So far, only a quarter of it has been executed. for which the state has assumed the responsibility to pay EUR 15 million borrowed from the EBRD About the same progress was achieved by Evrascon JSK also under another contract for the repair of the Hancesti-Lapusna national road. The road was to be paved by November 2016, but the Azerbaijani repaired only 28% of the 37 km. Under this contract, the company has already been sanctioned with EUR 225,000 of the total budget of EUR 18 million. The total amount of penalties imposed on the Azerbaijani entrepreneur exceeds EUR 620,000. This amount is to be withheld from the payment certificates. The SRA hopes that this company will honor all its obligations by the second half of 2018. Being contacted by phone, the representative of the Azerbaijani contractor, Nazim Hajiev, told us they have substantiatal reasons for all the delays. “We disagree with these penalties, and if necessary, we will reach the Permanent Court of Arbitration to defend ourselves. We have good reasons for not being penalized, we have all the arguments as to how the works were executed”, he said. Three other companies, the same problems Two more firms involved in repairing the national roads risk from being penalized for failing to serve the terms of the contract, and a third company could lose the contract. The first is a Portuguese company MSF Engenharia S.A. In 2015, it signed a EUR 36.4 million contract from an EBRD loan to rehabilitate around 30 km of Balti-Sarateni road by April 2017, but the works ceased developing, only 6 percent of it being executed. We requested a comment from the project manager, Manuel Campos, but we did not receive a reply to the letter sent by us. The company's translator, Tatiana Tarasenco, advised she does not comment on the relationship between the beneficiary and the company. There are also problems related to Balti - Falesti - Sculeni site, where the Italian entrepreneur Impresa Pizzarotti is also behind schedule. The EUR 50.5 millionworth contract, a loan offered by the EIB, was signed in August 2015. Road surface repairs of approximately 55 km began in February 2016 and are due to be completed by February 2018. So far, the contractor has received more than EUR 10.4 million and executed 24 % of the works. Being contacted by telephone, the project manager, Alessandro Capizzi, told us that the delay in the works would have occurred because the State Road Administration would have endorsed the draft project details too late. For this reason, the Italians demanded for the works execution period to be extended for another year. “We are awaiting the decision. We reasoned that we received the approved project too late” says Alessandro Capizzi. With a zero percent progress, the company JV Serenissima Costruzioni S.P.A. in association with the PST, Italy, risks to remain without any contracts. Following the international tenders, the consortium won two contracts for the rehabilitation of Hancesti - Leova - Cahul and Soroca - Arioneşti roads in 2016 in a total amount of EUR 71 million from the EBRD loan. So far, no work has been carried out on the two roads. Management of the SRA expresses the hope that by the end of January 2018, there will be clarity on all contracts, especially those with long delays. “The only option is termination. The potential companies are MSF Engenharia Portugal and JV Serenissima Costruzioni S.P.A. in association with PST, Italy”, director of the SRA revealed. “Penalties must be applied equally” Jan Kovalcik, an analyst at the Institute for Economic and Social Reforms in Bratislava, Slovakia, points out that if there is a delay without justified reasons, the punishment should be applied in accordance with the terms of the contract. “It is very important for the penalty clauses to be applied equally to all contractors. Otherwise, the companies that face stricter sanctions than others may not participate in subsequent tenders. This can reduce competition to fewer companies, which can count on less stringent contract enforcement. Ultimately, it can lead to higher prices, lower quality or more delays”, explains the Slovak expert. The rules are dictated by the international financial institutions The application of fines for delays has become possible since 2007 when, along the launch of the international projects, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) conditions became compulsory. The sanctions are deducted from the value of the interim payment certificates submitted for payment of the works executed by contractors. These are penalized only after a supervisor engineer finds that the entrepreneur is in delays. The penalty is 10 percent of the contract value. All the amounts in these fines are retained on the project account with the National Bank of Molova and are used to fund other projects. “You can also set a 30% penalty. But we have to justify this figure. Now, we can justify 10%. Each country sets the size of the fine. The penalties could be increased, but should be coordinated with the financing banks”, Curmei said. None of the companies fined for delays in the implementation of the EBRD and the EIB funded contracts was included in the Public Procurement Agency's black list. This is because the procurement rules of the EBRD and the World Bank do not involve the blacklisting of companies that have not complied with their contractual commitments except in case of fraud and corruption. See the graph where the money from the penalties went What solutions do the authorities propose? One reason that has led to the delay of the works executed under international tenders is related to the financial problems and the default situation in which the contractor found itself, the SRA officials and the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure argue. From now on, in international tenders, the authorities assure that the selection will be more rigid and some contract terms have already been adjusted. The priority will not be given to the lowest bid price. The companies will be selected in advance and will be thoroughly checked for their history, including whether their financial condition allows them to perform the works. The authorities from the SRA and the ministry assure that they will also ask for information from beneficiaries from other countries where these companies have performed similar works. Upon submission of documents in order to participate in tenders, contractors will need to submit materials delivery contracts, bitumen delivery contracts. A set of documents will be required to know the real market prices in order to avoid the situation of falling into default. EBRD, EIB, WB and EC are concerned Anatol Usatîi, State Secretary in Construction and Road Infrastructure, Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure: “We have undertaken over 17 contracts, all of them being problematical. Not a single one goes smoothly Either a delay of one year or a year and a half or no works are conducted, companies are in bankruptcy. No contract goes normal. Good management is required. Both contractor and engineer require a permanent management and continuous monitoring by SRA. There have been omissions from both ends. Usually, it is about engineer-contractor-beneficiary triangle. Everyone has its part of guilt for this situation”. The financial institutions are also concerned about the lack of progress in road repairing. At the beginning of December, representatives of the financing banks visited Moldova and evaluated theexecution of the contracts. They were also on site to assess the estate of the roads. So far, there is no information on the outcome of the visit of the international financial institutions. According to Curmei, the possibility of terminating the contracts with three international firms is being considered.
883	dbpedia	1	26	https://www.e-architect.com/awards/international-architecture-awards-2007	en	International Architecture Awards 2007 Results			[ "https://www.e-architect.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/e-architect-jpg-820x90-1.jpg", "https://www.e-architect.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/architecture-walking-tours-3.jpg 341w,https://www.e-architect.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/architecture-walking-tours-3-250x67.jpg 250w,https://www.e-architect.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/architecture-walking-tours-3-150x40.jpg 150w", "https://www.e-architect.com/images/stories/facebook.png", "https://www.e-architect.com/images/stories/twitter.png", "https://www.e-architect.com/images/stories/linkedin.png", "https://www.e-architect.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/instagram.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Adrian Welch" ]	2007-04-16T11:29:03+00:00	International Architecture Awards, Winning Building, International Architecture Awards 2007, Winner, UK, Results, Architects	en		e-architect	https://www.e-architect.com/awards/international-architecture-awards-2007	International Architecture Awards Results, Building + Architect + Engineers International Architecture Awards 2007 Architectural Prize Winners 2007 16 Apr 2007 International Architecture Awards : WinnersInformation RUSSIAN ARCHITECTS SELECT FIFTY-SEVEN BUILDING DESIGNS IN TWENTY-FOUR NATIONS TO WIN THE WORLD’S 2007 PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS APRIL 16, 2007, Chicago, Illinois – The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. and co-presented by Italy’s prestigious design publication, Abitare magazine, announce fifty-seven (57) new distinguished projects and urban schemes selected in this year’s prestigious International Architecture Awards® program for 2007. In a matter of several years, The International Architecture Awards have become a global event on a grand scale—the most important barometer for the future direction of new architectural design and thinking today—celebrating, recognizing, and highlighting the world’s foremost architectural solutions for the designs of new skyscrapers, corporate buildings, institutions, arts facilities, airports, private homes, industrial structures, and urban planning projects from London to Singapore. The International Architecture Awards is the only global Awards Program in architecture of its kind, which was conceived and presented by the Museum to give an important overview of the practice of architecture on a world scale. The Awards Program draws important public and professional focus for the celebration and recognition of the most important key buildings produced in this decade, underscoring the highest level of imagination and inspiration of the “best of the best” architectural minds practicing design today. The selected projects challenge new approaches to design that are beyond the envelope of the everyday, while providing cities with key civic building that celebrate and harmonize architecture as a high art while finding answers to the complicated problems of environment, social context, improving quality of life, and sustainability. INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2007 And the list of this year’s winning schemes is impressive drawn by some of the world’s most talented thinkers from large and small architectural practices around the world. The glossary of entries is a “Who’s Who” in international architecture today. For the 2007 International Architecture Awards, the Museum received hundreds of submissions from design firms in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. The submissions ranged from the latest new corporate high-tech headquarters to smaller planning projects, bridges, memorials, sacred spaces, and private residences. All submitted projects were designed by architects in their countries of origin or abroad for both built and unbuilt projects alike, as of January 1, 2003. This year’s jury for awards took place in Moscow and was organized by the Union of Architects of Russia at the end of February and included some of the most important young and established Russian architectural practitioners employed today: • Yury Gnedowskiy, President, Union of Architects of Russia, People’s Architect of the Russian Federation and Chair of the Jury • Vladimir Yudintsev, Architect, Moscow • Georgiy Solopov, Architect, Moscow • Alexander Larin, Architect, Moscow • Andrey Kaftanov, Architect, Council Member, Union of International Architects (UIA) • Dimitriy Serebryakov, Architect, Moscow • Andrey Osokin, Architect, Moscow • Maria Kiernan, Architect, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland The International Architecture Awards is curated and organized by Christian K. Narkiewicz-Laine, President, The Chicago Athenaeum and assisted by Lary L. Sommers, Director of Administration/Marketing and Ioannis Karalias, Museum Vice President, The Chicago Athenaeum, and Kieran Conlon from the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design, and Urban Studies. The geographic range in this year’s Awards Program attests to the global significance of this program organized by The Chicago Athenaeum. Out of the fifty-seven (57) project selected for awards, Japan received the highest number of nine (9) awards with Germany and Italy at six (6) awards followed by the United Kingdom with five INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2006 (5) awards and Spain with four (4) awards. The United States, Mexico, and Austria had three (3) awarded buildings with Switzerland, China, and Saudi Arabia for a total of two (2) awards. Ireland, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Australia, India, Denmark, South Korea, Egypt, South Africa, Singapore, Sweden, and Israel/Jordan each had one (1) awarded project. The total number of countries with awarded projects was twenty-four (24). The Austrian firm of Coop Himmelb(b)lau won four (4) awards for projects in South Korea, Germany, Egypt, and Spain while Skidmore, Owings & Merrill won a total of five (5) awards for projects in Great Britain, Saudi Arabia, Israel/Jordan, and the USA. One of the boldest and largest projects awarded in 2007 is the new Madrid Barajas Airport by Richard Rogers Partnership in Madrid, Spain, which is a poetic marvel of form and function married to state-of-the-art technology. Staggering and expressive are the words for the Berlin Central Station by gmp-von Gerkan, Marg und Partner Architects in Berlin and for the high-art exposition facility, Nuovo Polo Fiera Milano, by Massimilano Fuksas Architect in Rho-Pero, Italy. Two urban bridges of the highest caliber were awarded: the Sean O’Casey Bridge by Brian O’Halloran & Associates in Dublin and the Lugner Suspended Bridge in Glass by Architekturstudio Bulant & Wailzer in Vienna. Both bridges are brilliant aesthetic performances of engineering and far-reaching design skill. A new Danish prison was also awarded in East Jutland by Friis & Molke A/S, which might signal a new trend that tomorrow’s prisoners might be housed in awarded design and a far cry from the nightmarish days of gulags and Alcatrazes of the past. The majority of awarded projects for 2007 displayed a dizzying, almost hypnotic sense of geometric contortions. The Space of Contemporary Artistic Creation by Coop Himmelb(l)au in Cordoba, Spain is indicative of the continuing trend to stretch the box into an enthralling geometric labyrinth. Also overpowering in form are the mesmerizing shells of the Wellness Center “Bergoase” by Studio arch. Mario Botta in Arosa, Switzerland. A hard-edge abstraction is the giant cube for ARB Bank Headquarters by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia. The St. Andrew’s Beach House by Sean Godsell Architects in Victoria, Australia is total sculpture as a house. All of these awarded hard-edge geometric designs are destined to become icons of our time and place in architectural history. The architecture of the memorial had a priority in this year’s awards with most of them commemorating the highest of human tragedies and disasters. The most austere are the Sachsenhausen Memorial “Station Z” by hg merz architekten museumgestalter in Oranienburg, Germany and the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Memorial by Mathew Ghosh Architects Pvt. Ltd. in Bhospal, India. The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Foundation symbolizes something entirely different memoralizing the life of a humanist in the most humane form. Bridging the Rift by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill on the Israel/Jordan border demonstrates that good architecture could and should be the instrument of world peace. “The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. have organized this annual Museum program, The International Architecture Awards, as a way in which to draw significant world attention to new buildings and urban planning projects being built and designed globally by the best and most prestigious international architecture offices and design firms,” states Christian K. Narkiewicz-Laine. “The wide geographic distribution of these awards attests to the importance of the program,” Mr. Narkiewicz-Laine adds. “There is no one, single architecture program in existence today that brings together the latest cutting-edge international architecture today as one cohesive universal representation or platform for world design. The Museum is honored to provide a focus that allows an exploration and analysis for current stylistic directions and philosophical thinking that is apparent in contemporary design today.” “The program has a unique educational mission and public profile with the intent of promoting and celebrating the latest, most cutting-edge international design to a national and international audience,” Mr. Narkiewicz-Laine continues. The awarded projects for 2007 and other selected works will form an exhibition, “New World Architecture” to open as an exhibition in 2007. (Location to be announced.) Also shown will be the winning projects selected from the Museum’s annual “American Architecture Awards” for 2007, which recognizes the best new building design in the United States. All Awarded Projects for 2007 can be seen on the Museum’s website at www.chi-athenaeum.org. The 2008 deadline for submissions for “The International Architecture Awards” is DECEMBER 1, 2007 for buildings designed and/or built between 2004-2007. International Architecture Awards : main page, current news INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2007 Check List SOKA-BAU COMPLEX Wiesbaden , Germany Architects: Herzog + Partner Client: SOKA-BAU SEAN O’CASEY BRIDGE Dublin, Ireland Architects: Brian O’Halloran & Associates Client: Dublin Docklands Development Authority Contractor: John Mowlem Construction Ltd. SACHSENHAUSEN MEMORIAL “STATION Z” Oranienburg, Germany Architects: hg merz architekten museumsgestalter Client: Stiftung Brandenburgische Gedenkstätten “MOTENASHI” DOME Kanazawa, Japan Architects: Shirae Associates Associate Architects: Nihon University Client: Kanazawa City Office Contractor: Sihmizu Corporation BERLIN CENTRAL STATION Berlin, Germany Architects: gmp-von Gerkan, Marg und Partner Architects Client: Deutsche Bahn AG NEW REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS SÜDWESTMETALL Heilbronn, Germany Architects: Dominik Dreiner, Architect Client: Südwestmetall THEATRE STUDIO FOR UNIVERSITY Brno, Czech Republic Architects: ARCHTEAM Associate Architects: RADArchitekti Client: JAMU SIEEB SINO ITALIAN ECOLOGICAL AND ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING Beijing, Peoples’ Republic of China Architects: Mario Cucinella Architects Client: Italian Ministry for Environment and Territory (Italy) and Ministry for Science and Technology (Peoples’ Republic of China) AGC MONOZUKURI QUALITY MANUFACTURING TRAINING CENTRE Kanagawa, Japan Architects: Takenaka Corporation Client: Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. Contractor: Takenaka Corporation 222 RESIDENCE Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Architects: Elliott + Associates Architects Client: Withheld Contractor: Lingo Construction RECTORIA DE LA UNVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY Monterrey, N.L., Mexico Architects: Bernardo Hinojasa Rodriguez Client: Universidad de Monterrey HORIZON HOUSE Atami, Japan Architects: Shinichi Ogawa & Associates Associate Architects: Wada Structural Engineer Consultant Client: Withheld Contractor: Daido Kogyo Co., Ltd. CHOKKURA PLAZA & SHELTER Tochigi, Japan Architects: Kengo Kuma & Associates Client: The City of Shioya-gun, Tochigi Contractor: P.T. Morimura & Associates SSM/KANNO MUSEUM Shiogama-City, Miyagi, Japa Architects: Hitoshi Abe + Atelier Hitoshi Abe Client: Kanno Museum Contractor: Kajima Corporation Contractor: Takahashi Kogyo Co., Ltd. KUMU/THE MAIN BUILDING OF THE ART MUSEUM OF ESTONIA Tallinn, Estonia Architects: Vapaavuori Architects Client: Government of Estonia Client: Art Museum of Estonia Client: Kesseu/Art Museum Construction Foundation Contractor: AS Merko Ehitus Contractor: AS Eesti Ehitus NUOVO POLO FIERA MILANO/NEW MILAN TRADE FAIR Rho-Pero, Italy Architects: Massimilano Fuksas Architect Client: Fondazione Fiera Milano Contractor: Astaldispa Vianini S.p.A., Pizzarotti STADIUM SIENA Siena, Italy Architects: Michele Piccini Architect Client: Municipality of Siena SHANGHAI QIZHONG FOREST SPORTS CITY TENNIS CENTRE Shanghai, Peoples’ Republic of China Architects: Mitsuru Senda + Environment Design Institute Planners/Associate Architects: Naomi Sato Architects Associate Architects: Shanghai Institute of Architectural Design Research Co., Ltd. Client: Shanghai Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Centre Contractor: China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Contractor: Beijing Special Engineering Design and Research Institute Contractor: Jiangnan Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. JKS WORKSHOPS Clydebank, Scotland, United Kingdom Architects: gm+ad Architects Client: Clydebank Re-Built Ltd. Contractor: Luddon Construction ST. ANDREWS BEACH HOUSE Victoria, Australia Architects: Sean Godsell Architects Client: D. McNair Contractor: R. D. McGowan Building LEAMOUTH PENINSULA London, Great Britain Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLC. Associate Architects: Martha Schwartz Partners Client: Ballymore Properties Limited ARB BANK HEADQUARTERS Riyadh, Saudia Arabia Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLC. Client: Al Rajhi Banking & Investment AL RAJHI BANK HEADQUARTERS Riyadh, Saudia Arabia Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLC. Associate Architects: Mohamed Harasani Architects Client Al Rajhi Banking & Investment BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY MEMORIAL Bhopal, India Architects: Mathew Ghosh Architects Pvt. Ltd. Client: EPCO INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2007 Check List Page Two MADRID BARAJAS AIRPORT Madrid, Spain Architects: Richard Rogers Partnership Associate Architects: Estudio Lamela Client: AENA Contractor: UTE Terminal (ACS, FCC, Ferrovial, Nesco, Safyr Contractor: UTE Satellite (Dragados,m OHL) Landscape Architects: dosAdos NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom Architects: Richard Rogers Partnership Client: National Assembly for Wales Contractor: Taylor Woodrow Construction Landscape Architects: Gillespies RE-TEM CORPORATION TOKYO FACTORY Tokyo, Japan Architects: Taku Sakaushi/O.F.D.A. Associates Associate Architects: Takeshi Nakashima/ O.F.D.A. Associates Client: Re-Tem Corporation Contractor: Shimz Corporation HOTEL CONDESA DF Mexico City, Mexico Architects: Higuera + Sanchez Architects: IMH Client: CONDESSA df Contractor: Higuera + Sanchez AMSTERDAM 315 MULTIFAMILY HOUSING Mexico City, Mexico Architects: Higuera + Sanchez Client: Higuera + Sanchez Contractor: Higuera + Sanchez LUGNER SUSPENDED BRIDGE IN GLASS Vienna, Austria Architects: Architekturstudio Bulant & Wailzer Client: Lugner Söhne Stiftung Contractor: Waagner-Biro Structural Engineers: Vasko + Partners NEW STATE PRISON IN EAST JUTLAND Horsens, Denmark Architects: Friis & Moltke A/S Client: Ministry of Justice, Department of Prison and Probation, Building Division THEATER 11 Zurich, Switzerland Architects: EM2N \| Mathias Müller \| Daniel Niggli Architekten AG \| ETH \| SIA \| BSA Client: MCH Messe Zuerich AG Contractor: Bauengineering.com AG REHABILITATION OF SANTA CATERINA MARKET Barcelona, Spain Architects: Miralles/Tagliabue-EMBT Client: Foment de Ciutat Vella S.A. Contractor: COMSA Empresa Constructors 31 VERNON STREET OFFICE BUILDING London, Great Britain Architects: Terry Pawson Architects Client: Thomas Gatacre Contractor: Acuity Management Solutions BCC-BUSAN CINEMA COMPLEX Busan, South Korea Architects: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Prix & Swiczinsky & Dreibholz ZT GmbH Associate Architects: Heerim Architects & Planners Co., Ltd. ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS Munich, Germany Architects: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Prix & Swiczinsky & Dreibholz ZT GmbH Client: Freistaat Bayern-Staatshochbauamt SPACE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTIC CREATION Cordoba, Spain Architects: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Prix & Swiczinsky & Dreibholz ZT GmbH Client: Consejeria de Cultura Empresea Pública de Gestion de Programmes Culturales Contractor: Structural Engineers: B+G Ingenieuere, Bollinger und Grohmann GmbH THE GREAT EGYPTIAN MUSEUM Cairo, Egypt Architects: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Prix & Swiczinsky & Dreibholz ZT GmbH Associate Architects: Arge Eiger Nord Wien Client: The Egyptian Ministry of Culture, under the Patronage of UNESCO Structural Engineers: B+G Ingenieuere, Bollinger und Grohmann GmbH USASAZO SECONDARY SCHOOL Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa Architects: Noero Wolff Architects Client: Department of Transport and Public Works, Western Cape, Provincial Government Contractor: NR Construction GALLERY IN KIYOSATO Hokuto City, Yamanashi, Japan Architects: Satoshi Okada Architects Inc. Client: Standard & Chartered Bank, Japan Branch GALZIGBAHN CABLE CAR STATION St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria Architects: driendl*architects Client: Arlberger Bergbahnen AG Contractor: Arlberger Bergbahnen AG WELLNESS CENTER “BERGOASE” Arosa, Switzerland Architects: Studio arch. Mario Botta Associate Architects: GPL Tschuggen Arosa Salvatore Client: Tschuggen Grand Hotel PASTORAL CENTER AND CHURCH SANTO VOLTO Turin, Italy Architects: Studio arch. Mario Botta Client: Archbishopric of Turin FISH MARKET ISLET Treviso, Italy Architects: Studio Architetto Toni Follina Client: Comune di Treviso (Treviso Municipality) Contractor: Impresa Setten Genesio S.p.A. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED, CENTRAL PLANT Merced, California, USA Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. Associate Architects: Arup Client: Reed Smith Contractor: Swinerton Inc. BRIDGING THE RIFT Israel/Jordan Border Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. Client: Bridging the Rift Foundation STEPHEN M. ROSS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC. Client: University of Michigan Contractor: Gilbane/Clark Joint Venture INCS “ZERO” FACTORY Nagano, Japan Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC. Client: INCS, Inc. Contractor: Maeda Corporation MINT TOY MUSEUM Singapore Architects: SCDA Architects Pte. Ltd. Client: Bullworks Pte. Ltd. Contractor: Actus Builders Pte. Ltd. TEN ROW HOUSES IN RUGINELLO-MILAN Milan, Italy Architects: Roccatelier Associati Client: Frigerio Appalti Contractor: Frigerio Appalti VILLA BIO Barcelona, Spain Architects: Cloud 9, SL. Client: Perimetralia Contractor: Carlos Fontecna & Giovanna de Uzin ASPLUND LIBRARY ADDITION Stockholm, Sweden Architects: Macrae-Gibson Architects Client: Asplund Library DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN London, Great Britain Architects: Gustafson Porter Client: The Royal Parks Contractor: Geoffrey Osborne WINECENTER Kaltern, Caldaro, Italy Architects: feld72 Architecture and Urban Strategies Client: Kellerei Kaltern-Winegrowers Cooperative Contractor: Bernard Bau GmbH THEATRE/FESTIVAL AND CONVENTION CENTRE Bregenz, Austria Architects: Dietrich \| Untertrifaller Architekten Client: Municipality Bregenz, Federal Province of Vorarlberg, State Austria International Architecture Awards : PR from Chicago Athenaeum 25 Apr 2007 Location: Chicago, IL, USA International Architecture Awards Past Winners International Architecture Awards 2016 International Architecture Awards 2013 International Architecture Awards 2012 International Architecture Awards 2011 International Architecture Awards 2009 International Architecture Awards 2009 Winners International Architecture Awards 2008 Architecture Awards Stirling Prize World Architecture Festival Awards Grand Designs Awards International Trade Award
883	dbpedia	3	48	https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/sports/local-sports/2024/06/lake-placid-still-in-running-for-2026-sliding-bid/	en	Lake Placid still in running for 2026 sliding bid	https://ogden_images.s3.…JointMeeting.jpg	https://ogden_images.s3.…JointMeeting.jpg	[ "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/website_logo.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/search_icon_black.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/website_logo.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/facebook_article_icon.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/twitter_article_icon.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/linkedin.jpg", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/email_icon.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/print_icon.png", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/06/17184643/240618_Whiskey-400x300.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/06/17184700/240618_JointMeeting-320x300.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/06/17184700/240618_JointMeeting-896x840.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/07/16190221/240716_baseball-375x300.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/07/16190145/240717_Boese-450x300.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/07/02184137/240703_Mazdzer-257x300.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/07/10183234/240711_Baseball-470x217.jpg", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/website_logo.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/twitter_footer.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/facebook_footer.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "Local Sports", "Lake Placid still in running for 2026 sliding bidSports", "Lake Placid still in running for 2026 sliding bidWinter Olympic Sports", "Lake Placid still in running for 2026 sliding bid" ]	null	[]	2024-06-18T00:00:00	LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid-New York state bid to host the sliding competitions for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano-Cortina, Italy is still in t	en	https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/favicon.ico		https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/sports/local-sports/2024/06/lake-placid-still-in-running-for-2026-sliding-bid/	Lake Placid’s bid is one of just three other potential host sites, which also include St. Moritz, Switzerland and Igls/Innbruck, Austria, sited as a “Plan B” option if the century-old sliding track in Cortina d’Ampezzo is not completed by March 2025. The Milan-Cortina Organizing Committee recently asked the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to provide additional information to its “Plan B” solution for the Lake Placid-New York sliding bid, according to Norfolk. While Norfolk said she wasn’t able to release the updated bid yet, because she wasn’t able to verify if the Milan-Cortina Organizing committee had reviewed the second bid, she noted that it contains more information and details. “The athletes village and transportation, scheduling from one location to another and how that would look,” she said on Monday. “As well as preliminary budget information.” The original bid, which was released in December 2023, provides different concepts that have some similarities to the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. ORDA’s Olympic Jumping Complex and Olympic Sports Complex General Manager Rebecca Dayton said the biggest thing working against Lake Placid’s bid is geography. “The two other tracks we’re competing against are close to Milan-Cortina, but they both have their challenges as well,” she said on Sunday. “We think we have put together a pretty aggressive campaign and plan to balance out that travel issue with charter flights. “Now, we’ll wait and see what they decide,” Dayton added. “But I think we’ve done a lot of good work and we’ve talked to a lot of people, and people now as we get closer to a deciding point people pay more attention to those details and hopefully we’ll do well.” Dayton hopes that the 2026 Olympic sliding events will be in Cortina. If the bid were to be selected it would be the first in Winter Olympic history to have events held outside the host nation. “We all want them to have a track because that’s what is best for the health of the sport,” she said. “If that can’t happen, we’d like to be considered because we think we do a good job. We think we can do a good job in this case and we have a lot of experience from what we learned from FISU. We’re well set up. It’s exciting to be one of the final three and be considered.” The International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation president and chair of Winter Sports of the International Olympic Committee, Ivo Ferriani, said he feels confident that the Italian organizing committee for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina will deliver the track on time. “Of course the timing is very tight,” Ferriani said on Sunday. “The company is working very hard. Today we are confident.” The Milan-Cortina Organizing committee officially signed a contract on Feb. 2 with Parma-based construction company Impresa Pizzarotti & C. to build the track rebuild a century-old bobsled track in Cortina d’Ampezzo, which closed in 2008. As of May 29, the first corner of the track, which is about 15 meters in length, was completed. The sliding track at the Cortina Sliding Center will have 16 curves and a length of 1,400 meters with a height difference of 107 meters. Ferriani expects the construction to accelerate. “They will understand how to do it quickly and after the first corner they will do the other corners much faster,” he said. “At the moment we have a Plan A, and we’ll see in the future. We have to always be positive and I’m sure the Italian government will give all their best to deliver the track on time.” Normunds Kotans, representative of the Organizing Committee for Milano-Cortina 2026, provided an update on the status of construction work on the sliding track in Cortina on the second day of the 72nd International Luge Federation (FIL) Congress in Lake Placid Saturday. “The construction of the Olympic track in Cortina is progressing. So far, significant progress has been made,” Kotans said in a statement. According to the FIL, he explained the Olympic track and pointed out three tunnels and track sections such as “Labirinto” in the middle section and the historically well-known curves “Antelao” and “Cristallo” in the lower part of the track. “We want to ensure that the Olympic Games take place in Cortina and will complete our luge track in time,” Kotans said. The FIL Track Construction Commission will meet again on June 26. The goal is for the FIL and IBSF to officially approve the the track in the spring of 2025, followed by an international training week in the fall of 2025. “I’ll be there in June 26 and we’ll check again,” Ferriani said. “Believe me, we won’t give up. We will check every month what’s happened there. We’ll see, but again we’re confident.” In each of the past four Olympic Winter Games, sliding tracks have been built specifically for the Games. All four took years of preparation and no sliding track has been built recently in such a short timeframe. The Cortina sliding track will likely require test events. Test events have become a higher priority task following the death of 21-year-old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training crash hours before the start of the opening ceremony for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. NEWSLETTER Today's breaking news and more in your inbox
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What makes a city stand out and be incomparable to other cities? What allows different monuments and historical buildings, for instance, to deliver different messages and narrate different stories? Arts and architecture are among the factors that shape the history of civilizations and allow ancient and modern cities to flourish. These factors do not stop only at buildings and constructions but also include traditions, cultural beliefs, and communal arts. By cherishing our traditions and civilizations that left behind various architectural miracles, we will pave the way for future generations to develop and preserve their identity. With this in mind, various organizations have taken actions to preserve cities' identities by maintaining their architectural heritage. IEREK, a long-time advocate of architectural development, has organized the 6th international conference on "Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts." The conference will discuss various topics like the techniques used to preserve cities' architecture and arts and the effect of modernity on historical cities. Moreover, the impact of contemporary arts and architecture on the identity of cities will be studied. IEREK, through this conference, will help increase the awareness of architecture and arts enthusiasts of the importance of new techniques in preserving architectural identities. This conference will gather researchers from around the globe to exchange knowledge and experiences on protecting and sustaining cities' identities through architecture and to discuss urban development. Following the success of the previous editions of "Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts," the 6th edition of the conference will be an opportunity to benefit from and exchange knowledge with experts in this field. Selected papers of the conference will be published in a book series entitled Advances in Science, Technology, & Innovation (ASTI) by Springer. Other papers will be published in the ARChive journal byIEREK Press. All accepted submissions to the conference, after a rigorous double-blinded peer-review process by the respective and a highly-extinguished Editorial Board, will be published in one of the following: Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation (ASTI), an IEREK Interdisciplinary book series published by Springer Nature. (Scopus indexed) About ASTI Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI) is a series of peer-reviewed books based on important emerging research that redefines the current disciplinary boundaries in science, technology and innovation (STI) in order to develop integrated concepts for sustainable development. It not only discusses the progress made towards securing more resources, allocating smarter solutions, and rebalancing the relationship between nature and people, but also provides in-depth insights from comprehensive research that addresses the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) as set out by the UN for 2030. The series draws on the best research papers from various IEREK and other international conferences to promote the creation and development of viable solutions for a sustainable future and a positive societal transformation with the help of integrated and innovative science-based approaches. Including interdisciplinary contributions, it presents innovative approaches and highlights how they can best support both economic and sustainable development, through better use of data, more effective institutions, and global, local and individual action, for the welfare of all societies. The series particularly features conceptual and empirical contributions from various interrelated fields of science, technology and innovation, with an emphasis on digital transformation, that focus on providing practical solutions to ensure food, water and energy security to achieve the SDGs. It also presents new case studies offering concrete examples of how to resolve sustainable urbanization and environmental issues in different regions of the world. Read More. The ASTI series is fully indexed in Scopus and any chapter/ paper published as part of this series will be seen on the Scopus database. Some titles have been successfully indexed or submitted for indexation in Web of Science (ISI). IEREK Press Journals, a multidisciplinary publisher that aims to cultivate and disseminate research. Environmental Science & Sustainable Development (ESSD) ESSD is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that aims to systematically develop the research-driven curiosity and evidence-based discourse of aspiring scholars that seek to contribute to the academic community. As the world is currently living in an age of information where sources are widely available on the Internet, we at ESSD seek to efficiently utilize the available information to help create robust and evidence-based knowledge. In the process, we offer researchers, in general, and young and aspiring ones in particular a quicker way to get their work published and gain exposure through online open access. We pride ourselves on getting submitted work to be published quickly, through the use of our worldwide pool of subject specialist peer reviewers. Find out more about ESSD International Journal here. The Academic Research Community Publication (ARChive) ARChive is an open-access journal that publishes conference proceedings on a wide range of topics relating to social sciences. Consequently, it accepts original research papers on a wide spectrum of subjects. ARChive is a journal published on behalf of researchers that perpetually make an effort to contribute to their fields and provide them with high visibility of research submitted. The series publishes, both, theoretical and experimental high-quality papers of current and perpetual interest. It serves to cultivate, propagate, and essentially archive academic research that has been authored and submitted for academic conferences. Find out more about ARChive International Journal here. Proceedings of Science and Technology (Resourceedings) Resourceedings is an open access journal that publishes conference proceedings. Conference proceedings compromise of different disciplines, ranging from Engineering including built environments, architecture, and sustainability. Disciplines also include Technology and Energy. Resourceedings is a journal that publishes research articles that shed light on different crucial issues in order to provide them with solutions and suggestions. The journal publishes articles submitted by researchers of interest in different fields. Find out more about Resourceedings International Journal here. BAHETH International Journal - Arabian Researchers Database (Arabic Papers only) “BAHETH” in Architecture, Engineering, and Technology, is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original academic research in the fields of Architecture, Engineering, and Technology. The journal welcomes research in the Arabic Language with an English Abstract. Papers submitted to this journal in Arabic must be presented in the English Language in the conference. Find out more about BAHETH International Journal here. Registration To help the organizers plan for inter-disciplinary dialogue, participants are requested to choose from the conference themes/topics upon registration. They must also refer to, and abide by, the following instructions in registering and submitting their abstracts/ papers: Types of Participation 1. Attend/ Present Virtually and Publish (only applicable to HYBRID events) Organized from the comfort of your own home, the conference offers a virtual attendance option for your convenience. That said, participants will have a chance to present their abstract/research, online, and have their work considered for publication in the proceedings. Virtual presenters are required to submit an abstract and full paper following the "Author's instructions" below and before the deadline (see Important Dates) and confirm the participation for inclusion in the program upon payment of the registration fee (see Conference Fees). Authors who cannot, for any reason, attend/ present their own work are welcome to nominate and share the contacts of a substitute to present on their behalf. 2. Attend/ Present in-person and Publish The conference offers in-person attendance (see conference Venue), during which participants will have a chance to present their work live as well as network with other attending participants. They will also have their work considered for publication following their selection and payment (see Conference Fees). Attending Participants should refer to the Visa Application tab for guidance. 3. Register to publish in the proceedings without presenting/ attending Your contribution/ submission can be considered for publication with IEREK Press or in the Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation Book Series by Springer (indexed in Scopus) even if you are not attending the conference. In this case, the accepted work will not be included in the final conference program and the fee will cover the cost of editorial handling and peer-review evaluation of your paper (See Author's instructions, Publishing opportunities & Conference Fees) 4. Non-presenting participant Non-presenting participants may also wish to attend the conference as Audience Members or Co-authors contributing to an already submitted abstract/ paper. To confirm your attendance, please register and proceed to payment (see Conference Fees). Important Note: IEREK has an unyielding policy regarding plagiarism. We believe that copying/taking the ideas and work of other Authors without permission and credit is fraudulent. The Reviewing committee and IEREK employees have the authority to reject a paper during its reviewing process, on the basis of the paper being subjected to either minor or major plagiarism. Authors must refer to, and abide by, the following instructions in submitting their abstracts/ papers: Step 1: Abstract Submission Process The author should prepare and submit an Abstract (250/300 words) through the website and before the abstract submission deadline. The abstract should clearly state the purpose, results, and conclusions of the work to be described in the final paper. The author should select the most relevant topic for the paper from the corresponding conference topics. The author can use/download an abstract writing template to submit the abstract file accordingly. To download the Abstract Writing Template, Click Here Step 2: Abstract Review Upon submission, an abstract will undergo a preliminary evaluation process by members of our scientific committee. A relevant topic of the conference should be proposed with clear writing, aims, and objectives of the study clearly presented and sound literature and methodology of the work. The author will receive a notification by email, within 2 weeks, of: A relevant topic of the conference should be proposed with clear writing, aims, and objectives of the study clearly presented and sound literature and methodology of the work. The author will receive a notification by email, within 2 weeks, of: Approval, after which they will be requested to prepare and submit their full/short paper submissions. Rejection, if the topic proposed does not fit the theme of the conference. Step 3: Paper Submission & Preliminary Review The Full/ Long paper submission is 4,000 – 6,000+ words in length. The paper should state the major issue(s) addressed, the potential significance of the work, the theoretical and methodological approach(es) pursued, major findings, conclusions, implications, and relevant scholarly references. Upon participation type selection and payment confirmation (see conference fees and participant’s instructions), a full/long paper will be included in the conference abstracts book as well as be considered for publication with and in the selected publisher/ journal/ volume. The author must submit the paper using the writing template and through our online system or conference email before the paper submission deadline. The full paper should be written in English to be considered for publication in ASTI or IEREK Press Journals (ESSD, ARChive, Resourceedings only). The conference does welcome Arabic submissions (with abstracts written in the english language), which will only be considered for publication in BAHETH by IEREK Press. All presentations must be prepared and presented in the English language as it is the official language of the conference. Step 4: Similarity Check/ Plagiarism Detection All Chapters will be screened for similarity using iThenticate; a Turnitin Plagiarism detection software, used for academic publishers. Springer Similarity guidelines are as follows: Max. % from all sources: 10-15% Max. % from one source: 3-5% Higher than 30% (all sources): Reject completely Lower than 30% (all sources): Ask for revision to decrease the similarities To download Paper Writing Template, Click Here Step 5: Payment Completion & Confirmation Once Preliminary approval for presentation at the conference and/or consideration for publication is granted, authors will be expected to complete payment in reference to the Conference Fees before the peer review process can begin. Note: In preliminary evaluation, the research paper will be inspected against its readability, originality, structure, and relevance to the conference theme/ topics. If the paper gets acceptance by one reviewer, a preliminary acceptance notification will be sent to the author in addition to a proforma invoice requesting payment. As soon as payment is confirmed and done successfully, corresponding official documents can be issued from our end such as: A signed/stamped preliminary acceptance letter Receipt of Payment Visa Invitation Letter Step 6: Rigorous Peer Review Process Only after payment is confirmed, - and the full paper submission deadline reached, a submitted full-length paper is assigned to an Editor from the Editorial Board, in alignment with IEREK’s and the respective publisher’s revision SOP (double-blind process). - Each paper is evaluated by a minimum of two reviewers, after which a final decision by the responsible Editor is made. There is no maximum to the number of times a paper can be reviewed, depending on the quality of the submission. - Once a decision is made by the Editors, IEREK Editors will communicate one of the following three final decisions: Accepted without comments Revise and Resubmit – Minor or Major revision Final Rejection - If modifications are in order, authors will be sent the relevant instructions and a deadline will be set. Missed deadlines may result in complete exclusion/ rejection from the final publication. - A back and forth process: modifications will be sent back to the responsible Editor/ Series Editor and another round of evaluation conducted where needed. Authors should regularly check their emails (Junk/ Spam folders). To download Conference presentation Template, Click Here Eliana Martinelli Assistant Professor, University of Perugia, Italy. Eliana Martinelli (1987) is an architect and researcher. Since 2012, she has carried out academic and professional research in Italy, Germany, Turkey and Morocco; furthermore, she has also been involved in several designs that won international competitions. In 2017, she completed a PhD in Architectural Composition with honors at the IUAV University of Venice, with the first dissertation in Italy on the work of the Turkish architect Turgut Cansever, later published in the book Recomposing Unity. Turgut Cansever in Istanbul (2022). She has held teaching positions at the Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès (Morocco), SRH Hochschule Heidelberg (Germany), University of Pisa, University of Florence and Federico II University of Naples. She is a member of the Dar_Med research unit (University of Florence), where she works on architectural and urban design in the Euro-Mediterranean area, especially Turkey and the Maghreb. She also promotes and coordinates design workshops and participates in international conferences and seminars. Finally, she is a member of the DAAD-funded Learn[IN] project, part of the «Hochschuldialog mit Südeuropa» research program. Martinelli has published numerous essays in international volumes and journals and she is the co-founder and member of the editorial board of DAr, international biannual journal of architecture in the Islamic world. From 2019 to 2022, she was a research fellow at the University of Florence in the field of architectural and urban regeneration, specializing in memory and involvement of communities in the enhancement of tangible and intangible heritage, before moving to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Perugia in Italy in late 2022 as an Assistant Professor. Carmen Andriani Carmen Andriani_ Architect, full Professor of Architecture at the University of Genoa, he has held many institutional positions. Visiting professor at numerous international school, author of projects published and exhibited in editions of the Venice Biennale (1996/2000/2006/2008),and Triennale Milano(1996/2015), she has won over time prizes and awards. In 2008 she was shortlisted for the overall curatorial project of the Biennale Venezia Italian Pavilion (11th International Architecture Exhibition).In the same edition of the Biennale, she promotes and curates the multimedia conference 'Ricordo al futuro' (Biennale di Venezia/MiBAC, 2008), around a renewed notion of heritage. In 2010 she edited the volume "Il Patrimonio e l’abitare" by Donzelli Editore, resulting from the Conference. She founded and directed the series 'Le Forme del Cemento/Shapes Concrete'(2005/2016, Gangemi/Skira Ed. In 2014 she founded the permanent laboratory Coastal Design Lab (dAD /UniGe) about the abandoned industrial heritage at the interface between the city and the port. The CDL is still active. She is a member of numerous scientific committees. In November 2018, she was involved as a consultant for architectural and urban aspects in the project for the new bridge over the Val Polcevera (with Eng. Camillo Nuti, Maffeis Engineering, Impresa Pizzarotti) on the occasion of the international consultation for the reconstruction of the viaduct of Genoa. In 2020 she won, with an ItalianSwiss team, the two-phase competition to restore and enhance the Musmeci Bridge in Potenza (general coordination). She is the author of numerous projects for Rome, among which she built the Trevi-Pantheon Historic Monumental Route. In 2020 she founded and directed the series 'Image and Form' on the relationship between art, architecture and public space. In 2013 she wins the Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Icastica event. Pisa is one of the cities with a legendary historical character and one of the most famous historical areas in Italy. Pisa is located on the west coast of Italy and is considered a coastal city, as it is only 20 minutes away from the Ligurian Sea coast. What distinguishes it is that it is located in a privileged location between Florence, Livorno, and La Spezia. The following are some suggestions of places to visit while you are in Pisa, Italy: 1.Leaning Tower & Pisa Cathedral Get a comprehensive tour of Miracle Square on this walking excursion in Pisa. With a guide leading the way, you'll follow a carefully curated itinerary that ensures you hit all the landmarks such as the Cathedral and the Baptistery. This tour includes valuable skip-the-line entry to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, saving you tons of vacation time. Museum of Opera of Saint Maria of Fiore The Opera Museum of the Church, or as the Opera Museum del Duomo is known, is one of the most prominent cultural attractions in Pisa, and attracts a huge number of tourists every year, especially those who are interested in valuable artwork and sculptures. Artworks belonging to important archaeological sites in Pisa, such as the Pisa Cathedral, as well as some luxurious historical palaces. Sinopie Museum The Sinopi Museum is one of the important landmarks that can be visited during tourism in Pisa, especially if you are one of those interested in ancient history, as it played an important role in preserving original drawings of Camposanto maps. Museum of San. Matteo The museum is housed in the rooms of the old Benedictine convent of S. Matteo in Soarta (11th century) very little of which remains after alterations and restoration after the last war. The transformation into a museum and restoration of the building took place in 1949. Palazzo Blu To complement the tourist attractions in Pisa, we mention the Blue Palace, one of the most prominent landmarks of Pisa, especially for those interested in arts of all kinds. The Blue Palace in Pisa abounds with an impressive collection of artworks and paintings by Italian artists from the 16th to the 20th centuries. For participants who need Entry Visas to the country where the conference will be held, IEREK will issue the corresponding invitation letter for accepted applicants to facilitate visa issuance. Please note that we will endeavor to assist you in obtaining a visa but the responsibility is yours and the decision rests solely with the appropriate Embassy. Invitation Letter Issuance Process 1- In case the participant is an author who has submitted a research paper to the conference, it must get accepted by the Scientific Committee 2- Required participation fees must be paid 3- The participant should send the following information to the conference's official email: * A clear copy of passport * Passport number * Full name as written in your passport. * Date of Issuing and Expiration * Date of Birth * Email address of the nearest Embassy/Consulate to you * Mobile Number including country code 4- Conference coordinator will issue the needful invitation letter and send a copy to the participant's email, in addition to another one to the corresponding embassy/consulate 5- The participant should print out the invitation letter along with all other required documents by the embassy/consulate and apply for VISA
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"https://fwn.cdn-immedia.net/img/placeholder/b300x120.gif", "https://fwn.cdn-immedia.net/img/placeholder/b300x120.gif", "https://fwn.cdn-immedia.net/img/placeholder/b300x120.gif", "https://fwn.cdn-immedia.net/img/placeholder/b300x120.gif", "https://fwn.cdn-immedia.net/img/placeholder/b300x250.gif", "https://fwn.cdn-immedia.net/img/share/immedia.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "redazione" ]	2021-03-26T17:00:49	WineNews interviewed one of the top building contractors in Italy, at the helm of the Impresa Pizzarotti, and wine producer at Monte... ➤ Read the News	en	https://fwn.cdn-immedia.…avicon-16x16.png	WineNews	https://winenews.it/en/paolo-pizzarottis-vision-the-future-of-wine-will-be-higher-quality-and-healthier_439138/	The future of wine, in the long term, will be higher and higher quality and healthier products, sustainability for the environment and the process to produce them. In other words, everything will depend on restarting and vaccinations; but in the meantime, it is more than probable that more than a few Italian wineries, especially the small ones, will not be able to survive this “desert crossing”. This is the vision of an Italian entrepreneur and producer who is accustomed to building, literally. We are talking about Paolo Pizzarotti, Cavaliere del Lavoro (Knight of the order of merit for labor), at the helm of the Pizzarotti Group, including Impresa Pizzarotti, one of the most important and historic Italian construction companies, founded in 1920. The company has put its signature on many important works, like highways, railways, terminals and ports, in Italy, and around the world. Further, for over 30 years he has been a wine producer at Cantina Monte delle Vigne, a wine company that has 40 hectares of vineyards in the Colli di Parma DOC area, between the Taro River Park and the Boschi di Carrega Natural Park near the Monte Prinzera Nature Reserve. Plus, starting from the 2021 harvest, it will be entirely organic. “Li Monti de le Vigne”, as Frà Salimbene de Adam, who lived in the thirteenth century, wrote in his “Medieval Chronicles”, talking about the rolling hills of Ozzano Taro, renowned for the art of winemaking. “The immediate future is very clear; it is obvious that everything will depend on vaccinations”, Paolo Pizzarotti explained to WineNews, “because until the country restarts, and restaurants and bars reopen, in Italy, but also in most of the world, consumption keeps decreasing enormously. We are now getting prepared for it and hoping we can start again in the shortest time possible. In the meanwhile, we have become an organic winery, and we are also working towards becoming biodynamic in the near future. We are trying to make better and better wines, but since they then have to be sold, it is necessary for the market that currently no longer exists, to return”. Many people have predicted that once the pandemic is over, a new era will open, even for wine, instead of returning to normal. “Some things will change. Surely”, Pizzarotti said, “there will be fewer wine companies, because I fear that many will not survive this tragic moment, at least, the small businesses. Then, wine to be established and sold, must not only be higher quality, but also healthier. In the end, the sales channels will remain the same, mainly the mass retail channel on one hand and HORECA (hotels, restaurants, catering) on the other. As usual, those who already have a strong brand will have an advantage over those who don't, or those who are still building it”. Therefore, everything related to healthiness and sustainability will be fundamental. “Sustainability has always been on our minds. Before planting the vineyards (the Monte delle Vigne winery was founded in 1983, ed.) on the farm (100 hectares of land Paolo's father, Pietro Pizzarotti, bought in 1963), dairy cattle were raised there, and even at that time the land was cultivated biologically, with alfalfa and wheat. We started with perfect soils for the environment and installed photovoltaic on the wine cellar. I have always believed in sustainability on a personal level. For 6 months out of the year, I live in the area where I have vineyards, and I have always liked living in a healthy environment”. Obviously, the future of Italian wine will be played out in a broader context, within the future of Italy that is still tackling the usual knots, which are never unraveled, starting from the weight of bureaucracy. “The bureaucracy in Italy”, said Pizzarotti, “exists in a few other countries in the world, but none in Europe. The length of civil and criminal trials discourages any foreign investment, as it can take up to 10 years to get a final sentence even on any tax disputes; it is indecent. At best, someone from abroad comes to buy when conditions are extremely advantageous for those buying. Therefore, we need to take a huge step forward in digitization, and in knowing how to decide. Ours is a country that no longer decides anything”. However, those in business, as usual, are trying to look to the future. And, Monte delle Vigne, which has just renewed its board to include, besides the president, Paolo Pizzarotti, also Michele, his son, Lorenzo Numanti, CEO, and Andrea Bonini, superintendent to production in the countryside and in the winery, under the advice of the winemaker, Luca D’Attoma, one of the first in Italy to practice organic viticulture. D’Attoma has been acknowledged as one of the greatest experts in the field and is highly appreciated for his rigorous and innovative approach. In 2020, the company managed to resist, despite the current health emergency. The company has a plan to re-launch exports in 2021, eager to significantly increase its share, now at 15%, looking especially to the US, the UK, Germany and Northern Europe. “We are looking abroad, but we care deeply about the place where our story began, which is the love of nature and the environment that surrounds Monte delle Vigne. In the future, we would like to increase the knowledge of the characteristics and beauty of these places through the quality of our wines”, declared Paolo Pizzarotti. “My father’s dream was to bring these lands back to viticulture, and his dream has come true”. The dream is continuing from the organic viewpoint, as Monte delle Vigne’s sustainable path that started in 2016 has now been achieved – starting from the 2021 harvest, it will be entirely organic and certified by the ICEA - Institute for Ethical and Environmental Certification. Respect for nature and traditions are the inspirational principles to protecting the heritage and identity of the Parma Hills and have guided their path from the beginning. The company has, for several years, limited the use of plant protection products in the vineyard and has chosen natural and minimally invasive techniques, sown green manure to control weeds naturally, rejecting chemical desiccants, and implemented a cautious dosage of available water resources. Work in the wine cellar involves recycling procedures for materials and the structure itself has been designed with a view to energy efficiency, to minimize the environmental impact. The energy supply for the underground wine cellar is guaranteed by photovoltaic and solar thermal systems to continually reduce carbon footprint: over 35% of the energy used is auto-produced. One of the aims the Parma company intends to increase in the next few years is using electricity obtained from renewable sources. “Even though we are experiencing a complex period, we are now on the eve of an epoch making year for Monte delle Vigne”, Lorenzo Numanti, the managing director stated. “We want to deal with the challenges we are facing aware that the only possible choice is to have the health of our planet and of those who inhabit it, close at heart. We have set the goal of enhancing our vineyards and eliminating any invasive dynamics for a zero-impact future, through organic farming, to narrate the unique stories of great terroirs, great vineyards and great wines”. “At Monte delle Vigne we want to protect our land and develop sustainable viticulture in a natural balance”, concluded the president Paolo Pizzarotti, “encouraging research of the most advanced methodologies to counteract the now evident climate changes and increase the quality of our wines. 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Pizzarotti, LLC et al (1:23-cv-03457), New York Southern District Court, Filed: 04/25/2023 - PacerMonitor Mobile Federal and Bankruptcy Court PACER Dockets		/static/img/icons/IOS57.png		https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/48621193/Giancotti_v_Pizzarotti,_LLC_et_al	Monday, July 29, 2024 43 43 order Stipulation and Order of Dismissal ~Util - Add and Terminate Parties Mon 07/29 11:08 AM JOINT STIPULATION: WHEREAS, Plaintiff, ANTONIO GIANCOTTI ("Plaintiff") and Defendants, PIZZAROTTI, LLC, IGNAZIO CAMPOCCIA, MICHAEL BUTTA AND GUN LEE (collectively "The Parties") have stipulated and agreed to the dismissal with prejudice of Individual Defendant, GUN LEE, from the above captioned action and shall be removed from the caption. WHEREAS, the Parties further stipulate and agree to the dismissal without prejudice of Plaintiffs First Cause of Action for Breach of Public Works Contract from the Complaint. SO ORDERED (Signed by Judge John P. Cronan on ) Gun Lee terminated. (ks) Related: [-] Thursday, July 25, 2024 42 42 misc Letter Thu 07/25 12:37 PM LETTER addressed to Judge John P. Cronan from Plaintiff dated re: Stipulations for Dismissal. Document filed by Antonio Giancotti..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) Related: [-] Wednesday, July 24, 2024 misc Notice to Court Regarding Voluntary Dismissal Wed 07/24 3:32 PM *NOTICE TO COURT REGARDING STIPULATION OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL Document No. 41 Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal was reviewed and referred to Judge John P. Cronan for approval for the following reason(s): the stipulation of dismissal is not pursuant to F.R.C.P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii); the plaintiff(s) filed their voluntary dismissal and it did not dismiss all of the parties or the action in its entirety. (km) Related: [-] Tuesday, July 23, 2024 41 41 misc Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal Tue 07/23 10:04 AM STIPULATION OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between the parties and/or their respective counsel(s) that the above-captioned action is voluntarily dismissed, with prejudice against the defendant(s) Gun Lee. Document filed by Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Pizzarotti, LLC, Gun Lee. Proposed Order to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff. ..(Sued Agresti, Janice) Related: [-] Monday, July 22, 2024 40 40 order Memo Endorsement ~Util - Set Deadlines Mon 07/22 1:35 PM MEMO ENDORSEMENT on re:39 Letter filed by Ignazio Campoccia, Michael Butta, Pizzarotti, LLC, Gun Lee ENDORSEMENT The Court adopts the parties' proposed briefing schedule. Defendants' motion for summary judgment is due on , Plaintiff's opposition is due on , and Defendants' reply, if any, is due on . As to the parties' proposed Stipulation and Order dismissing Defendant Lee from this case and dismissing Plaintiff's first cause of action, see Dkt. 38, Plaintiff is ordered to submit a letter by , advising whether any settlement was reached with Lee and whether Plaintiff himself is aware of the proposed Stipulation and Order and consents to the requested dismissals. SO ORDERED. ( Motions due by ., Replies due by ., Responses due by ) (Signed by Judge John P. Cronan on ) (jca) Related: [-] misc Notice to Attorney Regarding Deficient Voluntary Dismissal Mon 07/22 10:33 AM NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL. Notice to Attorney Janice Sued Agresti. RE-FILE Document No. 37 Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): the stipulation of voluntary dismissal was not signed by all parties who have appeared. Re-file the document using the event type Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal found under the event list Other Documents - select the correct filer/filers - select the correct party/parties the voluntary dismissal is against - and attach the correct signed (scanned signature image) PDF. (tp) Related: [-] Friday, July 19, 2024 39 39 misc Letter Fri 07/19 6:57 PM LETTER addressed to Judge John P. Cronan from ALL PARTIES dated re: Proposed Briefing Schedule. Document filed by Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Gun Lee, Pizzarotti, LLC..(Sued Agresti, Janice) Related: [-] 38 38 misc Proposed Stipulation and Order Fri 07/19 6:49 PM PROPOSED STIPULATION AND ORDER. Document filed by Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Gun Lee, Pizzarotti, LLC..(Sued Agresti, Janice) Related: [-] 37 37 misc Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal Fri 07/19 6:42 PM STIPULATION OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between the parties and/or their respective counsel(s) that the above-captioned action is voluntarily dismissed, with prejudice against the defendant(s) Gun Lee pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Document filed by Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Pizzarotti, LLC, Gun Lee. Proposed document to be reviewed and processed by Clerk's Office staff (No action required by chambers). ..(Sued Agresti, Janice) Related: [-] Monday, July 15, 2024 36 36 order Memo Endorsement Mon 07/15 1:31 PM MEMO ENDORSEMENT on re:35 Status Report filed by Ignazio Campoccia, Michael Butta, Pizzarotti, LLC, Gun Lee ENDORSEMENT By , the parties shall submit a joint proposed briefing schedule for Defendants' contemplated summary judgment motion. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge John P. Cronan on ) (jca) Related: [-] Friday, July 12, 2024 35 35 misc Status Report Fri 07/12 5:13 PM STATUS REPORT. (JOINT) Document filed by Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Gun Lee, Pizzarotti, LLC..(Sued Agresti, Janice) Related: [-] Monday, March 25, 2024 34 34 1 pgs order Order on Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery Mon 03/25 5:43 PM REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER granting33 Letter Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the deadlines in this matter have been modified as follows: Depositions to be completed . All expert discovery, including expert depositions to be completed .All discovery to be completed . In addition, the deadline for the completion of all fact discovery is adjourned from , to , and the deadline to submit a joint status letter containing the information described in paragraph 18 of the previously-entered Case Management Plan and Scheduling Order, Dkt. 27, is adjourned from , to . As this is the parties' third request for an extension of the discovery deadlines in this case, no further extensions will be granted absent extraordinary circumstances. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge John P. Cronan on ) (jca) Related: [-] utility Set/Reset Deadlines Mon 03/25 5:45 PM Set/Reset Deadlines: Deposition due by . Discovery due by . Expert Discovery due by . Fact Discovery due by . (jca) Related: [-] Saturday, March 23, 2024 33 33 motion Extension of Time to Complete Discovery Sat 03/23 9:20 AM LETTER MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery addressed to Judge John P. Cronan from Janice Sued Agresti dated . Document filed by Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Gun Lee, Pizzarotti, LLC..(Sued Agresti, Janice) Related: [-] Att: 1 Proposed Order to Extend Discovery Tuesday, January 16, 2024 32 32 1 pgs order Order on Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery Tue 01/16 3:14 PM REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER granting31 Letter Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the deadlines in this matter have been modified as follows: Deposition due by . Discovery due by . In addition, the deadline for the completion of all fact discovery is adjourned from , to , and the deadline to submit a joint status letter containing the information described in paragraph 18 of the previously-entered Case Management Plan and Scheduling Order, Dkt. 27, is adjourned from , to . SO ORDERED.. (Signed by Judge John P. Cronan on ) (jca) Related: [-] utility Set/Reset Deadlines Tue 01/16 3:15 PM Set/Reset Deadlines: Expert Discovery due by . Fact Discovery due by . (jca) Related: [-] Friday, January 12, 2024 31 31 motion Extension of Time to Complete Discovery Fri 01/12 1:28 PM SECOND LETTER MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery addressed to Judge John P. Cronan from Janice Sued Agresti dated . Document filed by Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Gun Lee, Pizzarotti, LLC..(Sued Agresti, Janice) Related: [-] Att: 1 Proposed Order Proposed Revised Scheduling Order Monday, December 04, 2023 30 30 notice Notice of Change of Address Mon 12/04 11:29 AM NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS by Jacqueline Soheir Kafedjian on behalf of Antonio Giancotti. New Address: The Antonious Law Firm, 70-50 Austin Street, Suite 112, Forest Hills, NY, United States 11375, 7184565500..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) Related: [-] Wednesday, November 29, 2023 29 29 order Order on Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery Wed 11/29 11:14 AM REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER granting28 Letter Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery.In addition, the deadline for the completion of all fact discovery is adjourned from , to , and the deadline to submit a joint status letter containing the information described in paragraph 18 of the previously-entered Case Management Plan and Scheduling Order, Dkt. 27, is adjourned from , to . SO ORDERED. Deposition due by . (Signed by Judge John P. Cronan on ) (jca) Related: [-] utility Set/Reset Deadlines Wed 11/29 11:15 AM Set/Reset Deadlines: Deposition due by . Discovery due by . Expert Discovery due by . Fact Discovery due by . (jca) Related: [-] Monday, November 27, 2023 28 28 motion Extension of Time to Complete Discovery Mon 11/27 9:25 AM FIRST LETTER MOTION for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery addressed to Judge John P. Cronan from Janice Sued Agresti dated . Document filed by Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Gun Lee, Pizzarotti, LLC..(Sued Agresti, Janice) Related: [-] Att: 1 Proposed Order to Extend Deadlines Wednesday, September 20, 2023 27 27 order Case Management Plan Wed 09/20 3:51 PM CIVIL CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND SCHEDULING ORDER: This Civil Case Management Plan (the "Plan") is submitted by the parties in accordance with Rule 26(f)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. All parties do not consent to conducting all further proceedings before a United States Magistrate Judge, including motions and trial. 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). Settlement discussions have taken place. Depositions shall be completed by 1/20/24. This case is to be tried to a jury. Counsel for the parties have conferred and their best estimate of the length of trial is 3 days. Motions due by . Deposition due by . Fact Discovery due by . Expert Discovery due by . Discovery due by . (And as further set forth herein.) SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge John P. Cronan on ) (jca) Related: [-] minutes Telephone Conference Mon 10/02 11:25 AM Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge John P. Cronan: Telephone Conference held on . The Court held the initial pre-trial conference. The Court will separately enter the case management plan. (No court reporter present). (mhe) Related: [-] Friday, September 08, 2023 26 26 misc Letter Fri 09/08 8:01 PM JOINT LETTER addressed to Judge John P. Cronan from Plaintiff and Defendants dated re: Pre-Trial Conference. Document filed by Antonio Giancotti..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) Related: [-] 25 25 misc Proposed Case Management Plan Fri 09/08 7:55 PM PROPOSED CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN. Document filed by Antonio Giancotti..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) Related: [-] Thursday, August 31, 2023 23 23 order Order for Initial Pretrial Conference Thu 08/31 11:20 AM NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT: Unless the Court orders otherwise, the Court will conduct the IPTC by teleconference. At the scheduled time, counsel for all parties should call (866) 434-5269, access code 9176261. (And as further set forth herein.) SO ORDERED. Initial Conference set for at 10:00 AM before Judge John P. Cronan. (Signed by Judge John P. Cronan on ) (jca) Related: [-] Wednesday, August 30, 2023 22 22 misc Status Report Wed 08/30 3:13 PM STATUS REPORT. Letter to Hon. John P. Cronan - Joint Document filed by Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Gun Lee, Pizzarotti, LLC..(Ho, John) Related: [-] Tuesday, August 01, 2023 minutes Mediation Conference Tue 08/01 4:12 PM Minute Entry for proceedings held before SDNY Mediation: Mediation Conference held on . Mediation Status due by . (mnp) Related: [-] adr Mediation Conference Scheduled Tue 08/01 4:18 PM SUBSEQUENT MEDIATION CONFERENCE. Mediation Conference scheduled for at 10:00 AM in telephone or video conference.(mnp) Related: [-] Monday, July 24, 2023 21 21 order Memo Endorsement Mon 07/24 3:12 PM MEMO ENDORSEMENT: on re:20 Status Report filed by Antonio Giancotti. ENDORSEMENT: The Court thanks the parties for this update, and offers Plaintiff its condolences for his loss. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge John P. Cronan on ) (ama) Related: [-] Friday, July 21, 2023 adr Mediation Conference Scheduled Fri 07/21 2:20 PM SUBSEQUENT MEDIATION CONFERENCE. Mediation Conference scheduled for at 11:00 AM in Mediator's Office.(mnp) Related: [-] Tuesday, July 18, 2023 20 20 misc Status Report Tue 07/18 3:44 PM STATUS REPORT. In re Mediation Scheduling Document filed by Antonio Giancotti..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) Related: [-] Thursday, July 06, 2023 19 19 answer Answer to Complaint Thu 07/06 11:25 AM ANSWER to1 Complaint. Document filed by Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Gun Lee, Pizzarotti, LLC..(Ho, John) Related: [-] adr Mediation Conference Not Held Thu 07/06 11:05 AM MEDIATION CONFERENCE NOT HELD Mediation Conference scheduled for will not be held. Mediation Status due by .(mnp) Related: [-] Tuesday, June 20, 2023 adr Mediation Conference Scheduled Tue 06/20 2:29 PM FIRST MEDIATION CONFERENCE. Mediation Conference scheduled for at 11:00 AM in telephone or video conference.(mnp) Related: [-] Wednesday, May 17, 2023 adr Notice of Mediator Assignment Wed 05/17 9:31 AM NOTICE OF MEDIATOR ASSIGNMENT - Notice of assignment of mediator. Mediator Schedule due by .(ah) Related: [-] Tuesday, May 09, 2023 18 18 order Mediation Referral Order for Cases Filed Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Tue 05/09 7:26 AM MEDIATION REFERRAL ORDER FOR CASES FILED UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT 29 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq. This case, involving claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq., has been assigned to this Court for all purposes. In the Courts experience, cases involving FLSA claims often benefit from early mediation. To that end, prior to a Rule 16(b) case management conference the Court is referring this case to the Mediation Office for settlement purposes under Local Civil Rule 83.9. To facilitate mediation the parties shall, within four weeks of this Order, confer and provide the items set forth in this Order. Mediator to be Assigned by . (Signed by Judge John P. Cronan on ) (rpr) Related: [-] Friday, May 05, 2023 17 17 order Stipulation and Order ~Util - Set Deadlines Fri 05/05 3:16 PM STIPULATION TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADING TO COMPLAINT Whereas, Pizzarotti, LLC, Ignazio Campoccia, Michael Butta, and Gun Lee Individually, (collectively referred to as "Defendants") in the above captioned matter, by and through their attorneys, hereby stipulate as follows: 1. John Ho, counsel for Defendants, accepts service of the Summons and Complaint on behalf of the Defendants as defined above and waives any defect of personal service of the Summons and Complaint of the Defendants, if any. 2. Plaintiff consents to extend the Defendants' time to file a responsive pleading to the Complaint until and including . 3. Nothing in this Stipulation shall be interpreted or construed as a waiver or limitation of any rights of any party except as set forth herein. So Ordered. Michael Butta answer due ; Ignazio Campoccia answer due ; Gun Lee answer due ; Pizzarotti, LLC answer due . (Signed by Judge John P. Cronan on ) (jca) Related: [-] 16 16 misc Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement Fri 05/05 2:57 PM RULE 7.1 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. Identifying Corporate Parent Pizzarotti NY LLC, Corporate Parent Impresa Pizzarotti SpA (Italy) for Pizzarotti, LLC. Document filed by Pizzarotti, LLC..(Ho, John) Related: [-] Thursday, May 04, 2023 15 15 misc Proposed Stipulation and Order Thu 05/04 2:42 PM PROPOSED STIPULATION AND ORDER. Document filed by Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Gun Lee, Pizzarotti, LLC..(Ho, John) Related: [-] 14 14 notice Notice of Appearance Thu 05/04 1:50 PM NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Janice Sued Agresti on behalf of Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Gun Lee, Pizzarotti, LLC..(Sued Agresti, Janice) Related: [-] Wednesday, May 03, 2023 13 13 notice Notice of Appearance Wed 05/03 2:35 PM NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Jacqueline Soheir Kafedjian on behalf of Antonio Giancotti..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) Related: [-] 12 12 notice Notice of Appearance Wed 05/03 11:55 AM NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by John S. Ho on behalf of Michael Butta, Ignazio Campoccia, Gun Lee, Pizzarotti, LLC..(Ho, John) Related: [-] Thursday, April 27, 2023 11 11 service Summons Issued Thu 04/27 2:31 PM ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to Gun Lee. (vf) Related: [-] 10 10 service Summons Issued Thu 04/27 2:29 PM ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to Michael Butta. (vf) Related: [-] 9 9 service Summons Issued Thu 04/27 2:25 PM ELECTRONIC SUMMONS ISSUED as to Ignazio Campoccia. (vf) Related: [-] Wednesday, April 26, 2023 4 4 service Request for Issuance of Summons Wed 04/26 11:36 AM REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to Pizzarotti, LLC, re:1 Complaint. Document filed by Antonio Giancotti..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) Related: [-] notice Case Opening Initial Assignment Notice Wed 04/26 10:53 AM CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE: The above-entitled action is assigned to Judge John P. Cronan. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned District Judge, located at[LINK:https://nysd.uscourts.gov/judges/district-judges] . Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. Please download and review the ECF Rules and Instructions, located at[LINK:https://nysd.uscourts.gov/rules/ecf-related-instructions] ..(jgo) Related: [-] utility Case Designation Wed 04/26 10:53 AM Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang is so designated. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1) parties are notified that they may consent to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. Parties who wish to consent may access the necessary form at the following link:[LINK:https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/AO-3.pdf] . (jgo) Related: [-] utility Case Designated ECF Wed 04/26 10:54 AM Case Designated ECF. (jgo) Related: [-] misc Notice to Attorney Regarding Deficient Request for Issuance of Summons Wed 04/26 10:56 AM **NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS. Notice to Attorney Jacqueline Soheir Kafedjian to RE-FILE Document No. 3 Request for Issuance of Summons,. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): the PDF attached to the docket entry for the issuance of summons is not correct; each summons request must be filed separately OR one summons request may be filed listing all of the parties on the PDF 'To' section or attaching a rider/addendum;. Re-file the document using the event type Request for Issuance of Summons found under the event list Service of Process - select the correct filer/filers - and attach the correct summons form PDF. (jgo) Related: [-] Tuesday, April 25, 2023 3 3 service Request for Issuance of Summons Tue 04/25 4:53 PM REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS as to Pizzarotti, LLC, Ignazio Campoccia, Michael Butta, and Gun Lee, re:1 Complaint. Document filed by Antonio Giancotti..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) Related: [-] 2 2 misc Civil Cover Sheet Tue 04/25 4:48 PM CIVIL COVER SHEET filed..(Kafedjian, Jacqueline) Related: [-]
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883	dbpedia	0	31	https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/italy-signs-risky-sliding-track-deal-for-milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics-against-ioc-recommendation/	en	Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics against IOC recommendation	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…=768%2C432&ssl=1	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…=768%2C432&ssl=1	[ "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/g198.png?fit=146%2C32&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/rob-profile-copy.jpg?fit=40%2C40&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gbforumsad.png?fit=728%2C90&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Centre-de-glisse-de-Cortina-dAmpezzo.webp?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/rob-profile-copy.jpg?fit=80%2C80&ssl=1", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/niseko-768x509.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/naheednenshi-768x576.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LakePlacidImage-768x512.png", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/munich2022-768x511.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pyrenees-barcelona2030.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/53259699153_99bc1ef4a0_c-768x512.jpg", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/panam2027.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fifa26.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/subscribe-ad-2020.png?fit=800%2C442&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/forum16-header-white-2020.png?ssl=1", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/subscribe-ad-2020.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Robert Livingstone" ]	2024-02-02T19:36:05+00:00	Italy signs risky sliding track deal for Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics against IOC recommendation GamesBids.com Olympics	en	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…it=32%2C32&ssl=1	GamesBids.com	https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/italy-signs-risky-sliding-track-deal-for-milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics-against-ioc-recommendation/	Italian government officials Friday signed a 81.6 million euros (USD 88.7 million) deal to construct a sliding track for bobsled, luge and skeleton for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, a move likely to cause increased tensions between the organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that previously advised against the risky project. Construction firm Impresa Pizzarotti & C. is set to begin replacement of the former Eugenio Monti Sliding Track on February 19 – less than two years before the opening of the Games and just months before test events are expected to be staged. It took several months and two open tenders before the organizing committee was able to receive its single bid in January to build the venue that was originally constructed for the Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Even during Italy’s bid campaign to host the Games, IOC officials urged organizers to use a nearby existing track across the border to avoid any costly white elephant legacies that have commonly become haunting memories of previous budget-busting Games around the world. The sliding track used for Italy’s Turin 2006 Winter Games has since been mothballed and was ruled out for the 2026 edition, Milan-Cortina has promised that the track will be ready for testing by October 2024 and certified no later than March 2025 – an extremely aggressive and potentially record-breaking schedule for the complicated project. That will also leave limited time for test events ahead of the Games less than a year later in February 2026. Any delay could instantly end the hope for Olympic sliding in Cortina despite the completed construction of the venue and additional costs to change plans. As requested by the IOC, Italian organizers reached out to other selected tracks for proposals in December and several responded with interest including from nearby St. Moritz, Switzerland and Innsbruck, Austria and Germany. These proposals will be retained in case of delays or failures of the risky project. 1932 and 1980 Winter Games host Lake Placid also submitted a proposal despite being an ocean apart from Italy. The IOC is expected to weigh in on the proposed venue. Earlier this month IOC Executive Director Christophe Dubi told reporters “we, from the very beginning felt that this venue was extremely complex in terms of cost, in terms of legacy, in terms of timing, and we have promoted the use of an existing track.” A January 31 resolution had been promised. Italian officials remain steadfast in their ability to successfully deliver the venue and avoid investing in a facility in another nation. “The choice puts a full stop on it and attests to the extreme determination of this government to finish all the works for the Games in the best way and in Italy,” a statement read, according to the Associated Press. “Transport Minister Matteo Salvini and Sports Minister Andrea Abodi confirm that with great satisfaction.” But not everyone is so confident. On Friday Italian Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said he had regrets about backing the Games and now fears delays could taint preparations. “There are two years left, time is running out terribly fast and it’s becoming almost impossible to respect the schedule,” Giorgetti said according to ANSA news agency. “Let’s see what we can do to avoid missing this historic opportunity,” he said added, stressing the urgency of the schedule. A fatal luging accident on the Whistler sliding track just hours before the opening of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games led to track modifications before competition could begin. Since that incident there has been increased attention to safety and design and more time spent on testing. No modern track has been built in timeframes now being proposed by organizers. The IOC also warned South Korean officials not to build the PyeongChang sliding track for the 2018 Winter Games and instead stage the event at an existing venue in Japan. The advice was ignored and the track was built anyways (over a longer time period) and was featured at last month’s Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
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Request a list of 2000+ Startup Investors to speed up fundraising	en	https://e7bcduiff4m.exac…ze=32%2C32&ssl=1	Spendbase	https://www.spendbase.co/cfo-talks/startup-fundraising-advice/	Tap into storytelling Be strong on the basis and even stronger on storytelling in your pitch deck. Thierry Fortin CFO at Akeneo Numbers give confidence Know your metrics and clearly articulate the core aspect of the business. Danilo Giacovazzi CFO at Newton Track performance Have clear KPI implementation for performance tracking and appropriate controlling tools. Gabriel Martinez Roa Finance Partner to CSO at Zooplus Decide on stakes Be ambitious but don't be greedy: decide how much capital you need and the stake you are willing to give away. Michael Kuntz CFO at Pitch Find alignment Check what VCs invest in and what returns they look for. If VC investors want to exit in 3 years, do you want to sell your business in that time? Bradley Channer CFO at UBIO Prove commitment Raising money begins well before the actual round starts. Be close to your network, inspire, prove your commitment, and let investors see it. Karol Matczak CFO at SEDIVIO Build for growth Make sure you have a clear business model and a product with the potential to scale. Junada Sulillari CFO at Yenna Tech Optimize operations Improve financial processes and procedures, and strengthen reporting and IT systems. Francesco Zappalà CFO at Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. Prepare early Prepare a strategy and investor deck draft six months before seeking the next raise to socialize it with your Board and potential investors and revise it. Jim Mackey CFO at Revenue Grid Clients as investors Commercial financing is often overlooked. Yet, you can get a future client whose problem you solve to invest in your company. Not only can you have a high valuation (as they only care about your tech), but you have proven a strong market fit to other investors for future rounds. And you have already found your future exit partner before you have even started! I highly recommend this. Bradley Channer CFO at UBIO Categorize potential investors To me fundraising is like a classical sales process, where you build and nurture your funnel over multiple months, categorize investors into A, B, and C tiers, and start with C to test your equity story but keep the rest tight enough in the process to be able to move quickly. In the end, do not just go for the deepest pockets or the highest valuation but the investor that you believe can provide the best strategic value long-term. Michael Kuntz CFO at Pitch Easy way is rarely the best one Often the most promising investors are the most difficult and the most difficult investors are the most valuable. Don’t go the easy way. Look at what investors put pressure on you and at the same time motivate and support you. So that you feel that you are giving 200% and even if you fail, you can’t do more. Karol Matczak CFO at SEDIVIO Spare your equity Don’t give away too much equity in the beginning. Always remember there will be several rounds of investment to get your business to exit. Bradley Channer CFO at UBIO Terms and conditions Ensure commitment via term sheets because nothing is confirmed until in hand. Compare all the T&Cs as small differences between funds can help negotiations. Danilo Giacovazzi CFO at Newton Don’t look desperate Leave enough room for negotiation in your initial demands, you will typically be negotiated downwards. Build up a proper pipeline and create a competitive momentum where investors understand that you have no dependency on taking their offer. Michael Kuntz CFO at Pitch Know your weaknesses Accentuate your positives. Make sure you have a remediation plan for your weaknesses. It’s best to be honest about them. No sense in hiding your weaknesses—investors are savvy and they will find them. Jim Mackey CFO at Revenue Grid Practice self care Take care of your physical and mental condition. Avoid lack of sleep, alcohol, and coffee so that you have tremendous energy. This will make the fundraising process and negotiations easier. Karol Matczak CFO at SEDIVIO Withstand pressure Some investors may be aggressive and can ask for a significant portion of the equity of a start-up and may be willing to invest only a few thousand (or tens of thousands) dollars for that. Don’t let the pressure of raising funds push you to make the wrong decisions. Junada Sulillari CFO at Yenna Tech High valuation brings high responsibility Remember, if you get money at a high valuation, you have to pull through! That means you need to get the sales in and you need to scale quickly. If you fail for whatever reason, re-raising investment is very hard. You will struggle to hit that same valuation and you will be punished in a down round and this is ten times worse. Bradley Channer CFO at UBIO
883	dbpedia	2	23	https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/milan-cortina-2026-approves-construction-plans-for-winter-olympics-sliding-venue-despite-risks-and-ioc-opposition/	en	Cortina 2026 approves construction plans for Winter Olympics sliding venue despite risks and IOC opposition	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…=930%2C620&ssl=1	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…=930%2C620&ssl=1	[ "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/g198.png?fit=146%2C32&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/rob-profile-copy.jpg?fit=40%2C40&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gbforumsad.png?fit=728%2C90&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/FOTO-NEW-sliding-930x620-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/rob-profile-copy.jpg?fit=80%2C80&ssl=1", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/barcelona-opening-768x512.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/slc2002-768x512.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/stopjjoo-Lavaquiol-768x512.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_1339-1-768x512.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/russia-lausanne-768x512.jpg", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/49363641737_accfda5339_c-768x512.png", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/macronmodi2-e1706375165858.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8423-e1706801916400.png?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/subscribe-ad-2020.png?fit=800%2C442&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/forum16-header-white-2020.png?ssl=1", "https://gamesbids.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/subscribe-ad-2020.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Robert Livingstone" ]	2024-01-31T17:39:27+00:00	Milan-Cortina 2026 approves construction plans for Winter Olympics sliding venue despite risks and IOC opposition GamesBids.com Olympics	en	https://i0.wp.com/gamesb…it=32%2C32&ssl=1	GamesBids.com	https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/milan-cortina-2026-approves-construction-plans-for-winter-olympics-sliding-venue-despite-risks-and-ioc-opposition/	The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games organizing committee Tuesday approved plans for the construction of a new sliding facility in Cortina d’Ampezzo, but there is still no guarantee that the venue will be constructed or be approved for the Games. The on-again, off-again plans to rebuild the dilapidated Eugenio Monti Sliding Track that was originally constructed for the 1956 Winter Olympics received only a single bidder earlier this month following two tenders for the work expected to cost 81.6 million euros (USD 88.7 million). Organizers say they are confident that the preparation of the new venue will be successful and fulfill the original Games masterplan, leaving a positive legacy for national sliding teams and residents in the region. Nothing can move forward until a contract is signed with engineering firm Impresa Pizzarotti, something that organizers hope to accomplish in February to keep all of the events in Italy and not have to stage one across the border for the first time Winter Olympics history. “It is not acceptable for the bobsled races to take place outside Italy,” Deputy Premier Antonio Tajan wrote on X (formerly Twitter) Tuesday adding “We will do everything to achieve the goal.” But the unfinalized contract, inherent project risks and opposition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) – that has promised a final decision “by the 31st of January” – have forced organizers to continue considering a plan B. Earlier this month IOC Executive Director Christophe Dubi told reporters “we, from the very beginning felt that this venue was extremely complex in terms of cost, in terms of legacy, in terms of timing, and we have promoted the use of an existing track.” The sliding track used for bobsled, skeleton and luge at Italy’s Turin 2006 Winter Games has since been mothballed, casting more doubt on the legacy potential of a costly track in Cortina that even the international sports federations believe is unnecessary considering the number of other existing tracks scattered around the globe. Milan-Cortina has promised that the track will be ready for testing by October 2024 and certified no later than March 2025 – an extremely aggressive and potentially record-breaking schedule for the complicated project. That will also leave limited time for test events ahead of the Games less than a year later in February 2026. Any delay could instantly end the hope for Olympic sliding in Cortina, and tight timelines are often linked with skyrocketing costs. Sliding tracks are unique and sometimes dangerous, and rigorous testing is required to iron out wrinkles that could be lethal. Despite it being certified two years in advance Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed in a training crash on the Whistler sliding track just ahead of the opening ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. Track modifications were made within hours before competition to help reduce speeds and add safety measures. As requested by the IOC, Italian organizers reached out to other selected tracks for proposals in December and several responded with interest including from nearby St. Moritz, Switzerland and Innsbruck, Austria. Even if the new Cortina track moves forward, one or more of these proposals will be retained in case of delays or failures in the risky project. 1932 and 1980 Winter Games host Lake Placid also submitted a proposal despite being an ocean apart from Italy. The bid project manager from the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority Darcy Rowe Norfolk told GamesBids.com “the Winter Olympic Games of today require creative approaches, and perhaps, safety nets.” “We are hopefully to be Italy’s helping hand as together, we won’t just help host the Games, as a cross nation family formed by legacy, we’ll make history with both being hosts for the third time.” To address legacy Lake Placid officials said they would name turn 7 in honor of Italian bobsledder Eugenio Monti who won the 1961 World Championship on the U.S. track, and they would welcome the Italian team to use the facility as their home training track. But many Italians are vehement in their desire for a viable national track for the culturally significant sliding sports. Many questions remain unanswered, but with the arrival of the end of January milestone to finalize plans, the next step is up to the IOC.
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883	dbpedia	3	96	https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Omniyat%2Bappoints%2BJV%2Bfor%2BDorchester%2BCollection%2Bproject%2Bconstruction-a0531566676	en	Omniyat appoints JV for Dorchester Collection project construction.			[ "https://www.thefreelibrary.com/_/static/Online-Library.gif", "https://www.thefreelibrary.com/_/static/ico_print.gif", "https://www.thefreelibrary.com/_/static/ico_link.gif", "https://www.thefreelibrary.com/_/static/ico_email.gif", "https://www.thefreelibrary.com/_/static/ico_feedback.gif" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	Free Online Library: Omniyat appoints JV for Dorchester Collection project construction. by "The Big Project Middle East"; Business, international Construction and materials industries Architectural firms Architectural practice Architectural services				https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Omniyat+appoints+JV+for+Dorchester+Collection+project+construction.-a0531566676	Developer Omniyat has appointed a joint-venture consisting of Roberts Construction and Impresa Pizzarotti & CSpA for the construction of its Dorchester Collection project. According to a statement from the firm, work on the project has already begun and is due for completion in 2020. The project was designed by architectural firm Foster + Partners and includes two towers, which will house the Dorchester Collection's first five-star hotel in the region, as well as high-end, exclusive residences known as Private Residences by Dorchester Collection. Mark Phoenix, managing director at Omniyat commented, "We always select the best partners that help us execute our vision. I have no doubt that this joint venture will yield immaculate results." The project includes high-end F&B retail outlets and will be surrounded by a mixed-use precinct. The total development package is said to be around $2bn. "Omniyat is known for creating bespoke developments of the highest quality, with relentless attention to detail when it comes to luxury finishes and appointments. We are also honoured to deliver this project for such an esteemed brand as Dorchester Collection," said Graeme Robson, chief executive, Roberts Constructions. Prior to the announcement, Omniyat organised a black-tie event to celebrate its partnership with Dorchester Collection. The event showcased the first images of what the high-end project would look like once it was completed. Copyright notice [c] Corporate Publishing International. All rights reserved. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. ( Syndigate.info ).
883	dbpedia	3	79	https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/latest-news/when-is-a-lease-not-a-public-works-contract-the-cjeu-diverges-from-the-ags-opinion-in-commission-v-austria-c-537-19/	en	When is a Lease not a Public Works Contract? The CJEU diverges from the AGâs Opinion in Commission v Austria (C-537/19)	https://www.sharpepritch…e-slide-bg-1.jpg	https://www.sharpepritch…e-slide-bg-1.jpg	[ "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Sharpe-Pritchard-Solicitors-London-3.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/themes/Sharpe-Pritchard/images/single-header-banner-1-single.jpg", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GemmaDuncan_13584-562-www.burtonphoto.co_.uk_.jpg", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/NatashaBarlow_13587-2864-burtonphoto.co_.uk_.jpg", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/blog-1.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/youtube.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/twitter.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/linkedin.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/em-lawshare.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ccs-logo.jpg", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sharpe-pritchard-top-tier-uk-law-firm-2024.jpg", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/UK-Green-Guide-Recommended-Firm-Logo.jpg", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/chambers-2024-logo.jpg", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/lexcel.jpg", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cyber-essentials.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Regional_No1_list_logo_London_Mid-Sized-1.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-Top5_LawFirmsLogo.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-Top10_Best-Mid-Sized-Companies.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SMF_Emblem_RGB-06.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/healthy-workplace-2020.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Best-companies-2-star-accreditation-2023-1.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PM_BADGE_RGB_FULL_COLOUR_VERTICAL_SOCIAL_VALUE.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/dc_badge2.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nhs-sbs-1.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/The-Lawyer-Awards-2023.jpg", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/27001.jpg", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/ultimate-social-media-plus/images/icons_theme/flat/flat_twitter.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/ultimate-social-media-plus/images/icons_theme/flat/flat_linkedin.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/ultimate-social-media-plus/images/icons_theme/flat/flat_rss.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/ultimate-social-media-plus/images/icons_theme/flat/flat_youtube.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/plus_custom_icon1.png", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/wp-accessibility-helper/assets/images/accessibility-48.jpg", "https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Sharpe-Pritchard-Solicitors-London-3.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "admin" ]	2021-06-23T11:01:23+00:00	This case concerned the claim by the European Commission against the Republic of Austria that Stadt Wien-Wiener Wohen (WW)...	en	https://www.sharpepritch…avicon-32x32.png	Sharpe Pritchard	https://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/latest-news/when-is-a-lease-not-a-public-works-contract-the-cjeu-diverges-from-the-ags-opinion-in-commission-v-austria-c-537-19/	Speedread This case concerned the claim by the European Commission against the Republic of Austria that Stadt Wien-Wiener Wohen (WW) (a contracting authority which manages public housing in Vienna) had directly awarded a public works contract to Vectigal Immobiien GmbH & Co KG (VI) in respect of the construction and lease of office premises (âGate 2â) on VIâs land without competitive tendering or publication of a contract notice.Â The Commission claimed that although the parties concluded the contract as a lease, it was in fact an above threshold public works contract as they argued WW had a decisive influence over the design of the office building and execution of the Gate 2 project. Contrary to the Opinion of the Advocate General, the CJEU dismissed the Commissionâs action and held that the contract was not a public works contract and fell outside of the public procurement rules. The CJEUâs decision should be noted by contracting authorities in the UK when considering whether a lease falls within the scope of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), which continue to apply post-Brexit. Facts of the Case (Commission v Austria (Case C-537/19) WW concluded a lease with VI for the Gate 2 office building, including an underground carpark, on a plot of land in Vienna. At the time the lease was entered into, planning permission for the office building had been granted, but the construction of the building had not taken place.Â The lease related to the ground to fifth floors of Wing A and Wing B of the building and provided the option for bridges to be built between the two wings.Â An addendum to the lease provided WW with an option (which they exercised) to additionally lease floors six to eight in Wing B. The lease term was for an indefinite period but could be terminated by WW (i) after 25 years and every 10 years thereafter upon giving 12 monthsâ notice; (ii) in the event of serious or persistent infringement of the lease terms by VI; (iii) if the office building could not be used for the agreed use for more than six months. The Commission contended that the lease of Gate 2 was in fact a public works contract that should have been competitively tendered and advertised in accordance with the EU Public Procurement Directive.Â It claimed that WW had a decisive influence over the design of the building and over the execution of the Gate 2 building project, as specifications attached to the lease went further than what would usually be stipulated by a tenant in a lease agreement. The Republic of Austria responded that apart from certain demands relating to surface area and number of parking spaces, lease negotiations related primarily to the amount of rent and operating costs.Â Further, the specifications attached to the lease only contained standard tenant requirements; the only aspects of the works which WW was able to influence was how the office building would be subdivided and what the basic amenities of the leased space would be and did not extend to other parts of the building to be leased by others or communal areas. Public Works Re-cap The award of public works contracts in EU member states with a value in excess of set financial thresholds must be subject to national procurement rules which take into account the rules laid down in Directive 2004/18 (which has now been superseded by Directive 2014/24 but the same principles apply) relating to advertising and competitive tendering.Â Article 1 of the Directive defines âpublic works contractsâ as those relating to the design and/or execution of building/civil engineering works specified by a contracting authority.Â Article 16 of the Directive specifically excludes from the ambit of the Directive any public service contracts for âthe acquisition or rental, by whatever financial means, of land, existing buildings or other immovable property or rights thereonâ. Several previous CJEU judgements have given some assistance in deciding whether an agreement is a public works contract or a âpureâ land transaction and these were referred to by the Court. In the case of Auroux[1] the CJEU made it clear that land agreements could fall within the public procurement regime if:- a contracting authority requires a developer to enter into legally binding requirements or abide by detailed specifications in relation to the development; the agreement is concluded for pecuniary interest (this could include, for example, the grant of rights and not just the payment of a price). In the case of Helmut Muller[2] the CJEU went on to say that for a scheme to fall within the public procurement rules:- the contracting authority must have taken steps to define the type of work or at the very least had a decisive influence on the design of the works and must have imposed directly or indirectly enforceable obligations on a developer; the scheme must in some way present a direct economic benefit to the contracting authority. In the case of Impresa Pizzarotti[3], the CJEU re-stated the position set out in earlier case law that âwhere the main object of a contract is the execution of a work corresponding to the requirements expressed by the contracting authority, that contract constitutes a public works contractâ and therefore is not covered by the exclusion relating to land transactions âeven if it contains an undertaking to let the work in questionâ. Advocate Generalâs Opinion AG Campos SÃ¡nchez-Bordona delivered his AG Opinion on 22 October 2020, concluding that the main object of the contract was public works.Â Â The Opinion concluded that WW did exert a decisive influence over the eventual configuration of the design and on the construction of the building as it was able to insist on significant modifications to the initial plans as a condition of signing the contract and/or were captured in the later construction of the building.Â Such influence was ânot consistent with the position of a mere tenant but, rather, with that of an actual project owner who imposes his own solutions on the plans for the building and their executionâ and which âgo beyond the customary scope of the landlord-tenant relationshipâ. CJEU Judgement The CJEU dismissed the Commissionâs action, contrary to the AG Opinion.Â In its judgement the Court found that:- The design of the building was completed prior to conclusion of lease negotiations, and the design of the sixth to eighth floors in Wing B (subject to the option) and the bridges linking Wings A and B were not planned to meet a need specified by WW. âThe mere fact that WW made use of the options offeredâ¦ cannot suffice to show that that entity exercised a decisive influence on the design of the work in questionâ. A decisive influence on the design of a building can exist in relation to the architectural structure of that building, but specifications concerning interior fittings could only be regarded as decisive influence if they are distinguished due to their specificity or scale. The fact that a lease is concluded for a long period, irrespective of the circumstances of the case, is not in itself unusual. Engaging a specialist third party to monitor deadlines for handover, delays, does not mean a decisive influence is exerted over design. It is not unusual for a tenant to take measures to ensure that a move into premises could take place on the planned date, especially where large-scale relocation is involved. The building was designed as a traditional office building without reference to specific tenants/needs. In such circumstances it is normal for a tenant to specify its requirements whether in respect of a building which is yet to be built or a change of tenant where upgrade work is carried out. The adjustments requested by WW, although detailed, did not exceed what a tenant may normally require and were to ensure compliance with statutory technical standards. Comment This decision of the CJEU continues to be relevant to the interpretation of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (PCR) as the PCR still remains in force post-Brexit, even though the Directive no longer has effect. The opposing views of the Advocate General and the Court demonstrate that the line between pure land transactions (which fall outside the PCR) and public works contracts (which must be procured pursuant to the PCR) is finely balanced.Â The case does provide a degree of comfort to local authorities but highlights the need to ensure that any similar planned transaction follows the tests laid down in the line of EU case law dealing with land transactions and development agreements, as helpfully summarised in the Courtâs judgement. [1] Jean Auroux v Commune de Roanne (Case C-220/05) [2] Helmut MÃ¼ller GmbH v. Bundesanstalt fÃ¼r Immobilienaufgaben (Case C-451/08) [3] Impresa Pizzarotti & C. SpA v Commune di Bari and Others (Case C-213/13)
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883	dbpedia	3	55	https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/paris-opening-doubles-length-of-metro-line-11/66740.article	en	Paris opening doubles length of metro Line 11	https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.c…nne12_921407.jpg	https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.c…nne12_921407.jpg	[ "https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=3203105&fmt=gif", "https://www.railwaygazette.com/magazine/dest/graphics/logo/ms-metro-print-logo.png", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/480xany/6/4/7/65647_parismetroline11photojeremieanne12_921407.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/480xany/6/4/8/65648_parismetroline11photojeremieanne14_643668.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/480xany/6/4/5/65645_parismetroline11photojeremieanne3_260343.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/8/2/4/65824_frparisline14opening2idfm_242747.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/7/4/2/65742_paristramt12photojeremieanne_477072.jpg", "https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/8/6/9/48869_parismetroline11alstommp14rubbertyredtrainset3_59556_crop.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Metro Report International" ]	2024-06-14T00:00:00	FRANCE: The length of the Paris metro’s rubber-tyred Line 11 is almost doubled with the opening of a 6 km six-station extension from Mairie-des-Lilas to Rosny-Bois-Perrier.	en	/magazine/dest/graphics/favicons/favicon-32x32.png	Railway Gazette International	https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/paris-opening-doubles-length-of-metro-line-11/66740.article	FRANCE: The length of the Paris metro’s rubber-tyred Line 11 was almost doubled with the opening on June 13 of a 6 km six-station extension from Mairie-des-Lilas to Rosny-Bois-Perrier. The maximum speed on the extension is 70 km/h, giving an end-to-end journey time of 25 min for the 14 km from Rosny to the central hub at Châtelet, compared with around 55 min previously. The extension is expected to carry 85 000 passengers/day. It currently offers an interchange with RER E at Rosny-Bois-Perrier. From 2027 it will connect with tram T1 at Romainville-Carnot, and from 2031 with Grand Paris Express orbital Line 15 at Rosny-Bois-Perrier; these two stations are expected to become the busiest on the extension. The line now has 500 staff, including 200 drivers and 240 at stations. Construction The main civil works were undertaken by a joint venture of NGE, Demathieu & Bard Construction, Impresa Pizzarotti, Implenia, GTS, Franki Foundations and Atlas Fondations. The contract awarded in 2016 included the construction of four stations — La Dhuys, Montreuil-Hôpital, Romainville-Carnot and Serge Gainsbourg — three ancillary structures and 3·8 km of bored tunnel. Some of the stations were built as rectangular boxes up to 30 m deep, but limited surface space at La Dhuys and Romainville required the excavation of horizontal caverns 50 m and 60 m long. Razel-Bec and Sefi Intrafor built the station at Rosny-Bois-Perrier and a further 1⋅6 km of tunnel using diaphragm walls. NGE subsidiary TSO installed the railway systems. Coteaux-Beauclair station was designed by architect Marc Mimram. It is situated on a 650 m viaduct accessed by a 5·5% gradient. Pierre Florent, RATP’s Managing Director of the Line 11 extension project, told Metro Report International at the opening celebrations that this was close to the maximum gradient for a rubber-tyred metro. Alstom has supplied 32 five-car MP14 trainsets with a capacity of 562 passengers to operate on Line 11. These provided a 40% decrease in energy consumption and a 25% increase in capacity compared with the ageing MP59 sets they replaced. A further seven trainsets are to be delivered by early 2025, which will enable headways to be reduced from 2 min 10 sec to 1 min 45 sec. Alstom also supplied the Octys CBTC onboard equipment for GoA2 operation, while Siemens Mobility provided the lineside systems. Costs The extension has cost €1·084bn to build, plus €214m for upgrading the original Line 11. This was funded by the Ile-de-France region, Société du Grand Paris, the national government, Seine-Saint-Denis département, RATP and the city of Paris. The 39 MP14 trainsets cost €310m, funded by transport authority Ile-de-France-Mobilités and operator RATP (26%). The annual operating costs which will be covered by IdFM are put at €27m.
883	dbpedia	0	57	https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/national/story/2024-01-29/milan-cortina-olympics-organizers-confident-they-can-build-bobsled-track-amid-standoff-with-ioc/	en	Milan-Cortina Olympics organizers confident they can build bobsled track amid standoff with IOC	https://www.sandiegounio…jpg?w=1024&h=670	https://www.sandiegounio…jpg?w=1024&h=670	[ "https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SDUT_logo_black_horizontal.png", "https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2024/01/29/0000018d-55b8-d07f-a3ed-d5fa6b370000.jpg?w=535", "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=85&d=mm&r=g", "https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SUT-L-padres-0826-031.jpg?w=525", "https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SUT-azfoot-_DPP0550_201283374.jpg?w=525", "https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SUT-L-Aztec-calendar-helmet-02.jpg?w=280", "https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SUT-L-azfoot-0814_204.jpg?w=519", "https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SDUT_logo_black_horizontal.png", "https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/themes/wp-mason/static/images/site-logo/socal-logo-sm.png", "https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/themes/wp-mason/static/images/site-logo/dfm-logo-sm.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Andrew Dampf", "Migration Temp" ]	2024-01-29T00:00:00	CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Organizers for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics are convinced that they can build a bobsled track in record time amid a standoff with the IOC, which wants an existing foreign venue used instead to cut costs.Italian luger Armin Zöggeler, who won medals at a record six consecutive Winter Games, said the International Olympic Committee’s […]	en	https://www.sandiegounio…favicon.png?w=32	San Diego Union-Tribune	https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/national/story/2024-01-29/milan-cortina-olympics-organizers-confident-they-can-build-bobsled-track-amid-standoff-with-ioc/	CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Organizers for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics are convinced that they can build a bobsled track in record time amid a standoff with the IOC, which wants an existing foreign venue used instead to cut costs. Italian luger Armin Zöggeler, who won medals at a record six consecutive Winter Games, said the International Olympic Committee’s suggestion of using tracks in nearby Austria or Switzerland doesn’t make sense because neither facility is ready for a modern Olympics. The contentious issue is due to be resolved following a board meeting of the local organizing committee on Tuesday and Milan-Cortina chief executive Andrea Varnier addressed the situation over the weekend. “We knew from the beginning what the idea of the IOC was,” Varnier said in Cortina. “They never thought that we should build a new sliding center. That’s very clear. “Nevertheless, because of the tradition of Cortina, we always planned to have a sliding center in Cortina. So that was part of the conversation,” Varnier added. “And now of course they are very worried about the timeframe and this is a huge concern. But it’s not a surprise to them. We talk every day.” Parma-based construction company Impresa Pizzarotti & C. has offered to rebuild the century-old track in Cortina for 81.6 million euros ($89 million). Zöggeler, who is now the head coach of Italy’s luge team, said that by creating a national sliding center in Cortina, the country’s bobsled, luge and skeleton teams would save millions by not having to constantly travel abroad for training. “It takes a big effort to constantly travel and stay in hotels for training, testing and races,” said Zöggeler, whose daughter Nina is on the national team. “It would make things a lot easier if we had a track in Cortina.” Zöggeler, who won a medal at every Olympics from 1994 to 2014, also said that the finish area of the track near Innsbruck is too short and needs an expensive renovation, and that the naturally refrigerated track in St. Moritz is too risky to use. Also, the Italian government does not want to fund the restoration of a foreign venue. “The St. Moritz track is beautiful and gets rebuilt every year and the artisans there do an amazing job but if there’s a warm spell there’s a risk that you can’t race,” Zöggeler told The Associated Press from the luge world championships in Altenberg, Germany. “It’s one thing to hold a World Cup event and another to host an Olympics with three sports at once,” Zöggeler added. “Add in training sessions for all three and I’m not sure they could handle all that if it gets too warm.” But the IOC is sensitive about spiraling costs and potential white elephant projects, so is encouraging local organizers to use venues in other countries. There were also legacy promises when Italy last hosted the Olympics in 2006 in Turin. But the sliding venue built for about $100 million in Cesana Pariol for those games was dismantled in 2012. The Cortina track, which was used for the 1956 Olympics, was closed in 2008 because of rising maintenance costs and then dismantled last summer to make way for a new facility. “We are working on a legacy project and the town will do its part along with FISI (the Italian Winter Sports Federation) and the region,” Cortina Mayor Gianluca Lorenzi said. “We will find a solution.” Italy has a strong history in bobsled characterized by Eugenio Monti, a Cortina resident who won six Olympic medals between 1956 and 1968, and the country has also excelled at luge and skeleton recently. Dominik Fischnaller won a bronze medal in luge at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and the season-long World Cup title last season and Amedeo Bagnis this month became the first Italian man to win a World Cup skeleton race after taking silver at last season’s world championships. If the Cortina track project is approved, construction would start with less than two years to go before the Milan-Cortina Games — and less than a year before IOC-mandated test events. No sliding track has been built recently in such a short timeframe and test events have taken on even greater importance following the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training crash hours before the start of the opening ceremony for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. It’s also notable that Cortina organized a bobsled world championships in 1960 when the local organizing committee for the Squaw Valley Olympics decided not to build a track because only nine nations were going to compete. It remains the only games where bobsled was not on the Olympic program. “As far as we’re concerned, the decision has been made,” Lorenzi said. “Cortina will host sliding in 2026.” ___ AP coverage of the Paris Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/2024-paris-olympic-games
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883	dbpedia	3	14	https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7103524	en	Italy 2026 Olympic organizers sign deal to rebuild sliding track amid IOC standoff	https://www.cbc.ca/lite/favicon.ico	https://www.cbc.ca/lite/favicon.ico	[]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null		en	/lite/favicon.ico		https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/bobsleigh/olympics-italy-sliding-track-1.7103524	Contract for century-old track puts 'full stop' to saga with Italian finance minister Barely two years before the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics, the local organizing committee signed a contract on Friday to rebuild a century-old bobsleigh track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, putting "a full stop" on a saga that has Italy's finance minister starting to regret backing the bid. The contract is with Parma-based construction company Impresa Pizzarotti & C., which has offered to rebuild the Cortina track for 81.6 million euros (about $118 million). It has said work will start on Feb 19. The committee for the Milan-Cortina Games announced on Tuesday its decision to move forward with plans amid a standoff with the International Olympic Committee, which wants an existing foreign venue in neighbouring Austria or Switzerland used instead to cut costs. But the Italian government does not want to finance a foreign venue. "The choice puts a full stop on it and attests to the extreme determination of this government to finish all the woks for the Games in the best way and in Italy," a statement read. Next Tuesday will mark exactly two years before the opening ceremony in Milan, but the Cortina track has to be ready before then. There is less than a year before IOC-mandated test events, and the Milan-Cortina committee is aware that "under no circumstances" can the new track be certified after March 2025. No sliding track has been built recently in such a short timeframe and organizers are continuing negotiations for an eventual Plan B — likely in a neighbouring country — that would require added budget. Timing risk There is the risk that if it is not ready in time the committee will have to spend more, while still paying to rebuild the Cortina track that would not be used for the Olympics. "The Olympics don't come every two years, they're coming in 2026 and then they won't come again, and I'm beginning to regret backing it, because I feel the responsibility," Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said. Giorgetti was speaking at a meeting in Sondrio, in the Valtellina valley that is also home to Bormio where the men's skiing is slated to take place. He added that an electronic sign should be placed "at the entrance to Valtellina that shows how many days are left to make us understand the necessary urgency."
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883	dbpedia	2	5	https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/sports/local-sports/2024/06/lake-placid-still-in-running-for-2026-sliding-bid/	en	Lake Placid still in running for 2026 sliding bid	https://ogden_images.s3.…JointMeeting.jpg	https://ogden_images.s3.…JointMeeting.jpg	[ "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/website_logo.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/search_icon_black.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/website_logo.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/facebook_article_icon.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/twitter_article_icon.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/linkedin.jpg", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/email_icon.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/print_icon.png", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/06/17184643/240618_Whiskey-400x300.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/06/17184700/240618_JointMeeting-320x300.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/06/17184700/240618_JointMeeting-896x840.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/07/16190221/240716_baseball-375x300.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/07/16190145/240717_Boese-450x300.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/07/02184137/240703_Mazdzer-257x300.jpg", "https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/images/2024/07/10183234/240711_Baseball-470x217.jpg", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/website_logo.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/twitter_footer.png", "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/images/facebook_footer.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "Local Sports", "Lake Placid still in running for 2026 sliding bidSports", "Lake Placid still in running for 2026 sliding bidWinter Olympic Sports", "Lake Placid still in running for 2026 sliding bid" ]	null	[]	2024-06-18T00:00:00	LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid-New York state bid to host the sliding competitions for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano-Cortina, Italy is still in t	en	https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/wp-content/themes/coreV2/favicon.ico		https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/sports/local-sports/2024/06/lake-placid-still-in-running-for-2026-sliding-bid/	Lake Placid’s bid is one of just three other potential host sites, which also include St. Moritz, Switzerland and Igls/Innbruck, Austria, sited as a “Plan B” option if the century-old sliding track in Cortina d’Ampezzo is not completed by March 2025. The Milan-Cortina Organizing Committee recently asked the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to provide additional information to its “Plan B” solution for the Lake Placid-New York sliding bid, according to Norfolk. While Norfolk said she wasn’t able to release the updated bid yet, because she wasn’t able to verify if the Milan-Cortina Organizing committee had reviewed the second bid, she noted that it contains more information and details. “The athletes village and transportation, scheduling from one location to another and how that would look,” she said on Monday. “As well as preliminary budget information.” The original bid, which was released in December 2023, provides different concepts that have some similarities to the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. ORDA’s Olympic Jumping Complex and Olympic Sports Complex General Manager Rebecca Dayton said the biggest thing working against Lake Placid’s bid is geography. “The two other tracks we’re competing against are close to Milan-Cortina, but they both have their challenges as well,” she said on Sunday. “We think we have put together a pretty aggressive campaign and plan to balance out that travel issue with charter flights. “Now, we’ll wait and see what they decide,” Dayton added. “But I think we’ve done a lot of good work and we’ve talked to a lot of people, and people now as we get closer to a deciding point people pay more attention to those details and hopefully we’ll do well.” Dayton hopes that the 2026 Olympic sliding events will be in Cortina. If the bid were to be selected it would be the first in Winter Olympic history to have events held outside the host nation. “We all want them to have a track because that’s what is best for the health of the sport,” she said. “If that can’t happen, we’d like to be considered because we think we do a good job. We think we can do a good job in this case and we have a lot of experience from what we learned from FISU. We’re well set up. It’s exciting to be one of the final three and be considered.” The International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation president and chair of Winter Sports of the International Olympic Committee, Ivo Ferriani, said he feels confident that the Italian organizing committee for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina will deliver the track on time. “Of course the timing is very tight,” Ferriani said on Sunday. “The company is working very hard. Today we are confident.” The Milan-Cortina Organizing committee officially signed a contract on Feb. 2 with Parma-based construction company Impresa Pizzarotti & C. to build the track rebuild a century-old bobsled track in Cortina d’Ampezzo, which closed in 2008. As of May 29, the first corner of the track, which is about 15 meters in length, was completed. The sliding track at the Cortina Sliding Center will have 16 curves and a length of 1,400 meters with a height difference of 107 meters. Ferriani expects the construction to accelerate. “They will understand how to do it quickly and after the first corner they will do the other corners much faster,” he said. “At the moment we have a Plan A, and we’ll see in the future. We have to always be positive and I’m sure the Italian government will give all their best to deliver the track on time.” Normunds Kotans, representative of the Organizing Committee for Milano-Cortina 2026, provided an update on the status of construction work on the sliding track in Cortina on the second day of the 72nd International Luge Federation (FIL) Congress in Lake Placid Saturday. “The construction of the Olympic track in Cortina is progressing. So far, significant progress has been made,” Kotans said in a statement. According to the FIL, he explained the Olympic track and pointed out three tunnels and track sections such as “Labirinto” in the middle section and the historically well-known curves “Antelao” and “Cristallo” in the lower part of the track. “We want to ensure that the Olympic Games take place in Cortina and will complete our luge track in time,” Kotans said. The FIL Track Construction Commission will meet again on June 26. The goal is for the FIL and IBSF to officially approve the the track in the spring of 2025, followed by an international training week in the fall of 2025. “I’ll be there in June 26 and we’ll check again,” Ferriani said. “Believe me, we won’t give up. We will check every month what’s happened there. We’ll see, but again we’re confident.” In each of the past four Olympic Winter Games, sliding tracks have been built specifically for the Games. All four took years of preparation and no sliding track has been built recently in such a short timeframe. The Cortina sliding track will likely require test events. Test events have become a higher priority task following the death of 21-year-old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training crash hours before the start of the opening ceremony for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. NEWSLETTER Today's breaking news and more in your inbox
883	dbpedia	3	63	https://theorg.com/org/impresa-pizzarotti-c-s-p-a/org-chart/ugo-pizzone	en	Ugo Pizzone - CFO at Pizzarotti	https://theorg.com/api/og/position?name=Ugo+Pizzone&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.theorg.com%2F82ae7f00-1d30-4145-9ba5-7500218c2ea8_thumb.jpg&position=CFO&company=Pizzarotti&logo=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.theorg.com%2F76d7c0f3-f0a0-4e20-8fa1-c42836c9d3e0_thumb.jpg&description=Ugo+Pizzone+has+a+diverse+work+experience+highlighted+by+their+roles+in+various+companies.	https://theorg.com/api/og/position?name=Ugo+Pizzone&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.theorg.com%2F82ae7f00-1d30-4145-9ba5-7500218c2ea8_thumb.jpg&position=CFO&company=Pizzarotti&logo=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.theorg.com%2F76d7c0f3-f0a0-4e20-8fa1-c42836c9d3e0_thumb.jpg&description=Ugo+Pizzone+has+a+diverse+work+experience+highlighted+by+their+roles+in+various+companies.	[ "https://cdn.theorg.com/76d7c0f3-f0a0-4e20-8fa1-c42836c9d3e0_thumb.jpg", "https://cdn.theorg.com/1c95e248-94b4-46c8-95fe-1869ca610d87_thumb.jpg", "https://theorg.com/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2Forgchart_cta.aadda901.png&w=1200&q=100 1x, /_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2Forgchart_cta.aadda901.png&w=3840&q=100 2x" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	Ugo Pizzone has a diverse work experience highlighted by their roles in various companies.	en	/_next/static/media/apple-touch-icon.64259cfd.png	THE ORG	https://theorg.com/org/impresa-pizzarotti-c-s-p-a/org-chart/ugo-pizzone	Ugo Pizzone has a diverse work experience highlighted by their roles in various companies. Ugo started their career as a Sales Controller at Sun Microsystems, where they focused on commissions and marginal analysis. Ugo then joined Agilex as a Business Application Consultant, working on corporate security projects for Banca Intesa. At Mariella Burani Fashion Group SpA, they served as a Consolidated BS Office Executive. Ugo later became the Consolidated Financial Statements Officer and Group Controller at AION SPA - GRUPPO KERSELF SPA, where they oversaw financial reporting and management control. Afterward, they worked as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer at PLATI Spa for a brief period. Ugo then joined Cremonini Group as a Foreign Administrative Manager before moving on to their current role as the CFO at Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. Ugo took on the position of Foreign Administrative Manager before being promoted to their current role. Ugo Pizzone obtained a Master's degree (Laurea) in Economics and Commerce V.O. from the Università degli Studi 'Gabriele d'Annunzio' di Chieti from 1995 to 2001. Ugo also completed a postgraduate course at Fondazione Natale Toffoloni di Milano - ALDAI in 2003, focusing on Banca Popolare di Milano, Assolombarda, and ALDAI. Prior to that, they earned a Diploma in Ragioneria from ITCG Gasparrini di Melfi from 1989 to 1994, specializing in Tecnologia della contabilità/Tecnico contabile e contabilità. In addition, they have obtained certifications in data analytics and English proficiency, including a Google Advanced Data Analytics Professional Certificate and a Speexx English CEFR Level B2.1.
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Defined by their soaring height and multiple floors, these structures earn the title of skyscraper if they reach at least 100 meters or 150 meters in…	en	https://www.unthinkableb…-build-32x32.png	Unthinkable Build	https://www.unthinkablebuild.com/161-maiden-lane-new-yorks-leaning-skyscraper/	Exploring the world of urban architecture unveils the awe-inspiring realm of skyscrapers, towering giants that stand as modern marvels of engineering and design. Defined by their soaring height and multiple floors, these structures earn the title of skyscraper if they reach at least 100 meters or 150 meters in height, according to contemporary standards. On average, a well-maintained skyscraper can defy time for over a century, with some enduring for more than 150 years—a testament to human ingenuity and ambition. This remarkable longevity stands in stark contrast to the fleeting nature of human life, with global life expectancy currently hovering around 76 years. Yet, the narrative takes a sobering turn when neglect and environmental factors come into play. In cities like New York, where skyscrapers rise amidst low-lying terrain, the specter of foundation erosion looms large. Without vigilant maintenance and intervention, these towering giants may find their lifespans drastically reduced, potentially succumbing to the forces of decay in as little as 50 years. But, amidst the downtown skyline of New York City, a 205 meter tall striking glass behemoth remained unfinished in 2018, despite construction commencing in 2015. Initially envisioned as a symbol of ambition, boasting breathtaking views of the East River, this edifice now finds itself entangled in a swirl of lawsuits. Also Read: Isthmus of Tehuantepec: Mexico’s New Corridor to Replace the Panama Canal In the heart of Manhattan’s Financial District stands 161 Maiden Lane, a residential skyscraper known by various names like One Seaport, 1 Seaport, or Seaport Residences. Designed by the esteemed Hill West Architects, this towering structure reaches a staggering height of 205 meters. Overlooking the majestic East River, it represents a modern marvel in New York City’s ever-evolving skyline. While its construction reached a significant milestone with its topping out in September 2018, 161 Maiden Lane holds a unique distinction – it leans 76 mm to the north. Despite its impressive stature and innovative construction methods, the skyscraper remains incomplete as of 2024. Only half of the finishing touches, including windows, have been installed, leaving its story still unfolding amidst the bustling cityscape of New York. In July 2015, the ambitious project embarked on its construction journey with the promise of 80 luxurious condos commanding a hefty price tag totaling $272 million. However, just two years later, the project faced a series of setbacks under the supervision of its general contractor, Impresa Pizzarotti. By January 2017, the New York City’s Department of Buildings issued 10 safety citations, signaling red flags for the project. Tragedy struck in September of the same year when Juan Chonillo, an employee of the project’s concrete subcontractor, SSC High Rise, tragically fell to his death from the 29th floor of the building. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office launched an investigation, uncovering multiple breaches of building regulations that had contributed to Chonillo’s fatal accident. The year 2018 brought further woes for the project as safety netting issues halted construction for eight days in early January. Another pause ensued later that month due to improper netting installation. Delays compounded when a spilled bucket of concrete struck the 34th floor, exacerbating the construction timeline. Adding to the turmoil, Pizzarotti terminated its contract with SSC High Rise, which later pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with Chonillo’s death and faced a $10,000 fine. As the building remained unfinished, legal battles ensued in 2019. The crux of the dispute centered around a 76mm lean that had developed in the building. Pizzarotti alleged that the developer, Fortis Property Group had inadequately constructed the foundation, impeding the installation of the glass curtain wall. It all begins with the very ground beneath our feet. In the bustling landscape of New York City, the bedrock serves as a sturdy foundation, akin to a reliable table supporting massive structures. However, for 161 Maiden Lane, this foundational stability is notably absent. Positioned on land reclaimed centuries ago, its site lacks the solid bedrock typical of Manhattan’s skyline. As the East River shoreline was extended, engineers encountered a challenging terrain characterized by layers of sand and unpredictable soil—a far cry from the steadfast foundation of bedrock. Yet, it’s precisely these obstacles that ignite ingenuity. While conventional skyscraper construction in Manhattan often relies on deep-drilled piles or caissons to anchor into bedrock depths, the bedrock beneath 161 Maiden Lane lies at a daunting depth of 132 to 166 feet. Delving to such depths proves financially prohibitive and technically intricate. Also Read: Inside Google’s Geothermal Power Initiative Enter the engineers’ innovative solution: jet grout soil improvement. High-powered jets forcefully inject a mixture deep into the sandy soil, penetrating to a depth of 55 feet. This process solidifies the soil, transforming it into a robust foundation capable of supporting the weight of the building. It’s a testament to the creative problem-solving and adaptability required to navigate the unique challenges of urban construction in the ever-evolving landscape of New York City. Atop this fortified layer, instead of traditional piles, engineers opted for a massive, thick, reinforced concrete mat—an analogy likening it to a colossal raft distributing the tower’s weight. While this alternative proved more cost-effective, saving developers approximately $6 million, it introduced a fresh set of challenges. Unlike structures anchored directly to bedrock, this type of foundation, though sufficient, inherently lacks rigidity. This flexibility poses a significant issue for a skyscraper boasting an ultra-slim aspect ratio, with a height-to-width ratio of 15 to 1, like 161 Maiden Lane. Compounded by the strong winds sweeping off the East River in Lower Manhattan, the tower’s slender profile renders it susceptible to swaying. Moreover, it faces the peril of overturning forces—wind exerting pressure in an attempt to tip it over. The engineers behind 161 Maiden Lane anticipated the challenges posed by its less rigid foundation compared to bedrock and took proactive measures to mitigate potential issues. Recognizing that the building would naturally sway more in response to wind forces, they bolstered the structure to withstand these additional stresses. Moreover, sloshing dampers were strategically incorporated at the pinnacle to minimize the perceptibility of swaying for residents. However, contrary to popular belief, the observed three-inch lean primarily stems from factors beyond the foundation design. Uneven settling of the 60-story residential skyscraper, induced by the immense weight exerted on the soil beneath it, emerges as the most plausible explanation. Picture this: one corner of the foundation mat sinks slightly more than the others, followed by successive shifts across different sides. This disparate settling places varied stress on the rock anchors, resulting in a slight tilt of the mat and subsequently causing the entire tower to lean in the direction of imbalance. Pizzarotti alleged that the building experienced uneven settling, leading to a noticeable tilt; the issue was initially brought to light by a subcontractor in April 2018. According to Pizzarotti, the building’s lean posed challenges during the installation of the glass curtain wall, potentially resulting in malfunctioning windows, elevator issues, and compromised waterproofing. In response, the developer Fortis Property Group countered with a lawsuit in May, attributing the problems to Pizzarotti’s inadequate site surveying and failure to ensure worker safety. Seeking expert opinions, the developer enlisted the services of engineering firms WSP Global and Arup Group, both of which concluded that the building’s lean did not compromise its structural integrity. Subsequently, Ray Builders, assuming the role of general contractor in lieu of Pizzarotti, devised a glass curtain wall design that accommodated the lean, ensuring the project’s progression despite the setback. Fortis affirmed the structural safety of the tower and resumed progress on the curtain wall with a new contractor. Nevertheless, by mid-2020, a segment of the glass panels had been removed, leaving the tower largely unaffected. The Seaport Residences stands as a testament to architectural ambition, yet its future hangs in the balance amidst the challenges it confronts.
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883	dbpedia	3	75	https://www.worldhighways.com/wh8/news/poland-bidders-angry-over-astaldi-win-warsaw-ring-road-work	en	Poland bidders angry over Astaldi win for Warsaw Ring Road work	https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/favicon.ico	https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/favicon.ico	[ "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/images/WH_LOGO-White.svg", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/logo.svg", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/images/WH_LOGO-White.svg", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/sgc/images/share_icon.png", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/files/styles/sidebar_content/public/2024-08/NEWS-US-VancouverBridge%20-%20PIC%201.jpg?itok=YU9rU8XZ", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/files/styles/sidebar_content/public/2024-08/dreamstime_s_103692286.jpg?itok=rMiyAwJX", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/files/styles/sidebar_content/public/2024-08/EUROnews-ROMANIA-Bacau-Piatra%20Neamt%20expressway-dreamstime_s_27450625.jpg?itok=iQUYBhM1", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/files/styles/sidebar_content/public/2024-07/dreamstime_s_187226519.jpg?itok=ZQzRi6y4", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/files/styles/sidebar_content/public/2024-07/53742836051_794a907ef1_o%20%281%29.jpg?itok=2EoDdeIL", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/files/styles/sidebar_content/public/2024-07/dreamstime_s_93611138.jpg?itok=Sn5v-H-w", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/files/styles/inner_feed/public/2024-08/dreamstime_s_164939354.jpg?itok=tpT8Obo6", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/files/styles/inner_feed/public/2024-07/Trimble%20Dimensions_World%20Highways_Landscape%20image_Content%20Launch.jpg?itok=HL309r5A", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/files/styles/inner_feed/public/2024-07/Image%20%283%29%20copy.jpg?itok=lkbBPr4K", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/files/styles/inner_feed/public/2024-07/Screenshot%202024-07-03%20145654%20copy.jpg?itok=rn192I6C", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/files/styles/videos/public/video_thumbnails/zQOyA2T0_po.jpg?itok=FVtpfcAL", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/files/styles/videos/public/video_thumbnails/xX3RPd1kQ2E.jpg?itok=Zx3OWA-Q", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/files/styles/videos/public/video_thumbnails/Yy6Hjw9twYE.jpg?itok=-V1TUFHq", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/images/ropl-logo-1.png", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/images/ITS_Logo_Website.svg", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/images/AGG_Logo.png", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/images/Daily_News.png", "https://www.evcandi.com/sites/evci/themes/sgcuikit/images/EVC_Website.png", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/logo.svg", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/images/LinkedIn_TransparentSquare_35px.png", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/images/x-twitter.svg", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/images/Facebook_TransparentSquare_35px.png", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/images/Youtube_TransparentSquare_35px.png", "https://www.worldhighways.com/sites/wh/themes/mdl/images/Instagram_25px.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	Four groups that made bids for building the southern section of the Warsaw Ring Road have filed complaints about how the national road authority GDDKiA chose Astaldi as the winner. Companies appealing to the National Board of Appeal (KIO) are Impresa Pizzarotti, Porr Polska, Salini Polska and IDS-BUD. The offer made by Italian company Astaldi was at least 25% less than the estimated €391 million cost of the project, according to Polish media reports. World Highways reported in February that Astaldi	en	/sites/wh/themes/mdl/favicon.ico	World Highways	https://www.worldhighways.com/wh8/news/poland-bidders-angry-over-astaldi-win-warsaw-ring-road-work	Four groups that made bids for building the southern section of the Warsaw Ring Road have filed complaints about how the national road authority 1361 GDDKiA chose 1324 Astaldi as the winner. Companies appealing to the National Board of Appeal (KIO) are Impresa Pizzarotti, 3976 Porr Polska, Salini Polska and IDS-BUD. The offer made by Italian company Astaldi was at least 25% less than the estimated €391 million cost of the project, according to Polish media reports. World Highways reported in February that Astaldi’s €290 million bid was the lowest offer for the project. The work calls for a 4.6km section of the route to be constructed, including what will be Poland’s longest road tunnel once complete. The dispute comes just as an engineering and construction group led by Astaldi signed the largest construction financing package in Turkey’s history – US$5 billion - to refinance existing loans and provide new funding for a $6.4 billion toll road. Astaldi and its Turkish partners 3338 Nurol Insaat, 3340 Makyol Insaat and Ozaltin Insaat agreed to the loan from nine lenders, including 3321 Deutsche Bank for the 400km road and suspension bridge across the Sea of Marmara. Financial news agency Bloomberg said the loan is the largest for a project in Turkey. Astaldi said in a written statement that the new financial package will allow completion of the final portion of the 301km route linking the city of Bursa to the Aegean port of İzmir (Phase 2B) and to refinance the sections under construction for the Gebze-Orhangazi-Bursa link (Phase 1 and Phase 2A).
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S.p.A., an Italian construction and civil engineering firm. As a result, the company will officially change its name to Roberts Co to reflect the new ownership.		https://www.buildaustral…x192-1-32x32.png	Build Australia	https://www.buildaustralia.com.au/news_article/roberts-co-purchases-pizzarotti-shareholding-to-become-fully-australian-owned-company/	Alison Mirams. Image courtesy of Roberts Co. The Roberts Co Group has acquired the remaining 50 per cent shareholding previously held by joint partner Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A., an Italian construction and civil engineering firm. The company will officially change its name to Roberts Co. This ownership change consolidates Roberts Co as a global business under one name with established operations in Australia, the Middle East and Europe. In Australia, Roberts Co has enjoyed significant success over the past four years delivering both private and public projects across the commercial, health, education and hospitality construction sectors. Projects include the iconic Zurich Tower in North Sydney, North Shore Health Hub, redevelopment of Concord Hospital, upgrades throughout the Liverpool Hospital precinct and The Schools at Meadowbank Education and Employment Precinct for the New South Wales Government. Australian CEO Alison Mirams said becoming a fully Australian-owned company will allow the company to direct its energy into further growth and expansion in Australia. “We have over $650 million in current contract value on the books with a team exceeding 140 employees.” Ms Mirams said Roberts Co will continue to drive change within the construction industry where it has already gained a reputation as a positive disruptor and innovator. The organisation has, for example, introduced a series of industry-leading initiatives. Of note is the implementation of a 5-day working week and a concerted organisational drive towards higher female participation (32 per cent of the company’s employees are currently women, including 65 per cent of its executive team) and supporting a major focus on work/life balance among all construction personnel. “People, relationships and a unique approach to business are at the heart of our organisation,” said Ms Mirams. “We are a team of thinkers, continually developing innovations to improve and simplify how the industry operates, empowering our workforce, finding smarter ways to work and delivering enhanced value to our clients.”
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Public procurement can be defined as the process whereby public authorities or other public entities purchase goods, works and services. The aim of the procurement process is to obtain the purchases through methods that optimize the cost/benefit value of such procurement to the benefit of the public. While as it is described below in the introduction the EU treaties provide a number of principles and provisions which are of obvious relevance to the handling of public procurement the quintessence of EU law in this field is provided through the adoption throughout a period of almost fifty years of a number of central directives providing a rather stringent and detailed regulation which must be observed by the Member States and implemented in their national law. The development toward an ever closer regulation within this field of law began in 1971 when a directive on procurement of public works was adopted. It took a rather long time before, in 1977, the directive on supply of goods was adopted, Then it was not until 1990 that the next procurement directive, the so-called utilities directive, arrived and in 1992, a directive on procurement of services followed suit. Along the way two so-called remedy directives were adopted in order to safeguard the possibilities of taking action against violations of the procurement rules. After a major overhaul of the procurement directives in 2004 including consolidating the classic directives within the public sector in one public sector directive a second and just as comprehensive amendment of the previous directives and an additional directive on concessions took place in 2014. In between these two generations of procurement directives the first procurement directive directed at the defence and security sector was adopted. The aim of the 2014 legislation was, broadly speaking, to make the directives more flexible, clear, transparent and less bureaucratic. The “modernisation” has also served to incorporate important case law by the Court of Justice into EU procurement legislation. The new directives have brought with them a number of important and practical amendments. That is the case, e.g., with regard to allowing for more flexibility in the use of competitive dialogue and negotiated procedures. New is also the possibility of entering into so-called innovation partnerships which is a new form of procurement process meant to promote the development and eventually subsequent purchase of new types of products. The rules on framework contracts have been clarified and the access of SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) to public contracts has also been improved in a number of ways, e.g. through rules promoting the splitting up of contracts into smaller parts and rules on a maximum requirement regarding the turnover of tenderers. New rules on the use of environmental certification requirements have become less burdensome with regard to documentation and it has become possible to apply lifecycle considerations. The introduction of the so-called European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) constitutes an attempt to simplify bureaucratic burdens. Also the development with regard to the application of internet based technologies has made its imprint on the directives and that to the extent that it has been made mandatory to handle procurement procedures through electronic means only. As a major step the new directives have eliminated the former categories II A and II B which provided for exceptions from applying the main mechanisms for procurement (in particular prior publication) with regard to certain groups of services. The present directives contain fewer such exceptions and instead of excepting certain services they introduce a new form of procurement: the so-called “light procedure” based on simpler procedures. The method can be applied to certain services in the social and health sectors V Preface and the fields of hotel and restaurant services and some legal services etc. In this connection, the introduction of special rules with regard to so-called reserved services should also be mentioned. The new directives contain highly relevant provisions regulating how to deal with procurement with regard to mixed contracts. The same goes for so-called in-house procurement and the possibility of amending a contract after its conclusion. Rules on dynamic purchasing as well as the methods of joint purchasing have been amended. The rules concerning mandatory/voluntary exclusion have been subject to amendment and the concept of self-cleaning which makes it possible for tenderers to make use of a method allowing them, as the case may be, to refute that they should be excluded form tendering, has been introduced. Generally procurement procedures already found in the directives from 2004 have been subject to more intensive and detailed regulation in the directives adopted in 2014 which, notwithstanding the benefits that that may entail, also has led to more complicated regulation than before. It cannot be overlooked that, over time, the bulk of EU legislation on public procurement has grown to an extent that has made it ever more complicated to apply the law of those directives. It has therefore become even more crucial than before, in particular for civil servants and practitioners, to consult the procurement directives and in so doing have the benefit of a legal commentary. We believe that this book in spite of its heavy weight provides a commentary that is easy to consult and use in everyday practice. We (NOMOS and the editors) have found that, given the size and complexity of the area of public procurement, our intention of achieving the best possible result would be best served by making use of experts on the specific issues of public procurement. With authors from different Member States the contributions will to a certain extent reflect different approaches and references just as the knowledge of national case law, ways of transposing the different directives and legal literature (in English or in any other language) will play a part as we find that this approach will enrich the book. However, we have sought harmonisation with regard to language and format of the book whereas the personal writing styles have been kept and therefore will differ between contributions. The book contains a part describing how to use the book. It is found just below. The very volume of this book and of the directives which are reprinted in it mirror that European Union law in the field of public procurement bear testimony to the fact that EU procurement law has come a long way when compared with the modest beginnings and after a period of progress spanning almost fifty years. The relevance of EU procurement law is also reflected in the fact that the number of cases ending before the EU courts have risen considerably over the years. The practice of the European Court of Justice has, of course, not only led to the solution of a number of more or less intricate cases but also to the adoption of amendments or entirely new provisions in the procurement directives. The areas of free movement of goods and harmonisation of national laws, the rules on State aids and competition as well as the significant body of EU procurement law constitute interdependent corner stones of the Single Market and those fields of law have, of course, brought about important legal contributions in the form of textbooks and commentaries. This books adds one more to the list, and it is the hope of NOMOS and of the two editors, professor Dr. Michael Steinicke and Dr. Peter L. Vesterdorf, as well as the various authors contributing to this commentary that their work will come to serve as a valuable multinational instrument of assistance to the many public authorities and other public entities as well as economic operators and assisting lawyers. It is not VI Preface foreseen that the directives in force at the present time will be undergoing major reform or amendment in the foreseeable future. It is thus likely that, if well received, the book may come to be solidly placed on the law book shelves in relevant offices all over the EU and in neighbouring countries in which the EU rules on public procurement are or will be applicable. The editors are both affiliated to the lawfirm of Publicure, Denmark and would like to thank the colleagues for interesting discussions on public procurement and the inspiring professional atmosphere. Finally, we thank Dreyers Fond for supporting the translation of parts of the book. The book is updated until second quarter of 2017. Michael Steinicke Silkeborg November 2017 Peter L. Vesterdorf Copenhagen November 2017 VII How to use the commentary The book is structured in one introductory chapter and five parts each containing an area of public procurement regulation. The introductory chapter covers the context of public procurement including the EU background, primary law, general principles, other related areas of law, and international rules pertaining to the subject of the commentary. The five different parts of the commentary are the following: Part I: Part II: Part III: Part IV: Part V: Public Sector Directive (2014/24) Utilities Directive (2014/25) Concessions Directive (2014/23) Defence and Security Directive (2009/81) Enforcement Directives (1989/665 and 1992/13) The first four parts cover the substantive directives, i.e. the directives establishing the procedures to be used when public entities are purchasing from the market. The four directives are to a large degree built on the same skeleton, using the same concepts, principles, covering the same phases etc. and therefore issues like e.g. using the economic thresholds are regulated similarly in the four directives. To gain benefit from these structural similarities as well as to avoid repetition we have structured the commentary with a primary focus on the Public Sector Directive since this is the directive with the most general content and the directive with the largest and most general application. In practice this means that all the provisions in the Public Sector Directive are subject to an extensive commentary. The specific provisions in the other three substantive directives (the Utilities Directive, the Concessions Directive and the Defence and Security Directive) are commented on only in the event that this is not the case in the Public Sector Directive. An example is the open procedure. This procedure is explicitly applicable in two of the directives (the Public Sector Directive and the Utilities Directive). The commentary to the open procedure is therefore extensive in Part I covering the Public Sector Directive but consists primarily of a reference to the Public Sector Directive in the relevant provision in the Utilities Directive. In cases where there are some similarities but also some differences we have tried to balance the reference back to the Public Sector Directive while also describing the points of difference in the relevant article of the specific directive. We have made an effort to describe any differences between the directives where such differences are subtle and where the differences might lead to confusion in practice. This could be the case for entities sometimes subject to the Public Sector Directive and sometimes subject to the Defence and Security Directive (depending on the subject-matter of the contract). If, e.g., the contracting authority wants to apply the procedure competitive dialogue it is imperative that the contracting authority is aware of the differences between the two versions of this specific procedure in the two directives. The index will show the different parts and will make it easier to find the relevant information. VIII Abbreviations AG Art. C cf. CFREU Chap. CJEU Clean Vehicles Directive CMLR CoE Concessions Directive CPB CPV Defence and Security Directive Directive Dir. Doc. EBRD EC ECHR ECLI ECSC ed EDA EEA EEC EGTC EJC ELCC ELJ EMAS EP EPPPL ERCL ESPD EU EUMETSAT EUR EUROCONTROL GC GmbH GPA IASB ibid. ICT i.e. ILO IMI IPPP IPSASB ISO JECLaP JEREMIE Advocate General Article Case confer Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union Chapter Court of Justice of the European Union Directive 2009/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles Common Market Law Review Council of Europe Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the award of concession contracts Central Purchasing Bodies Common Procurement Vocabulary Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC Directive Document European Bank for Reconstruction and Development European Community European Court of Human Rights European Case Law Identifier European Coal and Steel Community edition /editor European Defence Agency European Economy Area European Economic Community European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation European Court of Justice Environmental Life Cycle Cost European Law Journal Community Eco-management and Audit Scheme European Parliament European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review European Review of Contract Law European Single Procurement Document European Union European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites Euro(s)(€) European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation General Court Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Government Procurement Agreement International Accounting Standards Board ibidem Information and Communication Technology / Inter-Community Transfer id est International Labour Organisation Internal Market Information System Institutionalised Public-Private Partnerships International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board International Organization for Standardization Journal of European Competition Law & Practice Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises XXIII Abbreviations LCC LoI MS NACE NATO NUTS OCCAR OECD OJEU OUP para. PCP PIN PPLR Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive Prot. Public Sector Directive R&D REAL Rome I SGEI SME SOLVIT TEU TFEU TRL TTIP ULR UN Utilities Directive Vol. WTO XXIV Life Cycle Costs Letter of Intent Member State Nomenclature statistique des activités économiques dans la Communauté européenne North Atlantic Treaty Organization Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en Matière d’Armement (Organisation for Joint Armaments Procurement) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Official Journal of the European Union Oxford University Press Paragraph Pre-Commercial Procurement Prior Information Notice Public Procurement Law Review Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector Protocol Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC Research and Development Review of European and Administrative Law Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations Services of general economic interest Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Internal Market Problem Solving Network Treaty on European Union Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Technology Readiness Level Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Uniform Law Review United Nations Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC Volume World Trade Organization Contributors Christopher Bovis JD, Dip Econ, MPhil, LLM, FRSA is Professor of International Business Law at the University of Hull. He is internationally renowned specialist in public sector management, public and defence procurement and public private partnerships and author of Public Private Partnerships in the EU, by Routledge, and EU Public Procurement Law and Regulation, by Oxford University Press. He advises national governments in public procurement reforms and has acted on behalf of public sector and industry on numerous high profile projects. He has been instrumental in structuring flagship public-private partnerships in the UK, EU and overseas. He is Editor-in-Chief of the European Procurement and Public Private Partnerships Law Review. Concessions Directive, Art. 30-55 Roberto Caranta is professor with the Law Department of the University of Turin. He is frequently involved in consultation and formation projects for different national, EU and international institutions. He works on judicial protection, environmental law, and public procurement law. He was the General rapporteur to the 2014 FIDE Congress in Copenhagen: ‘General Report’ in U. Neergaard, C. Jackson, G.S. Ølykke (eds) Public Procurement Law: Limitations, Opportunities and Paradoxes. The XXVI FIDE Congress in Copenhagen,Vol. 3 (DJØF, 2014). Together with Steen Treumer he is editing the European Procurement Law Series (formerly DJØF, now Elgar). Public Sector Directive, Art. 25-32 Charles Clarke, LLB (Hons), LLM (Dist) is an associate attorney at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP in Brussels. He specialises in antitrust law and policy, with particular emphasis on merger control and public procurement. He regularly advises clients across many different industries and jurisdictions on antitrust and public procurement issues. He has published a number of articles in his area of specialisation, with themes covering the public procurement rules/case-law and other areas of antitrust law. He is Case-Law Editor of the European Procurement and Public Private Partnerships Law Review. Concessions Directive, Art. 30–55 Alexander Egger is Rechtsanwalt and heads the practice group for EU, Regulatory, Public Procurement & State Aids at Lansky, Ganzger + partner in Vienna. His major employments have included posts in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and as Référendaire at the Court of Justice of the EU. He holds doctorates in law and in political science, graduated from the College of Europe (Bruges) and continued his academic career with the Habilitation. He is Fellow of the European Law Institute (ELI), a member of the Societas Iuris Publici Europaei (SIPE), has served as TWINNING and TAIEX expert for the EU and also regularly contributes to studies for the European Commission. Public Sector Directive, Art. 7-12 XXV Contributors Carri Ginter is an Associate Professor of EU Law at the University of Tartu School of Law. He is also a Partner at Sorainen, where he is responsible for the firms dispute resolution practice in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus. He holds a PhD from Tartu University, an LL.M from the University of Stockholm. Ginter has published works on EU law internationally and is a co-author of the leading textbook on EU competition law in Estonia. He supervises research on LL.M and PhD level. In 2009 and 2012 he was awarded as Lecturer of the Year. In 2013 he was awarded the Tartu University Badge of Distinction. Enforcement Directives Dr Albert Sanchez Graells is a Reader in Economic Law at the University of Bristol Law School and a Member of the European Commission Stakeholder Expert Group on Public Procurement (2015-18). He has published the leading monograph Public Procurement and the EU Competition Rules, 2nd edn (Bloomsbury-Hart, 2015), recently edited Smart Public Procurement and Labour Standards. Pushing the Discussion after RegioPost (Hart, 2018), and also coedited Reformation or Deformation of the Public Procurement Rules (Elgar, 2016). Most of his working papers are available at http:// ssrn.com/author=542893 and his analysis of current legal developments is published in his blog http://www.howtocrackanut.com. Concessions Directive, Art. 1-29 Carina Risvig Hamer, is Associate Professor and holds a master’s degree in law from Aarhus University and a PhD from Copenhagen Business School. She has been working at the Danish Competition Authority for several years (2006-2013), where her tasks included drafting legislation, giving guidance on public procurement law and taking part in the negotiations of the Public Procurement Directives. She is author to several books and articles on public procurement e.g. “Public contracts, not covered, or not fully covered, by the Public Sector Directive” (2012) a commentary on the Danish complaints system and remedies (2015) and a public procurement text book “Grundlæggende Udbudsret”, 2016. Public Sector Directive, Art. 33-39, 56-64 Tobias Indén holds a doctor’s degree in law (jur.dr.) from Umeå University. He is currently employed as a professor (with special responsibilities) at the University of Southern Denmark as well as an associate professor at Umeå University. Indén is the author of several books on state aid and public procurement. Public Sector Directive, Art. 67-73 Sune Troels Poulsen is associate partner and attorney-at-law at Mazanti-Andersen Korso Jensen law firm in Copenhagen, Denmark. He holds a PhD from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. Sune Troels Poulsen is the author of several books on EU Procurement Law, EU Competition Law and EU State Aid Law. He advises within the fields of procurement law, competition law and EU State Aid Law. Sune Troels Poulsen is a founder of the Danish Procurement Law Association and the Danish State Aid Law Association. Utilities Directive, Art. 1-98 XXVI Contributors Mari Simovart holds an LLM degree from Duke University School of Law, USA, and a Doctor Iuris degree from the University of Tartu, Estonia where she is employed as a Docent. Simovart teaches Master level classes in public procurement law that have been repeatedly nominated for the best class – Lectio cum laude – in recent years. Being the author of numerous academic publications focusing on the EU public procurement law, Simovart’s academic contributions have a particularly high impact in the area of interaction between public procurement law and national private law of the EU Member States. Enforcement Directives Michael Steinicke is a professor of EU law including public procurement at Aarhus University. He earned his PhD on a thesis on public procurement at the University of Southern Denmark. Since 2004 he has been a professor of law at the University of Southern Denmark and Aarhus University. He has authored or co-authored 15 books and related issues on public procurement including the most comprehensive book in Danish (commentary to the 2004-directives) and written a large number of scientific articles. He has been Head of department at two law departments and is affiliated with the specialised procurement law firm Publicure. Public Sector Directive, Art. 1-6, 13-24, 40-55, 65-66, 74-94; Defence and Security Directive Andrea Sundstrand holds an LL.M. in public law (jur. dr) from the University of Stockholm. She is an associate professor at the Law Faculty at the university, where she is also the course director for the courses on constitutional law and public procurement law. She has also written several books and articles on public procurement law. Andrea is the founder and editor of the Procurement Law Journal (UrT.cc), a legal journal that publishes scientific articles on public procurement law. She is a member of the Council of the Swedish Procurement Authority and also a member of the Swedish Bar Association. Public Sector Directive, Art. 74-77 Peter L. Vesterdorf holds a master’s degree in law (cand. jur.) and a Ph.D. in EC law (lic. jur.) from the University of Copenhagen. His major employments have included posts in the European Parliament (research and documentation), the Danish Parliament, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (i.a. as an EC law adviser), the European Court of Justice (legal clerk or referendaire) and the Danish Federation of Small and Medium-size (EC/EU law adviser). Vesterdorf is the author of several books on EC/EU law (i.a. on the Single Market, competition law, State aid, public procurement and on the EC/EU institutions). XXVII 0. Introduction Michael Steinicke 0.1. About the book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2. History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2.1. The purposes behind the public procurement directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3. The legal framework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.1. The Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.2. The general principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.2.1. The non-discrimination principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.2.2. The proportionality principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.2.2.1. The proportionality principle in general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.2.2.2. The proportionality principle in relation to the public procurement situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.2.2.3. The applicability of the proportionality principle in public procurement outside the scope of the directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.2.3. The principle of mutual recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.2.3.1. Generally about the principle of mutual recognition . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.2.3.2. The principle of mutual recognition in connection with public procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.2.3.3. The principle of mutual recognition outside the scope of the directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.2.4. Application of the principles outside the scope of the directive . . . . . . 0.3.2.4.1. General considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.2.4.2. The basic principles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.2.4.3. Transparency of the tendering process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.2.4.4. Transparency regarding award of contract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.3. Other sources of law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.4. International law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3.4.1. Government Procurement Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 10 11 12 17 19 20 20 22 24 25 25 28 29 35 39 40 45 50 51 51 0.1. About the book This book on the public procurement directives is structured as a commentary with 1 the commensurate characteristics. In order to gain an insight into the universe of the procurement directives, it is necessary to introduce a number of other rules which also influence the public sector’s award of contracts and which therefore might or could be used as an alternative to or together with the procurement directives. 0.2. History During the first years of the European Community (now the EU) there were no spe- 2 cific rules on public procurement. The handling of public purchasing was covered by the EC Treaty’s rules alone. The reason for not adopting any rules on public procurement was that the Member States did not regard public procurement from a common market perspective. Many countries saw public procurement as an issue to be determined by the individual Member States, since by its nature procurement is not a regulatory activity and something that was considered to belong to the autonomy of the Member States. It was widely accepted that public authorities could without restrictions choose the specific collaborator or tender the authority wanted – irrespective of the contracting entity’s reason for the choice. At that time contracting entities were already covered by the Treaty and the prohibition on discrimination on grounds of nationality, but there was not much focus on the tendering procedures now covered by the procurement directives. The first public procurement directive was adopted in 1970. In general it had a broad 3 scope and aimed to create transparency about public contracts.1 Shortly thereafter the Michael Steinicke 1 0. Introduction 4 5 6 7 8 first Public Works Directive was passed, Council Directive 71/305/EEC. Almost six years later the next directive saw the light of day (Council Directive 77/62/EEC – the Public Supply Directive). It took almost an additional ten years before the procurement area once again was in focus. In connection with the Community’s comprehensive plan of completing The Single European Market, a White Paper on this ambitious project, COM (85) 310 was passed in the middle of the 1980 s. Public procurement was emphasized as one of the focus areas by the Commission, and the process culminated with the adoption of four public procurement directives in the beginning of the 1990 s: one in 1992 (services) and three in 1993 (goods, works and utilities). During the 1990 s, the Commission continuously worked on improving the public procurement regulatory scheme and a major step was taken in 1996 with the Green Paper on public procurement, COM (96) 583. The Green Paper included a number of areas which the Commission wanted to improve, including topics like: more flexible procedures, possibilities for including social and environmental conditions in the procurement rules and possibilities for making electronic procurement. In 1998, the Green Paper was followed by COM (98) 143 which introduced several specific improvements of the public procurement directives. At first they resulted in minor amendments of the directives then in force with the introduction of directives 97/52/EC and 98/4/EC. A further minor amendment of the directives was implemented in 2001 with directive 2001/78/EC on the use of standard forms in connection with regulations on public procurement. In 2000, the efforts to pass two new public procurement directives started: a consolidated classic directive (The Public Works Directive, the Services Directive and the Procurement Directive combined in one directive), hereinafter called the Public Sector Directive (Directive 2004/18), and the Utilities Directive (2004/17). These public procurement directives were first drafted in connection with COM (2000) 275 and COM (2000) 276 (the Utilities Directive), respectively and were adopted on March 31 st 2004. Compared to the previous directives the most significant amendments of the directives included the merging of the three previous directives (construction works, goods and services now in one directive), more express regulation of electronic communication in connection with procurement (as a result of the technical development), improved possibilities of specifying the subject-matter of the contract, requirements on weighting of award criteria, introduction of several new procurement procedures (competitive dialogue, dynamic purchasing systems and electronic auctions), express regulation of suspension of so-called non-economic conditions in tendering procedures and rules on framework contracts. A major issue in procurement regulation had previously been how to handle works, goods and services within the defence and securities sector. Defence procurement was regulated in the two directives but merely by a reference to TFEU Articles 346 and 347 excluding defence purchasing from the scope of the directives. With the purpose of not missing out of the large potential found in the defence sector the EU legislator adopted a procurement directive on defence and security procurement in 2009 (Directive 2009/81/EC the Defence and Security Directive). For more on the Security and Security Directive, see part IV of this commentary. The last step in the ongoing development of secondary procurement legislation in the EU is formed in what could be called the most comprehensive round of procurement legislation yet. The formal process was initiated by submitting proposals for a Public Sector Directive, a Utilities Directive and – as something quite new – a Concessions Di1 2 See directive 71/304/EEC – the so-called Liberalizing Directive. Michael Steinicke 0. Introduction rective.2 The three directives were adopted in February 2014 with a deadline for implementation by April 2016: Public Sector Directive 2014/24/EU, Utilities Directive 2014/25/EU and Concessions Directive 2014/23/EU. The new directives are basically continuing the majority of the basic principles, lines and provisions from the previous directives. The basic model for how to conduct a procurement has not been changed, but a number of amendments has been made in order to observe certain practical and policy considerations. In the preamble to the Public Sector Directive recital 2 the overall scope for the policy changes is presented in the following way: “Public procurement plays a key role in the Europe 2020 strategy, set out in the Commission Communication of 3 March 2010 entitled ‘Europe 2020, a strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’ (‘Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’) as one of the marketbased instruments to be used to achieve smart, sustainable and inclusive growth while ensuring the most efficient use of public funds. For that purpose, the public procurement rules adopted pursuant to Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council should be revised and modernised in order to increase the efficiency of public spending, facilitating in particular the participation of small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) in public procurement, and to enable procurers to make better use of public procurement in support of common societal goals. There is also a need to clarify basic notions and concepts to ensure legal certainty and to incorporate certain aspects of related well-established caselaw of the Court of Justice of the European Union.” These considerations have led to several new initiatives in the directives among others: the introduction of the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD – a new and intended less burdensome and bureaucratic way of documenting the qualification requirements set forth by the contracting authority), introduction of the new procedure called innovation partnership (allowing a comprehensive contractual set- up including an innovation process as well as a delivery phase), a number of different rules intended to improve the access to public contracts for SME’s, and (yet again) increased focus on the possibilities of observing non-economic considerations (environmental, social, etc), as well as a new system for services (from a distinction between A- and B-services to a distinction between services and social and other specific services). On a path running parallel to the various substantive procurement directives there 9 has been a development of the regulatory regime of enforcing the procurement rules. Public procurement is characterized by a particular process which gives rise to a number of very specific challenges in regards to enforcement which is why there was a need to introduce enforcement tools directed at these very particular enforcement issues. The first enforcement directive saw the light of day in 1989 – Directive 1989/665 on enforcement of the public procurement directives (the Remedies Directive) and in 1992 – Directive 1992/13 on enforcement of the Utilities Directive (the Utilities Remedies Directive). Both directives were amended through Directive 2007/66 which introduced new sanctions and a standstill period following the award of contract. Afterwards the provisions on enforcement have been harmonized across the procurement directives (through the Defence and Security Directive 2009/81 Articles 55-64 – enforcement rules – and the Concessions Directive 2014/23 Articles 46-47 – which amends the Remedies Directives). The Remedies Directives are subject to commentary and analysis in Part V. 2 The proposals were presented on the basis of COM(2010) 608 Towards a Single Market – For a highly competitive social market economy. They were set forth in proposal for a Directive on public procurement – COM(2011) 896; a proposal for a Directive on procurement by entities in the water, energy, transport end postal services sector – COM(2011) 895, and a proposal for a Directive on the award of concession contracts – COM(2011) 897. Michael Steinicke 3 0. Introduction 0.2.1. The purposes behind the public procurement directives 10 The background for the procurement directives appear from several of the recitals in the preambular considerations of the different directives. The public procurement directives have their legal basis in the TFEU rules on free movement. On the basis of this, the primary purpose of the directives is to implement the internal market. 3 In continuation hereof the purpose is to optimize the competition for public procurement, thereby providing the companies in the internal market with the possibility of participating in tendering, so that all participants get an equal chance in the competition. This appears from C-243/89, the European Commission v Denmark (the Storebaelt case), and the purpose is based on the 9th recital of the preamble to the first Public Works Directive (71/305/ EEC). In the 1st recital to Directive 2014/24 is stated that the general principles of the TFEU must be complied with and to ensure this “for public contracts above a certain value, provisions should be drawn up coordinating national procurement procedures so as to ensure that those principles are given practical effect and public procurement is opened up to competition.” (Our italics) The purpose is furthermore to limit the public sector’s expenses and limit the risk of corruption and criminal fraud with public means, cf. COM (96) 583, The Green Paper on public procurement, paragraphs 2.3 and 2.4. Although not expressed as an actual purpose of the public procurement directives, the consideration for the contracting entity to gain favorable contracts must also be seen as a consideration behind the directives. The consideration for competition, however, plays a more prominent part within procurement law, and the possibilities to gain favorable contracts must be considered an advantageous side-effect from the efforts to generate competition. 0.3. The legal framework 11 For national public authorities, the joint legal basis for public procurement consists of partly European, partly national, partly international rules. Below the rules outside of the public procurement directives are introduced. 0.3.1. The Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union 12 The Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union is the primary basis for public procurement at a European level. The principal provisions are the rules on freedom of movement. They constitute the basis for the legal authority for the procurement directives. The relevant provisions are Article 34 (free movement of goods), Article 45 (free movement of workers), Article 49 (right of establishment), Article 56 (freedom to provide cross-border services) and Article 63 (free movement of capital). In addition, Article 18 of the TFEU is also significant (the prohibition of discrimination based on nationality). The provisions of the TFEU are important in two different situations involving procurement. Firstly, the TFEU provisions covering public procurement apply where the public procurement directives do not apply. In such situations, the TFEU provisions are 3 See also case C-237/99, the Commission v French Republic, in which the Court of Justice pointed out that the purpose is to remove the obstacle to the free movement of services and free trade movement and to protect the interests for the economic actors which have been established in a Member State and who wish to offer goods and services to contracting entities in other Member States. In continuation hereof the purpose of the directive is both to remove the risk of granting national tenderers or applicants a preferential position on award of public contracts and the possibility that a body financed by the state, local authorities or other public law bodies are guided by other considerations than economic considerations. 4 Michael Steinicke 0. Introduction the primary rules of the European Union’s legal basis in combination with the general EU-principles. Secondly, the TFEU provisions apply on public procurement also where the public procurement directives apply. In this situation it is necessary to observe the interaction between the TFEU and the public procurement directives, see for example below regarding the interaction between the rules of the directives on technical specifications and TFEU Article 34 on free trade movement (see section 42.4). The rules on freedom of movement primarily contain a prohibition against discrimination between foreign and domestic enterprises, persons, products and services. In addition, the provisions also include a prohibition against certain non-discriminating measures. The Court of Justice has ordered several decisions regarding the use of the TFEU provisions in connection with public procurement, both within and outside the scope of the provisions. In case 45/87, the Commission v. Ireland (Dundalk), the Court of Justice held that it was a violation of Article 34 of the TFEU that an Irish standard was stated as a specification instead of an international standard. The Court of Justice found that it was a violation of (then) the EC Treaty that “or equivalent” was not added in connection with the indication of the Irish standard, so other contractors than Irish contractors could have had their quality evaluated. In the cases C-275/98, Unitron and C-324/98, Telaustria, the Court of Justice has considered the scope of the contracting bodies’ obligations in connection with public procurement outside the scope of the directives. In the Telaustria-case the Court of Justice determined that “notwithstanding the fact that, as Community law stands at present, such contracts are excluded from the scope of Directive 93/38, the contracting entities concluding them are, nonetheless, bound to comply with the fundamental rules of the Treaty, in general, and the principle of non-discrimination on the ground of nationality, in particular. As the Court of Justice established in … [Unitron]…, that principle implies, in particular, an obligation of transparency in order to enable the contracting authority to satisfy itself that the principle has been complied with. That obligation of transparency which is imposed on the contracting authority consists in ensuring, for the benefit of any potential tenderer, a degree of advertising sufficient to enable the services market to be opened up to competition and the impartiality of procurement procedures to be reviewed.”4 It is established in case law that there is no de minimis level for the TFEU rules on 13 free movement – in contrast to e.g. the competition rules and the public procurement directives which both contain de minimis rules. This was established in C-59/00, Vestergaard, where the Court of Justice had to consider an inquiry from the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement. The obligation which is established in Unitron and Telaustria has practical significance for the contracting authority. Unfortunately, the exact scope of the obligation has not been determined. The obligation must be assumed to be fulfilled to the extent that the contracting authority contacts a number of enterprises with a view to establishing a competitive situation and where the awarding process itself is of such nature that participating enterprises and regulatory authorities can survey the process. The obligations which are imposed on the contracting authorities according to the TFEU depend on the size of the task which is put out for tender. Thus, more comprehensive requirements will be made to the establishment of the transparency in connection with large excluded con4 See Telaustria, paragraphs 60-62. For more information about the later case law on use of the principles and the rules on free movement outside the scope of the public procurement directives, see section 0.3.2.4. Michael Steinicke 5 0. Introduction tracts than to procurement of goods below the limits of the threshold values as the first contracts mentioned are presumed to be more interesting for the community. Although this practice seems quite clear, a few decisions could highlight the Court of Justice’s use of de minimis evaluation in some cases. On the specific level, the decision in C-231/03, Coname may be an expression of such an assessment in relation to the free movement of services. However, there is reason to distinguish between the various free movements in this respect. This is due to the fact that in relation to the free trade movement and freedom of movement for persons it has clearly been rejected to establish a de minimis limit. The question of de minimis is narrowly related to the question of when a certain public contract can be expected to have a European relevance. The two assessments are primarily conceptually separated by the fact that the de minimis evaluation is based on whether there is enough European interest where the assessment of whether there is cross-border interest is based on whether there is any European interest at all. Only a level of degree separates the two. See also section 0.3.2.4. 14 In addition to the provisions on free movements, the contracting entities and the procurement situation in general are also potentially subject to the TFEU competition rules. The most important provisions are Article 101 (agreements restricting competition), Article 102 (prohibition of abuse of a dominant position), Article 106 (public enterprises and enterprises which have been granted special or exclusive rights) and Article 107 (State aid prohibition).5 Usually, Articles 101 and 102 do not apply to the relationship between contracting entity and tenderer (i.e. the traditional relation involving the procurement rules), but primarily apply to the relationship between the tenderers.6 This is because the public authorities are units which carry out exercise of authority, i.e. activities not subject to the competition rules. In order to apply the competition rules, it must be undertakings, which, according the Court of Justice, includes all types of entities engaging in economic activity, regardless of the organization and formal framework of the activity.7 Decisions from the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance have assessed whether public procurement in itself implies an economic activity. The primary case is C-205/03 P, Federacion de Empreses de Instrumentacion Clentifica Media Technical y Dental (FENIN) issued on 11 July 2006. In this decision, first the General Court (T-319/99) and later the Court of Justice had the opportunity to consider whether a contracting authority and its purchasing activities could be regarded as an economic activity in the understanding found in the competition rules. The Court of Justice affirmed the General Court’s decision and thus found that a purchasing activity in itself is not an expression of an economic activity in the sense of the competition rules. The decisive factor was that a link was made between a purchase and the later use of the purchased goods or services. In cases where the subsequent application of the good was not a resale or use in connection with commercial activities, the purchase itself did not constitute an economic activity. In other words: If a contracting authority makes purchases or services to be used in connection with the contracting authority’s ordinary 5 The literature has just in recent years started to show interest in the intersection between competition law and public procurement law. The most prominent contribution to this field has been given by Albert Sanchez Graells who gives a thorough and interesting (and somewhat debatable) perspective on the relation between the two areas of law in his book: Public Procurement and the EU Competition Rules. 6 Typical non-compliances between tenderers in connection with call for tenders are the so-called bid riggings or agreements on coordination of call for tenders. The tenderers pre-fix the prices on tenders and thereby also those who are going to be awarded the contract in question. 7 See i.e. the decision of The Court of Justice in C-41/90, Höfner. 6 Michael Steinicke 0. Introduction activities as a public authority, the purchasing activity will not be regarded as an economic activity and thus not be included by the competition rules. The Court of Justice has confirmed this line of thinkning in subsequent cases, see C-113/07 P, Selex. The decisions have been thoroughly critisised by numerous commentators mentioning different arguments in support of their critique. Following arguments for leaving the FENIN reasoning and result have been advanced (among others): that the FENIN case fails to focus on the effect of the measure established through public purchasing, that the result in the FENIN case law makes poor economic sense8 and that the FENIN case is unnecessarily formalistic). On the other hand it could be argued that the critics have neglected to consider the overall balance in the internal market regulation between the rules directed at the private undertakings (competition rules) and the rules directed at public authorities (free movement rules). Through this balance the primary regulation of public authorities’ activities (including procurement) is the free movement provisions – and these provisions also constitute the legal foundation for the procurement directives. The public procurement directives include rules on exclusive rights, namely the situa- 15 tions where a special or exclusive right is awarded, and situations where a unit, which holds such a right, makes procurements. Within this field the public procurement directives supplement Article 106 of the TFEU on special and exclusive rights. The State aid rules have been cited in a few cases, and it is established in practice that 16 public procurement may not be qualified as “hidden” state aid. This was established in case 21/88, Du Pont de Nemours. Italy adopted a law which decided that all public bodies and administrations had to make 30% of their procurement of radiological films and liquids from industrial producers, farming and craft industries with plants and factories in Southern Italy (the Mezzogiorno) where these products were to be produced wholly or partly. During a case between Du Pont de Nemours Italiana SpA and Unità sanitaria locale no. 2 di Carrera, the ECJ was presented with questions regarding the Italian law’s compliance with the (then) EC Treaty’s State aid provisions.9 The Court of Justice laid down that the Treaty’s provisions on State aid under no circumstances could serve as basis for repealing the consequences of Article 28 of the Treaty (now: Article 34 TFEU). This is substantiated by the fact that both sets of rules aim at ensuring the free movement of goods between the Member States on normal competitive conditions. In C-94/99, Arge, it was determined that it did not conflict with the procurement rules that a tenderer receives State aid. The result of this decision is incorporated into the public procurement directive as Article 55 (now: Directive 2014/24 Article 69) on the handling of abnormally low tenders now includes a rule on the possibilities of rejecting abnormally low tenders from enterprises which have re- Albert Sanchez Graells, Public Procurement and the EU Competition Rules, p. 163. Regarding the intersection between tendering procedures (and the procurement rules) and the State aid rules there are a large number of contributions from the literature, see (among other contributions): Mihalis Kekelekis & Kine Neslein, Public procurement and state aid, in Bovis (ed.), Research Handbook on EU Public Procurement Law, Chapter 15; Albert Sanchez Graells, Public Procurement and State Aid: Reopening the Debate?, in PPLR, 2012, p. 205, Battista, The respect of State Aid rules in PPPs, EPPPLR, 2007, p. 70, Michael Steinicke, Competitive neutrality – critical remarks, in Hartig Danielsen, HagelSørensen, Heide-Jørgensen & Nielsen (eds.): Festskrift til Jens Fejø; Michael Steinicke, Public contracts through procurement – can there still be state aid?, in Pros and Cons of Competition in/by the Public Sector, Konkurransverket, 2009; Sue Arrowsmith, The Law of Public and Utilities Procurement, p. 302 et seq.; Pernille Edh Hasselgård, The Use of Tender Procedures to Exclude State Aid: The Situation under the EU 2014 Public Procurement Directives, in EPPPL, 2017, p. 16. 8 9 Michael Steinicke 7 0. Introduction ceived State aid. For further information, see the comment on Article 69, part I, chapter 69. Apart from the above-mentioned situations, there are a number of cases where tenders (or public procurement) influence the use of the State aid rules. First of all it could be State aid in breach of Article 107 of the TFEU if a public unit pays overprice for a service bought from a private supplier which is then favored by a pecuniary benefit. Secondly, the call for tenders is expected to involve a presumption that the agreement is based on market price and thus that no overprice for the service occurs, cf. for example C-280/00, Altmark.10 Thirdly, it is furthermore determined in i.a. T-116/01, P&O European Ferries that the condition that call for tenders which are basically not needed may be an advantage resulting in State aid even though the price which is paid for the service does not differ from the market price and even though the agreement has been entered into on market conditions.11 The advantage which results in aid is thus not overprice but, on the contrary, tendering of services which the contracting authority does not need. 0.3.2. The general principles Based on the rules of the TFEU, a number of general principles have been established with regard to public procurement specifically in connection with procurement outside the scope of the public procurement directives. Within the scope of the public procurement rules, especially the principle of equal treatment and the principle of transparency are important (for further information, see the comment on Article 18). 18 A general EU legal principle can be defined as a general proposition of law of some importance from which concrete rules derive and also that a principle determines some considerations which point in a specific direction but which does not necessarily lead to a specific result.12 Thus, a principle is very often less specific that concrete and detailed rules. A thorough analysis of the general principles within EU law shows several types of such principles and that they vary very much in terms of purpose and content. In this context, it is therefore not appropriate to try making a general definition of general principles apart from what can be derived from the above. The 1st recital of the preamble of the Public Sector Directive has indicated that the general EU legal principles, which are derived from the provisions on free movement, such as the principles on non-discrimination, equal treatment, mutual recognition, proportionality and transparency, shall apply as regards public authorities’ award of contracts. The principles of equal treatment, transparency and proportionality are explicitly regulated in Article 18. Those principles will not be subject of detailed mention in this chapter. For a thorough analysis, see the commentary to Article 18. 17 10 An apparent discrepancy exists between the two first situations. But the first situation only looks at the contract and the services exchanged, not whether the agreement was awarded via tender. The Altmark decision may indicate that the Court of Justice in general will consider the award of public contracts as an expression of exchange of services at market price. It may well be that the Altmark decision primarily should be viewed in the light of the specific situation and the specific evaluation which were needed in this situation. Thus, it may well be that if it, in connection with a specific tender, can be ascertained that the tender procedure has been faulty, it cannot unconditionally be cited that the purchase price is an expression of the real market price. Here the fact that the contract was awarded via a tender may very well not exclude that an enterprise has got an advantage (via overprice) in the sense of article 107 of the TEUF. 11 About this, see Jens Hillger, The award of a public contract as State aid within the meaning of Article 87 (1) EC, Public Procurement Law Review, 2003, p. 109 et seq. 12 Takis Tridimas, The General Principles of EC Law, p. 1. 8 Michael Steinicke 0. Introduction 0.3.2.1. The non-discrimination principle One of the most important principles within EU law is the principle on non-discrimi- 19 nation. This principle is found in explicit form in Article 18 of the TFEU and the principle is the conceptual framework for the TFEU’s provisions on free movement of goods, persons, services and capital and these provisions therefore contain more specific versions of the principle.13 The provisions in question are applicable to all Member States and public bodies in the Member States. Thus, the rules on, e.g., free movement of goods must be obeyed in connection with public procurement. The provisions of the TFEU are primarily directed towards discrimination based on nationality but do also include specific rules with prohibition against discrimination based on other conditions, including gender discrimination. The concepts discrimination and differential treatment are used synonymously in the following.14 In legal terms EU defines discrimination as cases where equal situations are treated unequally or cases where unequal situations are treated equally. There is not much difference between the non-discrimination principle and the perhaps most important principle within public procurement law: the principle of equal treatment. Basically, the principles express a negative respectively a positive emphasis of the same requirement: all tenderers are subject to the same terms and conditions in connection to tendering procedures. For a more thorough description, reference is made to the comment on Article 18 (Part I, chapter 18). Contrary to these specific prohibitions against discrimination, the prohibition in Article 18 of the Public Sector Directive is general, i.e. it is not directed towards discrimination based on special conditions (for example nationality or gender) but on all other types of discrimination. 0.3.2.2. The proportionality principle 0.3.2.2.1. The proportionality principle in general The proportionality principle is a general EU legal principle which aims to ensure 20 that the decisions made and the measures initiated are proportionate compared to the desired goals. The proportionality principle is relevant in many different situations. But a special example is the judgment of whether the Member States’ measures, which may have a trade barrier effect, can be accepted because the trade barrier effect is an acceptable side-effect from the handling of a legitimate consideration, e.g. the consideration to the environment or social conditions. The proportionality principle consists of three elements: 1) an assessment of the spe- 21 cific measure’s ability to handle the consideration which is the aim of the measure, 2) an assessment of the necessity of the measure and, finally, 3) a weighing out of opposite considerations based on an additional determined value of the considerations. The ability assessment consists of a judgment of whether the measure in question is suitable for handling the consideration which the contracting authority invokes. The assessment of necessity consists of an assessment of whether the consideration in question could have been handled with less intrusive means than the measure chosen. If See Article 34, Article 45, Article 49, Article 56 and Article 67 of the TFEU. The concepts are often used synonymously in the literature, although formally speaking discrimination sometimes is said to be unfair discrimination implying that other types of discrimination is fair. This difference is not regarded to have any significance in this connection and therefore there is no distinction between the concepts. 13 14 Michael Steinicke 9 0. Introduction this is the case, the measure is not proportional compared to the consideration attended to. The final weighing, or the proportionality principle strictly speaking, consists in weighing the opposite considerations against each other. Extensive trade barriers or non-compliance with the procurement rules cannot be legitimated by all types of considerations. Or in other words: Substantive breaches of prohibitions could only be legitimized in essential or significant considerations. To some extent, the type of considerations which legitimize the deviation from the public procurement directives can be different from the considerations which legitimize the deviation from the TFEU’s prohibitions. While only non-economic societal breaches can be legitimized in the last-mentioned case, there has been no delimitation of the types of considerations which are considered legitimate according to the public procurement directives. Legitimate considerations according to the public procurement directives could also be considerations related to the possibilities of reaching an appropriate agreement, for instance that a contract cannot be defined in a satisfactory manner, or that a call for tenders must be made in such a hurry that the normal deadlines cannot be obeyed. 0.3.2.2.2. The proportionality principle in relation to the public procurement situation Proportionality is a general EU legal principle, and as such it will also apply to public procurement. The principle was previously mentioned in the preamble but is now explicitly part of the provision on the general principles. The principle of proportionality has not been the explicit subject of cases before the court. The reason might be that the principle of proportionality within the area of the free movement which forms the foundation of the procurement rules has the function of balancing opposing interests and is therefore not subject to individual scrutiny. Another reason maybe that the principle has not been explicitly included in the provision relating to general principles until the 2014 directives. In relation to the public procurement directives, the proportionality principle will be applied in a way that differs from what is the case in connection with the trail of the breach of the provisions on free movement. The contracting entity must especially be expected to comply with the proportionality principle when it comes to the handling of negotiated procedures. The use of the proportionality principle is particularly required here as the contracting entity is not subject to any procedural limitations by the directive in connection with this procedure. The contracting entity must determine the procedure. The contracting entity is subject to a proportionality obligation so the contracting entity must prepare the procedure in such a way that it is possible to maintain and control the competition in connection with the negotiations. Therefore the principle of equal treatment and the principle of transparency are the pivotal principles, but the proportionality principle can have a supplementary role. Likewise, the proportionality principle must be observed in connection with the limitation of the service, on the specification of the service, in connection with the assessment of the candidate’s aptitude, in connection with the assessment of the compliance of the specifications and in all the other situations where the contracting entity determines procedures or is entrusted with autonomy. 23 Contrary to the other general principles which apply to public procurement, the proportionality principle also has a protective meaning directed at the contracting entity. The principles on equal treatment, transparency and mutual recognition all aim to ensure maintenance of competitive situations and that the contracting entity does not limit 22 10 Michael Steinicke 0. Introduction the enterprises’ possibilities of being eligible for a specific task. Contrary to this, safeguarding proportionality also protects the contracting entity from requirements which impose inordinate obligations on the contracting entity with the result that these obligations may impede the possibilities of the contracting entity of getting an adequate, applicable procedure of being awarded a contract. Like this, and in this context, the proportionality principle could be an essential counterweight compared to the other principles regarding requirements. Basically, all the contracting entity’s dispositions are subject to the proportionality principle. However, the proportionality principle is not always important; examples where the proportionality principle is not used or is less important could be cases where the contracting entity could change to negotiated procedure based on the fact that there are not (enough) admissible tenders. Practice from the Court of Justice, however, indicates that the contracting entity may also annul, cf. the Metalmecanicca case. It could be stated that as starting point, where possible, the contracting entity ought to choose the most competitive solution instead of a solution which induces less optimization of competition. Or: the least extensive (the most proportional) solution would not be annulment of the tender but rather using a more lenient solution (negotiated procedure). Although this solution seems to conform best with the proportionality principle the contracting entity will probably not be directly obliged to choose the negotiated settlement. The considerations which normally have to be balanced are, on the one side, the desire for competition through the tender and, on the other side, the objective of the contracting entity, meaning the intention to obtain a flexible and practical award of contract with the best possible contract as the result. 0.3.2.2.3. The applicability of the proportionality principle in public procurement outside the scope of the directives The proportionality principle has a two-tier application regarding public procure- 24 ment outside the scope of the directives. Firstly, the proportionality principle must be generally applied to problems involving procurement law which arise out of public procurement. Secondly, the proportionality principle is part of the review regarding the free movements which most often is the primary applicable law in connection with public procurement contracts awarded outside the scope of the directive. There is a difference between the two reviews which may have a practical significance. Before the proportionality review pursuant to the provisions on the free movements, the Court of Justice assesses the underlying objectivity of the considerations. Only societal considerations can be handled legitimately pursuant to the Treaty’s provisions on the free movements. All other considerations, including considerations which are due to purely commercial conditions or practical conditions regarding award of contract, cannot legitimate non-compliance of the prohibition against, i.a., trade restrictions. Regarding a general application of the proportionality principle in connection with public procurement, there are no limits as to which considerations are legitimate. This is also understood from the directive’s escape clauses which for in most cases concerned are of a practical nature. In connection with the general weighing of proportionality in public procurement, it is thus not the nature of the consideration but primarily its weight which is assessed. Regarding the contracts which, as a rule, are subject to the directives, but which nevertheless as a result of explicit exceptions in the directives are not covered by the procedural rules of the directives the principles also apply. Michael Steinicke 11 0. Introduction For further information about the proportionality principle on the award of concession contracts, see the Commission’s interpretative communication EU Official journal 2000 C 121, p. 2. 0.3.2.3. The principle of mutual recognition 0.3.2.3.1. Generally about the principle of mutual recognition 01. The principle of mutual recognition has been established in connection with the rules on freedom of movement.15 The principle implies a Member State’s obligation to recognize qualifications obtained in another Member State even though the enterprise or person, who claims to possess the qualifications, does not hold the documentation otherwise required in the first Member State. The principle shall be used in all cases where qualifications are sought to be recognized in other Member States than the one where the qualifications have been obtained. 0.3.2.3.2. The principle of mutual recognition in connection with public procurement The principle is a general EU principle and therefore it is also going to be applied in connection with public procurement. In this context, the principle has a primary scope which covers the assessment of the applicant’s qualifications and the assessment of the qualifications and certifications underlying the submitted tenders.16 As mentioned above, the principle is one of the general principles to be applied with regard to public procurement, cf. the 1st recital of the preamble of the Public Sector Directive. The principle on mutual recognition concerns all types of documentation of qualifications in connection with the two evaluation phases: the (pre-)qualification and the award.17 26 In regard to the prequalification or selection, the directives lay down a range of qualifications or conditions which the contracting entity requires to be documented by means of evidence. These conditions are the applicant enterprises’ economic, financial and technical standing. Any other characteristics than the before-mentioned are not allowed to be used as background for the evaluation of the enterprises.18 In relation to the award, the contracting entity may require, e a, in principle, non-exhaustive list of requirements to be met and take the view that a, in principle, non-exhaustive range of conditions may be applied to the award of the contract. It is only to a limited degree that there are requirements to the documentation of the prequalification and the award,19 and the principle of mutual recognition is very important when it comes to public procurement. 20 Contrary to the qualitative selection (see section 58 et seq.), the quantitative selection 21 (see section 65) includes the option of selecting the enterprises on the basis of a propor25 In regard to the free movement of goods, see case 120/78, Cassis de Dijon. A range of the public procurement directives’ specific rules on presentation of requirements and criteria are thus connected to the principle of mutual recognition, see for example the rules on technical specifications in the comment on Article 42. 17 An example of the application of the principle of mutual recognition, see case 45/87, the Commission v Ireland (Dundalk). 18 The principle is also applied on documentation to be examined in order to prove that an enterprise is not in bankruptcy, has not committed criminal acts, has no debt to the public, etc. pursuant to Article 57. See the comment on this provision. 19 In relation to the documentation of technical capacity of the enterprises, see the comment on Article 58. 20 Pursuant to Article 57 specific options are listed to document compliance with the requirements. 21 Qualitative selection covers that part of the pre-qualification which concerns evaluation of whether the enterprises comply with the minimum requirements they are required; quantitative selection covers a situation, where the contracting entity is obliged to limit the number of enterprises. 15 16 12 Michael Steinicke 0. Introduction tional compliance of the selection criteria. In such cases, the principle of mutual recognition is less important as the principle is primarily relevant when making an absolute comparison (i.e. do the enterprises meet fixed requirements?), and not, as is the case in connection with the quantitative selection, when making a relative comparison (i.e which of the enterprises survive the absolute comparisons, which meet the requirements in the best way?). The principle on mutual recognition has already played a role in product evaluation 27 in the case of public procurement in several cases for the Court of Justice. In cases regarding comparison of products, the principle of mutual recognition forms the implicit basis for the comparison.22 The TFEU (and to a lesser degree the public procurement directives) allow reference to trade marks, as long as they are followed by the wording “or the like”.23 The wording indicates a comparison between the reference product and the products upon which the tenderers base their tenders. There should be a distinction between an actual and a formal recognition. The actual recognition is for example expressed by product comparison, i.e. it means that the actual qualities of the products are recognized. The formal recognition is expressed in connection with recognition of documentation, i.e. it is another type of documentation (e.g. foreign accounting standards or the like) which is recognized instead of the documentation which is required by the contracting entity. It must be assumed that it is the actual recognition which primarily needs to be ensured. This is due to the fact that the entire EU procurement law is based on a system of references and that specific assessments of actual qualities make the basis for the evaluation phases. In cases where it is certain that a formal recognition provides a security as regards compliance with the actual qualifications, this is adequate. However, it is not possible to require more than a formal recognition in cases where the documentation consists of European standards. In such cases, the contracting entity does is not permitted to require actual recognition. As a rule, there are no limits regarding which qualifications are subject to an evaluation of recognition. It may concern different types of documentation of accounting, documentation for linguistic qualifications, certificates, product features and the like documented by standards, authentication requirements etc. Regarding the free movements, it is especially certificates and other types of qualification documentation which have forced the application of the principle of mutual recognition. Within procurement law this category is supplemented with recognition of the physical characteristics and design of products. 0.3.2.3.3. The principle of mutual recognition outside the scope of the directives As is the case with the other directives, the principle of mutual recognition also ap- 28 plies outside the scope of the directives. This means that the principle must be observed regarding procurement which either has a contract value below the threshold value or is exempt from the directives due to other reasons. As practice also shows, there will probably not be any real difference between the evaluation of recognition within or outside the scope of the directives. The considera- 22 See the Dundalk case mentioned above, and the cases C-395/93, Commission v the Netherlands (UNIX I) and 328/98, Commission v Austria (UNIX II). 23 Within the framework of the public procurement directives only trademarks can be used as reference products if the contracting entity cannot sufficiently precisely and intelligibly describe the subject-matter of the contract, see section 42.4. Michael Steinicke 13 0. Introduction tions mentioned above also apply for the principle on mutual recognition where the TFEU is the primary legal basis. On the application of the principle of mutual recognition in thr case of award of concession contracts, see the Commission’s interpretative communication EU Official journal 2000 C 121, p. 2. 0.3.2.4. Application of the principles outside the scope of the directive One of the questions of recent years which have attracted much attention within procurement law concerns the obligations resulting from the general principles and provisions laid down in the TFEU when procurement is made outside the scope of the public procurement directives.24 The number of procurement contracts outside the scope of the directives is large and covers a great variety of situations. A lot of questions arise in regard to purchasing procedures outside the scope of the directives. The question with most merit is: which obligations follow from the principles and provisions on free movement. Another question is whether the contracting entity in these different situations must be subject to identical obligations compared to the directives. This is answered in the following sections. The situations which are primarily legally based on the TFEU provisions and the general EU principles are partly those situations where the contracting entity is completely outside the scope of the directives and partly the situations where the contracting entity to some degree is outside the scope of the directives’ specific obligations. Previously, the most common situations outside the directives were concession contracts, B-services, contracts subject to specific exemptions, and contracts below the economic thresholds. With the recent adjustments of the procurement regime concession contracts are now subject to the procedural requirements laid out in the Concessions Directive (2014/23 – see the commentary in Part III). The distinction between Aservices and B-services has now been removed and most B-services are now subject to the full procurement procedure – only a few services are exempt through the so-called “light regime”.25 This leaves only contracts below the thresholds and contracts subject to specific exemptions outside the scope of the directives. 30 In all of these situations there is a potential for the use of the general EU principles. The basic condition is, however, that specific contracts represents a “certain cross-border interest”. In contrast to the (fairly) easily applicable economic thresholds found in the directives the assessment of when a contract has a “certain cross-border interest” is very complex and includes numerous potential elements, e.g. the subject-matter of the contract, the estimated value of the contract, the sector of the purchase and the geographical place for performing the service or works or delivering the goods.26 31 It has been argued that these different situations must be subject to different norms and obligations. See, i.a., Advocate-General Sharpston’s opinion in C-195/04, the Commission v. Finland where the transparency obligation in connection with contracts 29 24 Cf. the literature about this, including e.g. Peter Braun, A Matter of Principles, in Public Procurement Law Review, 2000, p. 39; Rhodri Williams, Contracts awarded outside the scope of the public procurement directives, Public Procurement Law Review, 2007, NA, p. 1; Totis Kotsonis, The Extent of the transparency obligation imposed on a contracting authority awarding a contract whose value falls below the relevant threshold, Public Procurement Law Review, 2007, NA, p. 71; Adrian Brown, Transparency obligations under the EC Treaty in relation to public contracts that fall outside the procurement directives, Public Procurement Law Review, 2005, NA p. 153; Carina Risvig Hansen (now: Hamer), Contracts not covered or not fully covered by the Public Sector Directive; Dacian Dragos & Roberto Caranta (eds.), Outside the EU Procurement Directives – Inside the Treaty?; Sue Arrowsmith, The Law of Public and Utilities Procurement, chap. 4. 25 The Public Sector Directive Articles 74-77 only requires a minimum level of procedural rules and thereby leaves room for the use of the general EU principles. 14 Michael Steinicke 0. Introduction which fall below the relevant threshold seems to present a special role, and Rhodri Williams,27 who seems to suggest that there may be a difference between (previous) appendix II B services on the one side and service concessions and contracts of minor economic value on the other side. However, the obligations cannot be assumed to differ depending on whether or not the exception is based on one reason or another in the public procurement directives. If, pursuant to the TFEU, the obligations differ, then this is due to the fact that within the application of the TFEU provisions there is basis for differentiating, not because a given contract according to secondary regulation (the public procurement directives) coincidentally is classified as an exception. Examples of such a situation are cases where only one economic operator can deliver the service in question. According to the public procurement directives, there is allows for excluding the most restrictive provisions of the directives in these situations and choose a more flexible type of procedure, i.e. the negotiated procedure.28 Under the auspices of the TFEU there is also basis for an exemption from the strictest TFEU obligations, but this is due to the independent or per se condition stating that there is no reason to establish a competitive situation if only one enterprise can be provider. The TFEU and the general principles have a significantly different character com- 32 pared to the detailed public procurement rules. Thus, it is unclear which exact obligations follow from these general rules. In recent years, the Court of Justice has been presented with a number of cases where exactly this theme has been in focus. These cases have provided some clarification regarding which specific obligations rest with the contracting entity when it comes to procurement outside the scope of the public procurement directives. However, the decisions still leave a number of questions unanswered. The following sections provide an analysis of the relevant decisions in order to determine which obligations rest with the contracting entity in this connection. As the Court of Justice’s interpretation of the obligations resting upon the contracting entity pursuant to the TFEU has only to a limited degree resulted in a clarification to the benefit of the contracting entities, the rulings of the Court of Justice’s have been dealt with by different interpretative sources. These have been partly provided by the literature, but primarily by different interpretative communications from the Commission. The most important ones are the Commission’s interpretative communication on community law which applies to the award of contracts which are not or are only partly included in the public procurement directives (OJ 2006/C 179/02), the Commission’s Green Paper on public-private partnerships and community law on public contracts and concessions (COM(2004)327), and the Commission’s interpretative note on concessions in OJ 2000 C 121, p. 2. Most of the decisions of the Court of Justice regarding this question have affected the 33 determination of what is the basic requirement to the contracting entity. The first significant statements on the duties of the contracting entities were presented in C-324/98, Telaustria, in which the Court of Justice determined that where the public procurement directives do not apply 26 See C-113/13, Spezzino, para. 49. A number of cases before the EUCJ has dealt with the issue of certain cross-border interest, see among others C-231/03, Coname, C-458/03, Parking Brixen GmbH, C-507/03, Commission v Germany, C-147/06 and C-148/06, SECAP SpA, T-258/06, Germany v Commission, C-91/08, Wall, C-95/10, Strong Seguranca, C-278/14, Enterprise Focused Solutions. For more, see Carina Risvig Hansen (now: Hamer), Contracts not covered or not fully covered by the Public Sector Directive, chap. 6. 27 Contracts awarded outside the scope of the public procurement directives, Public Procurement Law Review, 2007, NA, p. 1. 28 See the Public Sector Directive Article 32. Michael Steinicke 15 0. Introduction “… the contracting entities concluding them are, none the less, bound to comply with the fundamental rules of the Treaty, in general, and the principle of non-discrimination on the ground of nationality, in particular. As the Court held in Case C-275/98 Unitron Scandinavia and 3-S, paragraph 31, that principle implies, in particular, an obligation of transparency in order to enable the contracting authority to satisfy itself that the principle has been complied with. That obligation of transparency which is imposed on the contracting authority consists in ensuring, for the benefit of any potential tenderer, a degree of advertising sufficient to enable the services market to be opened up to competition and the impartiality of procurement procedures to be reviewed.”29 The following debate firstly concerned a further delimitation of the transparency obligation. This obligation is discussed in, i.a., the cases C-458/03, Parking Brixen, C-231/03, Coname, and C-410/04, Comune di Bari.30 34 In the majority of these cases, the general principles (including the principle of transparency) as well as the TFEU’s provisions have been relied upon and used. Although the distinction between the application of the general principles and the TFEU’s specific rules are somewhat unclear in these cases, the distinction is nonetheless significant. This is primarily due to the fact that in cases where the Treaty’s rules are applied, there is a possibility to legitimate any breaches by referring to the exceptions belonging to the Treaty. In part these exceptions involve some explicit exceptions, for example Articles 51 and 52 in relation to the freedom of establishment (Article 49) and services (Article 56). In addition, it is also possible to legitimate breaches through certain exceptions made by the Court of Justice, see for example C-55/94, Gebhard, and case 120/78, Cassis de Dijon. Breach of the free movement rules in connection to public procurement can be seen in two different ways. On the one hand, it can be argued that the TFEU’s specific provisions to ensure the free movement traditionally include a restriction of action, i.e. restrictions against implementing conditions which could have limited the effect of the free movement. The restriction of action does not, however, seem to suffice in connection with public procurement because such infringements do not often consist of acts, i.e. call for tenders or call for competition, but, on the contrary, consist of not initiating (the right) activities. Thus, there was a need for expansion of the traditional frame of restrictions to also including a restriction of omission, i.e. a restriction against staying passive in cases where it is necessary to act in order to ensure the free movements. This duty to act is a consequence of the transparency obligation: transparency with regard to a tender cannot be established unless action takes place. Regarding the public procurement directives, this is just a natural and necessary part of the rules, but in relation to the TFEU’s provisions on free movement, the duty to act is new.31 It is clear that the provisions on free movement are less suited for judging omissions than actions. This is also confirmed in the case law of the Court of Justice which will be examined on the following pages. On the other hand it could be argued that the use of the free movement rules are basically just using the traditional discrimination test when applied to public procurement. In this light the infringement basically works as follows: if a contracting authority does not ask all relevant economic operators to enter the competition some of these will be discriminated against, since they are not given the possibilities given to those invited to join the competition. Therefore, the test is merely one of discrimination. 32 It could be C-324/98, Telaustria, paras 60-62. See furthermore the pending cases in C-507/03, the Commission v The Republic of Ireland, and C-195/04, the Commission v the Republic of Finland. 31 The duty to act is primarily seen in relation to public procurement, but also in a few other situations the Court of Justice has imposed an obligation to act, see for example C-265/95, the Commission v France and C-112/00, Schmidberger. 29 30 16 Michael Steinicke 0. Introduction argued, that regardless of which view is chosen the practical problems seem to be identical in regard to applying the free movement rules to public procurement. 0.3.2.4.1. General considerations The following sections introduce the obligations which are derived from different 35 sources. But firstly an overview of some basic conditions which are significant for the application of the TFEU’s provisions and the general principles is provided. Overall, the TFEU’s provisions apply to all procurements (and other transactions) on a market,33 including (and maybe particularly) procurement outside the scope of the public procurement directives. Basically, there is no difference as to which treaty obligations are imposed on the contracting entity irrespective of the reason for a given contract not to be subject to the public procurement directives. One of the most important instruments for determining the scope of application of 36 the public procurement directive is the threshold values indicating the lower level indicating when a public contract (in the context of the directive) is interesting at a European level. In continuation hereof it has sometimes been considered whether there was (or should be) a de minimis threshold for the contracting entity’s obligations in relation to the TFEU’s rules so far as the application on public procurement is concerned. It is obvious that a de minimis threshold could be needed in relation to public procurement. In connection with, e.g., a procurement at the value of Euro 10,000.00, a contracting entity might otherwise be obliged to initiate a competitive procedure resulting in a level of cost which could easily exceed the value of the contract value thus causing a disproportionate administrative burden as a result of the procurement. Unfortunately, there have not been any signs of such a de minimis threshold until recently. In case C-231/03, Coname,34 the Court of Justice found: ”With regard to the case in the main proceedings, it is not apparent from the file that, because of special circumstances, such as a very modest economic interest at stake, it could reasonably be maintained that an undertaking located in a Member State other than that of the Comune di Cingia de’ Botti would have no interest in the concession at issue and that the effects on the fundamental freedoms concerned should therefore be regarded as too uncertain and indirect to warrant the conclusion that they may have been infringed.”35 In its interpretative communication on public procurement outside the scope of the 37 Public Sector Directive, the Commission refers to Coname’s reservation about applying the Treaty’s rules in certain situations stating that this assessment must be made involving the circumstances significant for that specific situation, such as the subject-matter of the contract and expected value and the special conditions which are in evidence for the sector in question (for example the size, structure, commercial practice of the market) and the geographical place to execute the contract.36 According to the Commission, it is the contracting entity itself which has to assess whether there is a European interest in the specific procurement. 32 See C-324/98, Telaustria, paragraph 60 and 61, C-231/03, Coname, paragraph 17, and C-119/06, the Commission v Italy, paragraphs 63 et seq. 33 See, however, Articles 346 and 347 of the TFEU and art. 15 of the Public Sector Directive (see comment on this in Part I). 34 The case concerned a service concession which was excluded from the previous services directive. 35 Paragraph 20. 36 Interpretative communication on award of public contracts outside the scope of the public procurement directive, section 1.3. Michael Steinicke 17 0. Introduction The Commission furthermore states that if the contracting entity concludes that the contract in question is important for the internal market, it must award it in accordance with the basic norms derived from community law. 38 Another question of significant relevance for the application of the rules on free movement is whether a contract is awarded to another unit or whether it is just an internal organization of the execution of the assignment. In case of the last-mentioned situation, corresponding to the extended in-house doctrine, the rules on free movement cannot be used. This is determined in C-458/03, Parking Brixen. With regard to the assessment of when an internal transfer is taking place the assessment will be the same as the one used within the scope of the directive, cf. C-107/98, Teckal. Thus decisive is whether the TFEU’s provisions are applied, whether the contracting entity assigns a task to a unit which it exercises control over just as it exercises control over its own departments and where the unit in question handles the majority of its activities together with the contracting entity.37 With the new procurement directives the issue of in-house awarding of contracts is now explicitly regulated in the provisions (e.g. Directive 2014/24 Article 12). The comprehensive case law of so-called extended inhouse awards (the Teckal-case) and the exception for horizontal agreements (the Hamburg-case law) are still applicable to public contracts outside the scope of the directives (and for the Defense and Security Directive, 2009/81, since this directive does not contain any specific rules on in-house awards). 0.3.2.4.2. The basic principles 39 As mentioned above, the Telaustria case determines that the contracting entities are obliged to observe the TFEU’s basic rules in general and the principle of prohibition of discrimination based on nationality in particular. The same case indicated that this especially implies the obligation to ensure transparency in connection with all contracts concluded (“for any potential tenderer”) and at the same time to ensure transparency in the procedure itself. References are made to the general principles, including the principle of transparency and the principle of prohibition of discrimination based on nationality. Whereas it was clear that these principles apply to procurement outside the scope of the directive, it is less clear regarding the principle of equal treatment. Although the public procurement directives do not apply directly below the threshold values, it must be assumed that the principle of equal treatment to some degree does. This is so because the principle of equal treatment is a general EU (procurement) principle and thus must in general apply to procurement in the Member States even though the contract value is below the threshold value and even though other exceptions from the public procurement directives apply. The EU general principles reflect so important and basic conditions that, in areas regulated by EU law, it would not be correct to dispense with the rules just because you find yourself below a specific economic limit. Although not quite clarified whether the principle of equal treatment in its present shape as reflected in the public procurement directives is applied below the threshold values,38 the contracting body is obliged not to discriminate enterprises in connection with public procurement below the threshold values, cf. C-324/98, Telaustria. The public procurement directives include a range of provisions containing explicit exemptions. This, for example, is the case with regard to Article 15 of the Public Sector C-458/03, Parking Brixen, paragraph 62. Based on the opinion of the Court of Justice in Parking Brixen, paragraph 28, it must be assumed to be the case. 37 38 18 Michael Steinicke 0. Introduction Directive on defence exception and Article 32 on negotiated procedure. While in the latter case the principle of equal treatment is applied it is more doubtful whether the same applies in the former case. The following deals with the most important questions regarding the application of the TFEU’s rules and the (other) general principles reviewed primarily on the basis of the case law of the Court of Justice. Case law has focused very much on transparency. This case law is divided into two groups: the first one concerns the question about disclosure of the procurement process while the other group concerns requirements with regard to the procedure of award as such. The cases before the Court of Justice have primarily belonged to the first category. 0.3.2.4.3. Transparency of the tendering process The principal element of one part of the case law, which, i.a., is evident in Telaustria is 40 the need to ensure transparency about the procurement phase. Even after several decisions from the Court of Justice it is unclear exactly which requirements are necessary in order to establish transparency. Whereas the statements by the Court of Justice statements have been unclear the Commission’s statements have added clarity regarding the contracting entity’s obligations outside the scope of the public procurement directive. 39 Overall, the legal status can be summarized as follows: Basically, identical obligations apply to creating transparency of the procurement irrespective of whether it concerns specific exemptions or contracts that fall below the threshold values. The contracting entity must make preliminary assessments to find out whether the procurement is of interest to economic operators from the other Member States. Based on this assessment, the contracting entity must choose the model appropriate for the specific contract in order to establish transparency. The contracting entity’s specific obligations to create transparency has not yet been determined with certainty, likewise the lower limit for the creation of transparency has not been clearly outlined. The overall spectrum for the TFEU obligations probably covers activities ranging from an obligation to make an EU adequate publication to a duty to contact a number
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"France", "Interviews & Profiles", "Projects", "Health & safety", "Standards", "Olympics", "Rail", "Transportation", "Tunnelling", "Sectors", "Crane & Specialized TransportBIM", "Eiffage", "Tunnelling", "Vinci", "Ferrovial", "Bouygues", "Grand Paris Express construction", "Paris Metro" ]	null	[ "Lucy Barnard" ]	2023-07-03T07:45:00+00:00	Société du Grand Paris boss, Bernard Cathelain, tells KHL’s Lucy Barnard about the engineering challenges behind Europe’s largest transport infrastructure project	en	/Images/Original/20240117-145430-appleicon57x57.png	Construction Briefing	https://www.constructionbriefing.com/news/the-engineering-challenges-of-grand-paris-express-europe-s-largest-transport-infrastructure-project/8028954.article	Worming their way in an enormous figure of eight under the French towns and countryside of the Greater Paris area, dozens of enormous tunnel boring machines have been slowly drilling 200 kilometers of underground passages. The Grand Paris Express is currently Europe’s largest transport infrastructure project and the fourth largest on the planet with an estimated revised cost of €38bn (US$45bn). An ambitious plan to connect the chic city of Paris more cohesively with its airports, science hubs and gritty banlieux by building four new lines, 68 new stations and a 14-kilometer viaduct, the project will not only double the size of the French capital’s existing Métro but also aims to connect the outer parts of the city with each other bypassing the need to travel through the centre. “Grand Paris Express is not only a transport project but a transformation project of the organisation of the Paris metropolis,” says Bernard Cathelain, a board member at the Société du Grand Paris, the public body created to spearhead the construction of the new network. “It is a metro around Paris which is very important because at the moment our transport system is mainly radial, meaning that if you want to go from one part of the city to another you usually have to travel through the centre and change trains. And the second point is that you have huge differences between the east of Paris, which is usually quite poor compared to the west, which has most of the business areas. So, we expect the project to lessen the inequalities between east and west and to recalibrate the metropolis.” Re-shaping Paris Originally launched in 2007 by former president Nicolas Sarkozy but based upon plans to create a bigger and better city which can be traced back to Napoleon III, the concept has been controversial from the very start, criticised for its grandeur and spiralling costs and praised for its emphasis on carbon saving and innovation. Part infrastructure upgrade, part social cohesion project, part carbon reduction strategy, the project itself is an impressive feat of engineering however you look at it. Tunnelling work started in 2018 and the first part of the project – an extension of the existing Métro line 14 – is due to open in 2024 in time for the Paris Olympics, while four completely new lines will come into service between 2025 and 2030. “The size of the project is the first challenge we faced. The scale is completely different to anything we had before in France,” says Cathelain. “Previously in France we had only four TBMs working together throughout all the country. At the height of the works for the Grand Paris Express we had twenty and at the end of the project we will have used thirty. So, we had to find companies which were able to use them to have people working inside these machines.” Although the world record for the most tunnel boring machines operating simultaneously on a single project goes to the Moscow Metro project which used 23 TBMs, the Paris Grand Express still boasts one of the largest fleets ever used, with 18 procured from German manufacturer Herrenknecht and two from Chinese manufacturer China Railway Engineering Equipment Group. At peak times, Doha Metro, constructed between 2014 and 2016, saw 20 TBMs working simultaneously while 19 machines worked together on the first phase of the Delhi Metro between 1998 and 2006. Construction of the Channel Tunnel in the 1990s was undertaken by a fleet of just eleven. Construction packages Despite the length of the completed tunnels, the Société du Grand Paris opted to split construction work on many of the lines into separate construction packages, while the TBM worked on a tunnel section, averaging just 3.5 kilometers each in order to speed up delivery and reduce the amount of time tunnel entrances and access shafts needed to stay open. “One of the specifics of the projects indeed is we had to coordinate this work,” says Cathelain. “We need to have different companies working together and coordinating during works which is quite specific. The Société du Grand Paris has been created for this purpose. It’s our job to do it. We have a lot of meetings. We have schedules. We are moving the schedules and we have people working on it every day to adjust when unexpected things occur. Almost every day we have to make changes, so we have to adapt every day.” One of the ways in which diverse teams have been able to collaborate on the mega project, Cathelain says, has been through its innovative use of BIM technology. The new metro is one of the first large scale infrastructure projects to use BIM from start to finish with six architecture and civil engineering design firms participating on the project. Together the teams produced one vast 3D digital model of the entire network covering 12,000 square kilometers, including the surface, geological strata and over a million buildings in and around the project to enable engineers to provide a clear picture showing how each component will interact with each other. “BIM is very useful because it gives us the possibility to see what the interfaces between different works will be and to organise them,” Cathelain says. “BIM is useful to prepare the coordination during works too but afterwards the coordination is a job for our teams.” For Cathelain, whose distinguished career includes managing large construction and engineering projects at both Paris Airports and French motorway company SANEF, one of the biggest challenges with creating the new metro is the fact that it is so deep below ground, effectively meaning that each of the 68 new Grand Paris Express stations is a highly complex construction project in its own right. In order to avoid large amounts of existing utilities infrastructure, to compensate for the hilly topography of the Greater Paris metropolitan area and to enable tunnelling to take place in the city’s stable chalk beds, engineers have had to dig the new metro on average 30 meters below the city – at least twice as deep as the original network, completed at the turn of the twentieth century which averages just 10-15 meters under the surface (although just a fraction of the depths of the world’s deepest metro networks of Kiev, St Petersburg and Pyongyang). Twice as deep as the original network Since tunnelling started in 2018, work has been progressing on each of the lines and most of the stations simultaneously with tunnelling contracts awarded in packages to consortia comprising many of the biggest names in French and European construction including Eiffage, Bouygues, Vinci, Webuild, Ferrovial and Trevi. “It was in the conception to dig deep but it is quite a challenge,” Cathelain says. “It is a challenge for the conception of the stations because we need to make people go so deep to take the metro. So, then we have to build lifts and mechanical escalators to convey them.” At 52 meters below the surface, Saint Maur – Créteil to the southeast of the city will be both the deepest station on the Grand Paris Express – and the deepest in the whole of France. A consortium led by Eiffage subsidiary Eiffage Génie Civil and Razel-Bec, the civil works division of Fayat Group has been working on the structure which stretches nine storeys below ground level, since 2019. The station is located on Line 15 South just after a point where the tunnel passes under the River Marne and at a point where it sits underneath the water table in saturated rock. Diaphragm walls form a waterproof station box reaching 72m below the surface while supporting piles are driven 80 meters underground. “With the river we have water almost everywhere inside the soil so we have to deal with water underground and it could be a difficulty sometimes because we are digging inside water,” says Cathelain. “At the beginning the station is a sort of box with water around so it is just like a boat. It needs to be anchored strongly enough not to have the boat rising up. If it goes wrong, we have water inside the station. It’s quite unpleasant. We had it once, but we dealt with it of course. We have to be very cautious with this.” In 2021 the consortium completed the excavation work, removing nearly 107,000 cubic meters of rubble from the site before pouring 3,900 cubic meters of concrete to form the base. Rubble trouble Cathelain says that one of the biggest problems with digging 200 kilometers of tunnels and 68 multi-storey buildings underneath one of the biggest cities in Western Europe is what to do with all of the earth and rock the project has displaced – 47 million tonnes to be precise. “We have 47 million tonnes of spoils to deal with and of course, to deal with them or to re-use them each time is quite a big challenge,” Cathelain says. “Each time we need to find the place where the spoils could be sent. We are usually inside one of the most urban parts of the city, so this is not really easy.” To overcome this, Cathelain says, the Société du Grand Paris launched a competition for community groups and other organisations to come up with innovative uses for the material to meet its aim of re-using 70% of the spoils in local projects. So far, he says the plan has been extremely popular, providing ballast for community projects including new disabled accesses, community spaces and gardens. Moreover, to keep tabs on what was in the excavated material and where it was used, a sample of each spoil is sent to an independent laboratory for analysis before the spoil is then transported to an appropriate recovery and processing plant. The results are then logged on a specially developed software programme, logging information about each soil sample site and its processing centres. And reusing the spoils is just one of the ways in which Cathelain says that the Société du Grand Paris is attempting to incorporate innovation into as many elements of the project as possible. In a post-pandemic world with working patterns in flux, passenger numbers falling across many city transport systems and where rapidly evolving technology such as ride hailing apps are already changing urban commuting pattens, he says that the Société is attempting to use innovation as a way of future proofing the network. A duty to innovate “Because this is a huge project, we thought that it was our duty to innovate. It is a fantastic opportunity to try new things and to improve the way you do such a project in future,” Cathelain says. “The second reason is that this project is made in quite a short time. We decided on this project in 2010 and it will be under operation for all the lines in 2030 so just 20 years. It is quite a short timeframe for such a project. But it is also quite a long time to decide from the beginning what will be the expectation of the people using it in the future. So, we thought it was necessary to innovate in order to be up to date when the project will be under operation and to be able to adapt during the 100 years when this project will be under operation.” As a result, the Société du Grand Paris made a bold decision both to create a budget specifically for innovation within the project and to include innovation as one of the categories through which it evaluates commercial tenders, carrying a weighting in some cases of up to 8%. In some cases, the Société also agrees to share any cost savings with the proposer. Innovations which have been included as a direct consequence of this strategy include anything from the use of low carbon concrete and steel fibre reinforced concrete to the introduction of a mobile phone app alerting residents in a certain area when specific works were about to start and designing natural ways to regulate the temperature of the network. Low carbon concrete is one area where the Société du Grand Paris really hopes to capitalise on its investment into innovation. The Société has commissioned research from the Institute Mines-Télécom in Douai, northern France, to investigate methods of flash calcination, where excavated rubble from the project is rapidly cooked and used to replace the carbon-heavy clinker, the main constituent of traditional cement. The IMT team tested different materials comprising the spoils excavated from line 18 including millstone clay, Beauchamp sand, coarse limestone and backfill to determine the best ingredients for its low carbon cement, eventually selecting millstone clay as the best fit. It then worked on flash calcining the clay and mixing it with several types of concrete to find the best formulation for construction. The team concluded that it was possible to create concrete containing 40% fewer CO2 emissions using soil from the Grand Paris Express site and blast furnace slag. Another team is also currently working on a project to produce low carbon prefabricated concrete elements incorporating 10% Beauchamp sand excavated from construction sites on line 16. “We decided to pay for the low carbon concrete experiments because we think this is very important,” says Cathelain. “It’s not huge amounts of money but if it is efficient, it will be used in other projects and it could be interesting for the cost of the project later.” The use of steel fibre reinforced concrete in the project is another innovation in which Cathelain takes great pride. The material, which replaces the metal bars inside reinforced concrete with steel fibres, thus reducing the total amount of steel, is widely used around the world but was difficult to get permission to use in France. And yet Cathelain says his biggest challenge with the entire construction of the project has not been with any of the innovations or designs of this massive project but rather with ensuring that all contractors working on the project continue to follow strict health and safety rules. Since construction work started on the mega project in 2018, five workers have been fatally injured in a series of accidents across the network. The most recent, which occurred on April 6, 2023, was the death of 21-year-old Malian Seydou Fofana who was crushed by a concrete block on the future line 17 near Val d’Oise. The deaths prompted the Société du Grand Paris to suspend work on all of its 140 active sites on May 10 in order to hold extra safety training with all employees and to embed a culture of safety. Changing the culture to ensure worker safety “Our main concern today is the security of people working on the project,” he says. “Safety is not taken enough into account every day on the works. We have to change the mentality of people. We have to change the culture.” “What we have started to do is to go directly to the workers and to repeat every day that safety is important and to make them think about safety in every gesture that we are doing in the works,” Cathelain says. “Our big concern is not the schedule or the cost, our biggest concern is the safety of people and the fact that people who are working on this project are going back home safe in the evening.”
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tunnel through the Swiss Alps The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT; German: Gotthard-Basistunnel, Italian: Galleria di base del San Gottardo, Romansh: Tunnel da basa dal Sogn Gottard) is a railway tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland. It opened in June 2016 and full service began the following December.[9][10] With a route length of 57.09 km (35.5 mi),[5] it is the world's longest railway and deepest traffic tunnel[11][12][13][note 1] and the first flat, low-level route through the Alps.[14] It lies at the heart of the Gotthard axis and constitutes the third tunnel connecting the cantons of Uri and Ticino, after the Gotthard Tunnel and the Gotthard Road Tunnel. The GBT consists of a large complex with, at its core, two single-track tunnels connecting Erstfeld (Uri) with Bodio (Ticino) and passing below Sedrun (Grisons). It is part of the New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA) project, which also includes the Ceneri Base Tunnel further south (opened on 3 September 2020) and the Lötschberg Base Tunnel on the other main north–south axis. It is referred to as a "base tunnel" since it bypasses most of the existing vertex line, the Gotthard railway line, a winding mountain route opened in 1882 across the Saint-Gotthard Massif, which was operating at its capacity before the opening of the GBT. The new base tunnel establishes a direct route usable by high-speed rail and heavy freight trains.[15] The main purpose of the Gotthard Base Tunnel is to increase local transport capacity through the Alpine barrier, especially for freight on the Rotterdam–Basel–Genoa corridor, and more specifically to shift freight volumes from trucks to freight trains. This both significantly reduces the danger of fatal road crashes involving trucks, and reduces the environmental damage caused by heavy trucks. The tunnel also provides a faster connection between the canton of Ticino and the rest of Switzerland, as well as between northern and southern Europe, cutting the Basel/Zürich–Lugano–Milan journey time for passenger trains by one hour (and from Lucerne to Bellinzona by 45 minutes).[16] After 64 percent of Swiss voters accepted the NRLA project in a 1992 referendum, the first preparatory and exploratory work began in 1996. Construction began in November 1999 at Amsteg.[17] Drilling operations were completed in March 2011. The final cost is projected as CHF 9.560 billion.[18] Description [edit] The Gotthard Base Tunnel, with a length of 57.09 km (35.5 mi) and a total of 151.84 km (94.3 mi) of tunnels, shafts and passages, is the longest railway tunnel in the world,[note 2] with a geodetic distance of 55.782 km (34.7 mi) between the two portals.[5][12] It is also the first flat route through the Alps or any other major mountain range, with a maximum elevation of 549 m (1,801 ft) above sea level,[5] corresponding to that of Bern. It is the deepest railway tunnel in the world, with a maximum depth of 2,450 m (8,040 ft),[5] comparable to that of the deepest mines on Earth. Without ventilation, the temperature inside the mountain reaches 46 °C (115 °F).[5] Like the two other tunnels passing below the Gotthard, the Gotthard Base Tunnel connects two Alpine valleys across the Saint-Gotthard Massif: the Urner Reusstal in the canton of Uri, in which flows the river Reuss, and the Valle Leventina, the largest valley in the canton of Ticino, in which the river Ticino flows. Unlike most other tunnels, the Gotthard Base Tunnel passes under several distinct mountain massifs, two of them being major subranges of the Alps, the Glarus Alps and the Saint-Gotthard Massif, with the valley of the Anterior Rhine, the Surselva in the canton of Graubünden, between them. The tunnel passes under these two ranges more than 2,000 m (6,562 ft) below the Chrüzlistock (2,709 m or 8,888 ft) and the Piz Vatgira (2,983 m or 9,787 ft, near the Lukmanier Pass). While the cantons of Uri and Ticino are part of the German- and Italian-speaking areas of Switzerland respectively, the Surselva is mainly Romansh-speaking. The Alps strongly influence the European climate – and that of Switzerland in particular – and there can be substantially different weather conditions at each end of the GBT, described by the Ticinese architect Mario Botta: "The light changes at the Gotthard: that of the Mediterranean Sea is not the same as that of the continent, that of the central lands, that of Europe far away from the sea."[19] On average, the temperature is about 3 °C (5 °F) higher on the south side than the north side, but on some days, temperature differences are well over 10 °C (18 °F).[note 3] The north portal lies in the north of the municipality of Erstfeld at an elevation of 460 m (1,510 ft), east of the Reuss. There, the tunnel penetrates the western slopes of the Bälmeten and Chli Windgällen (although only marginally) before passing below the valley of the Chärstelenbach, a creek in the Maderanertal. From there, the tunnel runs parallel to the small valley of Etzli, below the Witenalpstock. The main crest of the Glarus Alps, which is the watershed between the Reuss and the Anterior Rhine, is crossed below the Chrüzlistock, the crest having an elevation of about 2,700 m (8,900 ft) at this point. From the crest and border, the tunnel runs parallel to the small valley of the river Strem (Val Strem) before passing below Sedrun and the Anterior Rhine. From the bottom of the valley, the tunnel proceeds towards the valley of the Rein da Nalps (Val Nalps) and passes east of Lai da Nalps, before crossing the Gannaretsch range below the western summit of Piz Vatgira (2,981 m (9,780 ft)). This is the deepest point of the tunnel, with a rock layer of 2,450 m (8,040 ft) above it. The tunnel then passes below the valley of the Rein da Medel (Val Medel) and west of Lai da Sontga Maria. After a few kilometres the tunnel crosses the watershed between the Anterior Rhine and the Ticino, just north of Pizzo dell'Uomo (2,525 m (8,284 ft)). This point corresponds to the main chain of the Alps, and is the main drainage divide between the Rhine and the Po. For a few kilometres, the tunnel passes below two western tributaries of the Brenno in the Valle Santa Maria before crossing the last range, west of the Passo Predèlp (about 2,500 m (8,200 ft)) and east of Faido. It then follows the eastern slopes of the large Valle Leventina, the valley of the Ticino, for about 18 km (11 mi) to the south portal at Bodio, at an elevation of 312 m (1,024 ft), just 3 km (1.9 mi) before Biasca, where the Brenno converges with the Ticino.[note 4] The closest railway stations to the portals are Altdorf and Biasca. The first regularly served railway stations on the base line (as of 2016/17) are those of Arth-Goldau (Schwyz), a railway node with links to Lucerne and Zürich, and Bellinzona (the "Gate of Ticino"), with links to Locarno, Luino and Lugano (via the Monte Ceneri Rail Tunnel). The journey from Arth-Goldau to Bellinzona takes not more than an hour. The station of Altdorf is planned to be served by 2021. There also have been talks of using that of Biasca. The travel between Altdorf and Biasca would last less than 25 minutes. History [edit] Background [edit] See also: Gotthard Pass and Gotthard Railway Since the 13th century, the 2,106 m-high (6,909 ft) Gotthard Pass has been an important trade route from northern to southern Europe. Control of its access routes led to the birth of the Swiss Confederacy. The Gotthard Pass is located halfway between Lake Lucerne and Lake Maggiore. It is the shortest link between the navigable Rhine and the Po. Before modern transport, the traverse of the pass took days, and snow makes it a challenge in winter.[20] Quite late, compared to other current top-importance routes through the Alps (e.g. Simplon, San Bernardino, Brenner, Mont Cenis), namely in 1830, the first Saint-Gotthard Pass road was established after centuries-long usage of a bridle path. From 1842 onwards, a daily course by the Gotthard Post, a stagecoach drawn by five horses with ten seats, still took about 23 hours from Como to Flüelen. It would last until 1921. Historic routes on the Gotthard In 1882, with the inauguration of the Gotthard Railway Tunnel, the travel time between Altdorf and Biasca was reduced dramatically to only hours, though often accompanied with overnight stays in large Fin de siècle-hotels, for example in Biasca. In those days, it was still an adventure and it was only affordable to the rich. Electrification of the railway line in 1922 significantly reduced travel time again. Refilling water boilers of steam locomotives was no longer necessary. There were also the technical advantages of electrical engines and future technical improvements. From 1924, car transport on trains through the railway tunnel began. The road between Göschenen and Airolo over the summit of the pass, comporting notably the Schöllenen ravine and the Tremola, had countless hairpin turns and serpentine curves, dropping 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in altitude. It posed a huge challenge for automobiles of those days. From 1953 onwards, the pass road was sequentially improved and expanded at several sections along the Gotthard route, finally ending in 1977 with the opening of an expressway fully circumventing the Tremola. In winter, however, due to the snow, cars could only cross the Gotthard on the train. Transit time was further dramatically reduced with the opening of the Gotthard Road Tunnel and the finalization of the northern part of A2 motorway through the Urner Reusstal (in close proximity to the railway), with many additional tunnels (then leading from Basel to the Gotthard Road Tunnel), in 1980. With the completion in 1986 of the A2 motorway in the Valle Leventina, the main valley leading from Airolo down to Bellinzona, and the surmounting of the Monte Ceneri between Bellinzona and Lugano in 1983, finally a continuous motorway was established from the northern border of Switzerland in Basel to the southern border in Chiasso, or the shortest motorway route from North-German Hamburg as far as South-Italian Sicily, bringing down the competitiveness of the railway line.[21] Passenger speed was also increased on the railway line with the use of tilting trains, notably the ICN, although maximum speed remaining far lower than on a modern straight high-speed line. Both modern motorway and historic railway rely on heavy rockfall and avalanche protection equipments and are exposed to harsh weather condition in winter. After the opening of the auto tunnel, in 1980, traffic increased more than tenfold. The existing tunnel was at its capacity by 2013.[22] A second tunnel will be built next to the first, following a national referendum.[23][24] Construction started in 2021 and is scheduled to finish in 2027. As early as 1947, engineer Eduard Gruner imagined a two-story base tunnel from Amsteg to Biasca, both rail and road, with a stop at Sedrun, to provide a faster and flatter passage through the Swiss Alps. Similarly to Gruner's idea, the GBT cuts through the Gotthard Massif some 600 m (2,000 ft) below the older tunnel. On the historic track only the Gotthard Railway trains up to 1,300 t (2.9×10^6 lb)[25] when using two locomotives or up to 1,500 t (3.3×10^6 lb) with an additional bank engine at the end of the train are able to pass through the narrow mountain valleys and through spiral tunnels climbing up to the portals of the old tunnel at a height of 1,151 m (3,776 ft) above sea level. Since the GBT is in full service, standard freight trains of up to 3,600 t (7.9×10^6 lb) are able to pass this natural barrier. Because of ever-increasing international truck traffic, Swiss voters chose a shift in transportation policy in September 1992 by accepting the NRLA proposal. A second law, the Alpine Protection Act of February 1994,[26] requires a shift of as much tonnage as possible from truck transport to train transport. The goal of both the laws is to transport trucks, trailers and freight containers through Switzerland, from Basel to Chiasso, and beyond by rail to relieve the overused roads, and that of the Gotthard in particular, by using intermodal freight transport and rolling highways (where the entire truck is transported). The GBT substantially contributes to the requirements of both laws and enables a direct flat route from the ports of the North Sea (notably Rotterdam) to those of the Mediterranean Sea (notably Genoa), via the Rhine corridor. Although the technical maximum speed is 250 km/h (155 mph) through the GBT, the maximal authorized speed has been reduced to 230 km/h (145 mph) for ecological and economical reasons, while the operating speed of passenger trains is restricted to 200 km/h (125 mph) in order to accommodate the freight traffic, with the possibility to accelerate up to 230 km/h (145 mph) in case of delay.[6][7][8] At opening the GBT reduced travel times for trans-Alpine train journeys by about 40 minutes, and by one hour when the adjacent Zimmerberg and Ceneri Base Tunnels were completed. This is viewed as a revolution, especially in the isolated region of Ticino, which is separated from the rest of the country by the Alps and the Gotthard. The two stations of Bellinzona and Lugano (respectively named "Gate of Ticino" and "Terrace of Ticino") were entirely renovated for the opening of the GBT, among other improvements.[citation needed] As of 2016, the Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the world. It is the third Swiss tunnel to bear this title, after the Gotthard Tunnel (15 km or 9.3 mi, 1882) and the Simplon Tunnel (19.8 km or 12.3 mi, 1905).[27] It is the third tunnel built under the Gotthard, after the Gotthard Tunnel and the Gotthard Road Tunnel. Construction [edit] 2004–2011 tunnel excavation[28][29] Year Month Total excavated (kilometres) (miles) Of planned (%) 2004 July 52.34 32.52 34.1 2005 June 74.59 46.35 48.6 2006 June 94.10 58.47 61.3 2007 June 103.67 64.42 67.6 2008 March 108.02 67.12 70.4 April 109.00 67.73 71.0 July 113.20 70.34 73.8 August 115.20 71.58 75.1 October 118.40 73.57 77.2 2009 January 124.00 77.05 81.6 March 127.30 79.10 83.9 May 131.00 81.40 86.3 June 133.00 82.64 87.6 July 134.80 83.76 87.9 August 136.60 84.88 90.0 September 137.30 85.31 90.4 October 138.60 86.12 91.3 November 140.00 86.99 92.2 December 141.38 87.85 93.0 2010 January 141.82 88.12 93.4 February 142.48 88.53 93.8 March 143.80 89.35 94.7 April 144.80 89.97 95.4 May 145.40 90.35 95.8 June 146.10 90.78 96.2 July 146.60 91.09 96.6 August 147.33 91.55 97.0 September 147.98 91.95 97.5 October 149.10 92.65 98.2 November 149.90 93.14 98.7 December 150.40 93.45 99.0 2011 January 150.49 93.51 99.1 February 150.77 93.68 99.3 March 151.26 93.99 99.6 April 151.70 94.26 99.91 May 151.75 94.29 99.94 June 151.82 94.34 99.99 July 151.82 94.34 100[30] AlpTransit Gotthard AG was responsible for construction. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS). To cut construction time in half, four access tunnels were built so that construction could start at four different sites simultaneously: Erstfeld, Amsteg, Sedrun, and Faido. A fifth at Bodio was added later. The two tunnels are joined approximately every 325 m (1,066 ft) by connecting galleries. Trains can move between the tunnels in the two multifunction stations at Sedrun and Faido. These stations house ventilation equipment and technical infrastructure and serve as emergency stops and evacuation routes.[15] Access to the Sedrun station site is by a level access tunnel 1 km (0.6 mi) long from the valley floor near Sedrun. At the end of the access tunnel, two vertical shafts lead 800 m (2,625 ft) down to the base tunnel level. A proposal to construct a functioning railway station, called Porta Alpina (from Romansh, "Alpine Gate"), at this site was evaluated, but the project was put on hold in 2007 and definitively cancelled by the federal authorities in 2012 as uneconomical.[31] The final breakthrough in the east tube occurred on 15 October 2010 at 14:17 +02:00.[32] The final breakthrough in the west tube occurred on 23 March 2011 at 12:20.[33][34] On 30 August 2013, the tunnel was entirely traversed for the first time from Bodio to Erstfeld in six hours, by diesel train, buses and by foot.[35] On 16 December 2013, the operational test phase started on a 13-kilometre (8.1 mi) stretch in the southern section of the west tube between Faido and Bodio. Its purpose was to test the infrastructure and any ancillary systems.[36] On 31 October 2014, the railway track installation was completed. A gold sleeper on the very last part of the track was installed during the event to mark this milestone of progress.[37][38] On 1 October 2015, following permission by the Federal Office of Transport, the first tests on the entire length of the GBT were performed, with steadily increasing speed. On 8 November, a train reached the top speed of 275 km/h (171 mph).[39] Allocation of work [edit] The contracts were awarded in sections: Erstfeld (the 7.7 km (4.8 mi) section from Erstfeld to Amsteg), with two tunnel boring machines (TBM) boring the two tubes. The break-through of the east tube between Erstfeld and Amsteg took place on 15 June 2009. The portal area was surface-mined. Amsteg (the 11.3 km (7.0 mi) section from Amsteg to north of Sedrun), ARGE AGN (Strabag and Züblin Murer) received the contract for work in this sector.[40] On 9 December 2009, the Amsteg section was officially delivered to the owner for fitting-out,[41] with civil engineering, construction, concrete and lining work completed in early 2010.[42] Sedrun (the 8.6 km (5.3 mi) East tube and 8.7 km (5.4 mi) West tube in the section immediately north and south of Sedrun), along with work performed by Transco (Bilfinger SE, Implenia, Frutiger and Impresa Pizzarotti).[43][44] The final breakthrough in the west tube occurred in March 2011.[45] The northbound tubes from Amsteg to the Sedrun multifunction station (north) were handed over to the railway systems contractor Transtec Gotthard on 15 September 2011, the date specified in the construction schedule.[46] Faido (13.4 km (8.3 mi) East tube and 13.6 km (8.5 mi) West tube in the section from south of Sedrun to Faido), with Consorzio TAT (Alpine Mayreder Bau, CSC Impresa costruzioni, Hochtief and Implenia and Impregilo).[47] Bodio (15.9 km (9.9 mi) East tube and 15.6 km (9.7 mi) West tube in the section from Faido to Bodio), with work performed by Consorzio TAT (Alpine Mayreder Bau, CSC Impresa costruzioni, Hochtief, Implenia and Impregilo).[47] Civil engineering construction, concrete and lining works were completed in early 2010.[42] Deaths during construction [edit] Nine workers died during construction; one in the Amsteg section, two in the Sedrun section, and three each in the southernmost Faido and Bodio sections.[48] Date Nationality Details 8 June 2000 German Hit by a boring bar that fell 700 m (2,300 ft).[49] 12 March 2002 South African Buried by excavation material.[50] 3 April 2003 German Hit by a rock.[51] 11 September 2003 Austrian Crushed by a toppling cable drum.[52][53] 21 January 2005 Italian (1) Italian (1) Hit in a mine train collision.[54][55] 23 November 2006 German Crushed by a mine train.[56] 24 June 2010 German Catapulted from an inspection train.[57] 16 July 2012 Italian Fell from a scaffold.[58] Inauguration and commissioning [edit] In 2016, several events, including festivities and special exhibitions, were held around the Gotthard, culminating in the inaugurations in early June, dubbed Gottardo 2016. Public institutions joined the celebrations: Swiss Post issued a special stamp commemorating the Gotthard Base Tunnel,[59][60] and Swissmint issued gold and silver coins dedicated to the opening. On 31 May 2016, a day before the inauguration, the nine people who died during construction were commemorated in a ceremony at the north portal in Erstfeld that was led by a Catholic vicar general, a vicar of the Evangelical-Reformed Church of Uri, a Jewish rabbi, and a Muslim imam. A bronze memorial plaque with their names — four coming from Germany, three from Italy, and one from each of South Africa and Austria – was unveiled by AlpTransit Gotthard AG CEO Renzo Simoni.[48] A Catholic shrine to Saint Barbara, the patron of miners, stands inside the tunnel as a memorial.[61] The tunnel was officially inaugurated on 1 June 2016.[61] At the northern entrance in Erstfeld, President of the Confederation Johann Schneider-Ammann spoke of a "giant step for Switzerland but equally for our neighbours and the rest of the continent", while a live relay carried a speech given by Transport Minister Doris Leuthard at the southern entrance in Bodio. The first journey carried hundreds of Swiss citizens who had won tickets in a draw, while the assembled guests in Erstfeld, including the Federal Council in corpore, heads of state and government from neighbouring countries and transport ministers from European countries, attended the opening show Sacre del Gottardo by Volker Hesse featuring 600 dancers, acrobats, singers and musicians celebrating Alpine culture and myths around the Gotthard.[61] On the following weekend, popular festivities and special exhibitions, attended by more than 100,000 visitors, were held. From 2 August to 27 November 2016, the Swiss Federal Railways ran a special train service through the tunnel called "Gottardino" which was open to the public. It was a once-daily service from Flüelen railway station to Biasca railway station and in reverse. The trains made a stop inside the tunnel, to allow passengers to visit an exhibition inside the underground multifunction station in Sedrun which would normally be used in emergency only.[62] Regular services [edit] Problems playing this file? See media help. During 2016, the GBT was tested extensively[63][64] before its integration into the regular schedule on 11 December.[65] On 5 December, the Swiss Federal Railways were granted permission from the Federal Transport Office to use the new base line. While the base tunnel is used for InterCity trains (ICN) and EuroCity trains (EC), the vertex line remains in use for regional trains.[63] Since 2019, the Gotthard axis is served by the Stadler EC250 (Giruno) high-speed train and future flagship of the SBB fleet. From the Amsteg portal, guided tours are organised inside the Gotthard Base Tunnel complex. A window allows visitors to watch the trains running in the tunnel. 2023 derailment and closure [edit] On 10 August 2023, a freight train derailed while traveling through the tunnel, causing extensive damage to the tunnel infrastructure.[66] The incident occurred near the multi-functional station of Faido, in the canton of Ticino. No one was injured, and no hazardous materials were released. The derailment caused significant damage to the tunnel, prompting its closure to both passenger and freight traffic. The incident led to the derailment of around 30 wagons, and the train damaged the concrete sleepers for approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) before coming to a stop. As of the end of 2023, the tunnel operates with a single tube, giving priority to freight trains. Most passenger trains are rerouted through the mountain route and the old Gotthard Tunnel.[67] The complete reopening of the base tunnel is expected on 2 September 2024.[68] Politics [edit] The realization of the GBT, as the centrepiece of the NRLA, is also a prototypical example of direct democracy in Switzerland. In order to accomplish this mega-project the political institutions also had to overcome many parliamentary sessions and several major popular votes, including the following:[69] 27 September 1992, NRLA proposal (mandatory referendum): The final proposal by the Federal Council was accepted by 63.6% yes votes (declined by 1+2/2 cantons, turnout 45.9%)[70][71] 20 February 1994, Alps Initiative (federal popular initiative): Initiated by a few private people with the goal to protect the Alpine environment from the negative impact of traffic was accepted[72] by 51.9% yes votes (declined by 7 cantons, turnout 41%).[73][74] The initiative was accepted despite the recommendation by the Federal Council from 12 February 1992 to decline the initiative without any counterproposal,[74][75] and despite the parliamentary recommendation (both chambers) from 18 June 1993 to decline the initiative.[74][76] 29 November 1998, Public Transport Funding (mandatory referendum): A total budget of CHF 30 billion for several public transport projects was accepted by 63.5% yes votes (declined by 1+3/2 cantons, turnout 38.3%); "the NRLA is to receive CHF 13.6 billion"[77][78] 21 May 2000, Bilateral EU Agreements / 40-tonne Trucks / Heavy Traffic Fee (optional referendum): As part of a whole package of several bilateral agreements with the EU the Swiss also accepted by 67.2% yes votes (declined by 2 cantons, turnout 48.3%) the shift of an upper limit for trucks from 28 tonnes (62 thousand pounds) to 40 tonnes (88 thousand pounds), but at the same time the EU agreed to a new heavy-traffic fee, which would also be used to finance the NRLA[79][80] 17 December 2003, Ceneri Base Tunnel (parliamentary session): The controversial funding of the Ceneri Base Tunnel was finally passed by parliamentary approval only; the possibility for an optional referendum was not raised by any political groups, nor by the public. The then-in-charge transport minister, Federal Councilor Moritz Leuenberger, was quoted as saying "This is the only way to make the railway [the Gotthard axis] a flat line between Basel and Chiasso."[81] Figures [edit] Diameter of each of the single-track tubes: 8.83–9.58 m (29.0–31.4 ft)[5] Distance between cross passage tubes: ca. 325 m (1,066 ft)[5] Numbers of cross passage tubes: 178[5][7] Maximum rock overlay: 2,450 m (8,040 ft) (at Piz Vatgira)[5] Start of construction: 1993 (sounding drills), 1996 (preparations), 4 November 1999 (official start, first blasting), 2003 (mechanical excavation) Breakthrough: 15 October 2010 (Eastern tube), 23 March 2011 (Western tube)[5] Commissioning: May 2016 Inauguration/opening: 1 June 2016 Start of daily passenger service: 11 December 2016 (see public transport timetable#Switzerland)[82] Total cost: CHF 9.560 billion[18] (as of December 2015 ) Travel time: Passenger trains – 20 minutes[7] Amount of excavated rock: 28,200,000 t (31,100,000 short tons; 27,800,000 long tons),[5][83] 13,300,000 m3 or 17,400,000 cu yd, the equivalent of 5 Giza pyramids Number of tunnel boring machines (TBM): Four Herrenknecht Gripper TBMs. Machine numbers S-210 and S-211 operated northbound from Bodio to Faido and Sedrun and were nicknamed Sissi and Heidi respectively; Machines S-229 and S-230 operated southbound from Erstfeld to Sedrun and were known as Gabi I and Gabi II. Total length: 440 m (1,440 ft) (including back-up equipment) Total weight: 3,000 t (3,300 short tons; 3,000 long tons) Power: 5 MW Max. excavation daily: 25–30 m (82–98 ft) (in excellent rock conditions) Total excavation length by TBM: about 45 km (28 mi) (for each tube) Manufacturer: Herrenknecht, Schwanau, Germany Integration of the portals into the landscape The new 4-kilometre-long (2.5 mi) open-air section from Rynächt to the north portal Start of the new 7-kilometre-long (4.3 mi) open-air section from Giustizia to the south portal The Pollegio Control Centre (near the south portal) with one of the four used TBM cutter heads on display Operation [edit] Reduced travel times [edit] Reduced travel times by passenger trains Shortest journey time by train Time saved vertex route through GBT 2006 2016 2022 Milano – Zürich 4:26 (EC) / 3:41 (CIS)[84] 4:03 (EC)[85] 3:17 (EC)[86] 1:09 / :24 / :46 Lugano – Zürich 2:56 (EC/IC) / 2:42 (CIS)[84] 2:41 (ICN)[85] 1:53 (IC2/IC21)[86] 1:03 / :49 / :48 Safety [edit] The safety requirements on the rolling stock are similar to those of other long Swiss tunnels, including the ability for the emergency brake to be overridden. Incidents [edit] On 10 August 2023, a freight train heading north derailed inside the tunnel causing it to be shut. Trains scheduled to use the tunnel were either cancelled or redirected via the "panorama route" which added around one to two hours to journeys, and reduced passenger capacity by around two thirds. According to an SBB press conference, around 8km of tracks, 20,000 concrete sleepers and a lane change gate in the tunnel were severely damaged. The gate is needed to separate the two tunnel tubes which is why the second tunnel could not initially be used to run trains.[87][88] When the incident first happened, authorities stated the tunnel would be shut for at least 6 days but later announced that passenger trains would not be able to use the tunnel for several months. Freight trains have been allowed to use the east tunnel from 23 August due to a temporary maintenance gate replacing the damaged one.[89][87] Experts from the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSB) were dispatched to the site to preserve and document evidence of the crash. Investigators found fragments of a wheel and signs of derailment several kilometers before the crash site. At the Faido station, they discovered a pile of derailed wagons. The STSB's mission is to determine the causes of accidents to ensure or improve safety, rather than to assign guilt or responsibility.[90] The STSB believes that the derailment was likely caused by a broken wheel tread inside the tunnel. All fragments of the wheel were found, consisting of several large pieces.[90] The cause of the breakage has not yet been determined. External influence or fatigue fracture are possible explanations. The wheel fragments will be subjected to metallurgical analysis to determine the cause. Despite the broken wheel, the wagon was dragged by the train for several kilometers. At the switching point of the multi-functional station, where trains can switch between the two tubes of the tunnel, the wagon derailed, pulling more than 20 following wagons off the tracks.[90] Repair work on the tunnel is expected to be extensive. Initially projected to last until the end of 2023, in November 2023 it was announced that the extensive repairs would not be complete before September 2024, and the tunnel will operate in reduced capacity until at least that date.[91] This is due to repairs requiring a complete replacement of seven kilometers of railways, including 20,000 sleeper blocks and their concrete foundations, a damaged lane-change gate, two high-speed switches and many other safety and operationally relevant parts.[92] Repairs are expected to cost between 100 and 130 million Swiss Francs. In the meantime, trains have been rerouted over the panorama route. Since the alternate route is unable to accommodate bi-level equipment, passenger capacity has been reduced by around two thirds. The undamaged east tube of the tunnel is set to resume freight traffic from 23 August 2023, while passenger trains will remain rerouted.[93] As of 16 August, the Swiss Federal Railways are evaluating, in conjunction with the Federal Office of Transport, the possibility of operating some passenger trains on a single track in the east tube, similar to the planned freight traffic. In case of emergency, passengers would be evacuated through the other tunnel tube. However, this option is still under consideration.[94] It is expected that on 10 December, coinciding with the yearly timetable changes, freight capacity within the tunnel will be increased for freight vehicles during the week, and for passenger vehicles during weekends.[95] Traffic [edit] Since the opening date on 1 June 2016, between 130 and 160 trains on an average working day operated through the Gotthard Base Tunnel, which in March 2019 marked the 100,000th transit. Around two-thirds of the passages were freight trains and the remaining quota were passenger trains, both national and international.[96] Projections [edit] The number of projected trains per day was 180–260 freight trains and 50 (65 from 2020) passenger trains.[7] Passengers [edit] After the opening of the tunnel there was an increase in passengers crossing the trans-alpine line, with 2.3 million passengers in the first 8 months, an increase of 30% over the previous year.[97] In August 2017, an average of 10,400 people crossed the tunnel daily. Train services from Italy to Switzerland through the line are expected to become faster from 2020,[needs update] with the opening of the Ceneri Base Tunnel, with an expected further increase in passenger numbers.[98] There are plans for a train service between Zürich and Milan with a journey time of 2:45 hours, down from 3:50 hours.[97] Freight [edit] 67,000 tonnes (150 million pounds) on 120 trains passed through the tunnel each day during the first half year of operation.[99] See also [edit] Brenner Base Tunnel – Railway under construction through the Alps Mont d'Ambin Base Tunnel, a planned base tunnel that will be slightly longer than the GBT. Rail transport in Switzerland High-speed rail in Switzerland List of tunnels in Switzerland List of tunnels in the Alps List of tunnels by country List of transport megaprojects Notes [edit] References [edit] Official website Gotthard Tunnel Experience, Uri Tourism Gottardo 2016, official inauguration website SRF Gotthard – Die Eröffnung, official coverage and background information by SRF Swiss Radio and Television (in German) RTS Gothard – L'inauguration du tunnel, official coverage and background information by RTS Radio Télévision Suisse (in French) Alptransit Gotthard AG official website[permanent dead link] Gotthard Base Tunnel at Structurae AGN Erstfeld Amsteg Constructors Web Site (many photos and designs) Faido Bodio Constructors Web Site (many photos and designs) Publications by and about Gotthard Base Tunnel in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library Videos Aerial views of the works (by AlpTransit AG): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Journey through the GBT (SRF DOK) Flight over the GBT (SRF DOK) 17 years of construction (NRLA) Corporate videos: AlpTransit Gotthard AG (main contractor), Herrenknecht (TBM), ABB (ventilation), Thales (railway signalling), Transtec Gotthard (railway technology) Routes Gotthard-Basistunnel (6283450)