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Engineering results this week will likely determine if the city's first residential hospice will proceed with or without a basement. Beth Ellis, executive director of the Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice, said construction crews at the site of Bob's House, a new $4.2 million hospice at Stone Church and Upper Wellington, have come across ground rock about 1.5 metres (five feet) below the surface at some spots on the property. They were hoping to dig down at least 2.7 metres (nine feet) before they begin pouring the foundation. Ms. Ellis said the higher then expected ground rock means the project may proceed without a basement if it's determined there is too much rock in the way. She noted blasting or increasing the height of the hospice is not being considered as that would add another $200,000 to the construction cost, something the non-profit organization can't afford.
Having withdrawn from the Bosphorus tunnel bid due to "heavy conditions," Japan's interest in Turkey is once again on the rise. Major companies, including Kajima, Japan's biggest construction company, is focusing on Turkey to bid on construction for the third Bosporus bridge, as well as and electricity distribution for nuclear energy. Sadao Umeda, Japanese-Turkish Economic Council and Kajima president, stated their interest in these fields have increased, and hinted they were also keeping an eye on the communications industry. Concerning bids on third generation mobile phone long awaited in Turkey, Umada suggested they "establish a fully competitive market." Currently in Tokyo, Turkish State Minster Kursad Tuzmen and a delegation of businessmen accompanying him met members of the Japanese-Turkish Economic Council under the umbrella of Keidanre, which is the rival of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen Association (TUSIAD) in Japan.
Ynet has obtained information that the Israeli Solel Boneh International construction company has won a bid to construct a road in the African country of Nigeria. The project is reportedly worth USD 270 million. This contract brings Solel Boneh International's foreign contracts to USD 700 million since the beginning of the year. This project is just another in a line of infrastructure construction projects conducted by Solel Boneh International in Africa. Only .
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