| 01-03-2010 |
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- and has started new water projects in Africa and the Caribbean.
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| 28-01-2010 |
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The Danida Fellowship Centre has contracted NIRAS and Nordeco to jointly
develop and manage a 4-week course in Natural Resources Management for
Sustainable Development. The course will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark
from 21 June to 16 July 2010.
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| 22-01-2010 |
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The DR concert hall has received a design award in the category of “Best new
public building” from design and lifestyle magazine Wallpaper. One of
Wallpaper’s arguments for the award - which officially announces that the
concert hall was the world’s best public building in 2009 - was that the
concert hall is one of French architect Jean Nouvel’s most complex
constructions ever.
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| 20-01-2010 |
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The Danida Fellowship Centre has contracted NIRAS to implement a 3-week
course in Addressing Climate Change in development Assistance. The course
will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 3 May to 21 May 2010.
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| 02-11-2009 |
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Adaptation to climate change in Hedensted
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| 25-09-2009 |
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DR's concert hall receives the distinguished European Steel Award.
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| 27-08-2009 |
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NIRAS is advising DONG's Inbicon on their new second-generation
bioethanol factory in Kalundborg.
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| 21-08-2009 |
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Seminar on the Potential use of Microfinance in Support of CDM Projects in
the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
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| 04-08-2009 |
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The Danida Fellowship Centre has asked NIRAS to implement a 4-week course in
Environmental Mainstreaming.
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| 09-06-2009 |
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In April – May this year NIRAS International Consulting (NIC) has won 5 new
assignments in the country on the African Horn in the Eastern part of the
continent.
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| 05-06-2009 |
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Annual Report 2008 is now available.
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| 17-04-2009 |
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Copenhagen, Denmark, November 9 - 10, 2009
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| 11-03-2009 |
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NIRAS has been chosen to implement a Danida Fellowship Course on 'General
Tools & Concepts in Agribusiness SME Development" in Copenhagen from
15 June to 3 July, 2009. Attached please find a leaflet with information
regarding the course and application herefore.
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| 23-02-2009 |
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During the recent years, NIRAS has been involved in a big water- and sewerage
project in the Emirates. The project, Water & Sewerage Project is planned
to last until October 2011 with the aim to reduce the waste of fresh water
and reduce the smell and floods from the sewerage. The large project draws on
the competences from most of the divisions in NIRAS.
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| 22-01-2009 |
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The Polish Deputy Prime Minister, Waldemar Pawlak, has appointed a group of
foreign advisors, one of whom is NIRAS’ international director Karol
Marcinkowski.
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| 29-10-2008 |
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The Quang Tri Rural Development Programme hopes to revolutionise the
province’s socio-economic development planning with new software.
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| 10-10-2008 |
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NIRAS has helped Macedonia develop a national strategy aimed at ensuring the
country’s survival and paving the way for its accession to the EU. The
energy aspect is a significant element.
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| 01-09-2008 |
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Four companies/organisations prequalified to participate in the invitation to
tender and NIRAS was awarded the contract. The other three
companies/organisations were The Danish Association for International
Cooperation, The Danish Refugee Council and Carl Bro. The Danish Association
for International Cooperation and The Danish Refugee Council chose not to
submit a proposal.
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| 28-07-2008 |
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NIRAS-sponsored MTWARA’S youth soccer team, FC Vito, from Tanzania competed
in the 33rd Helsinki U-11 tournament in Finland in the first week of July.
The 11-years old youngsters were positioned third in their group with two
wins, one draw and two losses. Teams' top scorer has been Yusufu Hamidu
with five goals. Altogether FC Vito has scored 14 goals and allowed 12.
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| 19-04-2008 |
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The architect behind the Danish national broadcasting corporation’s (DR) new
concert hall in DR-byen (TV City), Jean Nouvel, is to be honoured with the
prestigious international Pritzker Prize, also known as the Nobel Prize of
architecture. He receives the award for his many original contributions to
the art of architecture. The DR Concert Hall in Copenhagen is one of
his most recent works.
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| 14-02-2008 |
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The question of a possible aluminium production has sparked a lively debate
in Greenland. This spring, the parliament will discuss whether the production
is to be considered further. NIRAS has produced a report about the economic
consequences of such a project.
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| 14-02-2008 |
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Energy efficient power plants for Coca-Cola Hellenics production facilities
will reduce the annual CO² emissions from the
production by more than 20%. NIRAS has been selected by the power
development company ContourGlobal to provide technical assistance within the
design and implementation of the 15 power plants.
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| 22-11-2007 |
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| Danida Fellowship course in environmental mainstreaming
19 May to 13 June 2008
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| 21-11-2007 |
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The work to complete DR’s new concert hall is now at such an advanced stage
that the hall’s symphonic future is beginning to take form – a unique, world
class, work of architectural art resulting from a collaboration between
NIRAS, architect Jean Nouvel and acoustic engineers Nagata Acoustic.
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| 07-09-2007 |
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NIRAS has been awarded a contract with Kualiti Alam Sdn. Bhd., the scheduled
waste disposal facility in West Malaysia, for the assistance in design and
supervision of a modularised incineration plant with a capacity of 10,000
tonne per year.
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| 07-09-2007 |
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NIRAS is launching our three web blogs. We want to stimulate a lively,
sombre, and valuable debate without prejudice. Our three blogs are
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Bioenergy by Erik C. Wormslev and Dora Ruth Trummer
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Health by Sergio G. Fox
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Innovative processes by Henrik Kærgaard
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| 15-05-2007 |
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Through the EU project IRMA, NIRAS is involved in developing better methods
and tools that can reduce costs and impact on the environment through urban
renewal. On 21st June 2007 the four-year EU project will be
concluded with a one-day symposium in Brussels with a
discussion of the experience and ideas for all the phases in urban renewal
projects. Contact Sine Skov, ssk@niras.dk, for an invitation to the symposium.
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| 24-11-2006 |
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DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation) has moved all its activities to new
facilities: The New Radio & TV House (DR Byen), in the northern part of
Ørestad in Copenhagen. 19th November DR broadcasted its first news programme
from DR Byen’s brand new news office, where the TV and radio production of
news and sport are fused together in attractive new surroundings.
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| 25-08-2006 |
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NIRAS’ belief in biofuels becoming an economically attractive and
environmentally viable alternative to traditional fossil fuels appears to be
paying off.
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| 21-08-2006 |
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On 23rd June 2006 Kilen in Frederiksberg received the distinguished RIBA
Award 2006 from the Royal Institute of British Architects. In their account
the panel of judges referred to the building’s ”exceptional architecture.”
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| 04-08-2006 |
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Towards the end of 2005 NIRAS opened a new office in Zambia and since then
several projects have found their way into NIRAS’ portfolio.
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| 02-08-2006 |
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Since September last year the consulting engineering firm NIRAS has succeeded
in establishing a good foothold in the environmental area in Sweden. NIRAS
recently signed a two-year framework contract with SPIMFAB, which corresponds
to the Danish Petroleum Industry’s Association for Remediation of Retail
Sites.
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| 19-07-2006 |
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NIRAS Polska has won 1st prize in a competition called the CLIENT’S LAUREL
2006, in the category Engineering-Technical Services.
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| 14-07-2006 |
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On the 5th May, 2006 the contract for supervision and management of the
Szczecin-Świnoujście Seaway and Port Modernization Project between
Szczecin-Świnoujście Port Authority and NIRAS/NIRAS Polska was signed.
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| 18-06-2006 |
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- the announcement will not be until Thursday 31st of August.
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| 01-05-2006 |
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On the 4th April, the panel of judges of our international essay competition
received the 10 essays.
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| 04-04-2006 |
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The final and biggest topping-out ceremony in DR-byen has been launched. On
21st March the final rafter was lifted into place and fixed onto the steel
pillars that had been fitted.
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| 03-02-2006 |
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We have now screened all the abstracts we have received thoroughly. And let
us begin by saying that we are immensely impressed! The participants have put
quite some effort into their abstracts and a multitude of ideas, theories and
visions have been presented.
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| 05-01-2006 |
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NIRAS occupies a good position in the top 200 of the world’s largest
engineering firms.
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| 19-12-2005 |
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A new American remediation method, pneumatic fracturing, is about
to be further developed in an exciting project funded by Copenhagen County.
The project is taking place as a collaboration between Copenhagen County, the
Technical University of Denmark, the American firm ARS Technologies and
NIRAS.
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| 07-12-2005 |
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On 1st December NIRAS was involved in the receipt of three out of four prizes
for projects improving the appearance of Copenhagen.
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| 05-12-2005 |
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New investigations suggest that polyethylene plastic pipes (PE pipes) and PVC
pipes do not constitute a health problem under normal circumstances.
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| 30-11-2005 |
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NIRAS has been assigned the rehabilitation of 7.4 km water supply pipelines
for a municipality north of Copenhagen.
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| 10-10-2005 |
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Danida hopes to learn more about the education sector in Nepal in order to
establish a better basis for assistance projects.
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| 05-10-2005 |
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As larger and larger ships are calling at the Port of Tema it is becoming
necessary to increase the water depth by 3 metres at the existing quayside.
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| 09-09-2005 |
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This question is in focus within the
international bilateral and multilateral aid and financing institutions in
connection with the implementation of the Millennium Development
Goals, and has been addressed
comprehensively by a team of Danish professionals covering consultancy as
well as research and development, in connection with the recent publication
of the international text book Water and Wastewater Management in the
Tropics.
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| 05-09-2005 |
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Results and experiences from NIRAS’ project “Support to the Marine Protected
Areas (MPA), Vietnam” were shared at two presentations during the ReNED
Conference: Ecosystem
Services and Biodiversity in Developing Countries, 17th to
18th August in Eigtved Pakhus, Copenhagen.
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| 25-08-2005 |
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The Egyptian Environmental Administration will shortly be transferred to
local governorates.
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| 08-07-2005 |
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The municipality of Copenhagen today awarded NIRAS a prize for building one
of the five most beautiful buildings in the city in 2003.
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