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Electra’s ascent continues with key tender win The Electra Group is flying high once more as Electra Construction has won a significant tender for the pioneering new Vertical City project in Ramat Gan. Located in the Diamond Exchange District, Vertical City will present an innovative new concept that integrates office levels, apartments, student dorms, commercial floors, green rooftops, and city squares within a single complex. One of its towers is expected to be the tallest in Israel, rising to an extraordinary 111 floors above the bustling Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area. Electra Construction will perform foundation and piling work, in addition to planning and building a 6-story, 37,000 sqm parking lot that will provide 900 parking spaces for two towers. The parking lot will be delivered under the Design Build method, with full fitout. The overall scope of this project is approx. NIS 390 million. “Electra Construction’s selection for this tender testifies to the unique strengths of the Electra Group,” commented Electra CEO Itamar Deutscher, “and once again demonstrates our capabilities in various construction fields, and especially in the case of residential and office towers. Our extensive experience in performing complex projects of the highest quality, like the new SolarEdge campus we are building in Ramat HaSharon, enables us to win significant projects that will shape the industry going forward.” The foundation work will last for around 17 months from the start work order, while construction of the parking lot under Menachem Begin Road will begin 4 months after the order and last for some 50 months. #piling_works #construction_works

Electra’s New Green Project at Ashdod Port The Port of Ashdod is Israel’s largest sea port and a major gateway for commercial imports and exports. Currently, all ships at the port are required to run their generators while docking and unloading goods, which can take several days. This leads to significant air pollution. Now Electra Elco C&S has won a first-of-its-kind project to supply renewable energy to these cargo ships, helping to reduce pollution and costs while assisting the port’s transition to clean, eco-friendly energy sources. Electra will soon start work on state-of-the-art new electrical infrastructure for Pier 21 at the port. This will include the installation of 13 charging stations along the pier, with the appropriate cables and other equipment, as well as a special high-voltage electrical system that will convert dockside power to the frequency used on board the ships. “The Electra Group has set itself the goal of promoting renewable energy across its projects,” said Itamar Deutscher, Electra Group CEO. “This project to build new electricity supply infrastructure at the Port of Ashdod reflects our ability to deliver a broad range of services for the most complex and high-profile undertakings in the Israeli market while simultaneously promoting clean energy solutions. The unique infrastructure we will provide includes various new tools and technologies that will help to supply ships anchored at the Port of Ashdod.” #renewable_energy #green_environment #eco_friendly_systems

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Electra & Bar-Ilan University Launch New IFM Program February 25, 2025, marks the opening of a groundbreaking new academic program at Bar-Ilan University in cooperation with Electra FM, part of the multinational Electra Group. This innovative program, the first of its kind in Israel, focuses on Integrated Facility Management (IFM) – a holistic approach to property management that consolidates all solutions under one roof. The program’s major advantage is that it combines Bar-Ilan’s in-depth academic knowledge with the extensive practical experience of Electra FM, the leading IFM company in Israel. At an upbeat launch ceremony on the Bar-Ilan campus, Zohar Yinon, the University’s CEO and Senior Vice President, reinforced the significance of fostering close ties between academia and industry: “By uniting our academic expertise with Electra FM’s hands-on experience, we will provide training of the highest quality. The goal of this program is to produce the next generation of managers, who will handle many advanced facilities, campuses, and skyscrapers with complex technological and electromechanical systems.” The comprehensive 12-month program will comprise 143 academic hours covering five core areas: Practical Management, Engineering Literacy, Legal Aspects of Management, Innovation in Management, and a Practicum (on-site work placement). Its teaching staff was carefully selected to ensure optimal integration of theory and practice, and includes: Prof. Noa Vilchinsky, Dr. Dudi Shalom, Dr. Amir Alaluf, Dr. Hanan Adad, Eng. Shai Friedman, Dorit Uziel, and Hillel Kazar. The Electra Group wishes the inaugural 2025 class every success and is confident that the program’s graduates will soon raise the bar for IFM excellence nationwide. Electra-FM https://lnkd.in/dXWst-bz

EcoTower Embodies Environmental Protection and Sustainability Tel Aviv’s first ecological building, EcoTower, is set to open in 2025. And Electra Danko is playing a big role in this project by adding 13 office floors and two rooftop floors to the current seven-story structure. With a focus on environmental planning and sustainability, the tower includes a photovoltaic wall that will produce solar energy and provide 20% of the building's electricity consumption. The building will also be equipped with solar panels to deliver electricity savings to tenants. Another ecological feature is the storage of air-conditioning water and water collected on the roof. The water will be used for flushing toilets, washing cars in the building's parking lot, and watering vegetation, while recycled water will be used for all toilet water throughout the tower. Rich vegetation will stretch upward along the new floors to make the building greener, literally and figuratively. Environmental protection is even prevalent at the construction stage with separation and recycling of the site’s waste. EcoTower complies with the American green building LEED gold standard, which is given to buildings that maintain natural ventilation areas, green spaces, water recycling, and particularly high energy efficiency. #sustainability #solarenergy #energy_efficiency

Redesigning Defense in Northern Israel Post-October 7 Electra Security plan aims to prevent future terrorist infiltrations Flooded with phone calls right after Hamas’ October 7 attacks, Electra Security responded promptly. Three managers rushed to the Gaza Envelope to locate and help those still in danger… and to understand what happened that day. After days of thoroughly reviewing camera footage and data gathered from military and civilian security teams in the area, the three concluded that all technological options had not been synchronized via a central operations room. So they developed a program to prevent future terrorist infiltrations, takeover attempts, and abductions. And they pitched it to Israel’s northern communities that were then under threat. The outcome was development of a new defense concept for five cities, which has been approved by the IDF. Project implementation for each city is estimated at 60-80 million NIS, and includes installation of sophisticated cameras, advanced command and control systems, and radar systems for human detection. The plan also features the placement of electrical barriers, deployment of designated emergency vehicles, and acquisition of advanced equipment. Thanks to the project, Electra Security is receiving inquiries from central Israel cities, and the company expects to see the results of its efforts for many years. #electra_security

Large TA Project Creates Large Challenges Electra Construction gets creative with Kikar Hamedina residential towers The circular center of Kikar Hamedina, Tel Aviv’s biggest square, was unexploited for years. But that’s changing: Electra Construction, along with Ashtrom, is building three glass-covered spiral towers there. Israel’s largest residential project includes three 40-story residential towers, two technical rooftop floors, and development of a large outdoor area.  The project’s main challenges stem from its unique characteristics. Each tower is 160 meters high and each floor rotates 1.25o compared to the one below it to rotate the entire building 50o. To achieve such accuracy, Electra Construction is using a 3D model that produces coordinates ensuring that each element is where it should be. While the core of each tower is round, its vertical elements – columns and walls – are sloping and twisted. To address this, the company is using a four-story hydraulic climbing scaffolding system that envelops the entire tower. And while the core grows vertically, all the doors and openings are positioned differently on each floor depending on the angle of rotation. As such, normal patterns can’t be used for casting the round cores. Instead, the team is using a customized "sliding pattern" method to pour concrete into it and slide it up the towers gradually. #highendsolutions #constructionschallenges #luxuriousresidentials

Electra Elco C&S Lights Up Israel’s Roads Just imagine: you’re driving along an intercity road late at night, when traffic is light but everything around you is dark. Then, just as you approach an intersection, the entire area is illuminated and the traffic light turns green. Is it magic? No, it’s Electra. Electra Elco C&S is currently installing a smart new lighting system on Israeli roads that will simultaneously improve safety and protect the environment. This is all part of an ambitious NIS 600 million project that includes maintaining lighting fixtures on more than 8,500 km of Netivei Israel roads, expanding road lighting, and converting the existing high-pressure sodium (HPS) fixtures to modern LED lights. LED fixtures are significantly more reliable and eco-friendly than the old HPS lights, helping to reduce light pollution and energy usage. The new fixtures are also outfitted with smart internet-connected technology, so they can all be operated remotely from the Netivei Israel control center. In the near future, various other technological components will be added to the lighting fixtures, such as cameras, temperature and flood sensors, microwave sensors to measure traffic volume, and so on. The project is already at an advanced stage: Elco C&S has completed the installation of around 85,000 lighting fixtures with smart controllers and upgraded more than 1,500 lighting control boxes on roads, bridges, tunnels, intersections, and interchanges nationwide, out of a total of approx. 115,000 fixtures and 2,000 control boxes. This work has also included the Ministry of Transport’s national project to enhance lighting on Highway 90, Israel’s longest road and the site of frequent accidents. Elco C&S has installed more than 1,300 smart lighting fixtures on more than 650 new light poles, which connect directly with the Netivei Israel control center, enabling 24/7 monitoring that will improve safety for all road users.

Here Comes the Sun… and Higher Energy Yields Electra Renewable Energy knows solar energy quite well: the company has installed over 1,000 solar roofs for dozens of corporations, government offices, and institutions across Israel. Leveraging this extensive experience, Renewable Energy now offers an advanced energy storage system to boost energy security, stabilize transmission infrastructure, and generate more income for customers. Together with an international corporation, Renewable Energy tailored the system for Electra and the Israeli market. The system comprises a battery array, about the size of a container or closet, that is charged by solar panel systems, generators, or the electricity grid. Thanks to AI technology developed by a startup, the system knows the best time to discharge and store the electricity as well as the best energy source from which to charge the batteries. It stores energy when the cost of electricity is low and supplies power during peak demand hours – both day and night – to optimize the energy storage and solar panel system’s yields and significantly reduce battery wear. Reflecting the rising demand for advanced green energy products, Renewable Energy already has an order backlog for solar panel systems with 150 MW of storage in the upcoming year. #renewableenergy #solarpanel #energystorage

Electra FM Joins the AI Revolution Artificial intelligence (AI) has impacted nearly every industry, including building and facility management. And Electra FM has joined the revolution, already having implemented four AI systems to carry out smarter maintenance at customer sites. One system monitors rotating equipment like motors, compressors and pumps to compare their measured vibrations to normal working conditions. This enables the system to identify malfunctions early, prevent critical equipment failure, save money, and route system treatment to a convenient time for the customer. Another system monitors water systems to identify and detect leaks at an early stage. A third monitors toilet stall use, with the data enabling Electra FM to allocate personnel and material resources based on the facility’s needs to improve customer experience and operational efficiency. And then there’s a monitor that measures the outdoor air quality of ventilation systems to determine whether to transmit the air into buildings. This enables Electra FM to improve air quality and to optimize energy consumption while maintaining strict standards. Based on its experience, Electra FM believes AI capabilities will be integrated into almost every field to make maintenance even smarter and more efficient. Electra-FM