Key projects are an important engine for driving economic growth and an important vehicle for promoting high-quality development. Since the beginning of this year, the Hedong New Area of the city has gone all out to boost the economy and advance construction, with all key projects proceeding in an orderly manner, fully ensuring the smooth achievement of the established goals and tasks of "more than half the time elapsed, more than half the tasks completed" in the first half of the year.
　　Phase II of the Suining Campus project of Sichuan Normal University covers an area of 260,000 square meters and is a provincial key project for 2024. In recent days, at the project construction site, machinery roars and welding sparks fly, presenting a bustling scene of feverish activity. At the construction site of the school gymnasium, the reporter saw that the installation of the main structure's load-bearing steel columns has been completed, and workers are wrapping up the hoisting of steel beams. It is expected that in August this year, the construction of the gymnasium's main structure will be fully completed.
　　"After the main structure is completed, we will immediately begin the interior decoration and renovation of the indoor swimming pool, basketball hall, badminton hall and other venues, and the related site grading and landscaping outside the gymnasium will be completed in May next year," said Chen Liyang, technical director of the Suining Campus project of Sichuan Normal University.
　　At the school's International Exchange Center, the construction of the building's main structure and secondary structure has been fully completed, and interior decoration and renovation work is proceeding in an orderly manner. It is understood that this site covers a construction area of 12,349.92 m². After completion and commissioning at the end of August this year, it will further improve the school's functions for academic exchange, education and training, and conferences.
　　"We are stepping up the production and manufacturing of furniture, striving to successfully enter the site for installation by the end of July, and making every effort to ensure normal use before the school opens in September," said Shi Qiang, Party A representative of the construction unit of the Suining Campus project of Sichuan Normal University.
　　Projects already under construction are accelerating toward completion and effectiveness, while newly started projects are also simultaneously updating their "progress bars." As the core engine of the Hedong New Area's "One Temple, Five Li" initiative, the North Zone of Bid Section I of the Lingquan Scenic Area construction project started construction in March this year and has now fully entered the main construction stage. The main structures of 10 buildings, including the visitor center and restaurant, are 50% complete, and the foundation construction of Lingquan Palace, the construction of the central axis landscape walkway, and the sample work for the uphill hiking trail are also being advanced simultaneously.
　　"Workers work overtime (on construction) in areas without risks, and machinery basically operates continuously 24 hours a day. Through safety protection and heatstroke prevention and cooling measures, as well as staggered shifts and expanded work points, we ensure that our project is completed with quality and quantity," said Yu Jian, project manager of Xiangyuan Construction Co., Ltd.
　　Bid Section I of the Lingquan Scenic Area construction project mainly involves road upgrades, ancient building decoration, sponge city renovation and other content. After the project is fully completed, new business streets, themed cultural and creative displays, homestays and other business formats will be added, further enhancing the scenic area's service quality and attractiveness.
　　"The main structures in the early stage will basically all be completed in July, landscape and gardening work will be interspersed in September, and the landscape will be fully presented by the end of December, with the scenic area (achieving) circulation from the West Zone to the North Zone," said Yu Jian, project manager of Xiangyuan Construction Co., Ltd.
　　Data shows that from January to May this year, the Hedong New Area of the city completed investment of 1.129 billion yuan in 3 provincial key projects, with an annual investment completion rate of 61.1%. Among them, 3 continued-construction projects completed investment of 1.129 billion yuan, with an annual investment completion rate of 61.1%. The 20 municipal key projects were statistically verified and approved to have completed investment of 2.000 billion yuan, with an annual investment completion rate of 36.07%. Among them, 15 continued-construction projects were statistically verified and approved to have completed investment of 1.997 billion yuan, with an annual investment completion rate of 46.70%.