International News

Construction Underway On Europe’s Largest Hydroelectric Plant

A hydroelectric plant to be the most powerful in Europe is under construction in Ukraine.The Dniester PSPS plant will consist of 7 hydraulic units which will give a capacity of 2268 MW, making it the 6th largest plant of its kind in the world. The total value...

JV For Norway’s Biggest Ever Road Construction

Australia’s Macquarie Group, South Korean civil engineering company SK Ecoplant and Italy’s Webuild got into a joint venture, known collectively as Sotra Link consortium has won a £1.65bn contract to finance, design, build and operate a 9.4 km, 4 lane road link in...

Aecom Appointed For Australia’s Longest Road Tunnel

Aecom Australia had been selected in a competitive tender process to work on the proposed 11 km tunnel, a central component of the Great Western Highway upgrade between Katoomba and Lithgow said Deputy premier and minister for regional NSW John Barilaro. “This project...

Tokyo In For US$5.4 Billion Infra Development

Japanese firm Mori Building Co. has started working on a real estate development project worth approx. JPY 580 billion (US$5.4 billion). The project site is near the Roppongi district in central Tokyo. It is named Toranomon-Azabudai project and considering its expanse...

101 Ghanian Hospitals Designed By Adjaye Associates

Agenda 111’, the project including 101 district hospitals, ten regional hospitals and the renovation of Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital will be undertaken in Ghana and as per Ghanaian Ministry of Health, sites have been secured for 88 of 101 district...

Prague Will Convert Waste Into
Raw Construction Material

The City of Prague reported that it is preparing to convert slag produced from the incineration of waste into building materials. According to Hlubuček, the incinerator produces 65 to 70 thousand tons of slag annually and the city pays approximately CZK...

World’s First 3-D-Printed Steel Bridge Debuts
In Amsterdam

The first 3D printed steel bridge in the world - an innovative project headed by Dutch company MX3D, opened to the public in Amsterdam. The novel landmark spans one of the city’s oldest canals and sits in the center of the red-light...

The Red Sea Development Company First To Achieve BIM Project Kitemark

The developer of a 28,000 sq. km. resort on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, (TRSDC) The Red Sea Development Company, has become the first asset owner in the world to achieve the BIM Project Kitemark for its digital project delivery and adoption of BIM...