News Archive
CIOB helps protect China’s delicate heritage
2 July 2010
Traditional Chinese opera singers were on hand to mark the opening of the CIOB Building Conservation Centre in Suzhou, China.
Onsite at the megalopolis
2 July 2010
Delegates to the CIOB's historic annual general meeting in Shanghai get a taste of the 21st Century urban challenge.
Prescott challenges China and West on carbon
2 July 2010
Former deputy UK prime minister John Prescott said rich countries have to bear the burden of fending off climate change.
Europe looks set to ban illegal timber
24 June 2010
An EU-wide ban on the import illegally logged timber moved closer this week as the Council of Member States signalled it would support a proposed ban.
Drake and Scull eyes acquisitions in Saudi, India
24 June 2010
Dubai contractor Drake and Scull International PJSC (DSI) has said it plans to expand in and beyond the Gulf.
Chinese firms to build reactors in Pakistan
24 June 2010
Two Chinese companies signed a contract on 8th June to cooperate in building two nuclear reactors at Pakistan's Chashma atomic complex, Reuters reports.
Jail for former New York chief crane inspector
17 June 2010
New York City’s former chief crane inspector has been sentenced to up to six years in prison for taking more than US$10,000 in bribes.
Obama orders major federal real-estate disposal
17 June 2010
President Obama has directed agencies to get rid of excess property in the US government’s sprawling real-estate portfolio to save US$8bn by 2012.
Qatar workers promised their own hospitals
16 June 2010
Three new hospitals and two primary health centres just for labourers are being planned in Qatar, according to the Gulf Times newspaper.
Egyptian builder targets Indian road work
16 June 2010
With nearly 12,000km of road works to be tendered this year in India, Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) has joined a local firm to get a piece of the action.
