News Archive
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.
Virtual-reality training centre for site managers
11 June 2010
A training centre using ‘virtual reality’ technology and trained actors has opened in the UK to give life-like training to construction site managers,
Ethics rule Bovis out of £40-bn nuclear sector
11 June 2010
Australia’s Lend Lease has ordered its UK contracting arm Bovis to withdraw from the potentially lucrative nuclear sector for ethical reasons, reports say.
Capital Gate named world’s most crooked tower
11 June 2010
Abu Dhabi’s Capital Gate Tower has officially been recognised as a record breaker – it’s more than four times more crooked than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
CSCEC tops out new African Union HQ
4 June 2010
China and the African Union (AU) on Wednesday celebrated the topping out of the AU’s new Conference Center built by Chinese firm CSCEC in Ethiopia.
Delay fears as Commonwealth games approach
4 June 2010
Commonwealth Games officials have voiced concerns over the slow pace of building in the host city of New Delhi as the October opening nears.
Laing O’Rourke shuts Middle East division
4 June 2010
Laing O’Rourke will shut its Middle East division following cuts in its global workforce of more than 40%, say reports.
Officials reveal plan for Jeddah metro
28 May 2010
Jeddah mayor Adel Fakieh has revealed that officials are planning to build a metro train network in the Saudi city.
Brazil, Panama seek help with big infrastructure plans
28 May 2010
Brazil and Panama have called on foreign firms to bid for work on major infrastructure projects such as the Olympics and the World Cup.
US transport bodies hit by deepening paint-pinch
28 May 2010
As if the lack of cash were not enough, American state transport authorities are now stymied by a nationwide shortage of a different kind – paint.
