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Volkswagen begins work on vehicle plant in China
Volkswagen AG, a German automobile maker, has started construction work on vehicle plant in Changsha in the province of Hunan, south-central China.
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Royal HaskoningDHV wins port extension contract in Indonesia
Dutch design practice Royal HaskoningDHV has secured a contract to supervise the construction of the extension of the main port of Jakarta, Tanjung Priok in Indonesia.
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Balfour Beatty wins $116 million transportation contract in Australia
UK-based construction company Balfour Beatty Plc has won a £76.5 million ($116.6 million) contract from Victoria’s Road Authority (VicRoads) in Melbourne, Australia.
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Dutch design practice Royal HaskoningDHV has secured a contract to supervise the construction of the extension of the main port of Jakarta, Tanjung Priok in Indonesia.
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Volkswagen begins work on vehicle plant in China
Volkswagen AG, a German automobile maker, has started construction work on vehicle plant in Changsha in the province of Hunan, south-central China.
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Balfour Beatty wins $116 million transportation contract in Australia
UK-based construction company Balfour Beatty Plc has won a £76.5 million ($116.6 million) contract from Victoria’s Road Authority (VicRoads) in Melbourne, Australia.
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Mott MacDonald Grontmij JV to design A63 Castle Street project in UK
The Mott MacDonald Grontmij Joint Venture (MMG JV) has been appointed by the Highways Agency to develop proposals for the £160 million ($243.8 million) upgrade of the A63 Castle Street in Hull, UK.
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Electric Transmission Texas to build $318 million power transmission line
Electric Transmission Texas, LLC (ETT) has received an approval from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to build a $318 million power transmission line from the Laredo area into the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
LATEST FEATURES
One of the world’s largest cranes, the Zoomlion D5200 tower crane, has been used for the second time, for the construction of the Yingwuzhou River Bridge in Wuhan, China. The bridge over the river Yangtze has a total length of 7.8km.
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Tackling wear inside cyclones
Kingfisher Industrial of the UK has provided a long-term ceramic wear-resistant lining solution to a German oem maker of drying cyclones used by specialist producers of particleboard, OSB and MDF.
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Bogie inspection & manipulation
Lloyds Somers, a business specializing in the design and supply of handling and manipulation equipment to the rail industry, has developed its range of Bogie Rotators to accommodate the full fleet of bogies in use throughout the French Rail Network, writes Kizzi Nkwocha.
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China and Indonesia: The twin dragons of the Southeast Asia crane industry
The Asia-Pacific region has become the largest cranes, lifting and handling equipment market in the world. Hoist editor Kizzi Nkwocha takes a look at the countries in southeast Asia fuelling growth in the region and examines the rise, fall and possible rise again of the crane and handling industry in India.
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Lifting the world’s most powerful gas turbine
In January, global spreader beam manufacturer, Modulift, designed and built spreaders to lift the world’s most powerful gas turbine. Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, installed the gas turbine onto the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, at Babcocks Rosyyth Shipyard in Scotland.
LATEST PROJECTS
Tadee Group - Wenzhou Petrochemical Port Terminals, Zhejiang, China
The Wenzhou Petrochemical Port Terminals project involves construction of two petrochemical port terminals capacities of 30,000dwt and 50,000dwt, a total capacity of 600,000 cubic metres on Damen Island and Xiaomen Island, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
The Wenzhou Petrochemical Port Terminals project involves construction of two petrochemical port terminals capacities of 30,000dwt and 50,000dwt, a total capacity of 600,000 cubic metres on Damen Island and Xiaomen Island, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Trump - Rio Trump Towers - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Rio Trump Towers project involves the construction of a five commercial tower over an area of 320,000 square meters at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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MSRL - Milford Sound Tunnel, Queenstown, New Zealand
The Milford Sound Tunnel project involves construction of 13.3 km rail tunnel in Queenstown, New Zealand.
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Nastyusha - Bread Production and Logistic Complex, Moscow, Russia
The Bread Production and Logistic Complex project involves construction Production and Logistics Center at approximately 15km from the Moscow Ring Road, Russia.
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RSPL - Jamnagar Greenfield Soda Ash Plant, Gujarat, India
The Jamnagar Greenfield Soda Ash Plant project involves construction of a greenfield soda ash plant with a production capacity of 500,000 tons of light soda ash per year at Kuranga Village in Dwarka of Jamnagar District, Gujarat, India.
LATEST WHITEPAPERS
The Impact of School Buildings on Student Health and Performance: A Call for Research
The white paper has been developed by McGraw Hill Research Foundation, in association with University of California, Berkeley and the Center for Green Schools.
The white paper has been developed by McGraw Hill Research Foundation, in association with University of California, Berkeley and the Center for Green Schools.
