The global oil and gas projects pipeline, as tracked by the Construction Intelligence Center (CIC), is worth US$4.0 trillion. The Americas accounts for the highest value with US$1.28 trillion, followed by Asia-Pacific with projects valuing US$1.23 trillion.
Italian infrastructure group Salini Impregilo has won four contracts worth $490m in Oman, Abu Dhabi and the US in the water and transportation sectors.
The Astaldi Group of Italy has signed three construction contracts worth €400m for projects in Chile, Poland, and Honduras.
The pace of expansion in the global construction industry will improve in the next five years, with growth averaging 2.8%, according to a new report from Timetric's Construction Intelligence Center (CIC).
Confidence levels among construction industry executives continued to rise in the first quarter of 2017, according to the latest update of Timetric’s Construction Confidence Survey.
Asia-Pacific has the highest share of global port construction projects with a total of $165.1bn, according to a new report.
The global infrastructure market is set to grow by 6.0% a year until 2020, according to a new report.
Construction on Mars or Moon will be possible, claims Behrokh Khoshnevis, professor of industrial & systems engineering at the University of Southern California and director of the Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies (CRAFT).
The global construction industry risk levels have risen for the fifth consecutive quarter, according to Timetric’s Construction Intelligence Center (CIC).
Laura Varley, on behalf of UK-based demolition contractor Hughes & Salvidge, explains why you will soon be seeing drones around your construction site.
Asia-Pacific has the largest power generation construction pipeline out of the major regions, with $1.67 trillion worth of investments, according to a new report.
One of the most eye-catching technological innovations in recent years is 3D printing — a technology that has numerous potential uses in multiple industries and in particular has great potential for use in construction.
1. Barzan Gas Development – Qatar
Youssef Ouchagour, construction industry analyst at Timetric’s Construction Intelligence Center, analyses the current state of the global data centre construction market and presents five of the largest data centre projects currently under construction in the world.
Confidence levels among construction industry executives have risen in the last quarter of 2016, according to a new survey.
London is at the top of a list of ‘construction mega cities’ with total project values close to $426bn, according to a new report.
Drones possess great potential for the construction industry in particular and a wide variety of benefits have already been demonstrated by the early adopters of this technology. The construction industry is now one of the main drivers of growth across the commercial drone sector.
An ongoing and potentially revolutionary innovation within construction is the growth of modular buildings. Modular buildings are defined as prefabricated structures consisting of multiple sections termed modules. Modular construction differs from traditional forms of construction due to the fact that module sections are completed offsite before being transported to the construction site, where they are then positioned into place.