IHH Healthcare (IHH) and its strategic partner in Mainland China, Taikang Insurance Group, have broken ground on a multi-specialty hospital in Shanghai, China.
Malaysia-based oilfield services firm Sapura Energy has secured contracts and subcontract works that have a combined value of $205.9m.
Gammon Construction, a joint venture of Balfour Beatty, has bagged a contract worth HKD2bn ($256.6m) to build a water park for Ocean Park in Hong Kong.
Leighton Asia, a CIMIC Group company, has secured a contract worth AUD148m ($109.4m) from Castle Peak Power Company to provide the civil works for the Black Point Power Station Combined Cycle Gas Turbine project in Hong Kong.
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) have broken ground on the Light Rail Transit (LRT)-2 East extension project in Philippines.
Airbus Helicopters, the helicopter manufacturing division of Airbus Group, has started construction on its H135 Final Assembly Line in China.
Mott MacDonald has been selected as owner’s engineer by Pacifico Energy K.K. for the 257.7MW Sakuto solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Mimasaka-shi, Japan.
Denmark-based consulting group Cowi has been awarded a contract to approve the design and construction of $530m Karnaphuli tunnel in Bangladesh.
Arabtec Holding has bagged an AED1.46bn ($397.4m) contract for construction of a mixed-use tower known as Wasl Tower on Dubai’s Sheikh Zayed Road.
The Union Cabinet of India, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the construction of 10 additional pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWR) in the country.
China Railway Engineering (CREC) has won a $400m engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Smart Crest to build the oil terminal of the Asia Petroleum Hub (APH) in Johor, Malaysia.
Engineering firm Systra in partnership with Meinhardt has been awarded two reference design consultant (RDC) contracts by MyHSR Corporation for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project.
IJM Perennial Development, a joint venture between IJM Corp and Perennial Real Estates Holdings, has unveiled a large-scale integrated mixed-use waterfront development in Penang, Malaysia.
India-based Ramky Infrastructure has secured a contract to build a section of national highway in Jharkhand, India.
Gadang CRFG Consortium, a joint venture between Gadang Engineering and CRFG Malaysia, has won a RM327.91M ($75.4M) traffic dispersion and improvement contract in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Russian energy firm Gazprom announced that construction has started on the TurkStream gas pipeline in the Black Sea near the Russian coast.
Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) has commenced pre-construction work on the PHP65bn ($1.3bn) LRT-1 Cavite Extension in the Philippines.
Tidal Bridge BV, a joint venture (JV) of Strukton International and private equity firm Dutch Expansion Capital (DEC), has started the feasibility study for the Palmerah Tidal Bridge project at Larantuka Strait in Indonesia.
Construction in the Philippines is set to grow at a rapid pace over the forecast period 2017–2021, according to the latest research from Timetric's Construction Intelligence Center (CIC).
Kanoya Osaki Solar Hills LLC has started construction on a JPY35bn ($315M) solar power plant in Japan.