Indian construction giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T) announced that its construction arm has won orders worth INR23.57bn ($337.36m) in the domestic market.
Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded six contracts totalling S$3.14bn ($2.3bn) to design and construct the tunnels and commuter facilities, including pedestrian overhead bridges and bus stops, for six sections of the North-South Corridor (NSC).
German adhesive manufacturing company Covestro has broken ground on a new €100m manufacturing line for polycarbonate (PC) films at Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Thailand.
Australian renewables developer Edify Energy has secured an approval from the New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment for its new A$407m ($294.4m) solar farm at Darlington Point near Griffith in New South Wales.
L&T Construction, the construction subsidiary of L&T, has won orders worth INR32.33bn ($458m) across business segments in India and abroad.
France-based Nexans has won a full turnkey contract worth more than €100m from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for a submarine link of the Mindanao Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP) with the national grid.
Megawide Construction, an engineering and infrastructure conglomerate based in the Philippines, has won an EPC contract from HTLand for the Mandani Bay Quay Phase 2, a waterfront development in Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines.
Gammon Construction, a 50:50 Far East joint venture of Balfour Beatty and Jardine Matheson, has won an HKD5.5bn (£551.9m) works contract (L2) of the Lyric Theatre Complex and extended basement for the final stage of the theatre development in Hong Kong.
Malaysian oil and gas services company Sapura Energy has secured contracts worth RM1.75bn ($417m) for projects in Mexico and Malaysia.
CapitaLand has won a bid for a mixed-use scheme on a 4.7-hectare greenfield site in Huangpu district within Guangzhou Science City in Guangzhou, China, for RMB882m ($127m).
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Gulf SRC have signed a $227.7m loan agreement to finance the construction and operation of a 2,500MW combined-cycle power plant in Chonburi Province, Thailand.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500m loan to Turkmenistan to strengthen the country’s transmission network, improve the reliability of power supply, and increase export of electricity to neighbouring countries.
Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation (TCC) has won an EPC contract worth more than TWD7bn ($228m) from Danish offshore wind power company Orsted for the first 900MW Greater Changhua projects in Taiwan.
Sunshine Plaza, a regional shopping centre in Queensland, Australia and is managed by Lend Lease, has secured development application approval for a high ropes adventure course as part of its redevelopment.
L&T Construction, the construction subsidiary of L&T, has won orders worth INR13.29bn ($182m)across three business segments.
Hindustan Infralog (HIPL), a joint venture between Dubai-based DP World (65%) and India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) (35%), has won a bid to develop and operate the Free Trade Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s largest container gateway, for $78m.
The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has unveiled the world’s tallest statue, dubbed Statue of Unity, a memorial dedicated to the Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Vitasoy International Holdings has broken ground on a new $143m manufacturing plant in Changping Town, Dongguan City of the Guangdong Province in mainland China.
BASF has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sinopec to construct an additional steam cracker in Nanjing, China; and expand their existing joint venture, BASF-YPC Company.
Dexus, an Australian real estate investment trust, has topped out ‘100 Mount Street’, a new-generation office building in Sydney, Australia, after more than two years of construction.