Black Construction-Tutor Perini joint venture (JV) has secured a $98.3m contract to construct a new bachelor officer quarters in Guam.
McShane Construction Company has received a contract from South City Partners to construct a new mixed-use multi-family community in Hapeville, Georgia.
Finnish construction company YIT has commenced construction on three apartment buildings with a total value of about €36m in Russia in the second quarter of the year.
Viva Wyndham Resorts has commenced construction of a new 750-room oceanfront hotel in Miches, Dominican Republic.
BAM has announced the completion of groundworks for a new polar research building at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station, Antarctica.
The board of the European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €5.8bn of new financing for 29 projects in the European Union (EU), Africa and Latin America.
The global infrastructure market is set to grow by 6.0% a year until 2020, according to a new report.
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.
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.
Mexican-based Cemex has officially launched a new range of lightweight foamed concrete at the UK Construction Week in Birmingham, UK.
High-rise urban housing projects have undergone a renaissance in recent times – despite many failed projects from the 20th century that became associated with poverty, the latest generation of structures are designed for luxury.
Tall buildings of the future could be looking down as well as up, following a proposed concept from Luca Curci Architects to build ‘skyscrapers’ based on the sea bed.
Tall buildings of the future could be looking down as well as up, following a proposed concept from Luca Curci Architects to build ‘skyscrapers’ based on the sea bed.
After the Spanish housing construction market was severely damaged during the recession, the country’s crane manufacturers had to look abroad and expand their portfolios. Daniel Searle reports from Zaragoza.