The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has agreed to provide $404m loan to upgrade the intercity travel and cross-border connectivity in Bangladesh.
The Swedish Transport Administration has awarded a contract, worth about SEK1.7bn ($169m), to construction and development company Skanska to build double-track on the West Coast Line.
Kier Highways has reached major project milestones on M20 near Maidstone in Kent and the M23 in Surrey and Sussex with the opening of a new lane.
UK-based infrastructure support service provider Amey has been awarded a contract by Transport Scotland, an executive agency of the Scottish Government, to maintain and improve the motorways and trunk roads in south east Scotland.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a financing agreement with the Government of Mozambique to provide a $34m grant for the construction of the 35km phase II of the Nambungali-Roma road.
A ground-breaking ceremony was held on the new Qingdao International Cruise Terminal Area at Qingdao Port in Shandong province in China.
Great Britain’s rail network owner and operator Network Rail has announced Siemens Mobility and Atkins as its partners to introduce in-cab signalling on the southern section of the East Coast Main Line.
The European Commission has announced that the Fehmarn Belt rail-road link, the planned 19km long immersed tunnel, is in-line with EU state aid rules.
Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has agreed to financially support two infrastructure projects in Europe, a tram project in Helsinki, Finland and a green office complex in Stockholm, Sweden.
Aberdeen City Council has submitted a full planning application for the Berryden Corridor Improvement Project, which is expected to enhance the road network in the city.
ScotRail, Transport Scotland, North Lanarkshire Council and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) have come together to develop a new gateway to the Glasgow City Region at Motherwell station.
Danish engineering, design and consulting firm Ramboll has been selected by Dominion Energy as the owner’s engineer for the 2.6GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in the US.
A joint venture of John Holland and McConnell Dowell South East Asia has won a contract, valued at S$265.4m ($186.1m), from the Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore to design and construct three Jurong Region Line (JRL) stations and associated viaducts.
UK-based construction company Graham has secured building repairs and maintenance and minor works contract from the Worcester City Council.
The state government of Western Australia (WA) has announced the shortlisting of two consortia to build the A$852m ($523.1m) Bunbury Outer Ring Road.
Implenia and its consortium member Fahrner Bauunternehmung have been selected by Autobahndirektion Südbayern, the Bavarian motorway authority, for the construction of a junction connecting the ‘B15 neu’ federal highway and the A92 motorway near Landshut.
Hill International has secured two contracts from New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) to provide construction management and inspection services on the city’s transit system until 2024.
The Government Australia has announced the start of construction on stage two of the A$1.4bn ($900m) Monash Freeway upgrade project in Victoria, Australia.
Major earthworks have commenced at A$5.3bn ($3.4bn) Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport in Australia.
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have launched two requests for qualifications (RFQs) for advance tunnelling work on the Scarborough Subway Extension and the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension in Canada.