Nordic construction, infrastructure and property development company NCC and Swedish firm Platzer are set to begin construction on an office and hotel project in Gårda district in Gothenburg, Sweden.
German automobile manufacturer BMW has commenced construction on a €100m Driving Simulation Centre for the simulation of real-world driving situations at the FIZ Research and Innovation Centre in Munich, Germany.
Finnish construction company YIT and built environment services company Sitowise have submitted a plan of the ‘Tomorrow’s Helsinki’ where traffic will be moved away from Helsinki city centre, freeing up space for a pedestrian city centre in Helsinki.
China State Construction Engineering (CSCEC) has secured a contract worth $140m from DAMAC Properties to build tower C of Aykon City, DAMAC’s luxury mixed-use project on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai.
Danish company Per Aarsleff has signed a $187m design and build contract with Carlsberg Byen for the construction of a 120-metre residential tower in Carlsberg City, which will be the tallest residential building in Copenhagen.
Public works authority Ashghal has signed contracts worth $275m for the construction of six new health projects in Qatar.
UK-based housing association Optivo and developer Chartway Group will construct 210 family homes under a £52.8m housing scheme at Forstal Lane in Coxheath, Maidstone.
British consultancy and construction firm Mace has been appointed by the University College London (UCL) to work on Marshgate I, the largest building in the first phase of the new UCL East campus on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Bouygues Construction subsidiary Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France has secured a contract worth €146m from Emerige to renovate 17 Boulevard Morland in the 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Miron Construction has broken ground on US-based Green Bay Packaging’s new paper mill in the US state of Wisconsin.
EcoWorld London, a 70% owned UK joint-venture of Malaysia-based EcoWorld International, has signed an agreement with a North American pension fund for a build-to-rent (BtR) homes in the UK.
Finnish construction company YIT Corporation has signed an agreement with the City of Kalajoki on the construction of the Merenoja comprehensive school, which will be the first in Finland to carry the Nordic Swan Ecolabel.
British mixed-use development and urban regeneration company Muse Developments has been selected by Rotherham Borough Council for the Forge Island regeneration programme.
UK-based consultancy and construction firm Mace has secured a contract from Mai House Hospitality Group to manage the construction of Mai House Hoi An, a luxury golf and hotel resort in Hoi An, Vietnam.
Downing Construction has secured two contracts, together worth more than £140m, for the construction of two major schemes in Manchester and London.
Brasfield & Gorrie has completed the construction of a new facility that will accommodate the Collat School of Business and Bill L Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), US.
Capital & Regional (C&R), a real estate investment trust (REIT) focusing on the UK, has secured formal planning consent for the extension and development at The Mall Walthamstow within an enhanced two-acre Town Square, in London.
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and NYC Parks will establish a new water ride, adventure park, and public plaza with open-air food options and an arcade in Coney Island’s amusement district.
Singapore-based construction, property development and property management group KSH Holdings has secured a $195m (SGD266.3m) contract to build nine 17-storey apartment blocks at Riverfront Residences.
The Star Entertainment Group has broken ground on a $293m (AUD400m),53-storey mixed-use hotel tower on Broadbeach Island on the Gold Coast in the state of Queensland, marking the entry of the Dorsett hotel brand into the Australian hospitality market.