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网页Mexico’s new president has ambitious plans for infrastructure. The newly installed president of Mexico has set out plans to build 3,000km of railways, a million homes, and a series of logistics hubs as part of an ambitious national…. News.
Why Saudi Arabia’s “The Line” is not a revolution in urban living
网页2023年6月23日 · The Line is planned to be a city built from nothing in the desert. It is to consist of two gigantic, unbroken rows of skyscrapers, with living space in between. It is planned to be 170km long, 200m wide, and 500m high, taller than any building in Europe, Africa, and Latin America. 10 times denser than Manhattan.
The century’s most troublesome construction projects
网页2015年10月5日 · Chevron’s Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant is under construction on Barrow Island, 60km off the northwest coast of Western Australia (Source: Chevron) Commenced: 2009. Planned Completion: 2014. Completed: Ongoing – First production estimated late 2015. Delay: Estimated 18 months. Planned Cost: US$37bn. Final Cost: Estimated US$54bn.
China Railway to build iconic Lusail Stadium for Qatar’s World Cup
网页2016年11月29日 · CRCC was chosen by Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) to work in a joint venture with Qatari contractor HBK Contracting. British architectural firm Foster + Partners completed the schematic design of the 80,000-seater stadium earlier this year. The venue, located in Lusail City, 20km north of Qatar’s capital Doha, is ...
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网页Morocco has awarded two further contracts for civil engineering work on the high-speed rail line it’s building between the port of Kenitra and Marrakech, business website Zawya reports. China’s Shandong….
CCCC wins $360m contract to build Singapore’s Jurong East …
网页10.02.21. Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded the tender to design and build the Jurong East Integrated Transport Hub (JE ITH) to China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) at a contract value of $360m (S$477.4m). The ITH will connect the city state’s North-South and East-West rapid transit lines with the ...
Norway awards biggest ever road contract to Sotra Link consortium
网页2021年9月8日 · The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has awarded a $2.27bn (NOK 19.8 billion) public-private partnership (PPP) contract to finance, design, build and operate a 9.4km, four-lane road link in the western county of Vestland to the multinational Sotra Link consortium, owned by Australia’s Macquarie Group, South Korean civil engineering company SK Ecoplant and Italy’s Webuild.
Blimps are back: Giant airship goes on sale
网页2015年7月3日 · In a revival of a technology that fell spectacularly from grace after the explosion of the Hindenburg in 1937, US aerospace firm Lockheed Martin is now taking orders for a giant airship that can carry heavy loads to remote areas. Major building projects in places lacking road or rail could benefit from …
Ireland’s concrete block nightmare - Global Construction Review
网页2024年8月29日 · Ireland’s concrete block nightmare. This affected house in Letterkenny, Donegal, needed only its outer block wall replaced. Remediation specialist Anamore used the project to help people understand the remediation process (All photographs courtesy of Anamore) Thousands of homes in Ireland are crumbling.
China plans 60MW thorium reactor in Gobi Desert by 2029
网页2024年7月30日 · China’s National Nuclear Safety Administration approved the design last year. The 60MW reactor is expected to be complete in 2029. The institute completed a 2MW test reactor in the Gobi Desert in Gansu province in October last year (see further reading). It validated advanced alloys that can withstand high temperatures, radiation and corrosion.