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3rd CCA Building Expo to be Hosted on 1 – 3 December
- 6 December 2016
The 3rd Cambodia Construction Industry Expo 2016, which will showcase dozens of leading global and local building and property brands, is scheduled to be hosted on 1-3 December, 2016 at Phnom Penh’s Diamond Island Exhibition and Convention Center, Cambodia. Organised by the Cambodia Constructors Association (CCA, which represents constructors in Cambodia, the expo will feature some 300 booths a...
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Myanmar to host 42nd ACF Summit in November
- 6 December 2016
After being admitted as the 8th member of the ASEAN Constructors Federation (ACF) earlier this year, Myanmar will chair the 42nd ACF Council Meeting in Yangon on 17-19 November 2016.a The Myanmar Construction Entrepreneurs Association (MCEA), which represents the building industry in Myanmar, is now preparing to chair the upcoming 42nd ACF Council in Yangon. The association’s admission into the...
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Pixelated Tower Now Thailand’s Tallest
- 6 December 2016
A soaring 314m multi-use development in Bangkok’s CBD, dubbed the ‘Pixelated Tower’, has become the tallest building in Thailand. The 77-storey, 150,000 sqm MahaNakhon tower will host 200 serviced apartments, a retail centre with restaurants and cafes, a 150-room boutique hotel and a rooftop Sky Bar. It will also have a direct link to the Chongnonsi Skytrain station. According to the German ...
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Spectacular glass bridge closed after just two weeks
- 6 December 2016
Massive numbers of visitors forced the closure of the world’s longest glass bottomed bridge in China, just 13 days after it made global news with its opening. Authorities claimed that the spectacular bridge had been closed on 2 September because demand was ten times higher than the 8,000 visitors per day permitted. However, they also admitted that urgent structural upgrades were required. At...
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Heavy-duty drone ideal for construction unveiled
- 6 December 2016
A Japanese company has unveiled the world’s first drone capable of lifting objects weighing up to 10kgs. The machine has clawed arms which can lift heavy objects and perform operations that such as cutting through cables and flipping switches. According to the manufacturer Prodrone, the PD6B-AW-ARM is designed to conduct “hands-on” tasks in “places where it would be too dangerous for humans”, i...
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Indonesia asks Japan to build new rail link
- 6 December 2016
Indonesia has rejected competitive tendering and offered Japan the opportunity to build a USD3 billion rail link connecting Jakarta to Surabaya. The request to Japan to build the 786km railway, which came in a direct letter to Tokyo, follows a bitter and failed bidding contest with China earlier in the year over building Indonesia’s first high speed rail link between Jakarta and Bandung. The...
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Asia-Pacific driving demand for construction machinery
- 6 December 2016
Recent research by Stratistics MRC shows that the fast-developing economies in the Asia-Pacific region are driving record demand for global heavy construction equipment. Their report ‘Heavy Construction Equipment Global Market 2015-2022’ shows that while the market was valued at USD116.48 billion in 2015, they expect to see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.34 percent to reach USD191.34...
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Laos rail project brings Singapore link closer
- 6 December 2016
China’s planned rail link stretching all the way south to Singapore took a step closer in September when China Railway Group (CRG) won a USD1.2 billion contract to build a large section of railway through neighbouring Laos. The contract, with subsidiaries of CRG, covers the first three sections of the 414km Boten-Vientiane Railway Project which will eventually run north from Boten in China to V...
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Vietnam terminates power station contractors
- 6 December 2016
Vietnam's government has terminated the contracts with Russian and Vietnamese companies to build its large-scale coal-fired power station. Russian power giant Inter RAO and state company PetroVietnam have been replaced on the USD4.1 billion construction by another state company Vietnam Electricity (EVN) in the hope of completing the long-delayed project by 2029. With the Vietnamese economy i...
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D’Seaview replaces contractor mid-build
- 6 December 2016
Singapore's HLH Group announced in September that it was replacing the contractor on its flagship D’Seaview project in Sihanoukville. The developer removed Yanjian Group Co Ltd and instead reallocated the USD35 million contract to Chinese state-owned energy and construction firm Sinohydro Corporation Ltd. HLH justified the change in contractors by stating that Yanjian Group Co Ltd was unable...
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Koh Kong resort airport approved
- 6 December 2016
The Dara Sakor Seashore Resort in Koh Kong province will soon be accessible to the world after approval was granted for construction of an international airport in September. Developed by Chinese company Tianjin Union Development Group (UDG), the USD3.8 billion tourism project stretches across a 45,000-hectare land concession with a 99-year lease in Koh Kong’s Botum Sakor and Kiri Sakor distric...
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Gold Tower 42 resolution reached?
- 6 December 2016
Gold Tower 42 developer Yon Woo Co. Ltd has assured investors for the fourth time in ten years that they will complete construction of one of the capital’s most controversial projects. The Korean company’s legal representatives HBS contacted all investors to invite them to a meeting to discuss their properties where there were offered the options of either keeping their properties or selling th...
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