Just a Few Months Left Until Big Builng Expo
The two events are scheduled for December 3-5, 2014 at the Diamond Island Exhibition and Convention Center and will feature government officials as well as construction industry leaders. The expo will feature some 280 booths and showcase a wide variety of building materials and technology, property development projects, and services related to the construction and property sectors, including fr...
Read MoreVinci Win a Further High-rise Building Construction Contract in Malaysia
The Malaysian property developer Jesselton Group has awarded to VINCI Construction Grands Projets the construction of a 125,000 sqm mixed-use development on the Kota Kinabalu seafront in northern Borneo. The project covers a 7-storey podium over two underground levels that will house a 20,000 sqm shopping centre and more than 900 parking spaces, as well as a complex made up of three 20-storey r...
Read MoreCCA And Developers Comment On Construction Management Proclamation
In an effort to enhance the nation’s construction industry, the Cambodian government is in the process of codifying a Construction Management (CM) Proclamation — a new mechanism to ensure quality and cost-effective construction projects. Construction Management (CM) or Construction Project Management (CPM) is the overall planning, coordination, and control of a project from beginning to complet...
Read MoreChinese Firm 3d Prints Entire Villa
Last March, Shanghai firm WinSun Decoration Design Engineering caused a sensation when it printed the components for 10 houses in a single day. Now, Global Construction Review reports, it has achieved another world first by printing an entire villa measuring 1,100 sqm, and not only that, but a five-storey apartment building, as well. The firm unveiled the structures at a press conference in ...
Read MoreCambodia’s Construction Innovator
Construction & Property Magazine had the opportunity to catch up with Varheng Dawuth, Managing Director of Camcona Group, and one of the nation’s leading innovators in the construction sector. 46-year-old Varheng Dawuth has been striving since his teenage years to help develop the nation’s construction landscape. Back in 1995, Dawuth had graduated with an Architecture major and continued hi...
Read MoreKng Bring Bomag to Cambodia
A partnership deal between Cambodia-based machinery supplier Kong Nuon Group Co., Ltd (KNG) and German infrastructure machinery producer BOMAG has brought the world-class earth work machinery and equipment onto the Cambodian market. The deal, signed in early September 2015, appointed KNG as BOMAG’s sole distributor in Cambodia with both parties aiming to capitalise on the kingdom’s rapid constr...
Read MoreUk, China to Probe Building Materials That Could Help Save the World
Chinese and British scientists have joined forces to probe concrete that can sense itself and eat pollution, and also glass that might regulate a building’s temperature better, saving huge amounts of energy. Late last year, the UK announced it would give US$4.5m to six research projects, each a collaboration between British and Chinese academics. Nine universities in China and nine in the UK ar...
Read MoreMuhibbah to Build $200 Million Expressway
Muhibbah has won the bid to build a $200-million expressway connecting Phnom Penh’s downtown to National Road 4 and the capital’s airport. Stretching over 14km, the 24 metre wide, 4 lane (2 lanes for each direction plus space for broken-down vehicles to park) highway will connect Toul Kork Roundabout to National Road No. 4 with a link to Phnom Penh International Airport, said Lok Oknha Hann Khi...
Read MoreGlobal Brands To Appear In 2nd CCA Building Expo
With only three months to go until Cambodia’s flagship 2nd Building and Property Expo, many global and leading local brands in the building and property industries have now confirmed their presence at the fair. Scheduled for December 3-5, 2015 at the Diamond Island Exhibition and Convention Center, the fair is organised by the Cambodia Constructors Association (CCA) which represents constructor...
Read MoreThe Improvement of Electricity Supply in Cambodia
With the rapid economic growth and development of Cambodia between 1999 and 2013, electricity demand has been forecasted to grow at 17.9 percent annually from 2012 to 2020. Most of Cambodia’s electrical supply comes from heavy fuel oil and diesel oil generators and imported electricity from Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Cambodia’s hydropower generation is quickly growing and in 2014 the country’...
Read MoreCambuild?15 Attracts Almost 10,000 Visitors
CAMBUILD, now in its fifth year as one of Cambodia’s biggest international building, construction and M&E industry shows, attracted over 9,000 trade visitors including architects and professionals from contractor firms, according to the company. Hosted on 10-12 September 2015 at Cambodia’s iconic Diamond Island Exhibition Center under the theme “Innovation & Solutions on Building, Const...
Read MoreCambodia?s Railway Network Blueprint
The poor condition of the transportation network in Cambodia stands out as one of the obstacles to economic growth. But it is expected that a railway network system that will run across the country will enhance Cambodia’s transportation competitiveness after ASEAN Integration. Mr. Ly Borin, Head of the Railroads Department at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport gave an exclusive intervie...
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