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Lighthouse Club Cambodia Tees Off for Construction Safety
Lighthouse Club Cambodia, the local chapter of an international construction industry charity, held a golf tournament in Phnom Penh on Friday 30 January to raise money for supporting victims of accidents and illness within the construction industry and their families. The annual tournament attracts construction industry professionals from around the region. This time entrants came from as fa...
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First Platinum Leed Certificate Awarded to Building in Cambodia
The headquarters of Bureau Veritas Cambodia Limited is the first building in Cambodia to receive ‘Platinum certification’— the best LEED category. Unlike green building technologies which focus generally on buildings that use sustainable materials, save energy, and produce less environmental impact, LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a much higher level of green technolo...
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Chinese Led Light Maker Invests Us$16 Million in Cambodia
Chinese firm, Qin Zhou Shenghe Electronic Technology Co., has slated US$16 million for the construction of a LED light-making factory in Cambodia, representatives from the company said in early December, 2014. In Cambodia most people are still using outdated products such as 2G LEDs that consume too much energy. The company plans to introduce 4G LED products onto the Cambodian market which are ...
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2nd Phase of Camko City to Begin
Located on public space between the Canadia Bank Tower (OCIC Tower) and the Vattanac Capital Tower ,which has been used for years for parking for Canadia Bank Tower’s staff, tenants and guests, the two-storey underground parking lot will be built over 2,898 square meters; 78m wide, 69m long and 6.6m high. The plan is for the lot to accommodate 257 cars, said Samreth Mardi, the OCIC architect who h...
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2nd Chroy Changvar Bridge Opens, More to Come
After being in use for a year, the Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge, the second Chroy Changvar Bridge, was officially inaugurated in late October 2015. More bridges are also expected to be built in the near future. The bridge, built by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) through a Chinese concessional loan, stretches 718 metres over the Tonle Sap River running parallel with the Cambodi...
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Ocic to Build First Underground Parking Late 2015
As parking options have been rapidly worsened in Phnom Penh, the Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC) claims it will build the first underground public parking on public space later this year. Located on public space between the Canadia Bank Tower (OCIC Tower) and the Vattanac Capital Tower ,which has been used for years for parking for Canadia Bank Tower’s staff, tenants and guests...
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Ocic to Add 4 Buildings to Olympia City
The Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) has announced the addition of four high-rise buildings to its US$400 million Olympia City project. Samnang Touch, deputy CEO of OCIC, said that the construction group has already finished the designs for the four buildings. Building C5, with 21 floors and slated for 2017, will be used for condominiums and shopping, while the 32-floor C7 buildi...
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Comin Khmere Receives (Bs) Ohsas 18001:2007 Certificate
After years of commitment to strong business, quality and safety standards for its construction-related services, Comin Khmere Co., Ltd has been recently accredited the (BS) OHSAS 18001:2007 certification for a period of three years by BM TRADA, a UK-based international independence certification provider to businesses around the world. The OHSAS 18001:2007 certification recognizes that the pol...
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Building Projects Up While Value Down in 2014
Cambodia recorded a rise in the number of construction projects last year, while its total construction value was down against 2013. The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction approved 1,960 construction projects with a total construction area of 6.4 million square meters worth a total of US$2.5 billion last year. This was a rise of 339 projects over 2013 when 1,641 projec...
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Cambodia?s 24th Province Breaks Ground
After being officially established and included into Cambodia’s administrative system in 2014, infrastructure construction for the nation’s 24th province, Tbong Khmum, kicked off in early January. Divided by the Upper Mekong River, Tbong Khmum Province was carved out from Kompong Cham Province in the east of Cambodia that stretches across the central lowlands of the Mekong River. It borders the...
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