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Construction of Vietnam’s Largest Airport Set for Completion in 2025
The construction work on the runway for Vietnam’s largest airport Long Thanh is set to begin in December, almost two years after the project’s ground-breaking ceremony, reported GCR. Nguyen Van Hung, an official at the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), said tenders had been launched to find a contractor to build the airport’s runways, taxiways, […]
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UK, Switzerland Jointly Developing Flying Robots to Build or Repair Skyscrapers
Researchers in Switzerland and the UK have developed flying 3D printing robots that can build and repair structures in difficult spots on skyscrapers or other danger zones. The drones are fully autonomous while flying but are monitored by a human controller, reports GCR. The fleet consists of “BuilDrones”, which deposit materials during flight, and quality-controlling […]
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Laos to Build US$2bn Wind Power Project for Domestic Supply & Export
The Laos Government and relevant energy companies plan to spend over US$2 billion to establish a wind power project in Sepon district of Savannakhet province for domestic supply and exporting to Vietnam. The Laos government and two private firms—Savan Vayu Renewable Company and LTM Lao Company —have recently signed an MoU to examine the possibility […]
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Bentley Systems Announces the Finalists in the 2022 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure
Winners to Be Announced at an Awards Ceremony in London on 15 November Bentley Systems, the infrastructure engineering software company, on 19 September announced the finalists in the 2022 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure. The annual awards program honours the extraordinary work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. […]
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Samsung Group Wins Bid on US$11bn Airport Project in the Philippines
Samsung Group and European subsidiaries have won bids for an US$11-billion airport project in the Philippines, on which China bid only US$10 billion. According to Nikkei Asia on 15 September, Sangley Point Airport is located south of Manila in Cavite Province, the Philippines. It will be built by the SPIA Development Consortium, a subsidiary of […]
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Dubai Mulls Building Massive Space-Age Ring to Encircle World’s Tallest Building
An experimental architecture firm ZNera Space has proposed a conceptual design of a space-age ring structure to encircle the world’s tallest skyscraper the Burj Khalifa, according to CNN. Known as Downtown Circle, the project is a massive five-storey circular structure showcasing urban planning in a wildly ambitious design combined with a series of mesmerizing illustrations. […]
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Construction Begins on Vietnam’s US$520-million Industrial Park
Construction has begun on a 10-sq-km industrial park in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Thuan with a ground-breaking ceremony attended by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. The construction will cost US$520 million and the park will serve sectors ranging from building materials to food processing when complete in 2025, according to GCR. The park will […]
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Developer to Establish Zero-Carbon, Car-Free City in Kuwait
Dubai-based developer URB plans to build a zero-carbon, car-free city in Kuwait to accommodate up to 100,000 residents, according to GCR. Located on a 16-sq-km site, south of Kuwait, the city named XZero would recycle all its water and waste. The city will host over 30,000 homes powered by renewable energy and fitted with sensors […]
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Chinese gov’t gives greenlight to first fully autonomous taxi service
The Chinese government has granted permits to Chinese technology company Baidu to first develop and run the fully driverless “robotaxi” service on open roads. Named “Apollo Go”, the service is now authorised to run in Chongqing and Wuhan, with five Apollo vehicles operating in each city, according to GCR. The areas of service cover 13 […]
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Australian chemists invents self-glueing bricks from cooking oil
Researchers at Adelaide’s Flinders University have invented bricks from wasted cooking oil that can bond without mortar. According to GCR, the brick is a lightweight and durable polymer block that undergoes a sulfur-based adhesive reaction when brought into contact with each other in the presence of a catalyst. The bond created by the process is […]
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