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Construction Boom to Slow
- 22 July 2016
font-family:"PT Sans","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black">Despite seeing investment grow by a record-breaking 200 percent over the last year, the government has warned that the construction boom will slow down over the next five years. "PT Sans";color:black">The Ministry of Economy and Finance has pointed to an oversupply of building space and a decreasing demand for ...
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Japanese to Fund Java Port
- 22 July 2016
"PT Sans"">The Japanese and Indonesian governments have approved in principle a funding deal for a USD3 billion deepwater port on the northern coast of Java, Indonesia. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black">Following initial talks between the nations’ presidents in November 2015 the mega-port is set to be underwritten by low-interest USD2.4 billion Japanese loan. The remaining USD60...
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Meng Leng Eav Distributes Bosch Heavy Duty Power Tools
- 22 July 2016
"PT Sans";color:black">Meng Leng Eav has been appointed as the authorized distributor for Bosch heavy duty power tools and Measuring Tools for the Cambodian market. "PT Sans";color:black">The business agreement has upgraded Meng Leng Eav Group as the sole distributor for Robert Bosch’s two main products serving the construction sector, i.e. heavy duty power tools and laser measuring tools...
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Myanmar Approves Massive Refinery
- 22 July 2016
"PT Sans";mso-font-width:98%">Myanmar has approved a USD2.6 billion investment to construct a huge oil refinery and related logistics and sales facilities in the south of the nation. The joint venture company Long win Global Petrochemical Co Ltd will establish the nation’s largest refinery on a 300 hectare plot in the Tanintharyi region. "PT Sans";mso-font-width:98%"> mso-fareast-font-fam...
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Taiwaness Steel Giant Links With Cambodia Fuxin
- 22 July 2016
"PT Sans";color:black">China Steel Structure Co., Ltd (CSSC) was founded in 1978. It is Taiwan’s first and largest steel structure company which operates three world-class fully integrated production systems separately located in Kaohsiung and Guantian of Taiwan and Kunshan of mainland China. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black">These production plants produce steel structures for ...
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Vietnam Replaces Rail Contractor
- 22 July 2016
"PT Sans";mso-font-width:99%">Hanoi’s troubled Cát Linh-Hà Đông elevated railway project is replacing the contractor for the La Thành Station for failing to meet construction safety requirements and falling short on quality and progress. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black;mso-font-width:99%">According to Vietnam News, inspections by the Railway Project Management Unit (PMU) on La ...
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Bim Explained
- 22 July 2016
"PT Sans";color:black">The topic of building information modelling (BIM) has been hotly debated in the built environment sector in recent years. Through the digital rendering of the building process, BIM is a remarkable development that highlights the links between technology, people and processes. "PT Sans";color:black">Some experts predict that BIM will transform the sector; governments...
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Collapse Sparks Safety Calls
- 22 July 2016
"PT Sans";mso-font-width:98%">The partial collapse of scaffolding on a construction site in Malaysia has led to calls for stricter safety regulations. Six foreign construction workers were injured following the collapse of the scaffolding on the fourth floor of a building under construction in Petaling Jaya, close to Kuala Lumpur. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black;mso-font-width:98%...
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Mitsubishi Elevator Fastest Ever
- 22 July 2016
"PT Sans"">A new elevator to be installed in China’s tallest building will be the fastest ever built according to its manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black">The company announced that one of its elevators has achieved a speed of 1,230 metres per minute, or 20.5 metres per second, which it believes is the fastest elevator speed ever record...
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Malaysia’s Tallest Tower Underway
- 22 July 2016
mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-font-width:98%">Work has officially started on Malaysia’s tallest tower which will soon take the accolade from the famous Petronas Towers.Launched by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, designed by Australian-based architecture firm Fender Katsalidis Architects and being constructed by US-based Turner Construction Company, the tower will...
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