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Managing Mewps on Your Job Site
- 31 December 2015
The increasing versatility and popularity of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) means that they are used across a growing number of industry sectors including construction, facilities management, retail, media, airports and arbori-culture, to name a few. Whether it is to reach into confined areas, over large obstacles, or under structures either internally or externally, each MEWP application...
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Indonesia Scraps High-speed Train
- 31 December 2015
The Indonesian government has cancelled the planned $5.3b, 150km high-speed train project between Jakarta and Java, opting instead for a cheaper medium-speed option. The project had seen an intense bidding process between China and Japan for the contract to build the line which would have carried trains at up to 300km/h. “Indonesia is just the first battlefield between China and Japan. There...
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Ezecom Lighthouse Charity Golf Day to Launch Golden Helmet Awards
- 31 December 2015
The Cambodia Chapter of the Lighthouse Club, part of a global network for construction professionals with branches in over 50 countries, is hosting a charity golf tournament in January 2015 to raise awareness for the launch of the Golden Helmet Awards for construction health and safety. The EZECOM Lighthouse Charity Golf Day on Friday 30 January 2015 is to be hosted at Garden City Golf Club. Th...
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Cambodia’s Energy Blue Print
- 31 December 2015
Q&A: H.E. KEO ROTTANAK, Director of EDC Construction & Property Magazine was recently privileged to be granted an exclusive interview with HE Keo Rottanak, Director of EDC and Advisor to Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen. He spoke about the successes and challenges faced by the power generation sector and the impact of the booming construction and property industries. DEVELOPING GENERAT...
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Japan Joins Vietnam Airport Project
- 31 December 2015
During a recent meeting between the Vietnam Ministry of Transport and its Japanese counterpart, Japan reportedly showed interest in joining the development of Vietnam’s Long Thanh International Airport. The project will cost Vietnam $16 billion with construction being expected to begin by 2019 and expected to commence operations in 2023. Japan is the largest ODA source for Vietnam’s transportat...
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Hanoi Approves Two Mega Projects
- 31 December 2015
Official approval has been given for two mega real estate projects in Hanoi collectively worth $2.28 billion. The projects, to be developed by Vingroup, Vietnam’s leading property firm, and Bitexco Group, which is famous for the Bitexco skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City. Bitexco’s multi-use development, The Manor Central Park, has an investment capital amounting to $1.9 billion. The complex will c...
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Neak Loeung Bridge to Open Early April 2015
- 31 December 2015
Once it is opened to traffic in early April 2015, the new Neak Loeung Bridge will be Cambodia’s first cable-stayed bridge. It will also be the nation’s biggest and longest bridge and one of the finest modern bridges in the region. By the end of 2014, the construction of Neak Loeung Bridge was about 93.5 percent complete. Construction will be fully complete by mid-March and is scheduled to be in...
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Korean-italian Jv Builds Hydro Plant in Indonesia
- 31 December 2015
Korean and Italian firms will build a major new hydropower scheme in Indonesia, partly financed by the World Bank. Global Construction Review reports that Italy’s Astaldi Group and South Korea’s Daelim, in a joint venture with an Indonesian firm, Wika, will build the upper and lower dams for the planned $800m Upper Cisokan hydroelectric power plant on the Island of Java. The World Bank will ...
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National Road 4 Expanded
- 31 December 2015
Since mid-2014, the kingdom’s most important economic route, National Road No. 4 which connects Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville sea port has been undergoing a large-scale expansion. National Road No. 4 was built in the 1950s to carry goods to and from the sea port that was built at the same time. However, the 230km long, 7 meter wide two-lane highway is also considered the most dangerous road in Ca...
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Malaysia Seeks Power Plant Partners
- 31 December 2015
Malaysia’s Toyo Ink Group Berhad is currently seeking partners for a $3.5 billion joint venture to develop the Song Hau 2 thermal power plant in South Vietnam, according to the country’s foreign investment agency report. The BOT (Built–Operate–Transfer) project will have an anticipated capacity of 2,000 MW, and was initially agreed in 2013 via a MoU between the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and ...
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