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Construction Safety: Minimizing the Hazards
- 31 December 2015
Despite the building boom in Cambodia, very few construction workers and some project supervisors pay much attention to the risks they can face on construction sites. A construction and real estate forum launched in early October 2014 revealed some of the major risks at Cambodia’s construction sites. It was also touted as a concerted effort to improve dialogue between industry and the governmen...
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Tsurumi: The Expert Pump For Building Works
- 31 December 2015
Tsurumi pumps are globally renowned as the best Japanese pump brand for specialised use on various works including construction and agriculture. While Tsurumi has licensed several Cambodian distributors to supply its various product lines, mostly for indoor water systems and agriculture, Meng Leng Eav Co. Ltd has distinguished itself from the competition for indoor water systems. Now Cambodi...
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Designing a Better Infrastructure Future for Cambodia With An Australia Awards Scholarship
- 31 December 2015
Poverty has decreased in Cambodia from 53 percent of the population in 2004 to less than 20 percent today. However, the Cambodian people have limited access to sanitation, good roads and electricity due to poor infrastructure development. Building quality infrastructure is critical to the continued development of Cambodia and the country needs professional Cambodians with good knowledge, experienc...
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Speco to Assist Cambodia?s Aec Road Works
- 31 December 2015
Countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) need to collaborate in creating more road, rail and maritime links to connect with the major transport routes in each country in order to create true connectivity, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). India recently announced plans to build a highway running from Kolkata to Ho Chi Minh City via Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It i...
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Buildtech Asia 15 Showcases Smart Builds
- 31 December 2015
Based in an advanced construction market, Singapore’s BuildTech Asia 2015 expo showcases the latest developments in construction technologies and materials for a smart built environment. Hosted by the Singaporean government agency Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and organised by Sphere Exhibits Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings Ltd, the 3-day trade show was held on 13 ...
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China Aims to Equip World With High-speed Trains
- 31 December 2015
China is currently in talks with 28 countries about high-speed rail projects, China CNR Corporation announced in February. Yu Weiping, one of the state-owned train manufacturer’s vice presidents, described the most promising projects as being in Russia, Thailand, and India. However, despite China heavily promoting its high speed train technology around the world with a focus on Southeast Asia a...
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Safety Central to Scaffolding
- 31 December 2015
A major challenge and requirement in construction nowadays is to meet safety standards. However, there are still various shoring and scaffolding companies and systems who did not yet realise how important safety is to scaffolding and the benefits from it. Scaffolds are temporarily used construction tools which are utilised as working platforms, shoring for formwork or assembly work. It is used ...
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China to Spend Us$1.1 Trillion on Infrastructure in 2015
- 31 December 2015
China will spend US$1.1 trillion on accelerating 300 infrastructure projects in 2015. The move has been widely seen as an attempt by the government to boost growth in an economy that has the potential to slip below 7 percent for the first time in more than 20 years. The projects were approved supposedly as part of a broader 400-venture, 10 trillion yuan plan to run from late 2014 through 2016 w...
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Pushing The Boundary Of Today’s Home
- 31 December 2015
A house by definition is a shelter built to house people from the harsh environment it is in. A house usually has four walls with clearly defined functional spaces such as an entrance foyer, car porch, living room, dining room, kitchen and bedroom etc… and outside the house there are the outdoor spaces with some landscape design. The indoor and outdoor spaces are clearly separated by plastered ...
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Vinci Win a Further High-rise Building Construction Contract in Malaysia
- 31 December 2015
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...
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