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Vietnam’s Energy Firm Signs US$400 Power Agreement with Siemens Gamesa
- 2 November 2021
BCG Energy and Siemens Gamesa have signed a cooperation agreement on US$400 wind power development in Vietnam. Under the terms of the agreement, Siemens Gamesa will be the supplier of equipment and technical solutions for BCG Energy to implement more than 500MW of wind power projects in the south-east Asian country, VN Express reported on 1 November. The agreement was signed on the side line...
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Germany Trains Dogs to Sniff for Unexpected Wildlife at Rural Construction Sites
- 1 November 2021
Away from sniffing for mines, dogs are being trained to sniff for wildlife at massive construction sites as part of an acceleration of construction projects. The railroad company - Deutsche Bahn (DB) in Germany started a project on sniffing dogs to search for wildlife and construction site establishments. The training program conducted to the puppies or sniffer dogs is done in order to detec...
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World’s First Self-Driving High-Speed Train Near Completion
- 1 November 2021
Construction of the world’s first self-driving high-speed railway in China is reaching completion soon ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, reported South China Morning Post last week. Known as the Beijing-Zhangjiakou intercity railway, this new bullet train line connects Beijing and Zhangjiakou – the games’ twin host cities. The route has a length of over 173 kilometres of double-trac...
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EU Makes First €15m Investment in Hyperloop
- 28 October 2021
The European Commission has approved €15 million for a Dutch engineering spin-off Hardt Hyperloop to study and develop the ultra-fast transport concept known as hyperloop, according to GCR on 25 October. Tim Houter, the co-founder of Hardt, said in a press statement it is the first time that the EU invested directly in such a project. “It’s great to have now gained the trust of the European ...
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Vietnam Approves US$10.5bn Budget to Build & Upgrade Over 4800km Railway System
- 28 October 2021
The Vietnamese government has approved a budget of US$10.5 billion to build and upgrade16 railway lines with a total length of 4,800km nationwide over the next 10 years. The plans, announced by Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh, envisage the renovation and upgrading of seven lines with a total length of 2,400km and the construction of nine new routes with a similar length of track, the Global ...
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PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit Announces its ‘Data Revolution’ & Speaker Line-Up for 2021 Virtual Edition
- 26 October 2021
Global experts will deliver insights and practical studies on PropTech, smart cities, and sustainable development • Now marking its seventh year, the virtual summit will open on 8 December 2021 during ‘PropertyGuru Week’ until 8 January 2022 • This year’s agenda will focus on the importance of data science and innovation in real estate, as well as the economic recovery and reinvention of marke...
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APSARA Authority Approves Over 390 Construction Projects in Angkor Park in Jan-Sept
- 21 October 2021
From January to September this year, the Department of Land and Habitat Management in the Angkor Park of APSARA National Authority has given construction permits to a total of 392 families to build their new homes within the Angkor Archaeological Park. According to the announcement of the APSARA Authority on 20 October, the permissions were granted for 61 cases in January, 73 cases in February,...
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First China-Laos High-Speed Train Arrives in Vientiane
- 18 October 2021
The first high-speed passenger train connecting China and Laos was delivered to its operator in the Lao capital on Saturday with the plan to officially begin operation on 2 December, the National Day of Laos. The test runs for the train are also expected to begin soon before the official opening day, reported CGTN. The train is an Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) type which will run on the newly...
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Construction an Engine of Global Economic Growth in Next Decade, says Global Forecast
- 14 October 2021
New research has forecasted that the construction sector will be the main engine of global economic growth outpacing manufacturing in the decade to 2030, with output expected to be 35% higher than in the ten years to 2020, reported GCR. A forecast conducted by Oxford Economics and Marsh McLennan companies Marsh and Guy Carpenter revealed that the annual growth of construction will be at 3.6% be...
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Bentley Systems and SMRT Trains Collaborate to Improve Safety and Reliability of Metro Rail Services in Singapore
- 12 October 2021
The world’s leading infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems and renowned Singaporean Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) operator SMRT cooperation’s business arm Strides Engineering have signed MoU to jointly market a rail predictive maintenance solution in the Asia Pacific region. The MOU establishes a partnership between the two companies that combine strong technology expertise and ...
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