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ខ្មែរ Construction Focus
Developer to Establish Zero-Carbon, Car-Free City in Kuwait
- 8 September 2022
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 that automatically adjust lighting and ventilation. XZero will...
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Chinese gov’t gives greenlight to first fully autonomous taxi service
- 3 September 2022
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 square kilometres in the Wuhan Economic and Technological...
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Australian chemists invents self-glueing bricks from cooking oil
- 2 September 2022
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 comparable to that achieved by super glue. ...
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Singaporean Researchers Invent Fireproof Wood Coating
- 2 September 2022
Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (NTU Singapore) have invented an invisible coating that can make wood fireproof. The coating is only 0.075mm thick and is almost transparent and invisible. When heated by a flame, the coating turns into a char that acts as fire insulation for the wood underneath. The coating has also passed industrial standard tests with the hi...
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Thai Government Approves US$300m for New Zoo
- 1 September 2022
Following the closure of the beloved Dusit Zoo in 2018, the Thai government has announced the approval of US$300 million to construct a new zoo, education center, and conservation facility on the outskirts of Bangkok. Dusit Zoo was originally built 84 years ago by King Chulalongkorn as his private garden, while the new facility will be constructed on a 48- hectare site in Pathum Thani province ...
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PM asks to study on upgrading Lvea Em area into a new city in Kandal province
- 31 August 2022
The Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Techo Hun Sen has proposed to study Lvea Em district as a new city for Kandal province. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for flyover construction on August 31, Samdech Techo Hun Sen said the new city would be administrated under the control of the Kandal province. “Study is made on upgrading Lvea Em area to become Lvea Em city. Once done, the cit...
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Going Digital, for Infrastructure Resilience!
- 27 August 2022
The opportunity now is to institutionalize going digital not only within our organizations but also towards “future-proofing” our world’s assets with respect to economic and environmental dependencies. As we look forward at the outset of 2022, having endured an unanticipated and unexpectedly protracted global pandemic, we should prioritize making the most of what we’ve learned in response to vuln...
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Singapore Building World’s Largest Automated Port Worth Over US$14 Billion
- 22 August 2022
Singapore is building the world’s largest port worth over US$14 billion with construction scheduled to be completed in the next 20 years. Named Tuas Port, it will stretch over an area of 1,337 hectares. Phase 1 of Tuas Port has just been completed with Phases 2, 3, and 4 to follow, according to a CNA report on 21 August. The entire project is expected to be completed by 2040, the report adde...
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4,000km Australia-Singapore Sub-Marine Power Cable to Go Online in 2024
- 18 August 2022
The 4,000km Australia-Singapore sub-marine transmission being developed by Sun Cablet is scheduled to go online in 2024, with a full operational target in 2029, according to a Nikkei Asia report on 18 August. The line is being built at cost of US$21 billion to transmit solar energy from Australia to Singapore. As part of the project, a massive solar farm was also built on 12,000 hectares of ...
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Gov’t Strengthens Construction Law Implementation; Site Manager Arrested for Collapsed Scaffolding
- 12 August 2022
Since the construction law came into force, construction sites across the kingdom have been closely monitored, and a site manager in Sen Sok district has been recently arrested for collapsed scaffolding causing one death. HE Chhann Sorphal, Director-General of Construction of the MLMUPC, said that the arrest is part of the strict implementation of the construction law and a lesson for other con...
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