Construction Focus
Taiwaness Steel Giant Links With Cambodia Fuxin
"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.
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Vietnam Replaces Rail Contractor
"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.
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Bim Explained
"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.
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Collapse Sparks Safety Calls
"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.
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Mitsubishi Elevator Fastest Ever
"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.
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Malaysia’s Tallest Tower Underway
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 soar 118 storeys.
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China, Singapore Sign Obor Mou
"PT Sans"\">International Enterprise (IE) Singapore and the China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) have signed an MOU to provide USD22 billion for infrastructure projects under China’s ambitious ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiative.
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Myanmar Material Production Boosted
"PT Sans";color:black\">Myanmar’s building boom is attracting significant investment in concrete-based construction materials from regional companies.
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Nation’s First Oil Refinery Online for 2018
color:black\">After years of uncertainty and controversy in the local petrochemical sector, Cambodia’s first oil refinery plant is expected to go online in 2018 thanks to a USD3 billion joint venture between Cambodian and Chinese firms.
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Sino Plaza Sewer Conundrum
"PT Sans";color:black\">Sino Plaza, the USD250 million Chinese development under way in Boeung Trabek has allegedly submitted plans to the Municipality of Phnom Penh to cover the open sewer canal which runs along the length of one side of the project.
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