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The Outdoor Wellness Park Experience
Wellness is not just about staying in shape, but about achieving a state of physical, mental and spiritual well-being that allows you to reach your goals, stay healthy and lead a more engaging, more satisfying and more harmonious life. While gyms are filled with state-of-the-art exercise equipment, nothing revolutionary has been created to meet communities’ […]
Read MoreASA and NEO to hold Architect’20 Expo under the theme “Refocus Heritage”
ASA and NEO to hold Architect’20 Expo under the theme “Refocus Heritage”: ASEAN’s largest building exposition to promote a new approach on architectural heritage and conservation. Bangkok, 3 December 2019 – The Association of Siamese Architects Under the Royal Patronage (ASA) and N.C.C. Exhibition Organizer Co., Ltd. (NEO) held a press conference to launch the […]
Read MoreCambodian community to build a killing fields memorial garden in Long Beach
Cambodian community in London Beach city has recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for a Killing Fields Memorial Garden construction project, marking another achievement of the Cambodian community in the United States. Located on the opposite the Mark Twain Neighborhood Library Anaheim Street, this memorial garden will include a stage, water fountain, a stupa, a monument-type […]
Read MoreSingapore experiments building roads with waste ash
To extend the life of its overflowing landfill sites and to reduce its dependency on imported sand, Singapore is testing the use of treated incineration bottom ash as the base material for building roads. Field trials using 3,000 tonnes of ash collected from waste-to-energy plants, branded “NEWsand”, will take place on a stretch of the […]
Read MoreJapan to Support Smart City in Hanoi
Vietnam’s prime minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc presided over the signing of an agreement in October between Japanese company Sumitomo and Vietnamese developer BRG Group to develop a smart city in Hanoi. The $4.2 billion “smart city” will be built on a 272ha site in Dong Anh district in northern Hanoi. The first phase will see […]
Read MoreThailand to build second Suvarnabhumi terminal
The Thai government announced plans in September to build a US$1.4bn second terminal at Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok’s main international airport. Controversy remains over the precise location of the new terminal on the overall site with Airports of Thailand lobbying against the current master plan to have the new terminal extending northeast from the current building. Thai […]
Read MoreIndonesian company to build 400km rail line between Vietnam and Laos
The Indonesia Railway Development Consortium is set to begin work in 2021 on the rail line between Vietnam and Laos for a price of $1.9bn. An Indonesian consortium of the state-owned train maker, electronics company Len Industri and contractor Waskita Karya has signed an agreement with Vietnam’s HT Construction company and Laos’ PetroTrade […]
Read MoreAluminium China and Lightweight Asia 2019 successfully concluded
ALUMINIUM CHINA 2019, held on 10-12 July 2019 in SNIEC together with Lightweight Asia 2019, ended successfully attracting 25,285 professional industry visitors and buyers from across 87 countries. The event showcased leading auto-aluminium brands committed to reducing the weight of next-generation Electrical Vehicles (EVs). As ‘mileage concern’ still puts off many potential consumers, reducing the […]
Read MoreInfrastructure Projects in Singapore Named as Finalists in Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards Program
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, has announced several projects in Singapore as finalists in its Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards program. The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, […]
Read MoreBentley Systems to Host Infrastructure Leaders at the Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference in Singapore
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions and digital twin cloud services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure will host its Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference and awards ceremony at one of the most iconic buildings in Asia, the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore. […]
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