Meng Leng Eav Distributes Bosch Heavy Duty Power Tools

"PT Sans";color:black">Meng Leng Eav has been appointed as the authorized distributor for Bosch heavy duty power tools and Measuring Tools for the Cambodian market. "PT Sans";color:black">The business agreement has upgraded Meng Leng Eav Group as the sole distributor for Robert Bosch’s two main products serving the construction sector, i.e. heavy duty power tools and laser measuring tools...

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Myanmar Approves Massive Refinery

"PT Sans";mso-font-width:98%">Myanmar has approved a USD2.6 billion investment to construct a huge oil refinery and related logistics and sales facilities in the south of the nation. The joint venture company Long win Global Petrochemical Co Ltd will establish the nation’s largest refinery on a 300 hectare plot in the Tanintharyi region. "PT Sans";mso-font-width:98%"> mso-fareast-font-fam...

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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. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black">These production plants produce steel structures for ...

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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. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black;mso-font-width:99%">According to Vietnam News, inspections by the Railway Project Management Unit (PMU) on La ...

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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. "PT Sans";color:black">Some experts predict that BIM will transform the sector; governments...

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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. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black;mso-font-width:98%...

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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. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black">The company announced that one of its elevators has achieved a speed of 1,230 metres per minute, or 20.5 metres per second, which it believes is the fastest elevator speed ever record...

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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...

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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. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black">This first CCB MOU with a Southeast Asian nation will provide funding for Chinese and Singaporean companies to...

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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. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black">Hollow block manufacturer JJ-Pun Tiostone Co Ltd aims to target airport terminals, ports and hotel projects in 2017 following additional investment at their Yangon manufacturing plant. "PT Sans"...

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Nation’s First Oil Refinery Online for 2018

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. The Cambodia Petrochemical Company (CPC) signed an MoU worth USD620 million in May with the Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) Northeast Refining and Chemical Engineer...

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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. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black">The 217,000 sq.m mixed-use development being built by Chinese contractor CSCEC is scheduled for ...

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