Mega Infrastructure and Engineering
Laos to Build US$2bn Wind Power Project for Domestic Supply & Export
The Laos Government and relevant energy companies plan to spend over US$2 billion to establish a wind power project in Sepon district of Savannakhet province for domestic supply and exporting to Vietnam. The Laos government and two private firms—Savan Vayu Renewable Company and LTM Lao Company —have recently signed an MoU to examine the possibility […]
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Bentley Systems Announces the Finalists in the 2022 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure
Winners to Be Announced at an Awards Ceremony in London on 15 November Bentley Systems, the infrastructure engineering software company, on 19 September announced the finalists in the 2022 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure. The annual awards program honours the extraordinary work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. […]
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Government Plans to Spend Over US$240 million Building Three New Airports
The government plans to spend more than US$240 million on building three new airports to serve domestic flights. According to the report from the Secretary of State for Civil Aviation (SSCA), the three new airport projects are within the 2019-2024 aviation infrastructure investment scheme. An estimated US$80 million is planned for the construction of the […]
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Dubai Mulls Building Massive Space-Age Ring to Encircle World’s Tallest Building
An experimental architecture firm ZNera Space has proposed a conceptual design of a space-age ring structure to encircle the world’s tallest skyscraper the Burj Khalifa, according to CNN. Known as Downtown Circle, the project is a massive five-storey circular structure showcasing urban planning in a wildly ambitious design combined with a series of mesmerizing illustrations. […]
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Vietnam to Open World’s Longest Glass Bridge for Tourists in by Late April
A 632-metre-long glass bridge, the world’s longest is scheduled to open in Vietnam’s Moc Chau town for tourists this upcoming 30 April, according to the VN Express. Located in the Moc Chau Island tourist area in Son La Province, around 200 kilometres from Hanoi, the Bach Long bridge is reaching completion. Once completed and open, […]
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Indonesia’s First High-Speed Railway to Start First Trial in November
Indonesia’s first high-speed railway connecting the country’s largest cities of Jakarta and Bandung is set to begin a test run in November in time for the G20 meeting in Bali, reported GCR. After a difficult six-year construction period, the project is now at 80% completion, according to the governor of West Java province Ridwan Kamil. […]
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Oman’s US$1bn Sustainable Tourism City Launched in Oman
Oman has officially launched the first phase of its US$1-billion mega coastal tourism city development— the Yiti Sustainable City. Spreading on over 100ha of land in Muscat, the project is being implemented by Tourism Development Company (Omran Group) and Diamond Developers. According to the firm’s press release on 30 March, the first phase will include […]
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Canada to build multibillion-dollar hyperloop train linking 2 major cities
French Canadian firm TransPod says it has already raised US$550 million for its multibillion-dollar project to build an ultra-fast vacuum tube link between Calgary and Edmonton, reported GCR. The money was raised from UK project finance group Broughton Capital and Chinese state-owned industrial trading company China-East Resources Import & Export. If it is built, the […]
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World’s skinniest skyscraper completed in New York
The world’s skinniest skyscraper in the world located in New York City— Steinway Tower or111 West 57th Street— has been completed and is ready for residents to move in. This luxurious apartment tower has a height of 435m, 24 times of its width, with a total of 84 floors and over 530,000 sqm of floor […]
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World’s Tallest Hotel Complete in Late 2023
Construction on a 365m tall hotel in Dubai is now halfway and is scheduled to be completed in late 2023, to become the world’s tallest building. Named Ceil, the tallest hotel in the world is being built by the China Railway Construction Corporation. Construction on the world’s tallest hotel has continued despite the broader challenges […]
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