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Facebook, Google Join Hands Building Subsea Cable Infrastructure in Asia-Pacific
- 17 August 2021
Two Silicon Valley giants - Google and Facebook - announced their cooperation in building a new subsea cable system by 2024 to improve internet connectivity across the Asia-Pacific region, reported The Straits Times on Monday 16 August. Known as Apricot, this large-scale infrastructure project will link Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines, and Indonesia. It will help serve the growi...
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Construction of National Laboratory Phase II Complete, Officially Handed Over
- 16 August 2021
Construction of the Science, Technology, and Innovation National Laboratory (STINL) building Phase 2 (Building B), located along NR2 in Sangkat Chak Angre Leu has been completed, with the handover ceremony held on 16 March. The handover ceremony was chaired between the Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) HE Cham Prasidh and the construction firm Ly Chhuong Construct...
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MPWT Establishes New Laboratory Centre to Strengthen Local Engineering Capability
- 16 August 2021
Minister of Public Works and Transport HE Sun Chanthol this morning broke ground on a new laboratory centre building within the Techo Sen Institute of Public Works and Transport. The project costs US$580,000, co-funded by the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; the Korea Expressway Corporation; and Korea’s Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology. The l...
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MoE to Include Green Technologies in SHV Multipurpose SEZ Master Plan
- 13 August 2021
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) is evaluating and exploring new technologies to be used in the Sihanoukville multipurpose SEZ master plan to promote green and effective development. The technology evaluation project was announced on Wednesday 11 August during an official meeting chaired by the Secretary-General of the National Council for Sustainable Development HE Van Monineath. According...
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US to Test World’s First Highway with In-built Electric Vehicle Charging
- 11 August 2021
Indiana’s Department of Transportation (Indot), Purdue University, and German startup Magment are working to create the world’s first concrete highway that can wirelessly charge the electric vehicles that drive on it, reported GCR. Magnetisable concrete will be tested and analysed at a stretch of road at Purdue’s West Lafayette campus. This first trial will allow engineers to monitor the roa...
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Chinese Firm Unveils Two Smart Construction Technologies Used on PP-SHV Expressway
- 10 August 2021
The Chinese firm responsible for constructing Cambodia’s first expressway has unveiled two smart technologies used on the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway construction site which include an Automatic & Precise 3D Paving and the Impressive Motor Grader GCS System. According to the official Facebook page, the 3D paver is mainly used for paving cement stabilised sub-base and asphalt pavemen...
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Construction begins on US$17-billion nuclear power plant in China
- 9 August 2021
China National Nuclear Power has started the construction on its US$17-billion project of installing two Russian-designed reactors at the Xudabao nuclear power station in Liaoning Province, northeast China, reported GCR on 6 August. Xudabao 3 is a cooperation between China and Russian. Under the agreement signed in 2018, Rosatom’s subsidiary Atomstroyexport would provide two of its flagship rea...
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China Plans to Build World’s First Waterless Nuclear Reactor
- 28 July 2021
Chinese researchers have unveiled the world’s first thorium-fuelled commercial reactor that will not require water for cooling. This demonstrates a big breakthrough in the Chinese power sector, which today is dependent on coal-fired power plants. Named the Thorium Molten Salt Reactor, the project was begun in 2011. To date, researchers are in the stage of building a 2MW prototype, which is set ...
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MPWT, Viettel Join Hands to Digitise Cambodia’s Public Works & Transport Services
- 22 July 2021
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) has established a working group in collaboration with Vietnam’s largest telecom firm Viettel to compile a draft master plan to digitise Cambodia’s public works and transport services. According to the MPWT announcement released recently, the working group was established following the MoU between the ministry and the Viettel signed in October la...
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Researchers Unveil New Study Using Plastic Waste Instead of Sand in Concrete
- 19 July 2021
Researchers have recently unveiled a new technology by using plastic waste as the substitute for sand in concrete mixing, which is more cost-effective and environmental-friendly, reported the BBC. Cambridge University lecturer Dr John Orr has found that plastic waste can be sorted, cleaned, shredded and crashed into a sand alternative for use in concrete. "We found that you can replace up to...
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