Construction

Norway

Skanska to Build US$160M Oslo Metro Station

Skanska has secured a US$160 million contract to construct the underground Skøyen metro station in Oslo, Norway. Positioned 45 meters below ground, the t…

United Kingdom

UK’s Department for Education Selects McLaren to Build Secondary School

The UK’s Department for Education has appointed McLaren Construction to develop a new permanent facility for the Boxing Academy in Clapton, London, moving…

Carbon Storage

Rejlers Signs Epci Contract for Co₂ Storage Facility in Norway

Rejlers, an engineering consultancy based in the Nordics, has secured an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract with Equinor f…

Power Construction

Australia Sets New Grid Rules to Speed up Renewable Connections

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has introduced the first of two significant reforms to the National Electricity Market (NEM) access standards to …

Vietnam

CMA CGM Signs $600M Vietnam Box Terminal Deal

France’s CMA CGM has signed an agreement with Saigon Newport Corporation (SNP) to develop a $600 million deepwater terminal in Haiphong, northern Vietnam. The …

Tanzania

Work Completed on East Africa’s Longest Bridge

The $260 million John Magufuli Bridge, spanning 3.2km across the Mwanza Gulf on Lake Victoria’s southern coast in Tanzania, has been completed, connecting…

Norway

Skanska Lands Major Arctic Road Job

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has awarded Skanska, a Swedish construction company, a $435 million (NOK 4.4 billion) contract to upgrade a 21.5km sec…

China

Wacker Commissions New Specialty Silicones Plant in China

Wacker Chemie AG, headquartered in Munich, Germany, has completed the mechanical construction of an expanded production complex at its Zhangjiagang site in Chin…

Solar Power Plant

Angola Breaks Ground on 35 MW Solar Project

Construction has begun on the Quilemba photovoltaic power plant, a 35 MW solar project near Lubango in southern Angola. Announced in October 2021, the project i…

Metal

Generation Mining Receives Final Permit for Marathon Copper-Palladium Project in Canada

Generation Mining has received the final construction permit for its Marathon Copper-Palladium Project in north-western Ontario, Canada, marking a significant m…

LNG

US Regulators Greenlight Construction of Venture Global CP2 LNG Plant in Louisiana

U.S. regulators have authorized Venture Global to begin construction of its CP2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Louisiana, according to a Federal Energy Re…

Czech Republic

Skanska to Build $167M Prague Bypass

Skanska, a Swedish construction company, has secured a $167 million contract with Czechia’s National Highway Authority to construct the I/12 Běchovice-&U…

SMR

Westinghouse, First Nations Sign MoU to Look At SMR Opportunities

Westinghouse Electric Company has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Pabineau and Eel River Bar First Nations to advance the use of Westi…

United Arab Emirates

Chelsea FC Plans Branded Tower Complex in Dubai

Chelsea Football Club has partnered with Dubai-based developer Damac to construct several 130-meter-tall towers in Maritime City, Dubai, one of which will featu…

Switzerland

Tiny Swiss Village Gets World’s Tallest Printed Tower

This week, a 30-meter-tall structure named Tor Alva, meaning White Tower in the Romansh language, was unveiled in Mulegns, a small mountain village in southeast…