Construction of the RM3 billion Penang Second Bridge will begin after the Chinese New Year holiday, said Penang Second Bridge Task Force head Tan Sri Zaini Omar.
“The preliminary work is progressing as scheduled with no major problems encountered while the actual work on the bridge will begin after the Chinese New Year,” he told a [...]

Construction services group Global Construction Services (ASX: GCS.AX) is pleased to announce the launch of operations in the North West with the opening of a new business division in Karratha, Western Australia.
The new division will operate as GCS Northwest Pty Ltd, a subsidiary business to GCS Group.
GCS Group Managing Director Enzo Gullotti said the new [...]

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced that it is providing civil, structural, and environmental design services to Peel Media Ltd for phase one of the mediacity:uk development in Salford, United Kingdom.
The first phase of this internationally significant development will provide new accommodations and studio facilities for the BBC and consists of the site infrastructure, three new [...]

Pascal Faidy, 50, is the new sales and marketing manager DuPont Fluoroproducts – Refrigerants for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Pascal’s predecessor, Phil Bardsley, becomes sales and marketing manager EMEA for the Consumer and Industrial Finishes business at DuPont Fluoroproducts. A graduate in agronomic engineering, French-born Pascal Faidy joined DuPont’s agriculture business unit in [...]

From 2008, GaLaBau, the International Trade Fair for Urban Green and Open Spaces, is the new forum for the construction, maintenance and management of golf courses in Germany. The “German Golf Course Conference” offers German golf associations and their members – golf course operators, managers, architects and greenkeepers – the opportunity for joint presentation. Some [...]

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has appointed world-renowned architect Zaha Hadid as the architect of its new “Innovation Tower”. This building will be her first permanent architectural work in Hong Kong. The new Tower will be located at the northeastern tip of the university campus. Construction work will begin in 2009 and the whole [...]

The UK-based lighting company Thorn, a brand of the Zumtobel Group of Austria, is to illuminate heritage sites in the City of Jericho on the Palestinian West Bank. The project is one outcome of an initiative launched by The Lighting Urban Community International Association (LUCI), an international network of over 70 municipalities, universities, lighting designers [...]

Pipe producers and fittings manufacturers from Europe to China are recognising the processing and long-term performance benefits of recent introductions to the BorSafe product range from Borealis, a provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions. BorSafe polyethylene (PE) pressure pipe and fitting grades reflect Borealis’ commitment to contributing to better, safer and more durable pipe [...]

The NewAcoustic stretch ceiling system is designed for high acoustical absorption for ceiling or wall applications. Designed by Newmat, a specialist in stretch ceilings, this system consists of a patented microperforated PVC membrane that can be installed by itself or over an acoustical core. NewAcoustic, one of many Newmat lines, is a flexible PVC membrane [...]

The new PERI MAXIMO wall formwork system created a tremendous amount of interest to this year´s bauma trade fair in Munich. For almost two decades now, the TRIO panel formwork with the optimized BFD alignment coupler has demonstrated its speed and versatile functionality – and with the introduction of the TRIO Housing, the handling was [...]

With the introduction of the CASE CX210B hydraulic excavator, the first in a series designed around the new engine technology, the manufacturer has once again taken an innovative stance. The all-new CASE CX210B excavator, in standard configuration, has an operating weight of 21,500 kg, almost 10% more than the model it replaces. The extra weight [...]

Axis Technologies Group, Inc. announced today that Kirchhoff Construction will join the company as an efficiency advocate in energy saving partnering. Kirchhoff, a leader in innovation, recently installed in their own facility the energy efficient lighting fixtures by Crescent/Stonco, a division of the Genlyte Group, Inc. that is equipped with the Axis Dimming/Daylight Harvesting [...]