The first meeting of the tripartite coordination committee on construction of the Caspian gas pipeline and modernization of the existing international gas transportation system was held in the Turkmen capital on 17 June.
Leaders of the Turkmengaz state concern, Russia’s Gazprom open joint stock company and the Kazakh KazMunayGaz company attended the meeting, the Turkmenistan.ru correspondent [...]
Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, has been awarded a contract by Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited (PPGPL) to construct a new butanes fractionator at PPGPL’s Port Lisas natural gas processing and natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation facility in Trinidad.
Black & Veatch will handle engineering, procurement and construction of the [...]
This report will look at the cyclical categories of non-residential building construction in Canada — commercial and industrial work. Institutional construction is more a trend phenomenon, driven by demographic factors and dependent on government financing. Engineering/civil construction can fluctuate dramatically as a result of individual large projects. There will also be comments on some key [...]
Calgary, AB – On April 19, Enmax Corp. announced plans for a multi-billion-dollar natural gas and gas-from-coal generating plant. While the exact location was not disclosed, the plant will be built in southern Alberta to serve the energy needs of that part of the province. The plant will be fuelled by natural gas and gas [...]
Construction was expected to begin this year on an oil pipeline from Myanmar’s deep-water port of Sittwe to south-western China, state media on Monday quoted a Chinese oil company as saying.
Executives from the state-owned oil giant Sinopec made the announcement Sunday but gave no date or timetable for the construction, the official Xinhua News Agency [...]
Four construction workers were injured today in a natural gas explosion at a luxury condominium tower construction site on the Las Vegas Strip, officials said.
Two workers were hospitalized in serious condition, one with burns over 30% of his body, Clark County fire spokesman Scott Allison said in a telephone interview.
A third worker was taken to [...]
Executives from Caterpillar Inc., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd. have signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding to conclude a plan that would result in a new ownership structure for SCM.
The companies are in discussions with the intention of reaching definitive agreements for the plan where Caterpillar would own the majority [...]
Alternate Energy Holdings announced the company’s consideration of an evolutionary nuclear reactor design for use in AEHI’s proposed construction of an Idaho nuclear power plant. AEHI management has been in discussion with AREVA, an international energy technology company, regarding EPR reactor design. The EPR is a 1,600 Megawatt class Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR); its [...]
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB) is the recipient of the 2006 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence for the Manitoba Hydro Head Office project. This is the most prestigious Canadian award in architecture for projects in the design phase. As one of the two
major national design award programs, the Awards of Excellence have recognized significant [...]
Graphic Packaging Corporation today reported a net loss for second quarter 2006 of $26.0 million or $(0.13) per diluted share, based upon 198.7 million shares. This compares to a second quarter 2005 net loss of $19.6 million, or $(0.10) per diluted share, based upon 198.6 million shares.
The second quarter net loss was impacted by higher [...]