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Cowi team picked for Bangladesh tunnel project
The construction index   23 May 2017   Bangladesh   Asia  
Karnaphuli Tunnel perspective (source: The construction index)
<p>​​Cowi has been awarded a contract to check the design and construction of a US$530m (&pound;406m) tunnel in Bangladesh.</p> <p>It will be working with local consultancies and Australian partner SMEC.</p> <p>The Karnaphuli Tunnel will be 3.4km long and ...
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Hong Kong completes link to mega bridge
The construction index   20 April 2017   Hong Kong   Asia  
Tunnel link to mega bridge (source: The construction index)
<p>A 12km-long tunnel and viaduct link to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will be completely connected this month, Hong Kong&rsquo;s Highways Department has announced.</p> <p>One of the two design and construction contracts is being undertaken by China State ...
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Pile foundations complete at The Tower
The Tower inauguration (source: ME Construction News)
<p>Emaar Properties, the Dubai-based real estate developer, has announced that pile foundations for The Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour have been completed.</p> <p>Developed as a joint venture between Emaar Properties and Dubai Holding, The Tower is situated ...
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Tender awarded for record-breaking Turkish solar power plant
The construction index   27 March 2017   Turkey   Asia  
Solar power plant (source: The Construction Index)
<p>The contract has been awarded for a solar power plant with the capacity to supply more than 600,000 households in Turkey.</p> <p>The tender for the plant - which will be the largest in the region and one of the largest in the world &ndash; was won by a ...
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Construction of Dubai’s Bluewaters ‘75% complete’
Dubai Bluewaters (source: ME Construction News)
<p>Construction at the Bluewaters island destination off Dubai&rsquo;s coast is 75% complete, with most structures having transitioned from structural work to the fa&ccedil;ade stage of the building process in preparation for handover starting in the first ...
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Dubai’s Damac awards contracts worth $381m in Jan-Feb
Developer says 121 contracts awarded in first two months of 2017 for various projects across Dubai (source: ME Construction News)
<p>Developer Damac Properties says it awarded contracts worth AED 1.4 billion ($381 million) during January and February 2017 for its projects in Dubai.</p> <p>A total of 121 deals were signed, including construction, supplier and consultancy contracts, Damac ...
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$3bn Kuwait causeway project 73% complete
ME Construction News   10 March 2017   Kuwait   Middle East  
Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah Causeway (source: ME Construction News)
<p>Work on the $3 billion Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah Causeway project is about 73% complete, a senior Kuwaiti official has said, while also confirming that the 36km long bridge on track to launch in 2018.</p> <p>Also known as The Subbiya Bridge, the project ...
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Ferrovial wins Texas highway expansion
Highway in San Antoni (source: The Construction Index)
<p>Ferrovial has won a US$192m contract to expand a section of US 281 in Texas, USA.</p> <p>The project Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) covers a 13km section of the highway in the San Antonio metropolitan area.</p> <p>Work will be carried out by ...
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Dubai's upcoming night market on Deira Islands has promises to keep
Zawya   19 February 2017   United Arab Emirates   Middle East  
Deira Islands project. Image supplied by Nakheel.
<p>The world’s single largest “night market” is setting a date for an opening in late 2018 on Deira Islands, the offshore mixed-use cluster Nakheel is developing. It will also be the first component that will be open to the public on the massive four-island ...
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Daewoo awarded $590m road project in Qatar
ME Construction News   08 February 2017   Qatar   Middle East  
Expressway perpsective (source: ME Construction News)
<p>South Korean industrial giant Daewoo has announced that its group company Daewoo Engineering &amp; Construction (E&amp;C) has been awarded a $590m contract to build an expressway in Qatar.</p> <p>According to a statement from the Korean company, it signed ...
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