International news
Piling starts for new Gibraltar hotel
Roger Bullivant (Gibraltar) has just started piling work for a development which will see a five-star hotel added to Gibraltar’s tourism offer by the end of the year.
Pan-European carbon calculator launched for the geotechnical market
Accurate carbon comparisons for a range of foundation techniques are said to be the main benefits of a new carbon calculator that has been designed to also compare designs internationally.
Many dead following Dhaka building collapse
Scores have been killed and hundreds injured following the collapse of an eight-story building on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.
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Engineering firms honoured in Queen's Awards for Enterprise
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Doha metro contracts awarded
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Major quake strikes south west China
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FCC prepares to start on Brazilian mega-port
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Mott MacDonald buys Brazilian consultant Habtec
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Cambridge consultants expands into Singapore
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Salini completes takeover of rival Italian contractor
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Construction growth boosts Bauer’s 2012 results
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Uphill tunnel breakthrough in Switzerland
Middle East news
Doha metro contracts awarded
Client Qatar Rail has awarded the first major construction contracts for the Doha Metro project, NCE’s sister magazine MEED has reported.
India news
Mott Macdonald wins Hyderabad metro contract
Indian contractor Larsen and Toubro has awarded consultant Mott Macdonald a design contract for six stations on the Indian Hyderabad metro development.
Features
Network upgrade
Working out of Lashkar Ghar, the capital city of Helmand Province in Afghanistan, Captain Steve Crosby Jones of 519 Specialist Team Royal Engineers (STRE) is the officer commanding the operation to repair and improve the region’s vital network of canals.
NCE Exclusives
Oakland Bay Bridge broken bolts face federal investigation
American government investigators are to investigate why bolts that have snapped on the eastern span of California’s new Oakland Bay Bridge were specified despite being banned from other projects.
