Civil Engineering
US Steel to restart construction on $215m plant in Alabama
United States Steel has announced the restart of construction on $215m electric arc furnace (EAF) steel making facility at its Tubular Operations in Fairfield, Alabama, located in Jefferson County.
In March 2015, US Steel had initiated construction of the EAF...
Construction Equipment
KONE MonoSpace 500 Flex launches in U.S. and Canada
KONE, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, introduced a renewed elevator product to the U.S. and Canadian markets. KONE MonoSpace® 500 Flex delivers a full elevator replacement for low- to mid-rise buildings.
Twenty-two years ago, KONE pioneered...
News
World Construction Forum 2019: Registration in Progress – Special Offer
we would like to invite you to World Construction Forum 2019, which will be hosted by Ljubljana from 8th to 11th April. Forum will have a title “Buildings and Infrastructure Resilience”. You can find all the information about programme...
Infrastructure
Schiphol airport signs long-term deals with three Dutch contractors
Schiphol has signed long-term contracts with BAM, Heijmans and VolkerWessels. The construction companies can carry out works at Schiphol for a maximum period of nine years with a total estimated value of €2.5 to €3.5 billion over this period....
Construction Equipment
Central Crane adds five-axle Liebherr
UK rental company Central Crane Hire (Hull) has taken delivery of a 200 tonne Liebherr LTM 1200-5.1 All Terrain crane.
The five axle LTM 1200-5.1 comes with a seven section 72 metre main boom and a 22 metre bi-fold swingaway...
Building Products
Arvind and Polser to jointly manufacture composite building materials
Arvind Limited has confirmed that it has inked a joint venture (JV) agreement with Turkey’s Polser AS, a leading provider of laminated composite panels.
The JV would be involved in the production of corrugated and plain fiberglass sheet panels to...
Architecture
MVRDV wins contract to design mixed-use complex in Germany
Netherlands-based architecture firm MVRDV has received a contract to design a mixed-use complex that will redevelop a post-industrial site in Kiel, Germany.
The 65,000m² mixed-use complex will be based on a flexible design system instead of a fixed and unchangeable...
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