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Building Hong Kong's Airport

The Constructor

The two former islands that were levelled comprise about 25% of the surface area of the airport’s 12.55 Land reclamation for the airport added nearly 1% to the entirety of Hong Kong’s surface area. The project is the most expensive airport project ever, according to Guinness World Records. km² platform.

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Bid races for new Scape £4bn utilities works deals

Construction Enquirer

Procurement specialist Scape has launched the hunt for contractors to deliver specialist utilities civils and construction works. The frameworks are designed to cover a host of works covering gas and heat, electricity, water, nuclear, ports, airports, and transport services where many frameworks already exist.

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£270m race for HS2 automated shuttle system

Construction Enquirer

HS2 has started the search for a contractor to design and supply a transport system for the project’s Automated People Mover in the West Midlands. The APM Systems Contract worth around £270m will include a 25-year transport operation and asset maintenance contract for the transit system.

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

BD+C

Of those total emissions, building operations are responsible for 27% of annual global emissions, while embodied carbon emissions—the greenhouse gas emissions generated from the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance, and disposal of building materials—are responsible for 15% of annual GHG emissions. Of that amount, $2.15

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BIM – Attempting to Run before you can Walk? – BIM EU-wide Procurement Initiative

Building Information Management

more efficient procurement and management of the existing numerous renovation, repair, sustainability, and minor new construction projects required to meet sustainability and economic imperatives. federal departments/agencies, as well as state/county/local governments, colleges/universities, healthcare, and airports/transportation.

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Construction costs rise for 22nd straight month in November

BD+C

NYSE: IHS) and the Procurement Executives Group (PEG). The Engineering and Construction Cost Index (ECCI) registered 53.2 percent in November, up from 52.6 percent in October, according to IHS Inc. The ECCI indicates that construction costs in North America have been on the rise for nearly two years since January 2012.

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Top 10 Construction Companies in the USA

CivilJungle

London Airport. Dubai International Airport. Construction of Abu Dhabi International Airport. The company offers his services in the various fields like Construction and Engineering which includes transportation, Oil and gas and chemical, wastewater and mining. Construction of Sky Harbour International Airport.