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INNOVATION

Printed wood to be “global turning point” for sustainable manufacturing

Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have developed a technique for ...

Stone age housing: Eindhoven to print five boulder-shaped homes in park

Prefab housing pioneer Katerra buys Michael Green Architecture

TRENDS

EU criticises China’s “Silk Road”, and proposes its own alternative

Unhappy with China’s growing dominance in Asia, Africa and eastern Europe through infrastructure development, the ...

Driverless cars could create 100,000 jobs in Ireland, says Arup

2018: year of the autonomous bus

COMPANIES

Accounting watchdog censures Carillion auditor KPMG

KPMG, the former external auditor of collapsed contracting and services giant Carillion, has been singled ...

Aecon boss laments lost opportunities after thwarting of China sale

Bouygues buys family-owned Sydney builder, AW Edwards

SECTORS

Bye-bye, PFI: UK signals effective end of private finance initiative

Judged to deliver poor value for money, the UK’s once mighty Private Finance Initiative (PFI) ...

Boring Company pitches futuristic Loop system for Chicago airport link

UK may shoulder cost of new nuclear plants

PERSPECTIVES

Carillion: the canary in the coal mine for British contracting

The UK contracting industry cannot improve without rigorous and sustained government intervention, and Carillion’s collapse ...

Why the UK needs a national housing service

If you want to follow the money on “gigaprojects”, you need a map

MARKETS

Ethiopia and Somalia agree joint development of four seaports

Somalia and Ethiopia have announced plans to invest in “four key seaports” and an international ...

Kenya’s property market booms as election fears fade

Europe’s new infrastructure ties with Iran in question as US heads for sanctions

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Vinci awarded $675m for 166km Canadian gas pipeline

ZHA-designed office for Russian bank to go ahead in Moscow

Work begins on $6.8bn expansion of Vancouver Airport

Hewlett-Packard opens 3D printing centre in southeast China

Number of US architects has grown 10% over past 10 years

UNStudio designs 1.5km cable car system for Amsterdam

Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru agree framework for “bi-oceanic railway”

Nigeria probes slum redesign, passes new building code

Mexican presidential frontrunner softens stance on cancelling $13bn airport

Construction finance chief accused of stealing $1m to fund holidays and shopping sprees

42 companies bust: construction insolvency “epidemic” hits Ireland

Why do passengers hate UK airports so much?

Missiles and threats: Scottish road crews fight back against dangerous road rage

We could do it a trillion dollars better

UK’s construction woes to increase

Skanska to expand industrial plant in Argentina

Vinci-Bilfinger team preferred for major Indiana PPP

Sao Paulo woos UK infrastructure firms

Fluor wins Saudi phosphate project

Bouygues to help build Australian rail underpass

Vinci awarded $675m for 166km Canadian gas pipeline

40-storey ZHA-designed hotel opens in Macau

ZHA-designed office for Russian bank to go ahead in Moscow

200 London homes evacuated as blocks found unsafe

Work begins on $6.8bn expansion of Vancouver Airport

Hewlett-Packard opens 3D printing centre in southeast China

China, Nepal mull controversial plan to build Kathmandu rail link

Fireproof robot can map burning buildings and predict explosions

Klab Architects design nursery in style of a child’s sketch

Boost for builders: NSW allocates $3bn for third Metro leg