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Chevron seeks off-ramp from $40bn Canadian LNG scheme

Render of Emory University’s HOK-designed Health Sciences Research Building II (Courtesy of Emory University)

Coca-Cola president’s $400m gift allows advanced biomedical research building in Atlanta

Vinci Airports took over the running of Brazil’s Salvador Bahia Airport in January 2018 (Photograph courtesy of Vinci Airports)

Gateway to Bahia: Vinci completes €160m Brazil airport upgrade

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Thailand to fast track $6.6bn in rail projects in 2020

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Denmark plans $45bn ‘energy islands’ to meet carbon reduction target

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Zaha Hadid Architects’ art museum opens in Changsha, China

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Ramboll works on €1.5bn “new centre” of Helsinki

Innovation

BAM tries high-tech AI concrete-cure prediction system

BAM tries high-tech AI concrete-cure prediction system

World’s tallest modular hotel goes up in New York, with help from Autodesk

World’s tallest modular hotel goes up in New York, with help from Autodesk

Dubai twin tower scheme with “world’s largest cantilever” praised for 4D modeling

Dubai twin tower scheme with “world’s largest cantilever” praised for 4D modeling

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Companies

Daewoo and Saipem form strategic LNG-building alliance

Daewoo and Saipem form strategic LNG-building alliance

Bentley, Topcon launch new company to help contractors go digital

Bentley, Topcon launch new company to help contractors go digital

Bentley acquires Citilabs and Orbit Geospatial Technologies

Bentley acquires Citilabs and Orbit Geospatial Technologies

Sectors

HKA acquires Kenrich Group, creating “America’s biggest claims consultancy”

HKA acquires Kenrich Group, creating “America’s biggest claims consultancy”

Chinese giant CREC is preferred builder for Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel

Chinese giant CREC is preferred builder for Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel

Sinohydro team wins $482m Argentine hydroelectric scheme

Sinohydro team wins $482m Argentine hydroelectric scheme

Perspectives

Decarbonising construction: Six things industry could do

Decarbonising construction: Six things industry could do

Instant infrastructure: videos document amazing construction feats

Instant infrastructure: videos document amazing construction feats

Autodesk: Why we're investing in a modular construction company

Autodesk: Why we're investing in a modular construction company

Trends

Achieving defect-free projects in the demanding fit-out sector: free webinar

Achieving defect-free projects in the demanding fit-out sector: free webinar

Novatek announces plans to build third massive LNG plant in northern Siberia

Novatek announces plans to build third massive LNG plant in northern Siberia

Chinese contractors take quarter of all international revenue in 2018

Chinese contractors take quarter of all international revenue in 2018

Markets

Malaysia’s 2020 budget bodes well for infrastructure

Malaysia’s 2020 budget bodes well for infrastructure

Rising costs hit US construction, Mace reports

Rising costs hit US construction, Mace reports

Welfare in the Gulf: The companies trying to be humane

Welfare in the Gulf: The companies trying to be humane

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