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European Space Agency and SOM agree on “Moon Village” collaboration

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Solar Ponzi fraud: California couple plead guilty in $1bn case

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Grim year: Nigeria had 43 building collapses in 2019, study says

Powerhouse’s rendering of its floating office

Powerhouse Company reveals design for floating office in Rotterdam

Judges Prize winner, “Fish”, by Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz

Best photos in the world: Art of Building winners announced

A view of the existing Inga 1 dam (Alaindg/CC BY 2.5)

ACS withdraws from $14bn Inga 3 hydro scheme in the Congo

Artist’s render of the world’s tallest modular hotel to date, AC Hotel New York NoMad (Design and photo credit: Danny Forster & Architecture)

“Civilised megalomaniacs”: How New York’s Skystone became a full modular builder

Innovation

“Civilised megalomaniacs”: How New York’s Skystone became a full modular builder

“Civilised megalomaniacs”: How New York’s Skystone became a full modular builder

Self-growing masonry: Researchers claim breakthrough in living bacterial bricks

Self-growing masonry: Researchers claim breakthrough in living bacterial bricks

BAM tries high-tech AI concrete-cure prediction system

BAM tries high-tech AI concrete-cure prediction system

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Companies

Cimic to exit Middle East with sale of former Habtoor Leighton stake

Cimic to exit Middle East with sale of former Habtoor Leighton stake

McDermott files for bankruptcy, will sell petrochem unit for $2.8bn

McDermott files for bankruptcy, will sell petrochem unit for $2.8bn

Rumours circulate of merger between WSP and Aecom

Rumours circulate of merger between WSP and Aecom

Sectors

Straddling the world: Snapshot of China’s command over the global transport infrastructure sector

Straddling the world: Snapshot of China’s command over the global transport infrastructure sector

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

Perspectives

Wake up and smell the coffee: Building the AI-enabled mobile construction enterprise

Wake up and smell the coffee: Building the AI-enabled mobile construction enterprise

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

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

Mace predicts construction in sub-Saharan Africa to grow 7% in next two years

Mace predicts construction in sub-Saharan Africa to grow 7% in next two years

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

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