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“Staff robbed of $20.6m”: Contractor charged with biggest wage fraud “in US history”

Gansu province is one of the most remote regions in China (Dreamstime)

China’s $422m underground lab will probe massive national nuclear waste dump in remote Gansu

The city of Bukavu on the shore of Lake Kivu has a population of around 800,000 (EMMANRMS/CC BY-SA 4.0)

Charity builds giant tanks in DR Congo to give clean water to a million people

Winnipeg: Canada’s gateway to Mexico? (Wpg guy/CC BY 3.0)

Canadian consultant appointed to Mexican plan for $3.3bn North American logistics corridor

A section of the Dhaka metro under construction (Asif Himel/Dreamstime)

International team lands consulting role on Dhaka metro extension

Aerial view of Dubai (Thanzi Thanzeer/Unsplash)

Market snapshot: The state of facilities management contracting in the Gulf

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Why trust is key to successful project control technology

Innovation

Why trust is key to successful project control technology

Why trust is key to successful project control technology

Swedish university claims “big breakthrough” in building-block batteries

Swedish university claims “big breakthrough” in building-block batteries

All-seeing autonomous diggers: Hitachi joins in $31m funding round for next-gen lidar tech

All-seeing autonomous diggers: Hitachi joins in $31m funding round for next-gen lidar tech

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Companies

Mota-Engil files €20m loss after revenues slump in Africa and Latin America

Mota-Engil files €20m loss after revenues slump in Africa and Latin America

New international business hunter for Bam PPP

New international business hunter for Bam PPP

Italy’s Webuild acquires remaining Astaldi stake

Italy’s Webuild acquires remaining Astaldi stake

Projects

Keep your heads down: See how this iconic roof was erected in Hong Kong without a single crane

Keep your heads down: See how this iconic roof was erected in Hong Kong without a single crane

Italy’s Trevi builds foundations to replace exhausted Boston bridge

Italy’s Trevi builds foundations to replace exhausted Boston bridge

Hong Kong first: 10,000-tonne double-arch steel bridge floated and sunk into place

Hong Kong first: 10,000-tonne double-arch steel bridge floated and sunk into place

Perspectives

“It’s the right thing to do”: Why we’re beating global standards in worker welfare

“It’s the right thing to do”: Why we’re beating global standards in worker welfare

Tanzania mourns sudden death of President Magufuli: infrastructure activist and amateur QS

Tanzania mourns sudden death of President Magufuli: infrastructure activist and amateur QS

What offshore oil and gas can teach us about quality and safety

What offshore oil and gas can teach us about quality and safety

Trends

Meet the all-women team leading Skanska’s first LA office scheme in Beverly Hills

Meet the all-women team leading Skanska’s first LA office scheme in Beverly Hills

China’s steel production up 13% amid infrastructure surge

China’s steel production up 13% amid infrastructure surge

China’s plans to build massive hydropower scheme sparks “terrestrial aggression” claims from India

China’s plans to build massive hydropower scheme sparks “terrestrial aggression” claims from India

Markets

Market snapshot: The state of facilities management contracting in the Gulf

Market snapshot: The state of facilities management contracting in the Gulf

“Hospitality will win through”: A view from Dubai amid the pandemic

“Hospitality will win through”: A view from Dubai amid the pandemic

Miami’s first Class-A office tower in a decade hits halfway point in booming Brickell

Miami’s first Class-A office tower in a decade hits halfway point in booming Brickell

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