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The company said its experience with offshore wind in UK and northern Europe means it’s well placed to support the growing market in Japan and Asia (Reegan Fraser/Unsplash)

Mott MacDonald taps into growing Japanese offshore wind market

UK-headquartered consulting engineer Mott MacDonald has helped Japan’s Hibiki Wind Energy and syndicated lenders reach financial close on the 220MW Kitakyushu Hibikinada offshore wind farm in western Japan. The company…

Boston climbed to 9th place from 13th last year after tender price inflation of about 7% in 2022 (Todd Kent/Unsplash)

US dominates league of most expensive cities to build in

The pool of unemployed, experienced jobseekers keeps shrinking for the construction sector, says the AGC (Josh Olalde/Unsplash)

US contractors group urges more immigration and training as vacancies soar

Mitsubishi Heavy Industry’s image of its hydrogen gas turbine

Japan to invest $113bn in hydrogen economy by 2040

Egis to acquire Saudi design group Omrania

Turkey’s quake reconstruction could top $68bn: World Bank

Foster + Partners’ Lusail Stadium will be a centrepiece of the newly built Lusail City (AFL Architects/CC BY 3.0)

How Qatar pulled off its World Cup triumph – and what it’s planning next

Tehran, the capital of Iran. Fitch predicts construction will grow 8.4% in Iran this year, but that’s contingent on the revival of the Iran nuclear deal (Hansueli Krapf/CC BY-SA 3.0)

MENA construction growth to outstrip world’s this year, Fitch says

Cord Landsmann and Musabbeh Al Kaabi signing the agreement in Abu Dhabi this week (ADNOC)

Abu Dhabi, Thyssenkrupp join forces to ‘crack’ ammonia for hydrogen

Demand for civil engineering is buoyed by low-carbon energy and transport schemes, but the prospects for residential output dragged the outlook downward (Hadi Yazdi Aznaveh/Unsplash)

European construction output to flatline in 2024: forecast

Among the vehicles using Nidec’s e-axle integrated drive system is the Guangzhou Group’s Zeekr saloon (Zotyefan/CC BY-SA 4.0)

Japanese EV motor maker plans $715m Mexican plant to meet demand

An aerial view of the Colorado River Bridge and the Hoover Dam in Nevada, Arizona (Vanja Terzic/Dreamstime)

$60bn released for repairs to America’s crumbling roads and bridges

Cost hikes adding volatility in Australia, New Zealand: report

Power vacuum: How Iraq is moving to solve its electricity shortage

‘Few left to hire’ in US as construction jobless rate plummets

Australia joins global club with shrinking construction activity

San Francisco costliest city to build as markets overheat around world

Lendlease joins Dutch pension fund to develop property in high-tech hubs

March slump in US construction amid worker, material shortages

Singapore’s construction sector to regain ground lost to Covid this year

London is world’s most expensive city to build in, again

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