Companies Mott MacDonald poaches Cowi VP to lead Asian offshore wind Mott MacDonald has appointed Jan Rønberg as offshore wind lead for Asia. He spent 13 years at engineering and architecture consultancy Cowi, latterly as vice president of its offshore wind…
Projects How the world’s longest span connected Asia and Europe Turkish contractor Limak gave GCR a tour of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, which links Asia and Europe across the Dardanelles Strait. Completed in 2022 after four years, the bridge has…
News Asia’s largest mass timber building completes in Singapore Work has finished on Toyo Ito & Associates’ “Gaia” project for the Nanyang Business School in Singapore. The zero-energy building, which is billed as Asia’s largest mass timber building, takes…
News Chinese finance moves into Central Asia as Russian, American influence recedes Chinese President Xi Jinping today unveiled China’s plan to boost economic development in five central Asian states with the help of additional loans worth $3.8bn, Reuters reports. Xi made his…
Projects Leighton Asia wins four Mumbai towers in the past three months Leighton Asia, a subsidiary of Australia’s Cimic Group, has won a $100m contract to construct a high-rise residential project in Mumbai. The Aga Hall Estate scheme involves building two towers,…