From fast-track adjudication to no more pay-when-paid, Hong Kong is serious about keeping cash flowing in construction, but there are pitfalls for contractors. The Construction Industry Security of Payment Ordinance…

Employers’ group the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) has warned that the US federal government shutdown, now in its 13th day, could undermine construction projects across the country. It…

Donald Trump’s White House says it will build a standalone, 90,000-sq-ft ballroom able to accommodate 650 people, replacing the current 200-capacity venue situated in the White House’s East Room. Clark…

India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has said it will require lenders to keep money in reserve equal to 1% of the value of loans given to…

Belgium’s parliament voted overwhelmingly last week in favour of a bill that reverses a law enacted 22 years ago that mandated an end to nuclear power generation, Brussels Times reports.…

Forty years after the Danish parliament banned the building of nuclear power plants, Denmark is interested again. Its energy minister Lars Aagaard told newspaper Politiken that the government would assess…

The Vietnamese government has picked Hanoi-based conglomerate Vingroup to build 500,000 affordable housing units, half of the million units the government promised by 2030 four years ago. In 2023 it…

Germany’s parliament the Bundestag yesterday voted 513-207 in favour of a €500bn emergency fund to tackle the country’s crumbling infrastructure, relieving builders and sending growth forecasts for Europe’s biggest economy…

Vietnam’s National Assembly today approved raising the country’s growth target for this year to at least 8%, up from 6.5%, and backed infrastructure projects including a railway to China and…

Oregon is hoping to begin work in September on the long-delayed bridge over the Columbia River, but local politicians worry about President Trump withholding pledged federal funding, Oregon Public Broadcasting…

US senators are demanding answers from the Trump administration over what they say are damaging consequences for energy infrastructure and housing after deep and sudden staffing cuts at government departments…

China is building a military complex on the outskirts of Beijing that will be 10 times bigger than the Pentagon – until recently the largest office in the world, the…

Budapest city council is locked in a power struggle with the national Hungarian government over the development of a derelict industrial area near the city centre. The government of Viktor…

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has rounded on contractors building the country’s $16bn Long Thanh International Airport, demanding that they stop gossiping and eat “quickly” and sleep “urgently”, newspaper…

Tokyo’s government has ruled that beginning in April, detached new-builds above a certain size should be fitted with photovoltaic panels and thermal insulation. This rule will apply to about 50…

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party says she will tear down wind turbines if she becomes chancellor, Bloomberg reports.  Alice Weidel called them “windmills of shame”…

Skanska has signed a contract worth $240m with the Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction (Statsbygg) to build the second largest building in Oslo’s new government quarters. The 26,800 sq m…

California governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order intended to speed up reconstruction and reduce price gouging once the Californian wildfires are extinguished. The order will suspend aspects of…