Cavico Infrastructure Development, a majorityowned subsidiary of Vietnam-based Cavico Corp, has signed a joint venture agreement with the Investment and Exploitation of Natural Resources Joint Stock Company (IERC). The JV aims at tapping the investment opportunities in the construction stones from Hang Co Mine. Cavico Infrastructure will invest in, exploit, process and market the stones, while IE....

AMB Property Corporation, a leading owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, has leased out around 455,200 square feet of land in its AMB Guangzhou Development Zone Logistics Center to three third-party logistics (3PL) firms and an electronics solutions company. AMB Guangzhou Development Zone Logistics Center is a multi-story business park, sprawling over an area of 1 million squa....

Willbros Group, Inc announced that Willbros Construction Services (Canada) LP, its unit in Canada, has won a construction project from Statoil, a leading energy company in oil and gas generation. The contract for the construction of interconnecting pipelines, which has been awarded as part of the companys Leismer Infrastructure Pipelines (LIP) project, is for around 1.3 km of dual NPS 30 diluted ....

The government of Malaysia recently announced that it will construct around 78,000 new low-cost houses all across the country. To be built under the Tenth Malaysia Plan, the low-cost housing units will be allocated to qualified individuals and families with a monthly income below 2,500 Malaysian ringgit (MYR 2,500). The decision has been taken by the government as part of its strategy to increase....

AECOM Technology Corporation, aworldwide professional , technical and management support services provider for both government and commercial clients, has recently been awarded with a contract by the US Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment. The company is one of 40 companies chosen for an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the agency. The contract, for the ....

KBR, a global construction, engineering and services firm, announced that its Building Group has won a $87-million contract for the construction of the new Dental Sciences Building for the School of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina in the US. Officials have confirmed that the new Dental Sciences Building will be a five-storey structure with a floor area of 216,000 square feet. The bu....

Indias capital is going the green way in construction.
Vidur Bharadwaj looks at the steps being taken in this direction ....

Energy management technology is now essential in the construction of green buildings. Times Journal of Construction and Design elaborates ....

The Government of Tamil Nadu has recently introduced a new avenue to finance the schooling and education infrastructure in the state. The Principal Secretary to the School Education Department, Tamil Nadu has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu Foundation, a Tamil association in the United States. The MoU will establish a publicprivate partnership between the state and ....

UEM Constructions (UEMC), a construction and real-estate development country in Malaysia, announced its entry into the Indian real-estate market. The real-estate developer has signed a 50:50 joint venture agreement with Opus Properties, an Indian real estate firm. The companies have signed the agreement to collaborate on a township development project, which will be accomplished along the Nationa....

The Government of India has decided to assist Burkina Faso, a land-locked West African country, in setting up its first call centre. Noel Kabore, Minister for Post and Communications and IT, Burkina Faso is in talks with the Indian government regarding this. The minister expressed the need for IT collaboration with India. The call centre will employ 400 people, and its construction will begin wit....

Tishman Speyer India (TSI) Pvt Ltd, a real estate development company, has commenced the first phase of construction Waverock IT park at Nanakramguda in Hyderabad. TSI has made a capital investment of Rs 600 crore in the first phase of the project. The second phase of the construction project is expected to commence in 2011, when the property developer will invest an additional capital of Rs 700 ....

The Indian government plans to construct a bridge over the Feni river in Southern Tripura to access Chittagong International seaport in Bangladesh. The proposed bridge will connect the town of Sabroom in southern Tripura to Ramgarh in south-eastern Bangladesh. The project aims at facilitating the transport of goods and heavy machinery to the land-locked northeastern region, and, thus saving the c....

The Frick Collection, a world-renowned art gallery in New York, is planning to redesign the portico on the north side of its Fifth Avenue garden. The renovation will involve designing and constructing a glass enclosure to cover its north portico. The design part of the project will be handled by Davis Brody Bond Aedas, a New York-based firm which provides architectural, planning, programming, pre....

Vietnam Architecture Exhibition 2010 was organised at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center at District 7 in Vietnam. The event was organised with the goal of bringing together world-class exhibitors on a single platform and bringing about effective dissemination of information and technology in the architecture domain. The exhibition attracted a huge number of exhibitors, approximately 120....

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) unveiled a new tool that can generate a report on estimated energy use and project modelling for constructions. The tool will generate reports in Excel after analysing a few vital data inputs such as project use type, gross square footage (GSF), and other aspects of the project, such as its predicted energy use intensity (PEUI). Based on the information ....

The Government of India (GoI) recently set up an expert committee to preserve the architectural heritage of Chandigarh. The committee will focus on the maintenance of public buildings of historic importance, especially those which are over 50 years old. The committee will comprise representatives from various ministries such as Culture, Urban Development and Home Affairs. The committee is expecte....

Woods Bagot, an Australian architecture firm, and Buro Happold, a British architectural engineering company, have jointly developed an architectural design programme that will help architects and engineers create zero-emission buildings. Commercially named Zero-E, the utility provides an effective aid for modelling building performance, thus, helping architects understand the impact of the featur....

Times Journal of Construction and Design previews Pergos new laminate flooring range, perfect for high-traffic areas ....

Herman Millers Celle chair promises exceptional comfort through ergonomic design. Times Journal ofConstruction and Design takes a look ....

Times Journal of Construction and Design takes a look at Hs new luxury bed, the Citation II ....

Changing from an obscure village to the hub of industrial and commercial activity , Aditya Bansal explains why Manesar is already a preferred destination for future investments ....

Times Journal of Construction and Design presents extracts from a recent report by IEMR on creating human capital for the Indian power sector ....

Cost-effective construction technologies are a must to mitigate climate change in India. Times Journal of Construction and Design explores available options ....

BIM has the potential to revolutionise the construction processfrom design to completion. Manideep Saha explains The construction industry is the secondlargest industry in India afteragriculture and is poised to play acrucial role as a stimulator ofeconomic growth in this decade and beyond.Currently, the investment in constructionaccounts for 11 per cent of Indias gross domesticproduct and infrast....

EPD facilitates the disclosure of detailed, validated information about products, Times Journal of Construction and Design elaborates ....

All private and commercialconstruction projects are taken upwith one aimprofit. If clients paidtheir bills promptly and withoutarguments, the world would be a happy place fordevelopers. Sadly, the scenario differs in reality.The builder, engineer and contractor areaccountable to the client for every penny. Clientsseek maximum returns on investment. Thus,during the execution of a project, procedur....

Environmentally-friendly construction can actually save money over the long run. Times Journal of Construction and Design looks at ways to achieve this ....

Ceramics manufacturing in India is evolving, in tune with the changing market. Paresh Shah examines the growth path of the Indian ceramics industry ....

A Shyamsunder discusses the importance of having a second home to rejuvenate your present lifestyle ....

The Ave Maria Foundation near Florida reinvents the ways of college administration through the power of the Cisco Intelligent Information Network ....