Category: Urban Construction

Creditors File Petition for Chinese Developer Xinyuan Real Estate’s Bankruptcy

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 17, Creditors of Chinese developer Xinyuan Real Estate have filed an involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New Yo...

2025-04-17

Russia Faces Housing Shortage by 2027 Due to Decline in New Construction

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 17, Russia’s housing market may face a shortage of up to 30 million square meters by 2027, driven by a significant decline in new residential construction, according to a...

2025-04-17

Acciona, Cimic Team Lead $3.5bn Project Unblocking Brisbane-Gold Coast Rail Bottleneck

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 17, An international consortium, comprising Acciona, SMEC, WSP, and Cimic subsidiaries CPB Contractors and UGL, has secured a design and pre-construction contract for a US$3.65...

2025-04-17

Tunnel Bored on India’s Himalayan Super-Highway

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 17, A significant milestone is anticipated today in the construction of the 4.5km Silkyara Bend-Barkot road tunnel in Uttarakhand, India, as excavation teams are expected to me...

2025-04-17

Hagia Sophia to Undergo Most Extensive Refurbishment in 1,500 Years

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 17, The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Türkiye, is set to undergo its most comprehensive restoration in its 1,488-year history, focusing on enhancing its resilienc...

2025-04-17

BEYOND Unveils New Luxury Residential Tower in Dubai Maritime City

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 16, BEYOND Developments has introduced The Mural, a premium real-estate project within the expansive eight-million-square-foot Dubai Maritime City master plan in the United Ara...

2025-04-16

DPWH Reaches Construction Milestone on Davao City Bypass Project in Philippines

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 16, The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Philippines has made significant progress on the Davao City Bypass Construction Project (DCBCP), a 45.5km, four-la...

2025-04-16

India Finances Two Sri Lankan Rail Projects

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 16, Two railway projects were recently inaugurated in Anuradhapura, northern Sri Lanka, under the India-Sri Lanka development partnership, enhancing regional connectivity. Thes...

2025-04-16

UK’s Cumberland Council Approves Plans for Carlisle Station Gateway Project

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 15, Cumberland Council’s planning committee in the UK has greenlit a redevelopment plan for Carlisle Station, introducing public space enhancements and a new pedestrian a...

2025-04-15

Construction Commences on Redding Rancheria Tribal Health Village in California

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 15, The Redding Rancheria, a federally recognized tribe in South Redding, California, has begun construction on a 190,000-square-foot health village. This initiative, developed...

2025-04-15

Hyundai, Leica Put 3D Machine Guidance in Crawler Excavators

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 15, Hyundai Construction Equipment and Leica Geosystems have jointly developed an advanced 3D machine guidance system for Hyundai’s next-generation crawler excavators. Th...

2025-04-15

Four in Race to Supply Reactors to Kazakhstan’s First Nuclear Power Plant

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 15, Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Agency has selected four companies as potential suppliers for reactors at the country’s first nuclear power plant, according to Inter...

2025-04-15

Work Is Under Way on Black Sea Tourist Resort Based on Reclaimed Land

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 15, Construction has started on an 84-hectare tourism project off the coast of Batumi, Georgia’s second-largest city. Named Ambassadori Island, the $100 million developme...

2025-04-15

Porr Picked for Poland’s Biggest Rail Tunnel as Transport Megaproject Gathers Pace

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 15, Poland’s Central Port Communication (CPK) project, aimed at transforming the country’s transport infrastructure, has awarded a €412 million contract to a c...

2025-04-15

German Firm to Spend €1.6bn Converting Power Plants to Hydrogen

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 15, EnBW, a German energy company, has initiated a project to install one of Germany’s first hydrogen-ready gas turbine power plants at its Stuttgart-Münster site. T...

2025-04-15

Peab Secures Contract for 100 New Apartments in Lindvallen, Sweden

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 14, Peab, a Nordic construction and civil engineering firm, has been awarded a contract to build a new residential complex with 100 units in Lindvallen, Sweden. The project, co...

2025-04-14

Muse Submits Planning Applications for Oldham Town Centre Regeneration in UK

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 14, Muse, working with Oldham Council in the UK, has submitted planning applications to transform Oldham Town Centre. These efforts form part of the Oldham Town Living regenera...

2025-04-14

NSW Government Finalises Contracts for Waterloo South Housing Renewal in Australia

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 14, The New South Wales (NSW) government has finalized agreements with a consortium to manage the Waterloo South housing renewal project in Sydney. The consortium includes Stoc...

2025-04-14

Ecocem team gets €4m to develop electric arc furnace slag for cement

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 14, A research group led by Ecocem, a Dublin-based company specializing in low-carbon cement, has received a €4 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) to...

2025-04-14

Egypt and France Shake Hands on €7BN Green Hydrogen Complex

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 14, Egypt and France have entered into a €7 billion agreement to establish a green hydrogen and ammonia complex near Ras Shokeir on Egypt’s Red Sea coast, according ...

2025-04-14

‘Tulsa’s Stonehenge’ to Be Completed After Agreement of Federal Grant

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 14, Construction has resumed on the I-44/US-75 interchange reconfiguration in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a $252 million initiative that began drawing notice after its first phase left di...

2025-04-14

NCC Secures $24.8m Asphalt Contracts in Norway

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 13, Nordic construction firm NCC has finalized five asphalt contracts with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, valued together at around Skr250m ($24.8m). The agreements...

2025-04-13

I-95 Pavement Upgrade Commences in Westchester County, New York

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 13, The New York state government has launched a $86.7 million pavement improvement project along a nearly five-mile section of the New England Thruway (I-95) in Westchester Co...

2025-04-13

World Bank Agrees $150M to Help Nepal Manage Bridges

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 13, The World Bank has approved a $150 million financing package to support Nepal’s Third Bridges Improvement and Maintenance Program. The initiative aims to enhance the ...

2025-04-13

New York’s $2.1bn Highmark Stadium Project Topped Out

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 8, The $2.1 billion Highmark Stadium project in New York, USA, reached a milestone with the installation of its final major roof section. This step, known as the topping-out, o...

2025-04-12

Peab Secures Contract to Expand Smolt Facility in Bjørnafjorden, Norway

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 12, Peab, a Nordic construction and civil engineering firm, has secured a contract worth Nkr116m ($11m) to expand the smolt facility at Sævareid in Bjørnafjorden, ...

2025-04-12

Volvo to Spend More on Mexican Truck Factory Despite Trump’s Tariffs

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 8, Volvo, a leading Swedish automaker, has decided to boost its investment in a new truck manufacturing facility in Mexico, increasing the amount from $700 million to $1 billio...

2025-04-12

Mace Secures London Building Retrofit Contract

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 11, J.P. Morgan Asset Management has engaged Mace to lead a building reuse project at 65 Gresham Street in the City of London, UK. The initiative will transform the site into o...

2025-04-11

Oman Invites Tenders for Latter Phases of Sinaw-Mahout-Duqm Road Project

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 11, The General Secretariat of the Tender Board in Oman has launched the tender process for phases three and four of the Sinaw-Mahout-Duqm road upgrade project, aimed at enhanc...

2025-04-11

Stantec Buys Irish Engineering Consultant

Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 11, Canadian design and engineering firm Stantec has acquired Ryan Hanley, an Irish engineering and environmental consultancy, to strengthen its role in Ireland’s water s...

2025-04-11