The world’s heaviest wheeled crane makes its debut at wind farm site in China
This post was originally published on this site Joe Quirke The XCA3000 crane, image courtesy of XCMG The world’s heaviest wheeled crane has completed its…
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US construction wages hit $35 an hour
This post was originally published on this site Average wages for US construction site and office workers rose by 5.9% over the year to November,…
ABB joins effort to generate power in old mine shafts
This post was originally published on this site The system drops heavy weights attached to cables down the shaft to spin turbines (Gravitricity) Swiss manufacturer…
Hensel Phelps to manage construction of $2.5bn Texan airport terminal
This post was originally published on this site Joe Quirke A plane at San Antonio International Airport (Casey Martin/Dreamstime) US contractor Hensel Phelps has been…
German politicians demand return of nuclear power
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers Germany’s Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Power Plant was shut down in 2015 (Christian Horvat/CC BY-SA 3.0) Germany’s…
How the world’s longest span connected Asia and Europe
This post was originally published on this site Joe Quirke in Turkey Image courtesy of Limak Turkish contractor Limak gave GCR a tour of the…
Skanska sells $115m stake in New York’s LaGuardia airport
This post was originally published on this site Joe Quirke LaGuardia Terminal B (James Andrews/Dreamstime) Swedish contractor Skanska is selling its 32% stake in LaGuardia…
ZHA-designed art centre is inaugurated in Guangdong
This post was originally published on this site Joe Quirke Images courtesy of Virgile/Simon Bertrand Zaha Hadid Architects’ 100,000 sq m art centre has been…
China, Vietnam eye upgrade to colonial rail link
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers The upgraded railway would link Kunming to Vietnam’s port city of Haiphong, pictured (Minhvnhp/CC BY-SA…
Honduras borrows $607m to upgrade highway system
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers Honduras is engaged in a programme to upgrade its national highway system (Marek Poplawski/Dreamstime.com) The…