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Leighton Asia to build 10 residential towers south of New Delhi

3 days ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke

The “Elan the Emperor” development will consist of 10 145m-tall towers on a 49ha site. Leighton will handle civil and structural engineering, and will manage the project’s subcontractors. The scheme, which is hoping to win a LEED Gold certificate, will be located by the eight-tower “Elan the Presidential” development, which Leighton is also building on behalf of Elan Group.
Big Chinese and Egyptian builders team up for African megaprojects

3 days ago | globalconstructionreview.com | David Rogers

Egyptian prime minister Mostafa Madbouly said the deal supported a strategic partnership between the two countries. Egypt’s housing minister Sherif El Sherbiny said the agreement resulted from his recent visit to China, adding the aim was to share resources to “implement megaprojects in Egypt and across Africa”.
Floating timber neighbourhood proposed for Rotterdam

3 days ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke

The plan for the Spoorweghaven dock has received “initial support” from the Municipality of Rotterdam, Mast said in a press release, without giving details. The design is for 100 affordable units, public spaces and commercial areas. If built, Spoorweghaven would be Europe’s largest floating housing development. It would consist of prefabricated cross-laminated timber buildings that can be towed into place and anchored in the harbour.
Implenia to build rail tunnels under Frankfurt

3 days ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke

The route will run from a new S-Bahn station at Konstablerwache in the city centre to Fechenheim in the north east. The route will be part of the Nordmainische S-Bahn, a planned railway between Frankfurt, Hanau, and the town of Maintal. Implenia will do initial excavation and construction for the S-Bahn station, drill two 1.2km-long tunnel tubes with boring machines, and carry out extensive water management measures.
General Motors to spend $888m on V-8 engine plant

3 days ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke

It’s the company’s biggest single investment in an engine plant, and will make sixth generation V-8 engines used in large trucks and SUVs.The company’s current Tonawanda Propulsion plant will be remodelled, but in the meantime will keep making fifth generation V-8s. The $888m price tag includes spending on new machinery, tools, and plant renovations.
ICE raid detains more than 100 workers in Florida

5 days ago | globalconstructionreview.com | David Rogers

Masked officers in camouflage were seen detaining workers at a site near Florida State University’s Doak Campbell Stadium. A spokesperson for the university later said it had not given information to ICE. Those detained were nationals of Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, and Honduras, among others. One individual was taken into custody for resisting arrest and is facing four counts of assault on law enforcement officers.
Hawaii’s $2.4bn telescope scheme axed for lack of funds

5 days ago | globalconstructionreview.com | David Rogers

Work on the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) atop Mauna Kea is being threatened by a cut to the budget of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The foundation’s budget proposal, published at the end of last week, reduced its funding request from $9 bn to $3.9bn for the next fiscal year. The foundation is also working on the $2.5bn Magellan Telescope (GMT) in Chile’s Atacama desert. It had already indicated that it will not be able to pay for both projects (see further reading).
$322m Florida reconstruction project completed following 2022 hurricane

5 days ago | globalconstructionreview.com | Joe Quirke

The work was carried out by a joint venture between de Moya Group and Superior Construction for the Florida Department of Transportation. The department commented that the project was its first phased design-and-build contract. The work involved pile-driving, earthworks, drainage repair, concrete placement and asphalt laying. The restored causeway contains resilience features such as steel-sheet pile wall systems and concrete caps and roadway barriers.
Google reportedly investing $10bn in Arkansas datacentre

1 week ago | globalconstructionreview.com | David Rogers

West Memphis lies to the west of Memphis, Tennessee across the Mississippi River. The Memphis Business Journal reports that it will have five server farms, offices, a road network and a substation big enough to handle the enormous amount of power the facility will require. A special purpose vehicle called Groot LLC is developing the project, the Journal reports.
India’s Sobha to build six-tower luxury scheme in Dubai

1 week ago | globalconstructionreview.com | David Rogers

The towers at “Sobha Central” will be linked by an elevated path giving access to a gym, theatre, clubhouse, mall, restaurants, supermarkets and a Grand Hall. Out of doors, the project will have landscaped terraces, infinity pools and private courtyards in the central park. Ravi Menon, chairman of Sobha Group, said the towers were “a bold expression of our vision to shape the future of urban living in Dubai”.