Brazilian Dam Fix to Delay Opening Until Next Year - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Lima, Peru - A Brazilian consortium constructing a dam in Southern Brazil has come up with a plan to repair the damage that led to a failure in the structure's diversion tunnels that led to the
Publication Date: 28 July , 2006
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Array of Skills Takes Arup Group's Global Network In New Directions - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Talk to executives at the design firm Arup Group and it won’t be long before they mention the “key speech.” Written by the founder nearly four decades ago, the speech is a road map with u
Publication Date: 24 July , 2006
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The Top 200 International Design Firms - A Good Time To Be a Designer - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Prosperity is expanding the borders of the world construction market. The North American market boom has been well documented, but the Middle East now is growing despite regional tensions, thanks largely t
Publication Date: 24 July , 2006
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Gates Fail on Big Brazilian Dam - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A diversion tunnel for recently built dam in Brazil failed during the last week in June, causing an uncontrolled release of the water from the huge upstream reservoir. The failure caused no loss of life an
Publication Date: 05 July , 2006
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British Jury Clears Hamza Of Murder for Hire Charges- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Hamza was greeted by “thousand and thousands of people” at Cairo airport, says his elated wife Omaima Hamza. News of his trial had been muted in the U.K., but was a “huge, huge story” in Egypt she adds. In a phone call, E
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Publication Date: 29 June , 2006
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Ecuadoran Road Work: Long on Need, But Very Short on Funding - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 22 June , 2006
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Vinci Rebuffs Veolia - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The world's largest construction and concessions group, France's Paris-based Vinci Group, July 15 rebuffed merger overtures from another French conglomerate, the water and wastewater company Veolia Environ
Publication Date: 16 June , 2006
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Italian Regime Change Could Topple Big Span - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Italy's $5-billion, 3.7-kilometer-long Messina Strait bridge will not be built, if the new national government's environment minister Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio gets his way. A final design/build contract was
Publication Date: 26 May , 2006
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Javits Center Expansion Approaches Final Hurdle- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Dogged by ongoing squabbles over the Freedom Tower design, and still stinging from the rejection last year of a proposal for a new Jets stadium, many city and state officials in New York want the $1.7-bill
Publication Date: 09 May , 2006
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Innovative Structures Take Shape Amid Challenges - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Can a flock of ducks comprising birds from China, the United States and other countries fly in harmony?
Publication Date: 08 May , 2006
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Canal Expansion Drives Colombia's Port Plans - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The proposed $5.25-billion upgrade to the Panama Canal both Panama and Colombi
Publication Date: 03 May , 2006
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Sure You Drink Bottled Water,But Do You Know Why? - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Editor's Note: The winner of the inaugural award for excellence in student water journalism is Alyse Rivo, an 18-year-old senior at Head-Royce School in Oakland, Calif. She was honored April 22 at a studen
Publication Date: 02 May , 2006
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U.S.-Canada Lumber Trade Deal Praised, Criticized - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A U.S-Canada agreement aimed at resolving a lengthy trade dispute over Canadian exports of softwood lumber was praised by federal government officials and U.S. lumber producers, but criticized by U.S. home
Publication Date: 28 April , 2006
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Chinese Trying to Get Their Ducks in a Row - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Is it possible for a flock of ducks comprising birds from China, the United States and other nations to fly in complete harmony? The question came up at a two-day conference of construction professionals d
Publication Date: 27 April , 2006
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Beijing's New Airport Roaring Right Along - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Visitors flying into Beijing can’t miss the Beijing Capital International Airport’s terminal three that has taken shape in a very big way on a site adjacent to the current airport. The striking
Publication Date: 25 April , 2006
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Special Report: Colombia, Part 5 - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
As Colombia tries to convince foreign investors that there are enticing business opportunities at hand, the specter of the four-decade-long civil conflict hovers in the background of every discussion. Ever
Publication Date: 19 April , 2006
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Colombia Overhauls Concession System for Third Time - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Hoping that the third time is a charm, Colombia has once again overhauled its concession model for public works financing in an attempt to attract more international investment.
Publication Date: 27 March , 2006
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Officials Clear Wembley Site After Girder Falls - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Authorities evacuated more than 3,000 workers from London’s ill-fated, $1 billion Wembley stadium project early Mar. 20 when one end of a 30-m -long roof girder explosively broke away from a support.
Publication Date: 20 March , 2006
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Despite Explosion, Peru Pushes Forward with $2B LNG Project - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Natural gas began to flow through Peru's Camisea 430-mile pipeline on March 15 following a week-and-a-half long shutdown caused by an explosion on the line in a remote jungle area - the fifth break in the
Publication Date: 16 March , 2006
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Civil Engineer Crafts Colombia's $5.5-Billion Transportation Program - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Colombia is currently working to develop more than a dozen major infrastructure projects worth more than $5.5 billion. In addition, the Transportation Ministry is moving forward with efforts to construct a
Publication Date: 10 March , 2006
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Columbia Invites Infrastructure Investment, But Is It Safe Enough? - Part 2 of a six-part series - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Bogota, Colombia–After years of economic turmoil and social upheaval Colombia is poised to spend big to bolster its languishing infrastructure. But it isn’t going to be easy for this developing
Publication Date: 24 February , 2006
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Cement Prices Heading South? Only in South America - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
As regional shortages driven partly by demand for transportation capacity from China ratchet up cement prices in North American, the situation in the South America couldn't be more different.
Publication Date: 14 February , 2006
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Special Report - India - As Demand Grows, So Does the Need for Skilled Workers - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Almost as big as Califor-nia’s population, India’s construction work force is vast but largely untrained. The questionable quality of much work testifies to the fact that only some 15% of India&#
Publication Date: 28 November , 2005
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Special Report - India - Contractors - Hindustan Construction Co. Expands With Active Infrastructure Market- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Having seen his firm, Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd., grow tenfold in the last seven years, Chairman and Managing Director Ajit Gulabchand forecasts continuing expansion in infrastructure construction fo
Publication Date: 28 November , 2005
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Special Report - India - Contractors - New Delhi-Based Jaypee Group Rides Hydro Power Surge- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
With the Himalayas on its northern border, India will rely increasingly on hydro power to plug its energy gap. Building these plants now is the main business line of Jaypee Group, one of India's largest c
Publication Date: 28 November , 2005
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Special Report - India - Delhi's Teeming Streets Give Way To Air-Conditioned Calm - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Contractors and design firms are now preparing to bid for the next phase of the rapidly expanding metro system in India’s capital. The first underground section, completed this summer, is impressing l
Publication Date: 28 November , 2005
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Special Report - India - Fast Growth Propels India to the Top of the World's Hot Markets - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Large Indian contractors are reporting annual sales rising over 30%, and margins are fatter than those in the West. "Less than 6 to 7% [after tax] may not be acceptable in future," says K.V. Rangaswami, senior vice president of the mai
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Publication Date: 28 November , 2005
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Special Report - India - Housing and Highrises Build Backlog - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
"We have never seen such good times for the industry in this country," says Hafeez Contractor, one of India’s most vocal architects. With a staff of 280 people and growing, his firm is overf
Publication Date: 28 November , 2005
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Special Report - India - India's Largest Contractor Begins Flexing Its Muscles - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
In size, L&T is unrivaled at home. With sales last year growing 35%, to about $3 billion, the company is nearly five times bigger than Jaypee Group, New Delhi, one of its nearest competitors. And its business scope is wider, not only than th
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Publication Date: 28 November , 2005
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Special Report - India - Mumbai's Congestion Will Be Eased by A Concrete Masterpiece - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The link will run north-south across the bay’s mouth on the city’s west side. Its twin decks each will carry four lanes of traffic to the city’s commercial southern tip, avoiding gridlocked highways down the narrowing island that
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Publication Date: 28 November , 2005
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China’s Project Management Rules Have Foreigners Fuming - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Circular 200, Trial Measures Concerning Construction Project Management, took effect Dec. 1, 2004, and changed the project management landscape. "Decree 200 essentially says that no firm is allowed to perform project management and construc
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Publication Date: 24 October , 2005
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Q & A with Odebrecht's Road Man in Peru - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Daniel Villar , the company’s project director, has been responsible for the company’s roadwork in Peru since January 2003. The 32-year-old Brazilian began working with Odebrecht in Ecuador in1995 and has been with Odebrecht Peru since
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Publication Date: 11 October , 2005
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Roadbuilding in China's Mountains Is a Tall Order - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A half-century after the U.S. put its Interstate highway system in place, China is building its own national road network. Within a decade, central planners expect to have a world class transport system t
Publication Date: 29 August , 2005
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Challenge of Deep Sea Met by Walking, Digging Machines - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Building a route for pipelines and service cables down a narrow undersea ravine and over a cliff into a plunging badlands of 60-meter peaks, valleys, boulders, ice water, high se
Publication Date: 22 August , 2005
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Norwegian Gas Project Has Engineers Going to Extremes - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A Norwegian company with a history of big works and a hunger for more is leading the coordinat
Publication Date: 22 August , 2005
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Vancouver's $1.35-Billion Rail Line, Tied to 2010 Olympics, To Start in Fall - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Utility relocation and preliminary construction of a $1.35-billion rapid transit line from downtown Vancouver, B.C., to its southern suburbs is set to begin this fall following final financial and legal ne
Publication Date: 12 August , 2005
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Bombed Underground Station Reopens - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Four bombers struck in central London in a coordinated attack on the transit system as the morning rush hour was drawing to a close on July 7, killing 56 people and injuring 700. Authorities are relinquishing the sites as they complete their inv
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Publication Date: 08 August , 2005
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German Engineers Use Bridge Technique To Build Terminal - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
With only a slight delay, due to lightning interfering with controls, the operation went as planned, says Philipp Müller-Donges, managing director of structural contractor Donges Stahlbau GmbH, Darmstadt. He believes the bascule-type erecti
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Publication Date: 08 August , 2005
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Bombs Mar London's Olympics Triumph
Explosions at three London Underground sites and on one city bus caused at least 52 deaths, 45 serious injuries and 300 other casualties, according to official estimates as of July 12. Two explosions hit trains between stations–one near the
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Publication Date: 18 July , 2005
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London Crews Launch Spans Over Tracks with Little Room
Engineers in the U.K. are replacing a road crossing over rail and subway tracks at one of London’s busiest terminals while trains continue to run underneath. The $120-million project to improve access
Publication Date: 18 July , 2005
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In Underground Bombing Wake, London Police Warn of Possible Tunnel Collapse
Engineers responsible for London Underground, the U.K. capital's metro system, are primed to enter the bomb-damaged sites as soon police complete forensic investigations following the
Publication Date: 08 July , 2005
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London Blasts Sharpen Concerns Over Olympic Security
London's mood went from elation to gloom as yesterday's news of the city's selection as Olympic host for the 2012 Games was swept aside by today's rush-hour attack on the capital's transportation system. W
Publication Date: 07 July , 2005
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Terrorist Blasts Shake London
London's mood went from elation to gloom as yesterday's news of the city's selection as Olympic host for the 2012 Games was swept aside by today's rush-hour attack on the capital's transportation system. W
Publication Date: 07 July , 2005
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Beijing’s National Grand TheatreTransforms the Cityscape
In a clear signal of openness and modern tempo, China’s National Grand Theatre has taken shape in th
Publication Date: 29 November , 2004
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Configuration Led to ‘Spirit’ Plus Acoustical Richness
During preparation for the design competition for the National Grand Theatre, architect Paul Andreu focu
Publication Date: 29 November , 2004
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Configuration Led to ‘Spirit’ Plus Acoustical Richness
During preparation for the design competition for the National Grand Theatre, architect Paul Andreu focu
Publication Date: 29 November , 2004
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Heathrow Terminal Takes Shape But Is A Long Time Coming
A lengthy permitting process for a fifth terminal at London’s Heathrow airport added years to the pr
Publication Date: 29 November , 2004
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Firms Cautious Despite Uptick
For ENR’s Top 225 International Contractors, revenue from projects outside their home countries rose 20% to $139.82 billion in 2003, up from $116.52 billion in 2002.
Publication Date: 23 August , 2004
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Publication Date: 23 August , 2004
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Power’s On, Final Segment’s Under Way as Three Gorges Forges Forward
Like a gigantic boulder that has been tumbling down a steep slope for a decade, the largest engineering and construction project on the planet is gaining momentum as it heads into its final phase. China
Publication Date: 23 August , 2004
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Shanghai Container Port Heads to Sea To Handle Deep-Draft Ships
China’s scorching economic expansion is powering a growing armada of ever-larger container ships plying the waters between Asia and North America. Shanghai, which has been busy reclaiming its status a
Publication Date: 23 August , 2004
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Market Rise Masks Concern
After several years of crisis and concern, the market for the top international design firms from around the world began to pick up in 2003. Regions where tensions had been highest, like the Middle East an
Publication Date: 26 July , 2004
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Under Nigerian-born Thomopulos, Heartland Engineer Shows Global Face
Publication Date: 26 July , 2004
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Officials Look to R&D Clusters as A Development Catalyst
Since the founding of Stanford Research Park in Menlo Park, Calif., in the 1950s, research parks have seen an explosion of growth. Now, their development is tied to life sciences, a field seen by its pract
Publication Date: 19 July , 2004
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Public, Private Sectors Are Busy Chasing R&D's Frontiers
One key area of federal R&D investment now is in nanotechnology–the emerging field of molecular and atomic level research, from one to 100 nanometers. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. The National Nanotechnology Initiative, laun
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Publication Date: 19 July , 2004
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R&D Market Is Industry's New Testing Lab
Construction industry firms have long followed science, designing and building structures that allow research to move from untested concept to proven reality. As 21st-Century R&D explodes in new direct
Publication Date: 19 July , 2004
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AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: Col. Gregg Martin
Martin led the U.S. Army’s construction mission in the Iraq campaign with intelligence, energy and courage. As the fighting ebbed, he quickly helped set the stage for reconstruction. He brought an innovative style of flexible organization a
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Publication Date: 05 April , 2004
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Award of Excellence Winner: Col. Gregg Martin
Martin led the U.S. Army’s construction mission in the Iraq campaign with intelligence, energy and courage. As the fighting ebbed, he quickly helped set the stage for reconstruction. He brought an innovative style of flexible organization a
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Publication Date: 05 April , 2004
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Award of Excellence Winner: Col. Gregg Martin
Martin’s positive attitude and endurance are the qualities people talk about most. "One thing anybody who has ever met Gregg Martin remembers about him is the enormous energy he has," says Wallace. "And it is not just persona
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Publication Date: 05 April , 2004
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Award of Excellence Winner: Col. Gregg Martin
Martin led the U.S. Army’s construction mission in the Iraq campaign with intelligence, energy and courage. As the fighting ebbed, he quickly helped set the stage for reconstruction. He brought an innovative style of flexible organization a
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Publication Date: 05 April , 2004
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