News Bechtel pledges $7m for suicide prevention American engineer Bechtel will donate $7m to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), to be spent on support for 500,000 construction workers over the next five years. The company…
News Skanska to build data centre and healthcare facility in Norway Swedish contractor Skanska has won two building projects worth a total of $185m in southern Norway, one for a data centre, the other for a health and care facility. The…
News Ethiopia starts building $70m vaccine factory Ethiopia launched its bid to be a player in the global vaccines market last week when its health minister Lia Tadesse laid the foundation stone for a $70m vaccine factory…
News Turner heat study shows workers risk “permanent health effects” even on mild days Turner Construction has tested labourers working at a large data centre project in Kansas City to investigate the effect of temperature on health. The study concluded that those tested were…
News Skanska wins two contracts worth $198m in Texas and Kentucky Swedish contractor Skanska has won two deals worth a total of $198m: a STEM building for Texas State University and renovation work for the Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital Tower in…
News China-funded ‘friendship hospital’ set to boost healthcare in Cambodia A five-storey hospital in the eastern Cambodian town of Tboung Khmum was officially opened this week by Prime Minister Hun Sen and Wang Wentian, China’s ambassador to Phnom Penh.