News Korean team signs agreement to rebuild Ukraine’s railways Two Korean companies have signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine’s rail operator to aid the rebuilding of railways in the war torn country. According to The Korea Times, Korea’s…
News Aecom signed on to rebuild Ukraine’s biggest airport Aecom has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine’s biggest airport to serve as its reconstruction delivery partner. Boryspil International near Kyiv is still closed amid Russia’s invasion, and was…
News Korean companies sign deal to help modernise Kyiv’s Boryspil International Airport Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Korea Airports Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to modernise Boryspil International Airport to the southeast of Kyiv. According to the deal, Korea Airport…
News Ukraine prepares $1bn plan to build 100ha of warehouse space Economic development agency UkraineInvest has joined the effort to build four logistics hubs with a total investment value of $1bn. The hubs will be developed by Terwin, a Ukrainian business…
Perspectives Any takers in Ukraine’s fire-sale of state assets? As Kyiv races to offload troubled state firms and property, ‘distressed asset investors’ are watching with interest.
News Dutch firms penalised for helping to build Russia’s bridge to Crimea Four unnamed Dutch firms and eight individuals have been penalised in the Netherlands for helping Russia build a bridge to Crimea between 2014 and 2017 in breach of EU sanctions,…
News Design winner announced for standardised family housing units in Ukraine Estonian architect DAGOpen has won a design competition to create a standardised housing unit for families or small groups in Ukraine. DAGOpen’s“Hata” design is based on a traditional Ukrainian building…
News France and Taiwan finance $3.5m Ukrainian bridge Taiwan has announced that a memorandum of understanding has been signed with the Kyiv city government to build a $2.5m bridge to the city’s Obolon Island. Some $1m in funding…
News Unesco condemns Russian attack on historic centre of Odesa The United Nations’ culture, education, and science agency Unesco has strongly condemned Russia’s missile attack on the historic centre of Odesa, Ukraine, which is protected under the World Heritage Convention.…
News ‘At least a year’ to repair grain-port damage after Russian attack, minister says It will take “at least a year” to repair grain-terminal infrastructure at the Ukrainian ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk after Russian attacks last week, Ukraine’s minister of agrarian policy has…
Perspectives ‘A new heritage’: Seven Ukrainian designers on rebuilding their country “People should be able to unite to create their homes.” – Maksym Lysogora “Reconstruction is not about restoring Ukraine to its pre-war state … we have an opportunity to rethink…
News Korea, Poland pledge cooperation on $52bn of Ukraine reconstruction The governments of South Korea and Poland have agreed to cooperate on some $52bn of Ukrainian reconstruction projects, the Pulse business news service reports. Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of…
News EU to spend €6.2bn on tunnels, roads, rail, and ports The European Union (EU) has allocated €6.2bn for 107 new projects for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), including cross-border rail connections, ports, tunnels, and waterways. 82% of the €6.2bn will…
News Bechtel and Ukraine sign reconstruction agreement Bechtel has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine’s State Agency for Restoration and Development of Infrastructure, the organisation responsible for Ukraine’s reconstruction. The two parties agreed last week at…
News UK backs £26m loan to rebuild Ukrainian bridges The UK’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), has agreed to issue a buyer credit loan guarantee worth £26.3m that allows the Ukrainian government to to start rebuilding six…
News Aecom to help Ukraine plan post-war reconstruction programme Dallas-based engineer Aecom has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine’s Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development to provide programme management support for the country’s eventual reconstruction. Aecom says…
News New podcast “21CC” launched to probe construction’s future A new podcast from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) launched today with a mission to probe the future of construction. 21st Century Construction, or 21CC, aims to tell unusual…
News Ukraine’s printed school in pictures This week GCR reported on Europe’s first 3D printed school taking shape in Lviv, western Ukraine. Organisers say it could provide a blueprint for getting more than 5 million children…