A UK design engineer has won an international competition organised by the Norman Foster Foundation to create a masterplan for the reconstruction of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. It’s estimated…

The Polish government this week brought forward the start of construction on the country’s €2.3bn “East Shield” defence line along its eastern border intended to deter Russian attacks through either…

An international expert has warned that Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip over the past year has exposed many of the 2.1 million people trapped there to deadly…

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland have asked the EU to help them pay for new fortifications along their borders with Russia and its ally, Belarus. The defence ministers of the…

Fresh doubts have been cast over Russia’s proposed new gas pipeline through Mongolia to China after the newly-elected Mongolian government published its “Action Program” for 2024-28, prioritising medium and long…

Lithuania this week started building a 170-hectare military base to house some 4,000 combat-ready German troops about 20km from the border with Belarus, Russia’s close ally. The move comes in…

Local authorities in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast have begun building 10 underground schools to protect children against Russian missile strikes, Ukrainian news site Euromaidan Press reports. Parts of the oblast are…

The government of South Korea believes its neighbour North Korea will send a force of military engineers to do reconstruction work in the Russian occupied Ukrainian oblast of Donetsk as…

As Russia steps up its attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, US engineer Aecom has partnered with Ukrainian hydropower company Ukrhydroenergo to be technical advisor in the rebuilding of bombed dams.…

Researchers from the University of Oxford say rebuilding Ukraine’s steel sector as a zero-emissions one would generate $77bn extra gross value added (GVA) over 20 years compared to restoring the…

Dnipro Metro is hoping to attract companies willing to help restart a 4km metro extension that was suspended after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. The 7km system now consists…

Danish and Ukrainian children’s charities have joined forces with window-maker Velux to build three villages for orphans in Ukraine. They say their family-based care approach could be an alternative to…

Drones attacked Ukraine’s Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant yesterday and hit one of its six reactor buildings, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reports. The IAEA said the attack didn’t…

Work has begun in Romania building Nato’s biggest air base, a title now held by the Ramstein air base in Germany. The $2.7bn project will expand the Mihail Kogalniceanu base…

Four big companies in the UK construction sector have joined forces to promote UK professional services for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Law firm Pinsent Masons, Mace, Costain, and Montreal-headquartered AtkinsRéalis…

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…

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…

Warsaw architect WXCA has won a competition to design a reconstruction of the Saxon Palace, a neoclassical landmark demolished by the German army after the suppression of the 1944 rising…