News ‘Site of the century’: Crews square up to Antwerp’s tunnel-under-a-canal A joint venture of contractors last week started the complex job of building a double-deck road tunnel under the Albert Canal in Antwerp, Belgium. It will consist of a pair…
News China starts building a 1,800-hectare offshore solar farm China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) started building China’s biggest offshore solar farm on Sunday at Haibin harbour in Lianyungang city in eastern China’s Jiangsu Province, Global Times reports. Costing $1.39bn,…
News Aston Martin’s 249m residential tower opens on Miami’s waterfront Aston Martin has announced the completion of a 249m-tall residential tower in downtown Miami. The sail-shaped building was designed by the car-maker, along with Rodolfo Miani of Argentine architect Bodas…
News Thai and Danish firms to study nuclear power-barge plan Thai power company Global Power Synergy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Denmark’s Seaborg Technologies to explore the possibility of a nuclear “power barge” for Thailand. Seaborg has developed…
News Germany is turning its big open coal mines into lakes German utility RWE has chosen a Turkish steelmaker to supply pipe sections for its planned pipeline from the River Rhine to turn opencast coal mines in the Ruhr into giant…
News China’s cities are sinking, study says Millions of people living in Chinese cities face rapid subsidence, according to a major new study. Dozens of researchers led by Ao Zurui of South China Normal University used a…
News Dubai announces next phase of sold out South Bay development The government of Dubai has announced plans for a fourth phase of its South Bay development, which will add 138 three-to-five bedroom villas, together with a few six and seven…
News Former Trieste petrol refinery to become park powered by ‘water batteries’ Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) has designed a masterplan for a 365,000 sq m seafront park on the site of a former oil refinery. The masterplan will open up a previously…
News Mott MacDonald to study North Sea hydrogen network to ‘decarbonise Europe’ Engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald has won a contract from Gasunie to assess the feasibility of an offshore hydrogen network in the Dutch North Sea. Gasunie is a gas network operator…
News Webuild to put marine wildlife in aquarium while building Genoa breakwater A consortium led by Italy’s Webuild (40%) has explained its plan for protecting marine life affected by the construction of a breakwater at Genoa port. A team of marine biologists…
News Strabag team wins €532m contract to replace canal lock in Germany A team made up of subsidiaries of Austrian contractor Strabag has been awarded a €532m contract to replace a lock on a major canal in Germany. Ed Züblin, Züblin Spezialtiefbau…
News Lagoon life: Saudi Arabia’s latest form-busting resort keeps you hanging Neom this week unveiled another resort to add to its list of high-concept sustainable tourism projects. “Treyam” occupies a tidal lagoon at the southern end of the Gulf of Aqaba,…
News 10 Design reveals plans for new South Bay waterfront in Shenzhen Architect 10 Design has revealed its regeneration plan for a waterfront site to the east of Shenzhen. The Yantian Old Market Town is an industrial suburb experiencing rapid growth. The…
News Foster + Partners designs science and technology centre between Shanghai and Suzhou UK architect Foster + Partners has unveiled its design for the Xicen Science & Technology Centre, a mixed-use development on wetlands west of Shanghai and south of Suzhou. The project…
News Sweco enlisted to help save Armenia’s evaporating lake Stockholm-headquartered engineer Sweco has been retained to assess the consequences of raising the water level of Lake Sevan in Armenia by six metres to preserve it. Covering more than 1,200…
Projects JV starts building $819m Potomac River Tunnel to curb sewage spills A joint venture of CBNA and Halmar supported by engineers Cowi and Hatch has started an $819m design-build contract for the 5.5-mile-long Potomac River Tunnel, intended to control sewage overflows…
News Flatiron wins American climate projects worth $327m Hochtief subsidiary Flatiron has won two climate adaptation and resilience projects worth $327m in Texas and Virginia. The City of Virginia Beach selected the company alongside Dutch consulting engineer Arcadis…
News Nitrogen run-off could push 3 billion people into water scarcity by 2050 A paper in science journal Nature predicts that the number of people lacking clean drinking water will grow by 3 billion by 2050.