Egypt has unveiled plans to invest $21bn in a huge tourist resort on the Mediterranean coast, business website Zawya reports. The so-called “SouthMed” scheme will be developed by the government…

Vinci Construction Grands Projets has won a €94m design-build project to enlarge a drinking water plant supplying Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. The customer is the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority,…

Danish architect 3XN has won a design competition for the 700-sq-m Centre for Coastal Nature and Sport Fishing on Denmark’s Funen island. The oval building on a pier in Assens…

Construction has begun on a $174m upgrade of Honolulu’s Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, increasing the capacity and efficiency of the state’s largest plant. The scope of work includes expanding…

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.…

China wants to beautify its coastline by building more than 110 “beautiful bays” by 2027. Seven cities will also become “model zones” where their coastal areas can be classed as…

China will help pay for Russia’s first liquified petroleum gas (LPG) terminal on its Pacific coast, shipping news site Marine Link reports. The aim is to complete a project that…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…