Beijing-based architect MAD has revealed its plans to transform a cement factory warehouse in Shanghai into a waterside “ark”. The Shanghai Zhangjiang factory, which closed in 2013, will be turned…

California’s San Luis Obispo County has installed two modular steel bridges to restore traffic on remote roads washed out by rainstorms in January and March this year. The bridges were…

Botswana is pursuing one of the world’s most ambitious drought alleviation schemes: the Chobe Zambezi water transfer project. Botswana’s Water Utilities Corporation wants to transport 495 million cubic metres a…

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a $7.5bn fund as part of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA). Low-interest loans will be awarded to infrastructure for…

Californian contractor Granite has won a $215m tunnelling contract in Ohio and a $73m water project in Utah. In Akron, Ohio, Granite will build the 16.5ft-diameter Northside Interceptor Tunnel (NSIT)…

Morocco has this week opened a pipeline intended to transport 400 million cubic metres of water a year to Rabat and Casablanca, website Atalayar reports. The 66km pipeline cost around…

The Korean government has secured the right to negotiate a $1bn water supply project for an industrial park in Bangladesh, website Business Korea reports. The announcement was made by Korea’s…

Industrial equipment maker Atlas Copco has shared pictures of its underwater pneumatic drill being used to break up rocks under Malta’s Grand Harbour. The plan is to lay 800m-long cables…

Engineering and design consultant Atkins, part of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has quickly generated layout plans for 170km of new water pipework in Nepal, improving supply and hygiene for thousands of…

French engineer Suez Group and contractor Vinci have won a contract worth €700m to refurbish and extend a wastewater treatment plant in Nice, France. It will be the biggest facility…

Eleven construction workers have been killed following heavy rains in Islamabad, Pakistan. A wall was damaged by the wind and rain, causing it to collapse onto workers tents at a…

Skanska USA has completed its $38m renovation of the Tampa Convention Center in Florida, built in 1990. It built a 23,500-sq-ft extension and added 18,000 sq ft of waterfront meeting…

Californian contractor Granite has been awarded a $48m contract by the US Army Corps of Engineers to build flood defences for the city of Wharton, Texas. Wharton is susceptible to…

Balfour Beatty has finished a $300m extension of the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, which treats water prior to its discharge in the Sacramento River, where it will be reused…

Skanska USA has completed the $72m Coachman Park waterfront redevelopment in Clearwater, Florida. Skanska provided construction management at risk services for the 24-acre park and entertainment venue. Stantec was the…

Ferrovial subsidiary PLW Waterworks has won a $200m contract to build a new wastewater treatment plant in Pflugerville, Texas, a fast-growing suburb of Austin. The plant will treat up to…

Danish architect Henning Larsen has designed a ferry port for Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands, which is inspired by traditional Faroese fishing boats and the historic local harbour.…

A recently completed $17m traffic corridor in Rockaway, Queens, has used porous concrete on the pavement to improve drainage. The Beach 108th Street project was designed to accommodate increased pedestrian…