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Construction has begun on Guangzhou New Airport in Gaoming, about 60 km southwest of the city. The first phase will feature a 260,000‑square‑metre terminal, two parallel runways and 94 aircraft stands. When fully operational by 2030, the facility is designed to handle 30 million passengers and 500,000 tonnes of cargo annually, complementing Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. The project is part of a broader $42 billion Chinese infrastructure push that includes rail and road upgrades linking the region’s 20 million residents.
Ireland aims to harness up to ~37 GW of offshore renewable energy by 2050, leveraging its deep Atlantic waters for floating wind. However, existing ports lack the depth, capacity and lay‑down space—currently only 40‑50 ha—required for large‑scale projects. The government has outlined...
Construction has begun on United Heat, a renewable cross‑border district heating network linking Görlitz, Germany and Zgorzelec, Poland. The system combines heat pumps, biomass, solar thermal, power‑to‑heat and waste‑heat from sewage gas to replace gas‑fired and coal plants. A 3.8 km...
Skyports Drone Services is remotely piloting a "drone‑in‑a‑box" system from its Madrid centre to conduct weekly BVLOS inspections of Hochtief’s Rheinbrücke Leverkusen bridge project north of Cologne. The flights generate 2D and 3D survey outputs via DroneDeploy, replacing infrequent, manually‑operated...
The UK government has launched a £15 bn Warm Homes Plan, aiming to retrofit five million homes by 2030 with insulation, solar panels and heat pumps. The programme seeks to lower energy bills and meet national carbon‑reduction targets. Contractors and housing providers...
Berlin-based Ecoworks secured a €23 million contract to retrofit 192 apartments across 12 post‑war cooperative buildings in Hagen. The renovation will employ prefabricated façade panels, insulation upgrades, new windows, electric shutters, roof insulation and on‑site photovoltaic integration, aiming for a 36 %...
Skanska has secured three contracts worth $313 million across the United States and Sweden. The deals include a $165 million biology research building for Texas A&M University, a $102 million Avalon pedestrian bridge in Los Angeles, and a $46 million high‑school project in Halmstad....
Austrian construction giant Strabag has seen its cartel fine surge to €146 million—the maximum penalty, equal to about 10% of its 2021 turnover—after the Federal Competition Authority uncovered undisclosed cartel projects and revoked its leniency status. The Vienna Higher Regional Court...
