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Questions By World Construction Today (From Pgafrica) 1. Which country, with significant gas deposits, is leading the way for furthering gas-to-power projects to meet growing electricity demand?Presently, the U.S. is furthest...

Dutch architectural firm MVRDV has won a competition to refurbish the Serp & Molot factory in Moscow, Russia. The project is expected to be completed in 2021 and is estimated to cost about RUB180bn ($5bn). MVRDV...

The Croydon Council Urban Regeneration Vehicle (CCURV), a partnership between Croydon Council and John Laing, has secured approval for the redevelopment of Taberner House in London, UK. Architectural firm Make designed the mixed tenure residential...

Berkeley Homes has secured approval from the Greater London Authority to construct two residential towers in Islington. The City Forum development will feature a 42-storey and a 36-storey tower block on City Road in an...

UK-based engineering firm Arup has created a master plan for the renovation of Barranquilla city in Colombia. The master plan will address issues like flooding, as the Barranquilla city centre lacks a cohesive stormwater management...

Green building or construction building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building’s life-cycle from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and deconstruction. This...

Liquidated Damages is defined as  "a sum which a party to a contract agrees to pay or a deposit which he agrees to forfeit if he breaks some promise and which, having been arrived...

Cost Control is an obvious objective in Construction Management and Construction Scheduling. It should be recognized that no amount of paperwork achieves this construction cost control. The actual control is achieved through the ultimate...

One of the major problems facing any business enterprise is that of obtaining finance. This is a problem not merely of quantity but also of type. The situation is further compounded by legislation. a...

Strategy is a subject that has exercised the minds of political, military and business leaders for centuries. The earliest recorded attempts to define strategy emanate from Roman military commanders who sought to document the...