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Turner & Townsend to assess Sydney light rail options
22/02/2012: Transport for New South Wales has appointed Turner & Townsend to provide cost planning services for the development of the Sydney Light Rail strategic plan. more »
Contract signed for Oslo airport expansion
21/02/2012: NCC Construction Norway has signed a contract worth SEK475m (£45m) for foundation engineering and concrete work at Oslo’s Gardermoen Airport. more »
Habtoor Leighton lands $515m Dubai deal
21/02/2012: Habtoor Leighton Group (HLG) has been awarded a US$515m (£325m) contract as part of the US$1.33bn Habtoor Palace hotels development in Dubai. more »
Keller lands £30m Malaysian contract
20/02/2012: Keller has won a £30m contract to build the foundations for a major iron ore distribution facility in Lumut, Malaysia. more »
Cowi helps remeasure Mount Everest
20/02/2012: New measurements that take account of the earth’s ‘geoid’ could show Mount Everest to be a little higher than everyone thinks, according to Cowi. more »
Rise in US housing starts
17/02/2012: Building permit authorisations for privately-owned housing units in the USA in January rose seasonally adjusted annual rate of 676,000, a 0.7% rise on December’s figures. more »
Peru to build $2bn metro
17/02/2012: Peru’s president Ollanta Humala has announced that a concession will be awarded to build Lima Metro’s second line. more »
Hyder buys Saudi consultant
16/02/2012: Hyder has acquired a 70% interest in the Jeddah-based consulting engineering firm SAK Engineering Consultants, which has 40 professional staff. more »
Construction prices rise in Canada
15/02/2012: The price index for non-residential building construction in Canada increased 0.6% in the fourth quarter of 2011. more »
Italian minister welcomes jail terms in asbestos case
14/02/2012: Italy's health minister has welcomed an Italian court's decision to sentence two key former shareholders of Eternit to jail in relation to a case involving more than 2,000 asbestos-related deaths. more »
John Major to lead Aecom advisory board
22/02/2012: Former UK prime minister Sir John Major is to lead an Aecom advisory board focused on high-growth markets. more »
Strabag beats 2011 output forecast
21/02/2012: Strabag has exceeded its output forecast for 2011, posting an output of €14.3bn (£11.9bn) against an estimate of $euro;14bn. more »
Vinci/Theiss JV scoops €400 LNG contract
20/02/2012: A joint venture of Theiss and two Vinci subsidiaries has won a contract worth €400m (£332m) for liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks in Australia. more »
Hochtief sets up JV for wind farms
20/02/2012: Hochtief has set up a joint venture for offshore wind farms with Ventizz as its investment partner. more »
Crane drops steel 40 storeys at World Trade Center site
17/02/2012: A crane dropped a 20m-load of steel beams 40 storeys at New York's World Trade Center site yesterday. more »
BAM expands German FM business
17/02/2012: BAM’s German facilities management business has acquired 75% of MR Facility Services, based in Hallbergmoos near Munich. more »
Bouygues to build €575m Paris law complex
16/02/2012: Bouygues Construction has signed a €575m (£480m) contract to design, build and finance the new Paris Law Court complex. more »
Atkins to model Adelaide Oval bridge
16/02/2012: Atkins has been appointed by the South Australian government to undertake detailed modelling for a new footbridge to be built during the redevelopment of the Adelaide Oval. more »
South Africa to spend billions on rail upgrades
15/02/2012: The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is to spend R136bn (£11bn) to acquire about 7,000 new trains and upgrade and modernise stations. more »
Atkins wins on Oslo metro upgrade
14/02/2012: Atkins has won a series of design contracts for the upgrade of the Oslo Metro rapid transit system in Norway. more »
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