Construction and Infrastructure

Bombardier Transportation’s visionary early investment in India has given it a distinct advantage as the country responds to economic growth with improvements in its transport infrastructure.

Subsea construction and engineering company Technip Norway provides essential infrastructure services to customers working in some of the world’s most challenging environments.

A world leader in engineering, procurement and construction for onshore pipeline systems with an emphasis on safety, innovative technology and getting the job done on time.

Jeff Daniels looks at a relatively new approach to providing air conditioning that is contributing greater energy efficiency to the Middle East.

Improvements to Pakistan’s major highways are critical to the future expansion of the country’s economy and relations with its neighbours. Jayne Alverca looks at how the National Highway Authority is responding to the challenge.

Economic growth in any form can only be sustained if it is underpinned by a solid infrastructure and road transport is always a key element, especially in countries such as Pakistan with a relatively short coastline.

Western Australia’s unique location makes it an ideal region to pioneer some of the world’s most innovative solar power solutions. Jayne Alverca reviews some of the recent achievements of Horizon Power.

Jeff Daniels looks at what could possibly be Europe’s largest construction project gearing up at the moment beneath the streets of London.

Draw a horizontal line smack through the centre of London from Heathrow Airport in the west to the financial district of Canary Wharf in the east, and you have a rough idea of where Britain’s biggest civil construction project is to be found.

Solving the world’s water problems is not going to be an easy task, but drought-hit Bitou Municipality in South Africa’s Western Cape is making an effort to relieve local water shortages through the construction of a new seawater desalination plant at Plettenberg Bay.

Amatola Water operates over an area of approximately 47,500 square kilometres in the central region of South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. Its vision is to extend that to the entire province; and it has taken long strides towards this goal.

Dutch construction company Ballast Nedam has signed an agreement to design and construct the Carolina Bridge across the Suriname River in South America.

The agreement was made with the Ministry of Public Works of Suriname.

The existing bridge, which crosses the river 50 kilometres south of the country’s capital Paramaribo, is currently unusable due to its state of disrepair.

The Suriname River is 480 kilometres long.