Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia, has familiar water supply and hygiene problems. Managing director George Ndongwe tells John O’Hanlon how Lusaka Water & Sewerage Company aspires to become a world-class utility.
By financing the construction of the DeLong Mountain Transportation System in the icy Northwest, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority made the development of the world’s second-largest zinc mine possible. Karsten Rodvik and Jim Hemsath talk to Gay Sutton about how the project has boosted the region’s economic development.
However clever the internals might be, a building is judged from the outside. Alan Swaby talks to one of the construction industry’s most innovative suppliers.
The story of Target Engineering Construction Company is intrinsically linked to growth and development over the past four decades in the Middle East. Ayman Taji has masterminded the company’s steady growth throughout that period; and here he talks to Andrew Pelis about the legacy he will leave behind when he shortly steps down from his role.
Looking at the bigger picture has always been a must for success; and in the case of Devmark Property Group, it led to a withdrawal from the residential market just before the bottom dropped out. Founder and group managing director Hein Ehlers tells all to Andrew Pelis.
As phase II of the Queenston plaza redesign nears completion, traveling between the US and Canada is set to become a whole lot easier. Gay Sutton talks to Lew Holloway, general manager of the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, about the challenges of doing construction work at an active border crossing.
Business is all about accepting risks but if you have the ‘do it yourself’ attitude, nothing remains out of reach, as Alan Swaby learns.
The mark of a true entrepreneurial spirit is when challenges turn into opportunities. In the 1970s, the Zamil family business in Saudi Arabia found that pioneering steel buildings to a predominantly concrete market was no easy task, as it involved educating and converting end-users to the benefits and advantages of locally manufactured steel buildings.
Across Alberta, the foundations for future education are being laid—but it is no easy task. Lee Davis, project director for the Bird-Graham Schools joint venture, speaks to Andrew Pelis about the challenge to coordinate ten busy building sites at the same time.
The ability to multi-task is something all business leaders are familiar with. However, Lee Davis, project director for the Bird-Graham joint venture to build schools in Alberta, takes multi-tasking to a new level.
Dedication to innovative leadership, to teamwork and to its customers, coupled with the implementation of cost-efficient IT, propel the Auburn Hills Department of Public Services into the upper echelon of public service departments both in Michigan and nationwide, Ric Larson discovers.
The UK’s BG Group has approved its biggest ever investment, a £9.3 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) development in north-east Australia.
Following environmental approvals from the Australian government, the company will now proceed with the first phase of the project—to build a liquefaction plant on Curtis Island, Queensland.
The project will also involve construction of a 540 kilometre pipeline to move gas from the Queensland interior, where the gas will be drilled using 6,000 bore holes, to the liquefaction plant.
