Construction and Infrastructure

Adapting its business strategy to suit the local market is a skill that JHI Property has already perfected—and one that will prove invaluable as it eyes further expansion on the African continent. Andrew Pelis talks to project manager Jaco Nel to find out more.

One might expect recent economic conditions to have created the greatest concern for Africa’s property management market; but it is the reliability of contractors that remains the pre-eminent factor for Johannesburg-based JHI Property.

Bird Construction won the largest single-building construction project ever awarded by the Canadian Forces to build a new maintenance hangar for the CC-177 Globemaster III. April Terreri talks to project manager Shawn Stirling.

Building an outstanding reputation for construction in the San Francisco Bay Area is a challenge fraught with pitfalls. Yet for Nibbi Brothers General Contractors, the idiosyncrasies of each project represent a labor of love, as Andrew Pelis learns.

Brisbane tuff is only one hurdle in the construction of Australia’s largest-ever road project, but the Airport Link will eliminate the congestion that frustrates the citizens of Queensland’s capital, and they won’t be disrupted because most of it is underground, as John O’Hanlon learns from project director Gordon Ralph.

With droughts being the norm in Australia, safeguarding water supplies is a priority for Gold Coast Water.

Being a large private organization and also being a great place to work don’t automatically happen together.

Project manager Richard Malowiecki tells Gary Toushek of the many challenges Golding Contractors has had to overcome to build a replacement bridge in an environmentally sensitive area.

Ajwa Port Services is investing 200 million Saudi riyal in a programme of expansion at the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea. Saleh Al Fadhli talks to Gay Sutton about the company's plans to become a major regional port services player.

The aging Shearwater helicopter base at Halifax, Nova Scotia is getting a new lease on life with a fast-track design-build contract awarded to Bird Construction. John O’Hanlon gets the story from project manager Bill Zister.