The latent circular revolution is slow in getting off the ground in construction — but it’s time to reimagine and transform the industry. Here we explore eight key shifts to help construction actors rise to the circular challenge.
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Australia's biggest construction company, CIMIC, stands accused of not paying hundreds of millions of dollars to workers, subcontractors and banks in its Middle East operations in a scandal that has been described as a humanitarian disaster.
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Hundreds of workers...
Construction Manager Brian Lonquist from Nexus Solutions gave an update to the McGregor school board on the school’s addition and renovations project at the Jan. 24 regular board meeting.
Lonquist summarized the status of the project, saying that now that...
Probuild's collapse is being described as a "nightmarish" situation by the construction company's administrators, with 800 workers owed $14 million and other sorts of creditors potentially owed much more.
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The Australian parent company of construction giant Probuild went into administration...
Walking around any city, you probably take stock of the buildings and spaces - be they commercial or residential buildings, museums, court houses, theatres, harbours or foreshores.
Which buildings and spaces stand out to you?
While you're admiring the architecture, do...
Harold Armstrong, Glasgow mayor, speaks at an earlier meeting of the Glasgow City Council.
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GLASGOW — A training and maintenance facility will soon be constructed near the Glasgow Police Department.
The Glasgow City Council voted at its meeting Monday...
The vulnerabilities of Tasmania's links to the outside world have again been on show, with an errant "big drill" on the mainland and some local roadworks sending the state into a communications blackout for hours.
In what one expert described as an...
The full extent of Probuild’s projects wasn’t clear either, but a bank guarantee liability of $277 million at the end of last year indicates a workbook in the order of $5 billion-plus end value.
Insolvencies in construction are already ticking...
Construction is one of Australia’s fastest-growing industries. It employs around 1,143,600 people, which accounts for 8.7% of the total workforce. Over the past five years, employment in the industry has increased 7.3%.
The median weekly earnings for those working in...
Aecom, Vinci and Arcadis have set up in Kuala Lumpur, and other global construction firms might consider following suit, says Datuk Seri Michal Yam FCIOB, a 35-year veteran of construction and real estate who chairs InvestKL, an...
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