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The British Council of Offices (BCO) is working with stakeholders in Abu Dhabi, UAE and other Middle Eastern markets, to develop local versions of its Guide to Specification.

The first three months of the year saw the Italian earth moving equipment market fall -47,8% to 3106 units.

A report by Human Rights Watch has condemned the treatment of migrant workers constructing the UAE's Saadiyat Island development

Watch business confidence in the European construction sector change since May 2007 with this animation of results from the CE Barometer survey.

Beijing's Municipal Government is to invest US$ 8.8 billion constructing the Lize Finance Business District.

Balfour Beatty's US subsidiary Balfour Beatty Construction US, has won a series of contracts totalling US$ 560 million.

Partnership formed ahead of massive civilian reactor building programme.

Daniel Libeskind has won the international master plan competition to create a 34 million ft2 (3.16 million m2), US$ 20 billion new river front development in Seoul, South Korea

James Hardie, a manufacturer and supplier of fibre cement products for construction, reported full year sales to 31 March 2009 of US$ 1.2 billion, down -18% on the US$ 1.4 billion recorded 12 months previously. Pre-tax profits for the year jumped to US$ 173 million, up from a 2007/8 loss of –US$ 36 million, a loss attributed to asbestos claims and insurance.

Sentiment about the future outlook for the European construction industry strengthened in May.

Construction Europe's final look at last month's Intermat exhibition picks out the key launches from the show.

The US state of New Jersey is planning to construct a new 8.3 mile-long (13.35 km), US$ 150 to 200 million railway.

Zambia's Anti Corruption Commission has uncovered a plot to defraud the Government's Road Development Agency of ZMK 925 million.

Nine people have died following the collapse of a bridge in Zhuzhou city, Hunan Province, China

China's Huaqiang Holdings Limited is to construct a US$ 250 million, 770000 m2 Disneyland-style theme park in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Many of Dubai's iconic construction projects are either cancelled or on hold, contractors and consultants are laying off staff as government-backed developers are accused of taking too long to pay for work already done, while the mainly Asian labour force is beginning to openly question living conditions and pay. Has the bubble finally burst for Dubai? Richard High reports.

Following a sustained period of solid growth, Australia's leading construction companies are forecasting a marked slowdown in the rate of activity growth in 2009, followed by a decline in 2010.

The Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim Bank) is to finance construction of the US$ 2 billion Mpanda Nkuwa Hydro-electric dam in the northern Tete province of Mozambique.

No objections raised against the construction of a new public-sector funded single airport for Berlin.