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Following the lifting of a ban in July on high-rise projects in Paris, Switzerland-based architects Herzog & de Meuron have unveiled designs for a 50-storey, 180 m-tall tower, dubbed the Projet Triangle.

The fatal collapse of a wall at a school in Belyayevka in the Orenburg Region of the Urals, Russia has been blamed on "irregularities in construction and maintenance work", according to a statement by local government officials.

Construction of a major new rail link connecting Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, with Guangzhou, the capital of the southern Guangdong Province, is expected to begin next week (13 October 2008), a local official has said.

Netherlands-based Royal BAM Group has acquired all the shares of mechanical and electrical company FED Holding, which is based in Saint-Nicolas, Belgium. The shares were held by FED Holding's management.

Government-backed Meraas Development has announced plans to construct a new US$ 95 billion city in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Australia's construction industry registered "a marked decline" in September, led by "substantial" falls in commercial and apartment building activity, according to the latest report by the Australian Industry Group - Housing Industry Association (HIA) Performance of Construction Index (Australian PCI).

Metso Minerals has announced it is to acquire privately owned PSP Slévárna, a producer of finished machined manganese wear parts located in Prerov, the Czech Republic.

UK engineering, construction, services and investment group, Balfour Beatty has agreed to pay UK £ 2.25 million plus a "significant" contribution to costs after the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigated payment irregularities at one of the construction firm's subsidiaries.

Brazilian mining company, Rio de Janeiro-based Vale has announced it plans to spend US$ 4 billion expanding its port facilities between 2008 and 2012.

Dubai-based developer Nakheel looks set to trump its United Arab Emirates (UAE) rival, Emaar Properties, in the contest to build the world's tallest building, with the announcement that it will construct a 1 km-plus high tower.

Three employees of India's Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) are understood to have been arrested after the death of at least seven people following the collapse of an under-construction flyover in Lucknow, India.

The tiny Principality of Monaco is rumoured to be planning a replica of Dubai's Palm island, according to Arabian Business News.

Sweden's Skanska has won two road building contracts in the Czech Republic for CZK 3,31 billion (€ 133 million).

Brazil's Odebrecht announced this week that it will accept terms set by Ecuador's government to resolve a dispute over construction of the 230 MW San Francisco hydroelectric plant (HEP).

Construction work at Kenya's Kisuma Airport has finally started amid tight security. The airport has been at the centre of a protracted legal dispute between the government and the Kogony Clan, who claim ownership of the land the airport stands on.

Russia’s LSR Group posted first half (H108) revenues of US$ 940 million, up +53% on the US$ 616 million reported for H107.

Following Strabag’s announcement that it was putting on hold the development of cement production plans in Russia, Eurocement has followed suit.

The development of Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway has been boosted following the approval of a US$ 410 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$ 188 million phased loan to help modernise the irrigation infrastructure and management systems in one of India's poorest states.