Enlarge Map by Jeffrey Cox/ ENR This new line will extend rail service to Calabar. China Railway Construction Corp. will export $4 billion worth of construction machinery, trains and steel products to Nigeria for the construction of the $11.97-billion Coastal Railway Project, whose final contract was signed in the West Africa nation’s capital, Abuja, in November.The Chinese firm said that, under the contract, the largest single award for any Chinese company overseas, a single track of 1,402-kilometer-long standard-gauge railway will be constructed to link the commercial city of Lagos to the eastern port city of Calabar on the Nigerian coast.CRCC
Enlarge Map by BP The Southern Gas Corridor consists of three huge pipeline projects: the South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion (SCPx), the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) and the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). SCPx gets underway in January 2015. TANAP will break ground later in 2015, and TAP will break ground in 2016. Enlarge Map by BP Shah Deniz's phase two will require massive investment, including two offshore platforms, subsea production wells and pipelines, a new terminal in Songachal, Azerbaijan, and two new compressor stations in Georgia. Getting a new source of gas supply to Europe has been a topic of discussion within the
Panama Canal Owner and Contractors Agree to Final Cost, Schedule Terms Panama Canal Expansion official website Panama City Dancing to the Beat of Projects Exclusive Interview With Owner: Panama Canal Project Won't Be Held Hostage By Contractor Shutdown Global Cast Complicates Panama Canal Expansion Project After a tumultuous year that included a challenging negotiation to get the lock contractor back to work, the Panama
Image Courtesy of Louis Berger Concrete cable-stayed bridge across the canal's access channels will boast the world's longest span of 530 m when it opens in 2016. Related Links: $5.25-Billion Panama Canal Expansion Program Moves Into the Final Leg While post-Panamax ships boost the global economy by moving goods through the Panama Canal's third set of locks, a striking new cable-stayed bridge will support local business by transporting materials overland. The 1,050-meter-long third crossing over the canal has a 530-m-long main span that, when completed in 2016, will be the longest in the world for a four-lane concrete cable-stayed structure.
Related Links: Senate Blocks Keystone Pipeline Plan Construction Groups Slam Delay in Keystone Pipeline Decision Backers of the Keystone XL Pipeline are not discouraged by the Nov. 18 Senate defeat of a bill to allow the project to proceed. They expect the Republican majority in the next Congress to vote for approval. Still, the controversial project has some hurdles to clear.TransCanada Corp. proposed the 1,179-mile, $8-billion KXL project in 2005 to transport 830,000 barrels of oil per day from Hardisty, Alberta, to a connection in Nebraska with its existing Keystone Pipeline system, which delivers Canadian heavy oil to the U.S.
For about 50 years, many developers and design teams—salivating over the best-located piece of real estate left in the heart of Chicago—have tried unsuccessfully to come up with an economically viable project for the sliver of a site, hemmed in by active railroad tracks, viaducts, a building and the Chicago River.
A project to rescue a dilapidated, 178-year-old house on the edge of Washington, D.C.'s National Mall won a $1-million grant on Dec. 9 from American Express.The lockkeeper's house served a freight canal, located near where the Washington Monument is now. Canals formed an inland freight transportation system, which was eclipsed by railroads in the 1870s.Boarded up since the 1970s, the house will be moved back from the road and undergo extensive interior and exterior restoration.
Photo Courtesy of Xinhua News Agency Former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao holds a megaphone at a disaster site after a 2008 earthquake that killed 80,000 people. A dam in Wenchuan Country was near the epicenter. Related Links: Concerns Linger Over Risks of Mega-Dams in India's Far Northeast Chinese Data Hint at Trigger for Fatal Quake Two earthquakes this year that struck China’s southwest Yunnan province, dotted with major Himalayan rivers and dams, are stirring up concerns that the seismic zone may be becoming more active.This year’s Ludian earthquake, which killed 617 people and injured 2,400 in August, has shaken up
The state of Maryland is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court decision last June that labeled as unconstitutional a state order requiring utilities to support construction of a 725-MW power plant in Waldorf.In a Nov. 26 petition to the high court, state regulators contend that the ruling impedes Maryland's ability to manage its power supply.The Maryland Public Service Commission in 2012 required state-based utilities to sign 20-year contracts with Competitive Power Ventures, the plant’s developer, to support construction of the project.Two utilities, PPL and Public Service Enterprise Group, challenged the commission order in federal court.The
Rendering Courtesy of ThyssenKrupp The Multi elevator system would allow for both horizontal and vertical travel. Video Courtesy ThyssenKrupp Looking to expand versatility in building designs, Essen, Germany-based ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG has announced Multi, a cable-less elevator system propelled by magnetic induction. Multi will allow multiple elevator cabs in a single shaft and be able to travel horizontally as well as vertically within a building.According to ThyssenKrupp, the system will reduce the overall footprint of elevator shafts, increasing the usable space in high-rise buildings. "As the nature of building construction evolves, it is also necessary to adapt elevator systems to
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