Italy-based Saipem holds $1.75B contract to build nearly 100-mile, 30-in. pipeline in Black Sea to transport gas into European Union transmission network
Italy-based contractor Saipem holds $1.75B award to build 160-km, 30-in. pipeline to transport gas to European Union network, and other infrastructure, with Black Sea project set to cut dependence on Russian supply.
Materials producer Holcim will open in 2028 what it says is the world's first fully electric cement clinker plant, while KBR and Mott McDonald are engineering the first global facility in Amsterdam to annually import 200,000 metric tons of
liquid hydrogen and export 1.8M metric tons of carbon dioxide.
Intercity travel times across the continent could drop by hours with Europe’s updated Trans-European Transport Network regulations, which would trigger major new rail construction and financing initiatives.
While the U.K. construction industry is working to overcome the impending challenges of the nation's expected exit from the European Union, more specific challenges are cropping up for equipment manufacturers in both the EU and UK.
With the deadline temporarily delayed for the U.K.'s exit from the European Union and a crucial vote due this week, the construction industry is waiting for clearer signals on what will happen next.
Seven construction groups are urging the U.K. government and employers to secure the industry’s migrant workforce amid continuing negotiations over the country’s withdrawal from the European Union in March 2019.