Rod Sweet

Three leaders of successful megaprojects delve into the nitty gritty of what it takes to lead them in the latest episode of the 21CC podcast.

Three leaders of successful megaprojects delve into the nitty gritty of what it takes to lead them in the latest episode of the

News Mongolian development plans omit Russia's new pipeline to China, which passes through it Rod Sweet Fresh doubts have been cast over Russia's proposed new gas pipeline through Mongolia to China after the newly-elected Mongolian government published its “Action Program” for 2024-28, prioritising medium and long term development priorities, with the so-called “Power of Siberia 2” pipeline excluded. Topics: China gas Gazprom Mongolia Russia Ukraine War Story for GCR? Get in touch via email: [email protected] Leave a comment

A joint venture of Lane Construction, Schiavone and Dragados has won a $466m contract to build the mile-long New Jersey section of the new Hudson River Tunnel, a twin rail tunnel that will carry trains leaving Secausus Junction rail station in New Jersey under the Hudson River to Penn Station in Manhattan.

Mould is growing on the walls of Asia’s largest timber building – the six-storey Gaia building at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) – raising questions about the use of imported timber in damp, tropical climates.

The mould found on exterior and interior walls at the mass timber Gaia building at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is not caused by its timber, but is rather an expected outcome of condensation and exposure to rain, experts have said.

Thousands of homes in Ireland are crumbling. In videos posted online, angry and despairing owners pull rotten concrete blocks from their walls and dash them to dust on the ground.

With echoes of Britain's RAAC crisis, Ireland has its own crumbly concrete problem. Rod Sweet looks at a problem now affecting thousands of homes.

Opened in 1935, the Sagamore Bridge, one of only two bridges to Cape Cod, has been graded “functionally obsolete” (Lcampbelll/ CC BY-SA 4.0

Image by Mariana Proença/Unsplash Bechtel has won a contract to build a 360MW solar power plant in Calhoun County, Michigan, from Chicago-based renewables developer Hecate Energy.