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China will build replacement for Gensler soccer stadium design in Guangzhou following Evergrande debt scramble

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Chinese state-owned construction contractor will build China’s largest soccer park in Guangzhou on the site where struggling Chinese property developer China Evergrande Group was supposed to build its soccer stadium. The site was originally meant for a 100,000-seat stadium designed by Gensler.

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World's longest suspension bridge is moving forward in Italy after decades of pushback and delays

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Construction of what would be the world's longest suspension bridge, connecting Sicily and mainland Italy over the Strait of Messina, could begin this year after the final design recently gained approval. The controversial bridge is estimated to cost approximately $5 billion and take around seven years to build.

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The Army Corps of Engineers reveals initial coastal resiliency plan for New York City

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The federal government wants to build a massive system of storm surge gates and seawalls to protect the New York harbor region from flooding and has put forth a much-delayed plan that would remake coastal areas from upper Manhattan down to Jamaica Bay. Maldonado also reported that the government expects plans to be finalized by 2025.

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UK government could block developers that refuse to pay cladding costs from housing market

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The UK government has threatened to block property developers who refuse to contribute towards the costs of fixing unsafe cladding from obtaining planning permission or building control sign-off. With talks between the government and industry ongoing, the proposals put forward this week spell out the severe nature of those penalties.

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem It's going to take the efforts of government and the private sector to mitigate the climate-damaging problem of embodied carbon, says this building sustainability expert, Brent Trenga.

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MSG seeks to create "K-pop Sphere" for Hanam

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Construction could begin in 2025 According to the newspaper The Korea Economic Daily , Hanam is planning to open a 900,000 square-metre K-Star World that could include the spherical music venue. According to the newspaper, the entire K-Star World project would cost an estimated 2.5 This would reduce it to 21 months. trillion won (£1.5

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"Between 400 and 500" deaths connected to World Cup construction says top Qatar official

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The estimate is around 400, between 400 and 500," said Al-Thawadi. "I The World Cup has been overshadowed by reports of human rights abuses connected to the large numbers of migrant workers who constructed the eight World Cup stadiums and associated infrastructure. I don't have the exact number. One is death is a death too many".