Japanese contractor Obayashi announced on August 19th that the hotel in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto designed and constructed by the company acquired the gold level of WELL Certification, the US building perfor…

A Japanese branch of the US movie studio Warner Bros. and four other companies announced on August 18th that they have agreed to build a theme park based on the popular movie series Harry Potter at th…

The new Tema Mortorway Interchange funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency was opened to traffic in June in Ghana, Western Africa. As part of the “Project for Improvement of Ghanaian Internat…

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition announced on July 13th ten producers who will be in charge of the design of the venue, the planning of the display and pavilion for the EXPO to be h…

The first shield tunneling machine for Japan’s first commercial maglev line is being built in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. The entire cutter head has been placed about 80 meters below the ground through the s…

Senior Vice President of Japan International Cooperation Agency Junichi Yamada who were appointed to the position in May answered questions in the interview with the Daily Engineering & Construction N…

Hong Kong-based warehouse developer ESR announced on July 8 that the 390,000 m2 multi-tenant logistics center completed in Amagasaki city, Hyogo Prefecture, which makes the largest single building war…

Japanese construction company Kajima is promoting measures against both infection of COVID-19 and heat stroke at its construction sites. Workers are required to measure temperature and to sterilize th…

Three companies including TEPCO Energy Partner announced that they completed a factory with full artificial lighting in Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture and started operation on July 1st. Leafy veget…

Nishimatsu Construction and Organization for Marine Science and Technology of Nagasaki University have developed an airship-shaped tunnel inspection robot. They tested the robot in the 2.6 km water tu…