Japanese construction companies are accelerating development of the net zero energy buildings or ZEBs that enable the annual energy consumption and generation balancing equal. Methods to save, generat…

According to the April-September 2014 corporate fiscal report, 19 of 26 top construction firms in Japan increased revenue and 17 reported more profit than in the earlier period. As for the order value…

Toda Corp. has secured a design-build contract of a new 85,550m2 hospital in Tranomon, Tokyo through a competitive bidding. The contract values at 40.65 billion yen. The 19 story new Toranomon Hospita…

Penta-Ocean Construction announced that it won a contract of a ground work at Changi Airport in Singapore by Ministry of Transport. The 95.3 billion yen contract, awarded to a joint venture of the com…

One of the largest projects worth of 162.5 billion yen launched in a full swing. Two leading construction companies, Taisei Corp. and Takenaka Corp. were awarded a design-build contract of the New Nat…

Leading Japanese construction contractors received orders of 803.8 billion yen outside the country in April-September this year, up 12.3% from the year before, said the Overseas Construction Associati…

Japanese government is set to revise the Official Development Assistance Charter for the first time since 2003, changing its name to “Development Cooperation Charter.” The government draft stipulates …

Construction-related service prices are on the upward trend. Bank of Japan announced October 27 that Services Producer Price Index of construction services such as architectural and civil engineering …

JFE Engineering Co. announced that it was awarded a design-build contract jointly with a local contractor of two bridges on the total 1,500km dedicated freight railway line in India. The company, whic…

National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center will begin a competitive bidding process in January 2015 to procure a design-build contractor for the 114,700m2 new hospital to be relocated in Suita City, …