Nikken Sekkei Ltd. and GRAPHISOFT, a Hungary-based global CAD software vendor agreed on strategic partnership to jointly develop Building Information Modeling (BIM) software. They will establish a col…

Diversity of human resources is being explored by the construction industry. Several groups of construction contractors and consultants have started discussion on creating favorable working conditions…

The new United States Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy on November 25 visited the earthquake affected area in Tohoku region including Ishinomaki City, Minami-Sanriku Town, and Sendai City, Miyagi …

Sekisui House, Ltd, Toshiba Corporation and Honda Motor Co. Ltd announced that they will jointly exhibit at the SMART MOBILITY CITY 2013 to be held from November 22 through December 1 within the venue…

Sato Kogyo Co. Ltd. announced it won a 30 billion yen contract of building tunnels and a station for Singapore Metro “Thomson Line.” Sponsored by Land Transport Authority of Singapore, the civil work …

East Nippon Expressway Company Ltd. (NEXCO East) will establish the road management system applying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to monitor road conditions. It is developing an UAV carrying a small …

Obayashi Corp. announced on November 18 that it started operation of one of the world’s largest tunnel boring machines at expressway construction site in Auckland, New Zealand. The machine with more t…

Japanese government decided on November 15 that it aims to reduce greenhouse gas emission by 3.8% from the 2005 level in 2020, as well as its diplomatic strategy against global warming, which includes…

A private-public joint council for promoting aviation infrastructure export will hold a Japan-Indonesia bilateral seminar next year in Indonesia. The aim is to promote Japanese technology and to showc…

The industry has been suffering from shortage of workers because of increasing construction investments. Some people fear that unconsidered acceptance of inexpensive labor from overseas could lead to …