Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX) will build an LNG terminal and a connecting pipeline for vaporized gas at Soma Port, Fukushima Prefecture, the board meeting decided on November 27. Follo…

A joint subcommittee was held on November 25 by Central Construction Council and Social Infrastructure Council, advisory bodies for Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, discussing …

Azusa Sekkei Co. Ltd. has been awarded a contract of designing of a general hospital in Kien Giang Province, the South of Vietnam. It was selected among two other Japanese design firms through interna…

Japan Sports Council (JSC), which is in charge of building the New National Stadium in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, decides the basic plan, shrinking its size from total floor space of 290,000 m2 to 220,000 m2…

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 …