Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will promote reuse of soil produced by public construction works. It will make revisions of the rules to allow soil reuse at other public constr…

Six joint ventures, all of which are sponsored by Japanese construction companies won all the contracts of civil work for Indonesia’s first metro system, Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta (MRT Jakarta) North…

The construction consultant industry has seen an active movement in the road sector developing business by using Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Expanding their existing business such …

The outline of an organization that Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will establish in FY 2014 to promote infrastructure export was revealed. Starting as a fully-owned corporati…

A series of large-scaled tunnel constructions planned in Tokyo have caused issues of surplus soil. If it becomes more difficult to find soil treatment yards, it can lead to delays of works. It is urge…

Japan Society of Civil Engineers conducted a survey on working conditions of rehired engineers after retirement. The result revealed that 93% of the subject and about 80% in managing positions earn le…

The number of corporate bankruptcies in the construction industry in Japan fell 20.2 percent from a year earlier to 1,225 in April-September 2013, hitting the lowest level in 20 years for a first half…

Japan Society of Civil Engineers, JSCE has established a study committee on toxic water leak at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant. To make a concrete action to stop contami…

IHI Corporation announced its policy on diversity in human resourcesthat it will increase female managers to more than 75 and executives to more than one by FY 2018.Recruiting more highly capable fema…