Obayashi Corp. will establish Energy Management System at its research center in Kiyose city, Tokyo, aiming to conduct experiments toward next-generation Smart City. Along with installation of 900kw s…

Japan Federation of Construction Contractors announced the total sales of 98 member companies in the first half of FY2013 increased 38.9% from the previous year to 7 trillion yen, achieving the highes…

Ministry of Foreign Affairs is conducting investigation ahead of deciding renovation plan of overseas diplomatic facilities such as Embassies, Consulates and Ambassadors’ residents. Engineers and arch…

The Research Institute of Construction and Economy and Economic Research Association published on Oct. 21 the forecast of construction investment in 2014, showing drop by 2.3% from the previous fiscal…

The Institute for Urban Strategies at the Mori Memorial Foundation released on October 16th a ranking of the world’s top 40 cities, where Tokyo ranked 4th for six consecutive years. Though it was not …

The government decided on 18th that it will deregulate some rules in specific fields in National Strategic Special Zones in order to facilitate urban development with the world’s most pro-business env…

The committee for promoting development of technology of infrastructure monitoring held its first meeting on October 18, discussing the infrastructure deterioration issues. The committee intends to fa…

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 …