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How to increase the sustainability of tall infrastructure
Cities are building taller infrastructure, but how does this fit with the global target of increasing sustainability?
7 of the world’s most expensive construction projects
A selection of some of the world’s most expensive construction projects 
The Mukaab: Huge cube city planned in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has unveiled plans for its latest mega-project – a 400m tall and 400m wide cube city called The Mukaab.
Saudi Arabian linear city The Line awards delivery partner role
Canadian consultancy SNC-Lavalin has secured a delivery partner role on Saudi Arabia’s linear city, The Line
Liebherr crane finishes work on Frankfurt high-rise
Two 230 HC-L 8/16 and two EC-B cranes from Liebherr have been helping build the 128 metre-high hotel and office tower
Construction hoist use is lowering labor costs, driving adaptation
With labor scarce, contractors and scaffolders are innovating to save time hoisting people and growing loads to record-setting heights. Larry Stewart reports
Can high-rise construction play a role in creating a sustainable future?
Doug Baldock, Director at Ramboll and Head of the High Rise UK, discusses how flexibility and adaptability can offer high-rise buildings a future in a sustainable world
WysePower acquired by engineering consultant
RSK Group adds temporary site services to its business with latest acquisition
Samsung deal to boost modular construction
South Korean firm signs agreement with Lativa’s Forta Pro to scale up prefab manufacture
Balfour Beatty JV awarded second Hong Kong contract
Both companies will aim to reduce the project’s carbon emissions by using an electric-powered battery storage system
Designs revealed for Singapore’s tallest building
First images released of the 63-story tower
Plans revealed for world’s highest ‘green’ building
Hybrid timber building to stand at 96m tall
EU’s tallest tower completed in Warsaw
Spire of HB Reavis’ BREEAM-awarded Varso Tower building reaches 310m
‘Innovative’ timber high-rise for Tokyo
The timber structure is said to reduce the embodied CO2 of the building
Mace goes electric for London tower
101 Moorgate project to be built over Moorgate station, in the heart of the UK’s capital city
World’s tallest mass-timber structure
86m Ascent named as World’s Tallest Timber-Concrete Hybrid Building
New NEOM city to run on ‘100% renewable energy’
Saudi Arabia claims new city will vertically layer homes, offices, public parks and schools
Schindler releases updates for self-climbing lift system
The vertical transportation system has been updated to integrate with existing formwork
Innovation in high-rise construction
With the help of the latest methods and technology, high-rise construction projects are becoming more innovative
Skanska to build £235m ‘utra-sustainable’ tower
Welput awards construction contract for 16-storey mixed development
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