Construction Industry

News : Construction Industry

Over 1000 farmers in Argungu Emirate penultimate Thursday, attempted to lynch the Kebbi State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Aliyu and the Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Samaila Mera at the Emir's palace protesting the siting of the N18 billion Zauro Polder irrigation project in Argungu. Aliyu who is the chairman, technical advisory committee on the project, had to be bundled out of the palace with the aid of security men. (AllAfrica)

An 18 year old student of Government Technical School, Enugu was on Monday crushed to death by debris falling from a demolished building at the Obiagu area of Enugu. (AllAfrica)

The Arab Network for Human Rights Information, ANHRI.net, has presented a complaint to the Prosecutor General demanding an explanation for not conducting any investigation of an assault on Almohamed Altaher, a journalist at "Al-Tareeq" newspaper. Altaher was illegally detained by some of the staff members of Madinaty Project, which is run by Alexandria Constructions Company. (AllAfrica)

The minister of Assistance and Social Welfare, João Baptista Kussumua is expected on Thursday, here, to attend the ceremony of entrusting construction and rehabilitation works of social infrastructures in some wards of Huambo district. (AllAfrica)

The construction of the Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga is taking place on 118 hectares of land which has recently been restored to the Matsafeni community. (AllAfrica)

The construction of phase two of the Freedom Park has commenced and is set to be completed by March next year. (AllAfrica)

CHAIRMAN of Patani Local Government Council, Mrs. Josephine Abeki has frowned at the rate with which contractors abandon projects after receiving a better payment of the contract sum. (AllAfrica)

Senate Committee on Works has called on the Federal Government to draw up a contract financing policy, to enhance proper monitoring of projects and ensure early completion. (AllAfrica)

Confusion surrounds the construction of a new access road to link the Centenary Leisure Park and upcoming Oasis Shopping Mall/Hotel following renewed rivalry between the developers. (AllAfrica)

The executive of Kigali City Council recently met and discussed many issues with the city residents, during an occasion organised by KCC at its headquarters in Nyarugenge. (AllAfrica)

The Minister of Science and Technology, Grace Ekpiwhre has called for a strict implementation of a Local Content Policy for all major engineering contracts. (AllAfrica)

Angola's Public Works Minister, Higino Carneiro, on Tuesday expressed satisfaction at the execution level of the works of the new football stadium and rehabilitation of 122 kilometres of Lubango/Gambos road, in southern Huila province, Angop has learnt. (AllAfrica)

Angolan minister of Assistance and Social Welfare, João Baptista Kussumua, Monday laid the foundation stone for the construction of regional centre for sheltering, education, teaching and social insertion of abandoned children at Kaboxa locality, northern Bengo province. (AllAfrica)

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo awarded over N37 billion contract for the construction of healthcare centres in 774 local government areas of the federation without following "due process and rule of law", Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Aondoaka (SAN), told an Abuja Federal High Court yesterday. (AllAfrica)

A well-planned area or settlement is easy to service with amenities such as water, electricity, education as well as health facilities. (AllAfrica)

Two days ago on a Sunday morning, The New Times was among many media outlets around Kigali alerted to go and witness the demolition of a church building. It belongs to Assemblee de Dieu Church, situated in Kimihurura. (AllAfrica)

In the course of an inspection tour of the newly constructed Gash Bridge yesterday, President Isaias Afwerki said that it would play significant role in promoting the economic and social wellbeing of nationals in the area. (AllAfrica)

THE Road Development Agency (RDA) has awarded a contract worth more than K100 billion to Raubex Contractors to maintain the Kasama-Mbala- Mpulungu Road. (AllAfrica)

THE copper price could fall significantly from its current levels of close to $8500/ton on a slowdown in the global construction sector unless supply disruptions continued, GFMS Metals Consulting analyst Neil Buxton says in the latest GFMS Newsletter. (AllAfrica)

Questions by the Arovlei farming community in the Khomas Region about a secret Ministry of Defence building being contructed in their midst will be answered before the end of this week - if promises made by Khomas Governor Sofia Shaningwa and Khomas Rural Councillor Frederick Arie to The Namibian yesterday are kept. (AllAfrica)

BUILDWORKS, a supplier of heavy building materials to the construction industry, said yesterday it had acquired electricity services company Consolidated Power Projects (Conco) in a deal valued at between R420m and R670m. (AllAfrica)

Completion of work to build Kigali metropolitan network based on the national backbone fiber optic has been set for December this year. (AllAfrica)

The Mozambican government is satisfied at the pace of building the new road bridge over the Zambezi at Caia, even though it can no longer be completed on schedule. (AllAfrica)

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has appealed to residents of the state to display a high level of understanding during the eight weeks that vehicular movement on the Third Mainland bridge would be diverted. (AllAfrica)

The Chagoury family, best known for its business relationship with the late dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, is now the favoured contractors to the Lagos State government, THISDAY can report today. (AllAfrica)

The will of the Angolan Government to continue to rehabilitate social infrastructures destroyed during the armed conflict became clear during the 25th edition of the Luanda International Fair (Fil2008) that closed Sunday. (AllAfrica)

A state-of-the-art R300 million new home for the National Library of South Africa, which will accommodate 1 300 users, is to open in August in Pretoria. (AllAfrica)

President Yoweri Museveni has built residential houses for the families of the seven people who helped him in the liberation of the country. (AllAfrica)

The Gauteng Provincial Government in partnership with the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link pledged to invest R40 million in building a memorial site to remember the victims of the 1992 Boipatong massacre. (AllAfrica)

THE country's largest nickel extractor, Bindura Nickel Corporation has begun developing its Hunter's Road project, which is expected to extend the mine life by some 20 years and safeguard the future of its 2 800 employees. (AllAfrica)

Top officials of the CCM youth wing (UVCCM) are appealing to their party's national leadership to halt the construction of the multi-storey building being put up behind the current headquarters of the wing at Upanga area in Dar es Salaam. (AllAfrica)