 Featured articleCosts in Sichuan could exceed $20bnThe disaster modelling firm AIR Worldwide has estimated that the cost of the 7.9 magnitude earthquake, which has killed more than 15,000 people in China’s Sichuan province, could exceed US$20 billion (£10 billion). | |||
 Vinci on board for Qatar-Bahrain bridgeConstruction of the Qatar-Bahrain causeway, at 40 km said to be the world’s longest bridge, is due to start next year. |  Dubai firm eyes up London developerMinerva, the developer behind London’s St. Botolph office development (pictured), is said to be an acquisition target for Dubai World. |  KBR goes industrial with BE&K purchaseHouston’s KBR, the fourth-largest general contractor in the US, has increased its presence in the industrial construction sector by buying the privately-owned BE&K for $550 million (£282 million). |  Devastation inflates bulldozer sharesIn Tokyo, shares in bulldozer and other heavy equipment makers rose on expectations of higher demand due to the cleanup and rebuilding from the earthquake that has devastated China’s Sichuan province. |
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