International Construction Review - Issue 7

In this issue:

Global Round Up
Chinese contractor CSCEC wins the contract to build Islamabad's first skyscraper; Britain awash in floods; UAE plans another "city in the waves"

Trends: China Takes the World Stage
Measuring the growth of China's overseas contracting activities

People
A new section introducing the amazing things CIOB members around the world are doing. In this issue we meet a man dedicated to preserving China's built heritage, and a pioneer in the sourcing of sustainable timber

Markets: Macau
Move over Las Vegas. With the opening up of the gambling market, Macau is set to become the gaming capital of the world, and construction is booming

Project: The Most Sustainable Tower
Mimicking a big termite nest, Melbourne City Council's new office building sets the global standard in sustainability

Higher Education
With construction in China not only market driven but focussed increasingly overseas, new types of professionals are needed. This special report looks at the sea change underway in China's universities

Cover Story Intelligent Construction
We can help meet society's biggest challenges, from disease to climate change, says Wim Bakens, head of the world's leading research organisation, the CIB

Applied Science
Scientific advances in telling the future; How reform must be driven by better contracts; and the leader is the rebel