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			<title><![CDATA[New kids gaining ground on global construction block]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[International construction expert tells big firms: Embrace knowledge, innovation and sustainability or cede your place]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Asbestos market booms in developing countries]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Cancer-causing asbestos is being sold as a building material in emerging economies and experts warn of a looming epidemic, a report has found.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Report outlines human cost of Delhi Games  ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Amid severe delays in construction and faults cropping up in new venues, a report outlines the human cost of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UK’s Cyril Sweett acquires Hong Kong QS Widnell]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[UK-based Cyril Sweett Group has acquired Hong Kong QS Widnell in a bid to ‘unlock’ China’s massive construction market.
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Turkey spotted as rising global construction power]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Turkey has been identified as a rising power in global construction, with the value of overseas projects growing from $750m in 2000 to $20bn in 2009.
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Abengoa to build Middle East’s largest solar plant ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Abengoa and Total selected to join Masdar to develop and run the Middle East’s largest concentrating solar power (CSP) station in Abu Dhabi.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Aecom buys US constructor Tishman for $245m]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Design-giant's CEO John Dionisio says the acquisition will help Aecom compete in the growing market for big, turnkey projects]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Manhattan subway job for China’s CSCEC  ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[China State Construction Engineering Corporation signs US$56.82 million contract to provide ventilation.
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Besix JV wins big Doha airport terminal job  ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Besix Group JV awarded US$750-million contract to build phase 3 of the new Doha International Airport Passenger Terminal Complex.
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hochtief wins ₡89-million German PPP schools job]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The deal includes design, financing, building and operating two schools for the city of Offenbach, with a contract volume of around EUR 89.2 million.
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CIOB helps protect China’s delicate heritage]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Traditional Chinese opera singers were on hand to mark the opening of the CIOB Building Conservation Centre in Suzhou, China.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Onsite at the megalopolis]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Delegates to the CIOB's historic annual general meeting in Shanghai get a taste of the 21st Century urban challenge.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Prescott challenges China and West on carbon]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Former deputy UK prime minister John Prescott said rich countries have to bear the burden of fending off climate change.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Europe looks set to ban illegal timber  ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[An EU-wide ban on the import illegally logged timber moved closer this week as the Council of Member States signalled it would support a proposed ban.
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drake and Scull eyes acquisitions in Saudi, India  ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Dubai contractor Drake and Scull International PJSC (DSI) has said it plans to expand in and beyond the Gulf.
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chinese firms to build reactors in Pakistan  ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Two Chinese companies signed a contract on 8th June to cooperate in building two nuclear reactors at Pakistan's Chashma atomic complex, Reuters reports.
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jail for former New York chief crane inspector]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[New York City’s former chief crane inspector has been sentenced to up to six years in prison for taking more than US$10,000 in bribes.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama orders major federal real-estate disposal  ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[President Obama has directed agencies to get rid of excess property in the US government’s sprawling real-estate portfolio to save US$8bn by 2012.
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Qatar workers promised their own hospitals  ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Three new hospitals and two primary health centres just for labourers are being planned in Qatar, according to the Gulf Times newspaper.
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Egyptian builder targets Indian road work]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[With nearly 12,000km of road works to be tendered this year in India, Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) has joined a local firm to get a piece of the action.]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT]]></pubDate>
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