All Dams Articles
International Construction examines five of the world’s biggest hydropower projects under construction.
Chinese contractor China Gezhouba Group has suspended construction of the the Kandadji dam in Niger following a coup in the country.
As a construction project gets bigger, so do the stakes. What are the root causes of megaprojects going wrong and the key ingredients of success?
Consulting engineer Tetra Tech has won a $200 million contract to provide architectural and engineering design services to modernise inland navigation and flood risk management infrastructure in the US.
Construction work on a reservoir costing more than 100 billion yuan (US$12.3 billion) has started in China’s Chongqing municipality.
US$295 million project awarded to Vinci
Bechtel undertaking preparatory work for €500 million Skavica hydroelectric plant
Roller-Compacted Concrete supplied by BHS-Sonthofen mixing plants for Morocco dam project
Renewable energy already being produced at Keeyask Generating Station in Canada
Consortium signs $468 million build contract for Sambangalou Dam renewable energy project
Filling to start for Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam despite resistance from Egypt and Sudan
New standards for dam safety put into practice as country aims to increase electricity production
Contractor pulls out of African dam project
Mexican materials producer supplies specially designed concrete for Presa Bicentenario Dam in Mexico
German contractor Bauer commissioned for another construction phase on Herbert Hoover Dyke, US
Dam safety to be expanded using space-based monitoring system DAMSAT to prevent failures
Dam collapse in January 2019 saw almost 300 people lose their lives
Protests over stalled Chinese-backed project
Subsidiary dam in major Laotian hydropower project gives way during construction
A US$1.2 billion contract has been awarded for the controversial hydroelectric dam in Canada