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New Waikeria Prison facility completion sets a new standard for prisoner rehabilitation in New Zealand

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CIMIC Group’s CPB Contractors and Pacific Partnerships joined senior representatives of the New Zealand Government’s Department of Corrections | Ara Poutama Aotearoa – Minister of Corrections Hon Mark Mitchell and Department of Corrections Chief Executive Jeremy Lightfoot – yesterday to celebrate the opening of a new facility at Waikeria Prison.  The new 500-bed facility will … Continued

IperionX Awarded U.S. Department of Defense SBIR Phase III Contract for Up to US$99M

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Low-Cost Domestic Titanium for Defense Applications: Receipt of an SBIR Phase III Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to achieve “Low-Cost Domestic Titanium for Defense Applications” in the U.S. SBIR phase III contract: Enables IperionX to receive task order funding from U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agencies up to a total of US$99 million Accelerating commercial deployment: SBIR … Continued

Behind the Scenes: How Fahrenheit Global Fire Engineers Delivered an Award-Winning Fire Protection Solution at Cootamundra Plant

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Winner of the 2025 Fire Protection Project of the Year   Fahrenheit Global Fire Engineers have cemented their reputation as industry leaders by taking home the Fire Protection Project of the Year award at the 2025 Fire Australia Awards for their work on the Cootamundra Plant development. This accolade recognises more than a successful fire … Continued

Common low-grade clay found to strengthen low-carbon concrete

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Engineers at RMIT University have converted low-grade clay into a high-performance cement supplement, opening a potential new market in sustainable construction materials.  The global production of cement – a key ingredient in concrete – is responsible for 8% of global CO₂ emissions.  Replacing some cement with clay reduces the environmental impact, but the high-grade kaolin … Continued

AI detects contaminated construction wood with 91% accuracy

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A new AI system that can automatically identify contaminated construction and demolition wood waste has been developed by researchers from Monash University and Charles Darwin University (CDU). Published in Resources, Conservation & Recycling, the study presents the first real-world image dataset of contaminated wood waste – a major step toward smarter recycling and sustainable construction. The … Continued

Venture Global Launches Site Work at CP2 LNG Following Federal Approval

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CP2 is Venture Global’s Third Facility to be Built in Last Five Years Upon completion, Venture Global expected to become the largest LNG exporter in the United States, second largest in the world Project expected to bring new LNG supply to global market beginning in 2027 ARLINGTON, Va.–BUSINESS WIRE– Venture Global, Inc. ($VG) announced today … Continued

I Squared Capital Acquires a Leading Cold Storage Operator in the Philippines

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MIAMI–BUSINESS WIRE– I Squared Capital, a leading independent global infrastructure investment manager, announced today that it has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Royale Cold Storage (“RCS”), a leading cold storage operator in the Philippines. This investment is the first step in I Squared’s strategy to build a leading institutional cold storage platform in … Continued

Bamboo’s Breakthrough Moment: National Summit to Launch Australia’s 10-Year Roadmap for Engineered Bamboo

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A three-city national summit will mark the first coordinated push to scale bamboo in Australia’s construction, land restoration, and climate strategy — aiming to shift the industry from curiosity to commercialisation. From 18–20 June, the Bamboo Society of Australia will launch the Next Frontier Summit, bringing together architects, policymakers, farmers, investors and global experts to … Continued

MAG Group Holding Launches Riviera Heights, First Phase of Jordan’s Marsa Zayed Red Sea Beachfront Community

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates–BUSINESS WIRE– MAG Group Holding, the diversified, multinational real estate development company, officially launched Riviera Heights, the highly anticipated first luxury residential development in Marsa Zayed, Jordan’s largest mixed-use beach front community. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250602302021/en/ Riviera Heights, the first phase of Jordan’s Marsa … Continued