MIDDLE EAST 

• $23bn plan revealed to transform Saudi capital Riyadh
  King Salman launches four wellbeing projects – King Salman Park, Sports Boulevard, Green Riyadh and Riyadh Art
• Plans revealed to build one of the UAE's tallest towers
  SLS Dubai Hotel & Residences will rise to 75 storeys and feature 254 hotel rooms, 371 residential units, 321 hotel apartments
• UAE's Azizi launches new Dubai rental home concept
  Azizi Developments has launched sales of Bayt by Azizi in Dubai Sports City, a new short-term rental home concept
• France unveils design for Dubai Expo 2020 pavilion
  The Light, Lights pavilion will be located in the area dedicated to mobility and will promote the French innovation model
• Construction of Dubai's $820m Mirdif Hills 'ahead of schedule'
  ECC Group reveals progress with first phase of Dubai Investments Real Estate Company’s mixed-use project
• World's largest 3D printer headed to Saudi Arabia
  The Bod 2 printer can produce buildings of 12x27x9 metre buildings, as well as three-storey structures of 300 sq m per floor
• Dubai's Emaar reveals second launch in new Arabian Ranches III project
  Launch of Joy townhouses follows ‘overwhelming sales response’ of first community, says developer
• Sales to be launched at Abu Dhabi's $540m Makers District project
  New tower at Pixel, the first phase of Imkan’s Reem Island [roject, will be available for purchase on Saturday
• Eagle Hills Sharjah launches sales of new Maryam Island project
  Indigo Beach Residence represents the fourth residential building launched on Sharjah’s Maryam Island
• Revamp of Dubai's Souk Madinat Jumeirah gets underway
  Dubai Holding says renovation works at Arabian-inspired shopping and leisure destination will take three months to complete

AUSTRALIA

• Fire-gutted 'architectural masterpiece' restored to former glory
  Can you re-create art without the artist? An iconic Iwan Iwanoff brutalist-style home in Perth’s western suburbs has been rebuilt using the original 1960s blueprints, and the results are striking….
• Two building companies collapse amid national housing downturn
  

  Two South Australian building companies have collapsed, and another is facing court action, as pressure from the national housing downturn continues.

• The less expensive way to reduce the fire risk of some cladding
  It took just 90 minutes for fire to race up 20 storeys of the Grenfell Tower, thanks to its combustible aluminium composite panels. But there are ways of making buildings safe — and not all involve co…
• Construction workers descend using temporary stairs on a major construction site in central Sydney
  Construction workers descend using temporary stairs on a major construction site in central Sydney June 13, 2013.
• Construction worker has a smoko
  A construction worker smokes a cigarette as he looks at his mobile phone on a worksite in Sydney, Australia, June 30, 2017.
• Sydney Football Stadium demolition can resume, court rules
  

  The Sydney Football Stadium can now be dismantled after NSW’s Land and Environment Court dismisses an application to extend an injunction on hard demolition works at the facility.

• 'Dripping with arrogance': Sydney Football Stadium dismantled despite legal challenge
  Despite an ongoing legal challenge, bobcats and diggers are dismantling the Sydney Football Stadium in Moore Park — and the NSW Opposition Leader says the Government has got “a bit of explaining to do…
• An excavator is parked at the construction site of an apartment block in the suburb of Epping, Sydney, Australia February 1, 2019.
• Mushrooms growing inside apartment block built by suspended Melbourne company
  Commercial builder Emad Farag says he will meet with residents to address issues in their apartments, as the Victorian Building Authority issues a three-year suspension to the builder “in the interest…
• Fire engineer, architect and surveyor wear $5.7m of damages from flammable cladding blaze
  

  Apartment owners at Melbourne’s Lacrosse tower in Docklands win millions in damages after a fire fuelled by flammable cladding caused significant damage to the building in November 2014.

INTERNATIONAL

• Ferrovial JV to build Gran Canaria highway
  A consortium of Ferrovial, Acciona, and Lopesan has been awarded the €153m (£131m) construction contract for a stretch of highway on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria.A consortium of Ferrovial, Accio…
• Skanska signs contract for ‘zero energy' hotel
  Skanska has signed a SEK470m (£38m) contract to build what is claimed to be Scandinavia’s first ‘zero energy’ hotel.Skanska has signed a SEK470m (£38m) contract to build what is claimed to be Scandina…
• Vestas among winners in Australia wind research drive
  The Australian government has awarded AU$9.4m (£4.8m) in funding for 11 projects designed to enhance short-term forecasting for wind and solar farms.The Australian government has awarded AU$9.4m (£4.8…
• Sacyr picked for Tenerife airport upgrade
  Sacyr Engineering & Infrastructure has won the construction contract for a building that will link the two terminals at Tenerife Sur airport.Sacyr Engineering & Infrastructure has won the construction…
• UK team helps provide homes for community in India
  A partnership between consultancy Pick Everard and De Montfort University (DMU) is helping in the creation of dozens of new homes in one of the poorest parts of India.A partnership between consultancy…
• Heijmans extends scope of Dutch motorway scheme
  Heijmans has won a further €45m of work on the widening of the Apeldoorn – Azelo A1 motorway in the Netherlands.Heijmans has won a further €45m of work on the widening of the Apeldoorn – Azelo A1 moto…
• Shenzhen sets out plan for 735 major schemes
  The Chinese city of Shenzhen is push forward with 735 major projects this year, including 31 with a combined value of CNY74.9bn (£8.5bn) that were launched this week.The Chinese city of Shenzhen is pu…
• Boscalis wins Australian dredging contract
  Royal Boskalis Westminster has won the contract widen to the Port Adelaide Outer Harbor shipping channel in Australia.Royal Boskalis Westminster has won the contract widen to the Port Adelaide Outer H…
• Fluor JV breaks ground on $4.9bn LA people mover
  A Fluor-led joint venture has broken ground on its project to build a new automated people mover at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the USA.A Fluor-led joint venture has broken ground on it…
• Alberta funds expansion of its busiest highway
  The government of Alberta, Canada, has announced a CA$478m (£272m) project to expand the capacity of its busiest road.The government of Alberta, Canada, has announced a CA$478m (£272m) project to expa…