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AUSTRALIA

• Transport Minister Andrew Constance says Sydney's CBD light rail has been opened for essential workers to get to their jobs
  This is the second and final stage of the light rail running from Anzac Parade to Kingsford .
• Time lapse video shows of construction of Sydney's light rail operating between Anzac Parade and Kingsford
  The completion of the second and final stage of the light rail comes four months after trams began running between Circular Quay and Randwick.
• SA Premier unveils $650m jobs stimulus package as doctor calls for lockdown
  Details of the latest stage of the State Government’s economic response to the coronavirus pandemic are released, but a leading disaster response doctor says the country needs to be completely shut do…
• Residents fight proposal to store contaminated soil from West Gate Tunnel near school
  

  More than 1,000 people rally against a proposal for contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel Project to be dumped in an old coal mine in Bacchus Marsh.

• Canberra construction company goes bust, sending shockwave through industry
  Canberra building company Banyan Constructions is placed into liquidation with debts of more than $21 million, as industry figures worry about the secondary collapse of companies which were owed money…
• Australia's infrastructure body wants to see 'cycling superhighways' in Melbourne
  Infrastructure Australia says hundreds of kilometres of “cycling superhighways” should be built in Melbourne in the next five years, as the advisory body pushes for a national focus on water supply in…
• Cities, disruption and Australia's never-ending jackhammer
  

  Construction projects disrupt our cities for years on the promise of progress, but experts warn we need to evaluate whether these projects are really worth it.

• Wrecking ball batters 'Leaning Tower of Dallas'
  The “Leaning Tower of Dallas” has endured scores of blows from a wrecking ball. The social media sensation born when a part of an 11-story building survived implosion is set to come down.
• 'Leaning Tower of Dallas' becomes unwitting tourist attraction after defying demolition
  

  A Texas skyscraper is attracting curious onlookers by resembling a better-known landmark in Italy after the core of its structure was left standing when explosives failed to go off.

• SA Government loses seven-month fight to keep combustible cladding documents secret
  The SA Ombudsman orders the State Government to release documents about the fire risk posed by cladding on the Adelaide Convention Centre, rejecting arguments that it could put the public at risk of a…

INTERNATIONAL

• Work resumes on Milan’s new line [ – with video]
  Salini Impregilo and Astaldi have introduced a range of protective measures including twice-daily checks on workers’ temperatures to allow work for Milan’s new metro to be resumed as safely as possibl…
• Tendering begins for 50km Sydney metro tunnel
  The tender process has begun for two packages of a metro rail project that will create thousands of jobs in in Sydney, Australia.Read Full Article: The Construction Index…
• Eurozone construction activity slumps
  Construction activity in the Eurozone slumped in March, falling at fastest rate for over 11 years as measures to limit the spread of coronavirus took hold.Read Full Article: The Construction Index…
• Jacobs joins team making ICUs from shipping containers
  Jacobs is joining an international alliance that is seeking to convert shipping containers into plug-in pods to expand intensive-care units (ICUs) during the Covid-19 pandemic.Read Full Article: The C…
• Multiple firms fined over fatal New Orleans collapse
  A total of 11 US businesses have been cited for health and safety violations in the wake of a fatal collapse at a Hard Rock hotel site in New Orleans, USA.Read Full Article: The Construction Index…
• Skanska signs for Swedish rail project
  Skanska is to convert a section of Sweden’s West Coast Line from single to double tracks.Read Full Article: The Construction Index…
• NZ seeks projects to drive post-virus recovery
  The New Zealand government has tasked a group of construction industry leaders with identifying ‘shovel ready’ projects that can start as soon as the sector returns to normal.Read Full Article: The Co…
• Breedon halts Irish operations
  Breedon Group has temporarily closed most of its operations in the Republic of Ireland in line with the latest government restrictions.Read Full Article: The Construction Index…
• Dutch road scheme to be re-tendered in smaller packages
  The Dutch government is to re-tender the remainder of its €1bn Zuidasdok project, with the work split into more manageable packages.Read Full Article: The Construction Index…
• South African road maintenance to continue during lockdown
  The maintenance operations of South Africa’s national roads agency, Sanral, have been declared an essential service during the Covid-19 lockdown.Read Full Article: The Construction Index…