WORLDNEWS
8
international
construction
november 2014
SOUTHKOREA
Ground has been broken on a new 1.1millionm
2
research
and science campus for LGGroup inSeoul, SouthKorea. Located inSeoul’s
MagokDistrict, the LGScience Park is a research campus providing
facilities to support research and industrial prototyping. When it is complete,
employees from 10 different LG affiliateswill move to the landscaped urban
campus.
HOK designed phase one of themaster plan and six of the laboratory and
office buildings totalling 743,000m
2
, providing architecture, interior design,
laboratory planning, landscape architecture, master planning and urban
design services.
GLOBAL
Anti-bribery
standardunder
development
ISO 37001 could be published in 2016 andwill be
auditable
T
he International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is drafting
a new standard on ‘Anti bribery management’. ISO 37001 is in
the preparatory stages, and the project was instigated following the
development of BS10500byUK-based standards developer, BSI.
A draft version of ISO 37001 will be available early next year, with the
final standard due for publication in 2016. Among the industry groups
contributing to its development is European International Contractors
(EIC), a trade association representing European contractors working
outside their national borders.
The development of the standard has been welcomed by EIC, and the
organisation is keen that it goes on to form pre-qualification requirements
for parties bidding on certain international work. “That would make it a
more level playing field in some countries,” said EIC treasurer and a senior
advisor to Swedish contractorNCC, PerNielsen.
According toMrNielsen, theproject is beingdeveloped as a ‘Requirement
Standard’, meaning it would be auditable. Once complete it could be
applied to public, private andnot-for-profit organisations.
In light of the development from ISO, the EIC and the European
Construction Industry Federation (FIEC) have re-activated their joint
working group on ethics.
CHILE
New
conference
KHL Group and its magazine
Construction Latin America (CLA)
are partnering with the ConExpo
Latin America exhibition to
organise the Latin American Road
Building conference in Santiago,
Chile, on Tuesday 20 October,
2015, the day before the start of
ConexpoLatinAmerica.
The conference - organised by
KHL Group and with Conexpo
Latin America is for contractors,
equipment buyers and suppliers
in the region, looking at road
building technology, trends in road
investment, and case studies of
ongoing projects.
BRAZIL
Metrodeal
The city of Sao Paulo has awarded
a US$ 622 million contract to a
consortium ledbySacyr’s subsidiary
Somague for a metro line. It will
lead a joint venture with Galvao
Engenharia and SA Paulista for a
section of the Green Line between
Vila Prudente andDutra.
The scheme includes 7.8 km
double-track tunnel using tunnel
boring machines (TBMs). There
will also be a further series of
tunnels measuring 1.8 km each
for parking convoys, construction
of Vila Formosa station and its
platform superstructure.
In addition, Somague is also
involved with three further Sao
Paulo Metro projects including
construction of three raised-
stations valued at US$ 70 million
on lot three of Line 15.
US
Government
surplus
website
US-basedonlineequipmentauction
site IronPlanet has introduced a
newwebsite for buying and selling
used government assets including
trucks, trailers, generators, wheeled
loaders, cranes and dozers.
The company, which boasts over
1 million registered users, said
GovPlanet would be the primary
marketplace for the sale of US
Department of Defense (DoD)
rolling stock surplus assets.
IronPlanet chairman and CEO
Gregory Owens said, “GovPlanet
is a compelling new platform
for fast and efficient disposal of
government surplus equipment
that we believe will transform the
way assets have traditionally been
sold in thismarket.
“We look forward toworkingwith
the DoD and other public sector
entities as we growGovPlanet.”
The company added that
GovPlanet’s first online auction
would be on 19 November. It
said interested buyers could go to
to sign up for
inventoryupdates leadingup to the
inaugural sale.
GREECE
CCC founder
dies
Said Khoury, one of founders and
a former chairman of Greece-
based Consolidated Contractors
Company (CCC) has died. He
was 91.
Founded in 1948 by Mr Khoury
and other partners, CCC has since
grown to be the largest contractor
in the Middle East, with annual
revenues of more than US$ 5
billion and some 130,000 staff.The
company was ranked 67
th
in this
year’s
iC
league table of the world’s
200 largest construction companies.
Outside of the construction
industry, Palestinian-born Mr
Khoury was known for his
philanthropy and for championing
the cause of his homeland.
He has served on the board of
the Welfare Association, which is
dedicated to supportingPalestinians
suffering under occupation.
Among the honours awarded
to Mr Khoury are an honorary
doctorate and the Medal of merit
from the American University of
Beirut (AUB).
Mr Khoury’s children are among
currnent key executives atCCC.
