25 Aug 2012

Three people were killed and five injured yesterday when an approach ramp on the longest bridge in northern China collapsed after only nine months in operation.

4:14AM
21 Jun 2012

Part of a nearly completed bridge collapsed in the northeast province of Liaoning late on Monday afternoon, and the local government said worker negligence was to blame, as construction procedures...

6:03PM
6 Jun 2012

Deputy Environment Minister Wu Xiaoqing has urged caution amid a big dam-building frenzy on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, saying the lessons of past dam construction in China's southwest...

4:49PM
12 May 2012

David Wilkes is associate director of Arup and the new global president of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM). A specialist in river and coastal engineering,...

2:43PM
24 Mar 2012

It's not difficult to see the appeal of the sustainable vision presented by global 'starchitects' Foster & Partners at a recent infrastructure conference in Hong Kong, with funky white...

11:06AM
9 Mar 2012

Hong Kong people can rest secure in the knowledge that the Geotechnical Engineering Office (GEO) of the Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) is doing its job.

9:31AM

Green activists have accused the government of delaying the introduction of new air quality objectives by opting for time-consuming legislation.

6:50AM

Heritage officials have failed to conserve a rare Qing dynasty granite bridge in Yuen Long, leaving it defaced and carrying an increasingly heavy load of traffic in a village being transformed by...

9:57PM

I t's not a given that every young graduate sets out on a career they are excited about, while getting the right support for their work experience, career development and so forth.

8:44PM

Beijing maintains all manner of statistics on economic and social indicators, but when it comes to industrial pollution, it is strangely silent.

3:36PM

When Will Toye and Nicole Schoeni bought a top-floor apartment in Pok Fu Lam, they wanted to make the most of the roof, with its panoramic views of Mount Davis and Victoria Harbour.

2:07PM

With 10 major infrastructure projects underway, along with new massive MTR jobs, Hong Kong can't seem to get enough engineers. 'There is a keen competition for engineering graduates,' says...

1:46PM

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