Balfour Beatty has secured a $1.08bn (£807m) contract from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), US, as part of a joint venture (JV) with Herzog Contracting Corp, The Middlesex Corp and Fluor Corporation.
The deal relates to the design and development of the Green Line Extension project, which includes the construction of 4.7mi-long rail network, seven railway stations and other related infrastructure.
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Construction of the project is expected to commence in 2018 and is scheduled for completion by 2021.
China State Railway Investment Construction Group has secured contracts for a public private partnership (PPP) infrastructure project in Lijiang.
The combined value of the contracts is estimated to be CNY5.5bn ($846.4m).
The deals cover the provision of sight-seeing services for phase one of the railway project in Laojun Mountain, as well as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of related infrastructure in Shigu Town.
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By GlobalDataA distribution centre, railway station and an observation deck are among the infrastructure expected to be developed under the initiative.
China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has received a contract from the Bangladesh Railway Company for the construction of a multi-track rail project.
The value of the deal is approximately $1.29bn.
The railway line is considered to be a key project by Bangladesh and will run through the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor.
Work on the project is expected to be completed in four years.
