Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of a neonatal intensive care unit at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has started. Construction of the facility is being supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and is part of the 60 Billion Shillings Northern Uganda regional referral hospitals improvement project. The project …
Read More »Romania, Hungary recruit in Asia to fill labour shortage
Bucharest, Romania | AFP | Sporting yellow safety helmets, about 30 men are busy at work on a construction site south of Bucharest, exchanging a few words in Vietnamese. Faced with a growing labour shortage which threatens their economies, Romania and Hungary are courting Asian workers, going against Hungarian nationalist Prime …
Read More »Chinese firm to construct Kabale central market
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chinese International Construction Company [CICCO] has won the contract to construct Kabale Central Market. The contract was signed on Tuesday by Ben Kamugisha, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government in Kampala. According to the Memorandum of Understanding, construction of the market will cost …
Read More »Construction of UGX 22B Mbale hospital surgical complex stalls
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of the surgical complex at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has stalled for 2 years because of the failure by government to release money as per the signed contract. Construction of the Shillings 22 billion complex started in 2016 and was supposed to run for …
Read More »Key road linking Uganda to Kenya graded ahead of Kenyatta visit
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The local community in Moroto is celebrating the construction of the Moroto-Nakiloro road, which borders the Kenyan border in Rupa Sub County. The road has been in bad shape with potholes and broken bridges in Acholi- Inn and Nakabaat areas, according to residents. Works on …
Read More »Kadaga says MPs will still visit Lubowa hospital site
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has said that Parliament will still push to know details about ongoing works at the International Specialized Hospital site at Lubowa in Wakiso district. On Tuesday, a group of legislators from the National Economy Committee accompanied by the Health …
Read More »RDC Suspends UGX 500M Project Over Shoddy Works
Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lamwo Resident District Commissioner, James Nabinson Kidega has halted the construction of a multi million maternity and outpatient wards at Katum health Centre II in Padibe East Sub County citing shoddy work. Kidega issued the directive to halt the construction works valued at Shillings …
Read More »Tokyo Olympic construction race raises worker safety questions
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | As Tokyo 2020 Olympics preparations enter their final stage, officials are touting the city’s readiness, but activists and workers groups say speedy venue construction has had dangerous consequences. The Olympic opening ceremony is now less than a year away and more than half the new venues …
Read More »Price of construction sector inputs increases by 2%
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The price of inputs in the construction sector went up by 2.0 percent for the year ending in January 2019 compared to 1.5 increase of the year that ended in January 2018. This is according to the construction sector indices released by Uganda Bureau …
Read More »Waste not: South Africa makes world’s first human urine brick
Cape Town, South Africa | AFP | One day, when nature calls, your urine could be put to better use than to be flushed down the loo. Instead it could be a key ingredient in the construction of a greener office or new home. In one of the latest innovations …
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