The Ministry of Communications is finally floating tender today for building an elevated expressway of 32.5 kilometres or more in Dhaka on a public private partnership (PPP) basis. The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) under the ministry will receive pre-qualification documents for this $2 billion project from interested bidders till January 20. Join discussion...

MEED reported that Abu Dhabi Airports Company will develop its USD 6.8 billion midfield terminal project at Abu Dhabi International airport as a construction contract rather than a build operate transfer deal as originally planned. Join discussion...

Most of the funds from the equity raising will be either for entering into the build-operate-transfer (BOT) space pan-India or we will look into acquisitions outside the country. We also are looking into capital investment in the country. Join discussion...

Engineering, procurement and construction company Punj Lloyd Ltd, which has interests in construction for the oil and gas, thermal power and civil infrastructure industries, wants to increase its highways portfolio in India, company chairman Atul Punj said. The company is looking to participate in projects covering 2,000-3,000km over the next six months, Punj said. Join discussion...

City based infrastructure major IVRCL Infrastructures and Projects Limited is in the process of demerging its intermediary holding companies IVR Strategic Resources and Services Limited and IVRCL Water Infrastructures Limited and amalgamating them with its publicly listed real estate subsidiary IVR Prime Urban Developers. Join discussion...

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has completed 95 per cent of the civil work. By early next year, it will hand over the stations to the concessionaire — Reliance Infrastructure — and CAF, a Spanish company, for finishing. Operations will start by next September. Join discussion...

When Virendra D. Mhaiskar joined his father’s construction company in 1995, it was just making asphalt and building municipal roads. Toll roads were a natural extension of this process. There was never any doubt in the young Mhaiskar’s mind about what he wanted to do after finishing with his education. Join discussion...

The Bangalore-based GMR Group, along with Turkish company Limak and Malaysia Airports Holding Berhard Airports, has built the new airport terminal of the Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport (ISGA) in Turkey. The consortium had won the contract on the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model in July 2007, bagging its rights for 20 years at a cost of more than Rs 3,100 crore. Join discussion...

Saudi Arabia is seeking foreign investment for a series of projects to modernise and expand the country's ageing rail infrastructure, Italy's financial daily Il Sole 24 reported on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia's first major rail project in 50 years, The Landbridge project, will soon invite tenders for 1,600 kilometres of new rail lines. The project aims to transform Saudi Arabia's existing rail network into a world-class freight and passenger rail link across the country. Join discussion...

A 42 km ‘Namma Metro’ will criss-cross the City on a Phase-1, East-West and North-South corridor in September 2012 at a cost exceeding Rs 8,158 crore. A high-speed train at a cost of Rs 5,767 crore will become a reality in 2011-12 to connect the BRV parade grounds to the Bengaluru International Airport on NH-7 on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis. A 59 km monorail corridor has been identified to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 12,000 crore, on a public-private-partnership (PPP) within the next three years. Join discussion...