The Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) management is set approve by early next week the appointment of a project consultant for the proposed New Chakan international airport' at Rajgurunagar, off the Pune-Nashik highway. Six companies have filed their bids for the consultancy work that involves planning, designing, supervision and execution of the airport project. These include independent firms as well as consortia or joint ventures. Join discussion...

The government has launched a consultation on the first of five proposed PFI prisons, on the site of the former Runwell hospital in Essex. Public views will be sought on plans to build a 1,500-capacity jail as part of a wave of new facilities intended to cope with prison overcrowding in the UK. Read more: http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=284&storycode=3151496&c=0#ixzz0UeKAR0Se Join discussion...

The proposed Vasco-Panjim sea link could well be a reality with the government today inviting global bids for the consultancy services for the said project. It may be recalled that Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, in his budget speech, announced the proposal for a sea-link between Panjim and Vasco. Join discussion...

Chile's public works ministry (MOP) will award a concession for a rail passenger service connecting the towns of Lomas Coloradas and Coronel, in southern region VIII, an official from MOP's concessions division told BNamericas. Join discussion...