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december 2014
international
construction
WORLDNEWS
2014
bC India
December 15 - 18, 2014
Delhi, India
2015
World of Concrete
February 3 - 6, 2015
(Seminars: February 2 - 6)
Las Vegas, US
World of Asphalt
March 17 - 19, 2015
Baltimore, US
Intermat
April 20 - 25, 2015
Paris, France
Plantworx
June 2 - 4, 2015
Bruntingthorpe, UK
Bauma ConExpoAfrica
September 15 - 18, 2015
Johannesburg, SouthAfrica
BICES
September 22 - 25, 2015
Beijing, China
ConExpo LatinAmerica
October 21-24, 2015
Santiago, Chile
International Construction
Equipment Forum (ICEF)
November 2 - 3, 2015
Amsterdam, TheNetherlands
Excon 2015
December 2 - 6, 2015
Bangalore, India
2016
Bauma
April 11–17, 2016
Munich Trade Fair Centre
Munich, Germany
EXHIBITIONDIARY
TURKEY
Grimshaw has begunwork
on the design for the Istanbul New
Airport in Turkey. The architectural
team also includesNordicOffice
of Architecture, HapticArchitects
and local TurkishPartners GMW
Mimarlik and Tekeli Sisa.
Situated on theBlackSea coast,
35 km from the city centre, the
six-runway development is
expected to be delivered in four
phases. The first phase aims to
serve 90million passengers per
year. Thiswill increase to over
150million passengers per annum
once fully complete. Terminal 1 is
expected to be theworld’s largest
airport terminal under one roof,
with a gross floor area close to
1millionm
2
.
Visitor numbers for November’s
Bauma China exhibition were up
+8% to 191,000 people despite
the on-going downturn in the
Chinese construction equipment
market.The previous event, held in
November 2012 attracted 180,000
people.
BaumaChina2014was held from
25 – 28November at the Shanghai
New International Expo Centre
(SNIEC) in Shanghai, China. It
was the seventh time the show has
been held, following its launch in
2002.
According to organiser, Messe
München, the 191,000 visitors
came from 149 different countries,
and the number of international
visitors was up +12%. After China,
the top ten visitor countries and
regions abroad were Russia, South
Korea, Japan, India, Malaysia,
Thailand, Singapore,Taiwan,Hong
ASIA
TAPI client
body formed
The four state gas companies
of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, and Indiahave established
a company that will build, own
and operate the planned 1,800
km
Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-
Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas
pipeline. Turkmengas, Afghan Gas
Enterprise, Inter State Gas Systems
(Pakistan), and Gail (India) own
equal shares in the company.
The TAPI pipeline is expected to
exportup to33billionm
3
ofnatural
gas a year from Turkmenistan to
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India
over 30 years of operation.
According
to
the
Asian
Development Bank (ADB), which
is the transaction advisor to the
project, Turkmenistan has the
world’s fourth-largest proven gas
reserves.
The pipeline is designed to
allow the landlocked country to
diversify its gas export markets
to the southeast while providing
a new source of fuel for southern
Afghanistan,
Pakistan,
and
northern India.
The next major milestone in
the project is expected to be
the selection of a commercial
consortium leader to spearhead
the construction and operation of
the pipeline. When selected, the
commercial consortium leader is
likely to take a substantial stake in
the client company.
CHINA
Visitor numbersup+8%
Kong and Indonesia – in that order.
Bauma China once again filled
all the available exhibition space –
a total of 300,000 m
2
. This year’s
show featured 3,104 exhibitors
from 41 countries, compared to
2,718 exhibitors from 38 countries
in 2012. Some 2,097 exhibitor
companies were from China.
The remaining 1,007 were from
overseas.
AfterChina, the topfive exhibitor
countries were Germany, the US,
Italy, South Korea and Japan.
Bauma China also featured nine
national pavilions, from Austria,
Finland, Germany, Italy, Korea,
Spain,Turkey, theUK andUS.
ThenextBaumaChina takesplace
at the SNIEC from November 22
to 25, 2016. The organisers have
denied rumours that the show
is due to move to a new venue in
2016.
