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2013
international
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diary dates
2013
BICES 2013
October 15-18, 2013
Beijing, China
World Demolition Summit
October 31, 2013
Amsterdam, Netherlands
International Construction
World Economic Forum
(ICWEF)
November 20-22, 2013
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Excon 2013
November 20-24, 2013
Bangalore, Hindistan
MS Africa & Middle East
December 9-12, 2013
Kahire, Mısır
2014
Intermat Middle East
January 14-16, 2014
Abu Dhabi, UAE
World of Concrete
January 21-24, 2014
(Seminars 20-24 January)
Las Vegas, USA
ConExpo-Con/Agg 2014
March 4-8, 2014
Las Vegas, US
SMOPYC 2014
April 1-5, 2014
Zaragoza, Spain
Samoter 2014
May 8-11, 2014
Verona Exhibition Centre
Verona, Italy
APEX (Access Platform
Exhibition)
June 24-26, 2014
Amsterdam, Netherlands
L
iu Zhijun, China’s Minister
for Railways from 2003 to
2011, has been given a death
sentence suspended for two-years
for bribery and abuse of power
in connection with construction
of the country’s high-speed rail
network. The Beijing court also
“Deprived his political right for
life and confiscated all his personal
property”, according to state media
reports. Suspended death sentences
in China that include
a two-year reprieve
are usually commuted
to life imprisonment. The court’s
verdict is likely to require Mr Liu
to spend at least 10 years in jail.
The sentence follows Mr Liu’s
guilty plea to accepting bribes.
The trail followed his arrest and
removal from office in March 2011
and his subsequent expulsion from
the Chinese Communist Party
in May 2012. Mr Liu admitted
to accepting US$10.5 million in
cash bribes and US$130 million in
property between 1986 and 2011.
He also said he received numerous
other bribes, including shares, cars
and works of art. The bribes were
given in exchange for construction
contracts as well as for jobs within
China’s railway organisation.
As part of his guilty plea,
Mr Liu asked for leniency in
sentencing. The court was
also asked to recognise his
positive contribution to China’s
infrastructure.
C
onstruction output in the USA for the 12 months
to June was up 3.3% on the position a year ago at
US$884 billion, according to the Census Bureau.
However, the figure was down 0.3% from the rolling
annual total to May 2013 of US$889 billion.
Although residential construction was up 17.6%
compared to a year ago, to US$338 billion in the year to
June, it slipped 0.1% compared to the running total to the
end of May. In contrast, non-residential construction was
down 4.0% year-on-year in June, and 1.0% compared to
May’s total.
Publicly-funded construction in the USA continued
to fall in June, with the value of this sector of the market
falling 9.3% compared to a year ago to US$261 billion.
The sharpest declines were seen in construction of offices,
commercial property, educational facilities, amusement
and recreation, highway and street, sewage and waste
disposal and conservation and development.
In contrast, privately-funded construction was up
9.7% compared to a year ago, at US$622 billion, with
growth in the residential, lodging, office, amusement and
recreation, and power sectors. However, there was a fall in
private construction from May to June of 0.4%.
Ken Simonson, chief economist at the Associated
General Contractors of America (AGC) said, “Power
construction, which includes oil and gas fields and
pipelines as well as electricity, climbed for the fifth
straight month in June, even after large upward
revisions for May and April. But such major categories
as manufacturing, health care and retail construction
remain in the doldrums. Meanwhile, the largest public
categories - highways and education construction - are
now plummeting at double-digit rates.”
Mixed messages
Suspended
sentence
The 632 m Shanghai Tower in the Chinese city’s
Lujiazui commercial district became the second tallest
building in the world behind the 828 m Burj Khalifa in
Dubai, UAE, when it topped out in August. Designed by
architects Gensler, the building is scheduled to open
in 2014. It is supported by 831 reinforced concrete
foundation piles and a 6 m thick mat foundation
containing 61,000 m3 of concrete.
