apanese construction company Shimizu Corporation and its affiliate Nippon Road have begun developing technology for decarbonized pavement by mixing biochar, which is effective in sequestering carbon d…

Japanese road construction company Taisei Rotec Corporation will build a large-scale pavement test track in Tamura City, Fukushima Prefecture. This will be the first facility of the kind owned by a pr…

Japanese construction company Kajima opened a center to offer information on concrete technologies at its Technical Research Institute in Chofu City, Tokyo. Various concrete technologies that contribu…

Japanese construction company Shimizu Corporation will launch a new service in April that will allow clients to view the BIM data of completed construction project. BIM data produced by the contractor…

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has produced an English-language brochure and video summarizing measures against natural disasters such as earthquakes, windstorms, and floods. The aim is to publiciz…

Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan has released a forecast of long-term replacement and repair costs of water facilities. It estimates that if facilities are simply replaced at the current…

Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries signed an agreement to promote the use of wood in buildings with a hamburger chain McDonald's Japan on February 10. The company will use local …

A full-scale seismic isolation test facility being built in Hyogo Prefecture by Kyoto University, Tokyo Institute of Technology and a research body for seismic isolation with government support will b…

As the number of highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks reaches a record level across Japan, the local construction industry is doing its utmost to respond to the quarantine efforts. Some are concerned…

Excavation of tunnels with a total length of 9.5 km has begun on the CP101 Metro Manila Subway Project, the first underground railway project in the Philippines. Construction is being conducted by a j…