Monday, August 22nd, 2011
The project for the underground network of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia is exemplary, according to a source in the European Commission, reports Bulgarian EU Funds Minsiter Tomislav Donchev. According to Donchev, the DG Regional Policy representative has said that anyone building a city metro should go to Bulgaria to learn from the way the Sofia network is being built. Read More
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Statoil has announced that the major oil find in the North Sea made public 10 days ago, is much larger than first estimated. It is probably the largest offshore discovery in the world this year. Statoil says that communication between the Aldous and Avaldsnes oil discoveries in the North Sea has now been confirmed. In combination
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Some 400 million people in Africa live in urban areas, according to United Nations statistics – but as of 2008, 55 million of them lacked access to clean drinking water. A study by two UN agencies, released Monday to coincide with World Water Day on March 22, highlighted a troubling trend: As Africa’s cities grow more
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Commuters in the capital area can look forward to less delays after the Danish rail company invested nearly two billion kroner to upgrade the signaling system used by the S-train network. Banedanmark has signed a contract with Siemens Mobility to cover the supply and installation of a fully automatic train control system in Copenhagen. Additionally,
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers looked at the effects of temperature on over 2,000 species. They report in the journal Science that species experiencing the greatest warming have moved furthest. The results helped to “cement” the link between climate change and shifts in species’ global ranges, said the team. Read
Sunday, August 21st, 2011
A high-level global group promoting geospatial information could help developing countries gain better access to data to help tackle issues such as climate change, conservation and disaster management. The UN has set up an expert committee and a programme on global geospatial information management under its Economic and Social Council to encourage international cooperation and establish best practice on the use
Sunday, August 21st, 2011
Speaking at the commemoration of the World Humanitarian Day, Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) national coordinator Dominiciano Mulenga said the Web-Based Spatial data Infrastructure system which was developed with support from the UN system in Zambia will improve greatly the ability of Government and communities to reduce the negative impact of disaster related to
Sunday, August 21st, 2011
Questions have been raised about the value of sending a minister and two officials to a climate change conference in Canada. Environment Minister John Griffiths, a policy official and a private secretary will travel from Cardiff to Quebec City for the three-day conference which begins on August 29. A statement of information issued by the Welsh Government
Sunday, August 21st, 2011
The U.K. government says large areas of land will be set aside to protect species such as red squirrels and hedgehogs to halt the loss of endangered species. The move is part of England’s Biodiversity Strategy to stop destruction of habitat and the decline in species by 2020, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. Read more
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
We are proud to announce that on August 15th we officially became Williamson Chong Architects. The merger of Donald Chong Studio Incorporated and WILLIAMSONWILLIAMSON INC. has been in the works for a while now and we couldn’t be happier to finally share the news. We are long-time friends and colleagues. Don and Betsy met and worked
