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Interesting development on the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge project in Texas
Interesting development on the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge project in Texas where a threat of removal from the project if design issues were not resolved to the satisfaction of the TxDOT has forced a U-turn from the...
Goodbye to the Gerald Desmond: Long Beach’s old bridge is being demolished
Following the completion of Los Angeles’ new Gerald Desmond Bridge (now renamed the Long Beach International Gateway) in 2020, the decommissioning of the old Gerald Desmond Bridge has taken a major step forward with...
Happy Independence Day
Happy 4th of July to all of our clients, colleagues and friends in the USA.
Hong Kong’s Tsing Ma Bridge emerges from the fog this morning
Hong Kong's Tsing Ma Bridge emerges from the fog this morning. Hope that Hong Kong will emerge from the fog of COVID shortly - there is a huge raft of infrastructure to deliver....
International Women’s Day 2022
Celebrating the success of our women on International Women's Day 2022.
Shatin Central Link A Direct Connection from Admiralty to Lowu and Lok Ma Chau
With extension of the East Rail line across the harbour, the Shatin Central Link will provide a new cross harbour rail link and a direct connection from Admiralty to Lowu and Lok Ma Chau. CDC have been assisting...
Wishing you a healthy and prosperous year in 2022
Wishing you a healthy and prosperous year in 2022 from all of us at Contract Dispute Consultants.
CDC 2021 in review
If ever there was a year to fit our advertising byline, 2021 was that year! Globally, very little has gone to plan in 2021. However, notwithstanding the challenges of COVID, the year has been hugely busy for the CDC...
Seasons Greetings 2021
Season's greetings to all our clients, colleagues and friends from all of us at Contract Dispute Consultants.
Huge boost to US construction spending
A huge boost to US construction spending with the signing of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law delivering $550 billion of new federal investment in bridges, airports, highways and transit and rail....
Third runway project at Hong Kong International Airport
Here's a good video explainer of the huge third runway project (3RS) at Hong Kong International Airport - with reclamation completed earlier this year, the focus now is on the building and infrastructure contractors...
Surfacing works completed on the new third runway at Hong Kong International Airport
Surfacing works on the new third runway at Hong Kong International Airport are complete, another major milestone - half way there but still a long way to go. CDC has been providing advice to several contractors on this...
Ocean Park’s WaterWorld ready to open to the public
Great to see Ocean Park's WaterWorld ready to open to the public next month. CDC are proud to have been a part of this iconic project....
Agreement for the construction of the Texas Central High Speed Rail project
Congratulations to our US client Lane Construction and their parent company Webuild Group as they sign the US$16 billion agreement for the construction of the Texas Central High Speed Rail project between Dallas and...
Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok Airport ~ 25 years ago
25 years ago, in July 1997 I was a young site engineer working at Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok airport on the Landside Infrastructure project - recently found a few photos from a rare visit to the terminal building, Ground...
Another milestone for the Hong Kong airport expansion
Another milestone for the Hong Kong airport expansion with the first commercialflight touching down on the newly completed third runway this morning. CDC are proud to be assisting contractors on various contracts...
Opening of the East Rail line will make a massive difference to mobility
Opening of the East Rail line will make a massive difference to mobility from Admiralty which will become a complex interchange station for four separate lines. CDC have been involved in several SCL throughout the...
With the Omicron outbreak raging, construction sites are still working
With the Omicron outbreak raging, construction sites are still working around the clock in Hong Kong. Here's a shot from Zaha Hadid's Murray Road construction site in Admiralty this evening, on reportedly the world's...
Many construction projects are facing the prospect of suspensions to limit the spread of coronavirus (Part 2)
With Hong Kong being impacted by an outbreak of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, many construction projects are facing the prospect of suspensions to limit the spread of the virus. In early 2020, we reviewed...
Hong Kong’s Pivot to the North
Northern Metropolis Development Will Drive New Rail Developments As a set of steep, mainly hilly islands in the South China Sea, the most pressing issue for Hong Kong has long been provision of sufficient land for...
June opening set for key MTR link
The cross harbour portion of MTR's new Shatin Central line is nearing completion - a massive undertaking with some very challenging individual projects. Target opening announced for June 2022. This new line will form a...
Happy New Year 2022
Happy New Year to all our clients, colleagues, and friends in construction - wishing everybody a healthy and prosperous 2022.
Happy Thanksgiving 2021
Happy Thanksgiving to all our US-based clients, colleagues and friends from all of us at Contract Dispute Consultants
Celebrating the opening of the M+ Museum of visual culture
What better way to celebrate the opening of the M+ Museum of visual culture than with some of our own footage. CDC are proud to have assisted on the M+ project and continue to support contractors across the...
M+ Museum opening
Great news that the new M+ Museum, showcasing visual culture, will open on 12 November, the second major venue completed in the West Kowloon Cultural District. CDC have been providing assistance to contractors working...
Official opening of Ocean Park Water World
It's the official opening of Ocean Park Water World today, a state-of-the-art all-weather water park at Tai Shue Wan incorporating 27 indoor and outdoor attractions. CDC are proud to have assisted Gammon Construction...
Happy Independence Day
Wishing our clients, colleagues and friends in the US a Happy Independence Day weekend.
Cathay Pacific freighter passing the Hong Kong Terminal 2 Expansion Project
Cathay Pacific freighter passing the Hong Kong Terminal 2 Expansion project.
Inside Hong Kong’s Massive Underground Upgrade
Another excellent video from The B1M on Hong Kong infrastructure, this time the Shatin Central Link. A hugely challenging project not without its problems. CDC were engaged on several of the station contracts providing...
Zaha Hadid’s The Henderson under construction in Admiralty, Hong Kong
Zaha Hadid's The Henderson under construction in Admiralty, Hong Kong last month. This will be a landmark building to rival the adjacent IM Pei's Bank of China and Norman Foster's HSBC Headquarters....
Some more great visuals of the deconstruction of the main span of the Champlain Bridge in Montreal
Some more great visuals of the deconstruction of the main span of the Champlain Bridge in Montreal. This operation will soon be repeated on another of our projects, the Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach, California....
Many construction projects are facing the prospect of suspensions to limit the spread of coronavirus (Part 1)
With Hong Kong being impacted by an outbreak of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, many construction projects are facing the prospect of suspensions to limit the spread of the virus. In early 2020, we reviewed...
MTR begins trial operations for East Rail Line cross-harbour extension
Trial operations begin on the cross harbour portion of MTR's new Shatin Central line ahead of opening in the middle of this year - construction was a massive undertaking with some very challenging individual projects....
Major span of Champlain Bridge dismantled and taken away
Decommissioning of Montreal’s old Champlain Bridge across the St Lawrence River reaches a milestone with removal of the main span. CDC undertook a commercial review for the contractor on the new Champlain bridge...
On this day in 2009, Hong Kong’s Stonecutters Bridge opened to traffic
On this day in 2009, Hong Kong's Stonecutters Bridge opened to traffic. At the time of the construction commencement, Stonecutters Bridge was the longest stay cable bridge in the world. Check out the case study to see...
Drone footage of Kai Tak Sports Park Nov 2021, Hong Kong
Watch the drone footage of progress at the Kai Tak Sports Park in November 2021, one of the many projects transforming the site of the former Kai Tak airport. The scale of the stadium and extent of development is now...
Marking the official opening of the M+ Museum of Visual Culture
Friday marks the official opening of the M+ Museum of Visual Culture in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District after a 7 year construction and fit out period. CDC are proud to have been involved in this landmark...
Autumn Festival Greetings
Autumn festival greetings from all the team here at Contract Dispute Consultants
Hong Kong’s Northern Link Design Contracts Awarded
As the current batch of MTR extensions start operation, the next batch of projects is getting underway. These new projects were originally conceived in Hong Kong’s Transport and Housing Bureau Railway Development...
Opening of East West section on the Tuen Ma line
East - West travel in Hong Kong is about to get a lot easier with the opening of another section of the Tuen Ma line enabling seamless travel from Wu Kai Sha in the East to Tuen Muen in the West. At 56km it will become...