SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Engineering & Construction Co., a leading South Korean builder, has launched a drive to develop an independent model for a floating structure, a core component of offshore wind power farms that is drawing attention as an eco-friendly renewable energy source. The company announced on Thursday that it had [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Engineering & Construction Co. said Thursday that it has reached a deal with authorities in Laos to compensate victims of a deadly hydroelectric dam collapse in the Southeast Asian country. The Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Power Co., a joint venture involving the South Korean builder, inked the deal with the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Engineering & Construction Co., a South Korean construction company, said Wednesday it will set up a joint venture with U.S.-based Bloom Energy for the production of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). The 49:51 joint company, to be set up in November, will provide Korean-made fuel cells to local [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Engineering & Construction Co., a major builder in South Korea, said Sunday a consortium that it’s part of has been named the preferred bidder for a 1 billion-pound (US$1.2 billion) project to build a tunnel across the main river in London. The multinational consortium RiverLinx, comprised of SK [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Engineering & Construction Co. has introduced smart closed-circuit television (CCTV) and other high-tech devices at construction sites to prevent accidents. The company said that it introduced CCTV systems and wearable cameras at a construction site in Hanam, Gyeonggi Province on March 12. The CCTV camera and its enclosure [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Engineering and Construction Co. has recently received a series of construction orders only a month after signing a contract with Bloom Energy to supply fuel cell facilities in South Korea. SK E&C announced on Tuesday that it had signed contracts with KT Corp. and Korea Midland Power Co. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean construction firm SK Engineering & Construction Co. said Monday that it plans to complete the construction of temporary shelters by next month in southeastern Laos, which was hit hard by a devastating flood. SK E&C said the structures can accommodate about 150 households on a 10,000-square-meter area [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Since yesterday, a medical team from South Korea has started to treat victims from the flood that followed the collapse of a hydroelectric plant that was under construction in Laos. The emergency rescue team composed of 20 Korean medical staff started treating children at Attapeu Province in southern Laos. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A dam under construction in Laos by SK Engineering & Construction Co. gave way on July 23, causing dozens of deaths with more than 100 locals still missing, leaving local officials as well as other stakeholders to determine the cause of the collapse as well as the level of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Yonhap) — SK Engineering & Construction Co., a South Korean builder, said Sunday that it has signed a US$1.6 billion deal with an Iranian company to carry out an oil refinery modernization project. Under the agreement with Tabriz Oil Refining Co., an affiliate of Parsian Oil and Gas Development Group Co., the [...]