Construction
Process of building or assembling a building or infrastructure
Follow Construction on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
We include updates on List of tallest buildings, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, List of largest church buildings, Ryugyong Hotel, History of the world's tallest buildings, Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, Seawise Giant, List of cities with the most skyscrapers, Crazy Horse Memorial, California High-Speed Rail, List of tallest buildings and structures, List of longest bridges, List of tallest church buildings, Ptah, World Trade Center site, Building information modeling ... and more.
| March 29 2025 | Scheduled end date for the Doctor Strange: Mystery of the Mystics nighttime spectacular show. |
| March 25 2025 | Announcement made that the Avengers Headquarters Stunt Show, Avengers Assemble, would have its final performance on April 5, 2025. |
| 2025 |
Platform screen doors
Planned initial stage of platform screen door installations begins on the North–South Commuter Railway in the Philippines, with half-height platform screen doors being implemented.
|
| 2025 |
Platform screen doors
Melbourne Metro Tunnel is scheduled to open, featuring platform screen doors on underground stations and new rolling stock with doors aligned with full-height platform screen doors.
|
| 2025 |
Platform screen doors
Results of the TransLink platform screen doors feasibility study for Vancouver SkyTrain are expected to be released.
|
| 2025 |
Platform screen doors
Platform screen doors planned for the under-construction Line 4 of the Athens Metro in Greece.
|
| 2024 |
Air source heat pump
A study concluded that for the UK, heat pumps with a nominal Coefficient of Performance (COP) between 2.8-3.2 are considered cost-optimal from an energy system perspective, recommending investment in renewable energy generation and storage technologies.
|
| 2024 |
Platform screen doors
Line 14 extension from Saint-Denis Pleyel to Orly Airport is inaugurated with full platform screen doors as part of the Grand Paris Express project.
|
| 2024 | At D23, a new Spider-Man attraction was announced for Hong Kong Disneyland's Avengers Campus. |
| 2024 | At the D23 Expo, Disney revealed the Avengers multiverse ride as 'Avengers: Infinity Defense' and announced a new attraction, Stark Flight Lab, with Robert Downey Jr. set to reprise his role as Tony Stark. |
| 2024 | Doctor Strange: Mysteries of the Mystic Arts experience concluded its run at Ancient Sanctum in Avengers Campus, ending the interactive performance and storytelling attraction. |
| 2024 | A brand new Avengers-themed ride is set to open, originally planned to take over the area previously occupied by Autopia. |
| December 6 2024 |
Platform screen doors
The U2 line of Vienna U-Bahn from Schottentor to Karlsplatz station reopened after 3 years of construction work for platform screen door installation.
|
| December 1 2024 |
Platform screen doors
Riyadh Metro opened, implementing full platform screen doors at all stations
|
| November 2024 |
Platform screen doors
Platform screen doors implemented on the newly opened driverless Thessaloniki Metro system in Greece.
|
| November 23 2024 | Doctor Strange: Mystery of the Mystics nighttime show premiered at Avengers Campus in Walt Disney Studios Park. |
| September 30 2024 | Disney announced a new nighttime spectacular show called Doctor Strange: Mystery of the Mystics for Avengers Campus. |
| July 2024 | Wade Wilson / Deadpool was announced to appear at Avengers Campus for a limited time, marking the first Disney Parks live character experience from an R-rated film. |
| July 2024 | Story Time with Deadpool, a limited-time show featuring Deadpool and Wolverine, premiered. The show featured 'family friendly tales' told with Deadpool's signature humorous style. |
| June 2024 | Disneyland announced the final performance of the Doctor Strange: Mysteries of the Mystic Arts show by June 30, 2024. |
| 2023 |
Air source heat pump
The International Energy Agency (IEA) appealed for better data collection, especially on air-to-air heat pumps.
|
| 2023 |
Air source heat pump
UK heat pump sales increased to 60,244 units, showing significant market growth.
|
| 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Full-height platform screen doors were implemented in underground stations of Line 2 of the Lima Metro upon its opening.
|
| 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Munich plans to test platform screen doors on the Munich U-Bahn.
|
| 2023 |
Platform screen doors
The Réseau express métropolitain (REM), a 67-kilometre driverless suburban rapid transit network, begins its phased opening with plans to feature screen doors at each of its 26 stations.
|
| 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Greater Jakarta LRT opened, implementing half-height platform screen doors in its stations.
|
| 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Glasgow Subway plans to introduce half-height screen doors with new rolling stock.
|
| 2023 |
Platform screen doors
All stations in South Korea (except Dorasan Station) are planned to be equipped with platform screen doors.
|
| 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Paris Métro Line 4 completes full driverless automation with platform edge doors.
|
| December 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Platform doors are planned to be installed at a cost of $6 million, starting in December.
|
| June 2023 |
Platform screen doors
TransLink announced a feasibility study into installing platform screen doors on the Vancouver SkyTrain's Expo and Millennium lines, prompted by the acquisition of new Alstom Mark V trains with compatible door positions.
|
| June 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Honolulu's Skyline began operations, becoming the first large-scale publicly-run metro system in the United States to feature platform screen doors manufactured by Stanley Access Technologies.
|
| June 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Designs for the platform doors were being finalized by the MTA.
|
| June 2023 | Rogers: The Musical premiered at the Hyperion Theater, featuring a one-act production of the fictional musical about Captain America. The show ran from June to August 2023. |
| March 2023 |
Platform screen doors
First full-height variable screen doors installed at Osaka Station underground platforms, introducing an advanced automated door alignment system that uses train ID scanning to precisely match door positions with train car doors.
|
| February 2023 | Characters from the Disney Television Animation Marvel series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur made special appearances in honor of Black History Month. |
| 2022 |
Air source heat pump
Heat pumps outsold fossil fuel-based heating systems in the US and France.
|
| 2022 |
COBie
buildingSMART international planned to roll out their strategic approach for developing ISO-based specifications through a series of position papers and begin enrolling members in the Facility Management Handover - Equipment Maintenance project.
|
| September 2022 |
Midtown Union
Midtown Union development project completed, featuring multiple high-rises in midtown Atlanta.
|
| September 21 2022 |
Midtown Union
The hotel component of Midtown Union commenced operations.
|
| September 11 2022 | At the D23 Expo, Disney announced the development of a new Avengers multiverse attraction featuring the villain King Thanos. |
| August 27 2022 |
Platform screen doors
Peak Tram reopened with platform edge doors retrofitted at terminus stations.
|
| July 2022 |
Midtown Union
The office and residential towers of Midtown Union were opened.
|
| July 20 2022 | Avengers Campus officially opened at Walt Disney Studios Park in Disneyland Paris, replacing the former Backlot area with new attractions including Avengers Assemble: Flight Force and Spider-Man W.E.B. Adventure. |
| June 2022 |
Platform screen doors
MTA began soliciting bids from platform-door manufacturers for the pilot program.
|
| June 4 2022 | Avengers Campus officially opens at Disney California Adventure, introducing a new immersive Marvel-themed land designed to allow guests to interact with superheroes in a unique themed environment. |
| April 22 2022 | Hollywood Records and Marvel Music digitally released the official Avengers Campus theme song 'Welcome Recruits', composed by John Paesano, which incorporated musical references from multiple Marvel Cinematic Universe film franchises. |
| February 2022 |
Platform screen doors
MTA announced a platform screen doors (PSD) pilot program at three stations: Times Square, Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport, and Third Avenue.
|
|
We are only showing the most recent entries for this topic. |
|
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Midtown Union, Air source heat pump, Platform screen doors, Sacramento Railyards, COBie & Avengers Campus, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.