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The Mob in Moscow

Vietnam Go-Ahead

The Sound of the Flurry

Fine-tuning risk

Doing Business in...Bangkok

Cleaning Up in the Former Soviet Union
As they negotiate with authorities in Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and other former Soviet Republics, Western companies�including many of the big oil and natural-resources firms�are...

The Bechtel Edge
The Bechtel Group can commit personnel all over the world to seek out and scrutinize business opportunities, and the firm is usually at the top of Engineering News-Record's...

Letter from Oman
The bonanza days of the 1980s are over, but the oil-rich sultanate continues to be a rewarding, if challenging, market. Oil remains a focus of investment, and the government is planning...

Conquering China: The Canadian Combination
Canadian architectural/engineering firms are doing hundreds of millions of dollars of consulting business in the People's Republic of China. Their advantages include well-connected...

A Leap of Faith in China: A Viewpoint
The author, a senior vice president of LoBuono, Armstrong & Associates in Tampa, Florida, says that evaluating projects in the difficult but lucrative China market means looking...

Bridging the Gulf
The Gulf War and saturation of traditional Middle Eastern markets have prompted Western firms to look into the United Arab Emirates, the wealthiest of the small states around the Arabian...

Overcoming the Woes of Worldwide Work
The author, a civil engineer based in Gibraltar, discusses a variety of pitfalls encountered in international practice, with case histories and lessons learned. They can be caused by differences...

Venezuela Turns to Port
Despite Venezuela's recent political troubles, geography and economics argue for a big increase in the country's port capacity. Oil has traditionally been the...

Projects on the Czech List
The Czech Republic's increasing reliance on the European Community as a trading partner has created a need for airports, power plants, an improved telephone system, new highways,...

Doing Business In...Bangkok: More than just Temples
Traffic is the most notorious problem afflicting foreign visitors, though air pollution and the enforcement of building codes (in the wake of a provincial hotel collapse in mid-1993) are...

Three-Dimensional Approach to Design

Using Information Technology Strategically

Buying a PC

Moving Beyond CADD to Create Business

Response of Space Trusses During Progressive Failure

 

 

 

 

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