Tesla Motors moved closer to selecting a site outside of Reno, Nev., for its $4-billion to $5-billion factory to produce lithium batteries for electric vehicles. The company confirmed that a 600-acre site has undergone some preconstruction work but fell short of committing to the site because of unidentified candidates in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas.In a conference call with shareholders on July 31, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the same type of work that has been completed at the recently paused site, located 17 miles east of Sparks, Nev., will be duplicated at other sites before a final decision
The original name of the beleaguered 22-acre sports village in Brooklyn—a $4.9-billion development that overcame myriad lawsuits, years of controversy, an architect switch and the recession—has not survived. The controversial mixed-used project formerly known as Atlantic Yards is now called "Pacific Park Brooklyn."The renaming comes two months after the formalization of the sale of 70 percent of the development—exclusive of the nearly two-year-old Barclays Center arena and the B2 Bklyn apartment building under construction—to Greenland USA, a subsidiary of Shanghai-based Greenland Group Co., by Forest City Enterprises Inc., the parent company of the original developer Forest City Ratner Cos.Greenland Forest
Photo Courtesy of Magnusson Klemencic Associates/Michael Dickter Related Links: New Atlanta Falcons Stadium Design More Than a Box With a Lid The multipurpose Levi's Stadium, which will be used primarily for football's San Francisco 49ers and soccer's San Jose Earthquakes, will be completed within the $1.27-billion budget and delivered on time by the Turner-Devcon Joint Venture, says Jack Hill, the 49ers project executive.The first game, between the Earthquakes and the Seattle Sounders, will be on Aug. 2. As construction winds down, planning is revving up for an estimated $6.5-billion development on 215 acres across the street. The city approved this
Courtesy of SHoP Architects Plan for $4.9-billion Atlantic Yards Project amended to fast-track construction of affordable housing units. By Nadine M. Post for ENR A 32-story modular high-rise, called B2 BKLYN, rises alongside the Barclays Center arena, which was the first building completed in the 22-acre sports village. Related Links: Developer Gambles on Modular High-Rise for Atlantic Yards Sports Village Green Light for Proposed Record-Tall Modular Building At Atlantic Yards Fancy Footwork to Steady the Course of Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards Sports Village New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) recently announced a plan to accelerate construction of the residential components—including
Related Links: Demolition Contractors Ask for a Larger Role in Disaster Planning Engineers Surprised by Damage to Modern Buildings in Christchurch Instability From Soil Liquefaction Remains A Danger, Says Engineer Economists predict it will take some $35 billion and 50 to 100 years for New Zealand to recover from the February 2011 Canterbury earthquake, which killed 185 people and devastated Christchurch, the nation's second-largest city. To date, the New Zealand government has committed more than $13 billion to rebuilding the greater Christchurch area. Many projects—both public and private—are under development, including a convention center, a $45.9-million Bus Interchange, the redevelopment
Courtesy of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture If all goes as planned, the Kingdom Tower, which will be the future world's tallest building, will contain the world's most lightweight elevator system. Related Links: KONE's High-Rise Elevator System Called Breakthrough Technology Designers Apply Lessons from World's Tallest Tower to Improve Future 'Megatallest' KONE Corp. has won the contract for the vertical transportation in Kingdom Tower, a multi-use building that is planned for a record height of 1 kilometer. For the tower, under way near Jeddah, KONE plans to install its lightweight hoisting system, called UltraRope, which it introduced last year.If
Construction Recovery Picks Up Total construction starts in April rose 3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $533.7 billion, according to McGraw Hill Construction Dodge. The April numbers were lifted by a 14%rise in non-residential work and a 4% hike in home building, which were both muted by a 14% decline in non-building work. On a year-to-date basis, total construction through the first four months of 2014 shows no gain over last year's level (see chart). Winners of Rebuild By Design Competition Announced On June 2, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan named six winners of a
Photo by Bruce Buckley/ENR Crews at Sparrows Point, Md., are wrapping up six tunnel tubes that will create roughly half of the new Elizabeth River Tunnel. The immersed tube tunnel will link Norfolk, Va., and Portsmouth, Va. Crews for SKW Constructors built the tubes, which each consist of five reinforced concrete sections, in dry dock and installed temporary bulkheads for buoyancy. In June, with the aid of tub boats, the tubes will float 220 miles down the Chesapeake Bay to the construction site.
Photo Courtesy of the Golden State Warriors Arena's new site, nearly two miles south of the first location, is near San Francisco Bay but does not sit on its piers. Related Links: Golden State Warriors Snøhetta San Francisco's Golden State Warriors basketball team recently abandoned a 13-acre bayfront site along the Embarcadero at city-owned Piers 30-32 for the team's future arena. Instead, the team revealed, on April 22, a purchase deal for a privately held, 12-acre vacant parcel, 1.7-miles south in Mission Bay. The site is near but not over the bay.The move followed two years of development that was
Preparations have been finalized to demolish the first of four immense concrete chimneys at the historic Battersea Power Station in London. The stacks have formed the city’s dominant industrial landmark for decades.Rising more than 100 meters, the chimneys are in poor shape and due to be replaced by exact replicas as part of a multibillion-dollar,
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