After a competition that drew interest from more than a dozen firms from around the world, a joint venture of Ugandan and South African firms has won a $79-million contract for a multibuilding complex of government facilities and commercial housing in Kampala, Uganda.
The members of the building team charged with landing what appears to be a winged flying saucer at Florida Polytechnic University's new campus would have had enough on their plate if they were all huddled in the same place, scratching their heads over design architect Santiago Calatrava's futuristic forms. But they weren't. The designers, builders, fabricators and other material and product suppliers were scattered around the globe.The geographic divide made an already difficult job even more so. For the 162,000-sq-ft Innovation,
Composed of two semicircular hotel wings that spiral around an elliptical core, the 45-story Regent Emirates Pearl Hotel, located in Abu Dhabi, rises to a height of 840 ft and dominates the surrounding coastline. While visually arresting, the 1.4-million-sq-ft facility required extensive modeling and analysis to accommodate its complex geometries.
It took three and a half years to bring Yas Mall, a 2.5-million-sq-ft retail development, from design to completion. The shopping mall, which was completed in November 2014, is now one of the largest retail developments in the United Arab Emirates.
When Azerbaijan decided to build a world-class stadium in the capital city of Baku, the owners gave the design and construction team an extremely aggressive 24-month deadline.
Crews from Dykon Blasting Corp., Tulsa, Okla., safely imploded an eight-story building in east Denver on Aug. 29. The early Saturday morning demolition of the former University of Colorado Biomedical Building makes way for a $419-million, mixed-use commercial development at the former site of the University of Colorado medical campus.
Photo by Bill Timmerman Related Links: 2015 Global Best Project Awards The Mariposa Land Port of Entry is one of the busiest U.S. land ports for vehicle and commercial truck traffic, accommodating more than 1.5 million vehicles per year. This new, $187 million, port-of-entry replaces a 35-year-old facility that had outgrown the needs of the area in both volume of traffic and environmental, inspection and security requirements.The port maintained operational capacity through about five years of phased construction, during which crews clocked a total of 940,000 worker hours. This was done with no lost time accidents and eight recordables. Project
Photo Courtesy of Ema Peter Related Links: 2015 Global Best Project Awards The Wood Innovation and Design Centre serves as a focal point for academics and professionals seeking to advance the use of wood in construction. "The goal was to showcase British Columbia's wood industry as a leader in wood construction, engineered wood products and design, as well as to create jobs and to help get goods to market," says Gabrielle Price, public affairs officer at the B.C. Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training.The eight-story, 29.5-m tall building is the world's tallest modern all-timber structure. The design incorporates a
Photo Courtesy of Parsons Related Links: 2015 Global Best Project Awards Rail service in the United Arab Emirates has been limited, but a new era began in Abu Dhabi with stage one of the new Etihad Rail Network, which was completed in April. The first of three stages created a 266-kilometer link between the Shah and Habshan oil-and-gas fields and the Port of Ruwais.As the first railway in the U.A.E., a rail-regulatory process was developed in parallel with the development of the first stage. To maintain a steady supply chain, Etihad Rail Network agreed to construct a railroad-tie factory for