The U.S. can now claim to host to one of the world's most innovative wind-energy research centers, thanks to a global undertaking that made Clemson University's SCE&G Energy Innovation Center a reality.
In most countries, a project to rebuild and seismically strengthen an earthquake-damaged school would not likely earn its team an international award. But with one such project in Cite Soleil, an isolated neighborhood on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, the accomplishment earns extraordinary praise for its social benefits and for the work done in a difficult environment.
Industry veterans selected the winners of the Global Best Projects Awards as the most outstanding examples of the risks and rewards — and the hurdles overcome — of designing and building internationally.
The rich history of Islamic architecture and the beauty of the region's palm trees and volcanic mountains inspired the design of the $1.2- billion Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport expansion in Medina, Saudi Arabia—the first public-private aviation project and concession in the country and the Gulf region.
What might have taken months of lane closures took a fraction of that time during installation of a 2,860-ton, tied-arch cable-suspension bridge over a major highway.
In October 2013, when SUMMA Turizm Yatirimciligi A.S. signed its design-build contract for the $68.3-million Dakar International Congress Center in Senegal, the race began to produce the 14,270-sq-meter project in just one year.
Photo Courtesy U.S. State Dept. Photo Courtesy U.S. State Dept. Related Links: 2015 Global Best Project Awards The $110-million phase one of a project to relocate the U.S. Embassy in Vientiane, Laos, has put in place some 7,673 sq meters of office space on a 7.4-acre site south of downtown.A $35-million, phase-two project has entailed the remodeling and repurposing of an existing compound in the city's center into a recreational and cultural outreach facility. Phase one finished in October 2014 on schedule and under budget, and phase two is on track for completion in September 2015.The general contractor, BL Harbert
Visitacion Development LLC is planning to build a mixed-use development on a site at the intersection of Bayshore Boulevard and Leland Avenue in San Francisco.
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