Photo by Emre Drter Photography Related Links: Global Best Projects Awards This Turkish-led turnkey design-build project was finished in 2011 in just five months for the Assembly of the African Union, leaders from 60 member nations. The 148,000-sq-ft structure's highlight is the "shimmering metal screen that veils its glazed facade in a curtain of geometric filigree," said Architectural Record.Virtually all materials were imported, and labor was 95% Turkish; tropical illness and locals' lack of safety knowledge were problems faced. To speed work, design and structural steel manufacture were concurrent, and most of the interior package was prefabricated. "Building fast-paced complex
ENR presents the winners of our first-ever Global Best Projects competition. A panel of industry veterans chose the projects on the following pages as outstanding examples of the challenges, risks and rewards of designing and building internationally.
To erect Miami International Airport's 1.27-mile-long automated people mover system—featuring trains manufactured in Japan—builders had to work above and along MIA's entranceway.
Builders of Miami International Airport's new $1.1-billion North Terminal transformed a 50-year-old building into a mile-long, 3.2-million-sq-ft transportation hub.
Related Links: Global Best Projects Awards Geno Armstrong , Principal, KPMGARMSTRONGGeno Armstrong serves as KPMG’s global leader for its major projects advisory service as well as the international head of its engineering & construction industry practice. He has over 20 years of domestic and international major project development and construction experience, including construction development strategies, troubled project recovery and project controls. Armstrong worked in Fortune 100 corporate real estate and construction groups and was project manager for an ENR Top International engineering and construction company before joining KPMG. A registered professional engineer, Armstrong is active with major projects in the energy
Two international firms, Odebrecht and OHL, teamed to build the 2.4-mile-long Metrorail extension to Miami International Airport's new intermodal center.
Related Links: See who else has moved up, or moved on, in the AEC sector LawsonDave Lawson has joined Foster Wheeler AG as president and global leader of metals and mining, a newly created role. He previously served as president of minerals and metals for Australia-based Ausenco Ltd. and also was in a similar role at Aker Solutions Ltd. He held other senior management positions at Aker Kvaerner Ltd. and Kvaerner Metals Ltd. Lawson now is based in Santiago, Chile.Hanson Professional Services Inc., Springfield, Ill., has named Jeff Bowen a vice president and senior transportation engineer in Jacksonville, Fla. He
Related Links: Engineering News-Record GrumskiJ.T. Grumski has joined TAS Energy, a Houston-based energy technology company, as president and CEO. He had been a senior vice president of Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) as well as president of its Benham Cos. LLC unit and chairman of its R.W. Beck subsidiary.As CEO, he succeeds Craig Hurlbert, who will remain chairman. As president, he suceeds Mike Brady, who remains chief operating officer.NelsonURS Corp. has named Leisa Nelson as vice president and manager in Houston of its 200-employee infrastructure-and-environment division there.She had been national water-market director for KBR, focusing on the Southeast. Nelson also
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