Handling more than 68 million passengers annually as one of Asia’s busiest travel hubs, Hong Kong International Airport has undertaken multiple projects to expand its capacity.
When construction on the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center began four years ago in Athens, the local market was nonexistent for basic materials such as ready-mix concrete.
In May 2015, U.S.-based contractor Gilbane Federal completed a sophisticated, self-sustaining 414,000-sq-ft headquarters building for the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense, in Kabul.
Originally constructed in the 1960s, the facility underwent an extensive upgrade to comply with Connecticut’s stringent new statewide nitrogen removal requirements, which are designed to improve water quality in the Long Island Sound.
Prior to its renovation, the 100,000-sq-ft concrete structure’s repetitive open floor plates were designed to maximize efficiency, holding books first and hosting people second.
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