Related Links: Full List: Top 60 Chinese Design Firms Full List: Top 60 Chinese Contractors China’s highest-earning construction firms continue to expand, according to the 2011 ENR/Construction Times Top 60 Chinese Contractors and Top 60 Chinese Design Firms lists. The lists rank China-based companies according to their domestic and international revenue from 2010. They are compiled by Construction Times, a Shanghai-based industry newspaper, using an ENR-designed survey.The report shows that the revenue of the Top 60 Contractors reached $405.27 billion in 2010, an increase of 29.5% over 2009. This figure represents 28.2% of the $1,438.16-billion total income of all China-based
A consortium led by Beijing-based China Communications Construction Co. has won the contract to design and build the world’s longest sunken-tube tunnel for road traffic between Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao. The project has a tight time frame, with design expected to be completed by June 2012 and construction slated to be finished by the end of 2016. Photo: Courtesy Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Authority At 4.2 miles, a sunken-tube tunnel in Hong Kong will be the world’s longest. The winning project team includes the local offices of AECOM Asia Co. Ltd., Shanghai Urban Construction (Group) Co., China Highway Planning and
The Chinese construction industry continues its marked growth, according to the 2010 ENR/Construction Times Top 60 Chinese Contractors and Top 60 Chinese Design Firms lists. Related Links: The 2011 Top 60 Top Chinese Contractors The 2011 Top 60 Top Chinese Design Firms The rankings are based on 2009 data compiled by Construction Times, a Shanghai-based industry newspaper, using an ENR-designed survey. The Top 60 Chinese Contractors list is based on companies’ total construction contracting revenue, both domestic and international. The Top 60 Chinese Design Firms list is based on each firm’s total design revenue, both domestic and international. According to
Many pavilion designers at Expo 2010 Shanghai, the World’s Fair currently under way in China, interpret its “Better City, Better Life” theme as a call for sustainable buildings. The Peru Pavilion is covered in “green” bamboo and clay, while the Japan Pavilion collects light, air and water in its “eco tubes.” But the developers of the Finland Pavilion interpret “sustainable” not only in terms of the materials and systems used in its construction, but also as an integrated process that begins in building information modeling and continues through adaptive reuse. Image: Courtesy Tekla Software Kirnu, Finnish for “giant’s kettle,” evokes