Articles Tagged with ''Global Best Projects Awards''

The rehabilitation of and new additions to the West Block—part of the Canadian Parliament completed in 1865—required restoration of exterior load-bearing stone and sculptural elements, complete removal and replacement of building mechanical systems and the replacement of a copper roof. 

Crews tunneled through the foot of the Himalayas for the Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project. Despite an 8.1- magnitude earthquake, border struggles between Nepal and India, an oil crisis, catastrophic floods, strikes and riots, the international team managed to complete the 5-meter-dia tunnel seven months ahead of schedule.

The innovative upgrade of the Wusong wastewater treatment plant to meet new standards allowed it to avoid an expensive move outside the city.

This 114-km expressway connects Touba, Senegal’s second largest city, with the existing highway network in Thiès, on the perimeter of Dakar, the country’s dominant urban area.

The expansion of Tocumen International Airport added a 116,000-sq-meter terminal and 20 gates, along with infrastructure upgrades to increase capacity at what is now Central America’s busiest airport.

Facing aggressive milestones for commercial operation of Africa’s first fully automated container terminal, the project team had to act quickly to deliver the 1.2-kilometer-long facility.

Several years ago, Pickering’s burgeoning transit system required two new parking structures at one of its most active stations, including one located across from one of North America’s busiest highways, live railway tracks and a municipal road.

Replacing Seattle’s aging Alaskan Way Viaduct required a bored tunnel solution, forming a nearly two-mile section of State Route 99 underneath the city’s downtown.

Tokyo-based architect Kengo Kuma and Associates and Dallas-based HDF incorporated organic-inspired shapes for the Rolex Building, a seven-story office building in the Harwood District of Dallas that was completed in August 2018.