The project—the new hub of Oman Telecommunications Co., or Omantel, the top telecommunications company in Oman—includes as a major feature a stainless-steel woven mesh “shroud” that encircles the building on its exterior and wraps around its six-story atrium.
Completed in just over two years, the 17-story, 340-000-sq-ft office building is the U.S. Navy’s first high-rise and the federal government’s first collaboration with a private developer for a build-to-suit office building.
Industrial and multifamily housing are set to grow in next two years, but retail and office markets are likely to contract, says latest biannual UCLA state development survey.
Located in an area of high seismicity, the 25-story office tower was designed to resist an extreme earthquake with a probability of happening once in 2,500 years.
On Sept. 26 in New York City, the Boston-based construction company Suffolk officially opened the first of six Smart Labs that it is building in the heart of its key offices in the U.S.
From the renovation of one of the nation’s oldest subway stations to a “cellular polyhedral sculpture” created by a British artist, the winning entries in this year’s ENR New England Best Projects competition displayed impressive breadth.