Related Links: Sheer Innovation China Grapples with Supertall Building Boom The People's Republic of China is the center of tall building construction in the world. China has seven of the 10 tallest buildings in the world that are under construction. Yet China construction practices, even on closely scrutinized iconic supertall buildings, do not always meet U.S. quality and safety standards, said many high-rise construction experts, at a recent conference on tall buildings, organized by the Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat.That is one reason why it is somewhat comforting that China’s building codes are more conservative, agreed the tall-building
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Photo by Augusto Diniz Following World Cup, Arena Pantanal will be downsized to a 27,000-seat capacity from 45,000. The owner says the facade steel and roof covering will be dismantled and recycled. Photo by Augusto Diniz Arena team in Mato Grosso set ambitious goals for sustainable design, recyling and environmental protection, says Curvo Borges. Related Links: Ms. President Goes for the Gold Rio Spending on Bus Lane, Metro To Break Gridlock Brazilian Contractor Builds Training Center, Trade School Brazil Places Its Bets on Hydroelectric Dams, Despite Protests After April Uprising, Jirau Dam Back on Track Billionaire Dredges Up Support for
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After seven days of preparations, the implosion, which went off without a hitch and left adjacent structures undamaged, took only seven seconds. Courtesy of CDI Completed in 1986, the Radio Network House posed a challenge because its concrete structure was heavily reinforced to accommodate seismic loads.
Despite many challenges, Controlled Demolition Inc. successfully led the razing, using explosives, of the 14-story Radio Network House in Christchurch, which was damaged in the 2011 New Zealand earthquake. The Aug. 5 implosion may open the door to other controlled demolitions in New Zealand, says CDI. “The structure did exactly what CDI said it would, in spite of the extraordinarily heavy rebar in the 1986 [structure] that was built to what was already a rigorous seismic code,” says J. Mark Loizeaux, CDI’s president.He adds that dealing with the concrete structure's reinforcing steel, the area's poor soil conditions and the limited
Courtesy of Amtrak Rendering of proposed new Union Station train shed, looking south from H Street. Existing historic station would be behind new shed. Related Links: PDF of Amtrak plan summary, press release Amtrak has unveiled an ambitious plan, which would cost $6.5 billion or more, to revamp Washington, D.C.,’s Union Station, adding capacity to handle future passenger traffic, preserving the historic station’s distinctive architecture and seeking to give a boost to the local economy.The expansion and alterations to the station would be literally topped off by 3 million sq ft of new, privately financed office, residential and other buildings,
Photo by Bruce Damonte Under public pressure, the developer enhanced the form of a scaled-back Barclays Center arena. Related Links: Reshaping of Barclays Center Arena Made Possible By Collaboration, Digital Tools Developer Gambles on Modular High-Rise for Atlantic Yards Sports Village Brooklyn Basketball Arena Nears Final Buzzer Fifteen years ago, the 22-acre plot for the $4.9-billion Atlantic Yards sports village in Brooklyn, N.Y., was an eyesore. For more than 20 years, drug dealers, gangs and prostitutes had populated the neighborhood. Many buildings were vacant. "Blighted Brooklyn" was a more fitting moniker than the familiar "Brownstone Brooklyn."Now, crime is down, and
Opportunity knocked for SHoP Architects on July 2, 2009. On that Thursday, Bruce C. Ratner, the beleaguered developer of the controversial Atlantic Yards sports village planned for Brooklyn, N.Y., made an offer that any architect would be crazy to turn down but almost as crazy to accept.
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