When Azerbaijan decided to build a world-class stadium in the capital city of Baku, the owners gave the design and construction team an extremely aggressive 24-month deadline.
Crews from Dykon Blasting Corp., Tulsa, Okla., safely imploded an eight-story building in east Denver on Aug. 29. The early Saturday morning demolition of the former University of Colorado Biomedical Building makes way for a $419-million, mixed-use commercial development at the former site of the University of Colorado medical campus.
Photo by Bill Timmerman Related Links: 2015 Global Best Project Awards The Mariposa Land Port of Entry is one of the busiest U.S. land ports for vehicle and commercial truck traffic, accommodating more than 1.5 million vehicles per year. This new, $187 million, port-of-entry replaces a 35-year-old facility that had outgrown the needs of the area in both volume of traffic and environmental, inspection and security requirements.The port maintained operational capacity through about five years of phased construction, during which crews clocked a total of 940,000 worker hours. This was done with no lost time accidents and eight recordables. Project
Photo Courtesy of Ema Peter Related Links: 2015 Global Best Project Awards The Wood Innovation and Design Centre serves as a focal point for academics and professionals seeking to advance the use of wood in construction. "The goal was to showcase British Columbia's wood industry as a leader in wood construction, engineered wood products and design, as well as to create jobs and to help get goods to market," says Gabrielle Price, public affairs officer at the B.C. Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training.The eight-story, 29.5-m tall building is the world's tallest modern all-timber structure. The design incorporates a
Photo Courtesy of Parsons Related Links: 2015 Global Best Project Awards Rail service in the United Arab Emirates has been limited, but a new era began in Abu Dhabi with stage one of the new Etihad Rail Network, which was completed in April. The first of three stages created a 266-kilometer link between the Shah and Habshan oil-and-gas fields and the Port of Ruwais.As the first railway in the U.A.E., a rail-regulatory process was developed in parallel with the development of the first stage. To maintain a steady supply chain, Etihad Rail Network agreed to construct a railroad-tie factory for
The U.S. can now claim to host to one of the world's most innovative wind-energy research centers, thanks to a global undertaking that made Clemson University's SCE&G Energy Innovation Center a reality.
In most countries, a project to rebuild and seismically strengthen an earthquake-damaged school would not likely earn its team an international award. But with one such project in Cite Soleil, an isolated neighborhood on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, the accomplishment earns extraordinary praise for its social benefits and for the work done in a difficult environment.
Industry veterans selected the winners of the Global Best Projects Awards as the most outstanding examples of the risks and rewards — and the hurdles overcome — of designing and building internationally.
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