Related Links: Engineering News Record Architectural Record Bid/Proposal DatesOregonThe City of Sandy is seeking bidders to build the Portland Water Bureau inter-tie project. The project entails building a 1-million-gal, partially-buried circular prestressed concrete reservoir; a 1-million-gal-per-day potable water pump station; a 1.5-mgd potable-water package pump station; 13,190 ft of 24-in.-dia transmission main; and 13,800 ft of 18-in.-dia transmission main. The work also includes electrical controls and connections into existing water, sewer and storm drain systems. The project is valued at $10 million. City of Sandy, Attn: Mike Walker, Public Works Director, 39250 Pioneer Blvd., Sandy, 97055. DR#12-00677795. Contracts/Bids/ProposalsWashingtonThe Berschauer Phillips
Sports facilities range from Olympic and World Cup venues, professional team stadiums, to high school and college facilities. Professional sports team owners often push the envelope in their quest to build excitement for and attendance at their events. Some major residential and resort developers also build record-breaking recreational facilities as drawing cards.The sports construction market sector has suffered along with the overall market downturn in recent years. According to McGraw- Hill Construction Research & Analytics, the value of construction starts of sports facilities in the U.S. has declined from $4.8 billion in 2006 to $2 billion in 2011.Some firms have
Crystal Lagoons Corp. Lagoon-like structure on the Sinai Peninsula will use similar technology to one built by the same developer in Chile in 2006, but the Egyptian pool will be larger. Crystal Lagoons Corp. The pool, seen here in an early construction photo, will be the centerpiece of a luxury resort and residential development. What appears to be a dried-up pond in the middle of a vast construction site at the tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt could set a new record as the world’s largest swimming pool. Details are sketchy, but Crystal Lagoon is set to be the
Trahan Architects The mixed-use project will include retail, office, residential and entertainment spaces. Trahan Architects The development is adjacent to Erqi Tower, a double pagoda that is Zhengzhou's main tourist attraction. Trahan Architects has been selected by the Henan Hongguang Industry Group to design an $880-million mixed-use project in Zhengzhou, the capital and largest city of China's Henan province.The Baton Rouge, La.-based firm's design concept envisions a 4.3-million-sq-ft complex, with two sloping, flat-top towers and a large atrium. It will occupy a 6.9-acre triangular site in the city's main shopping district, adjacent to Erqi Tower, a 14-story double pagoda that
Related Links: Rooftops Slowly, but Steadily, Start to Sprout Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Green roofs are gaining acceptance in dozens of countries, joining other forms of green infrastructure that are being used to mitigate environmental problems of urban centers.For example, vegetated roofs “are very good at managing stormwater. Most extensively planted green roofs will hold the first inch of rainfall and slow any additional rainfall, thus reducing peak flows and lowering the stress on combined sewer overflows,” says Steven Peck, founder and president of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (CRHC).The group is a professional association with both corporate and
According to authors Chuck Thomsen and Sid Sanders, "organizations with continuous building programs produce most of America's buildings," and "the construction industry has quietly and without fanfare changed from a project industry to a program industry." Thomsen and Sanders believe similarities within this process "offer extraordinary opportunities for continuous improvement that will shorten schedules, save money and improve quality."By analyzing projects in a program to identify similarities and choosing similarities that offer the greatest possibilities for standardization, the authors say program managers can stimulate improvements. They discuss project teams, collaboration and improved contract terms to align the interests of key
Opportunities in the wastewater sector continue to grow, particularly in developing countries. Although large wastewater systems are being built around the globe, the market is changing, with new approaches to looking at wastewater and different mechanisms emerging for financing projects. According to Lux Research, a Boston-based research firm, the global wastewater market should reach $27.5 billion in 2012, with work divided roughly evenly between developed and developing countries. Glen Daigger, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Englewood, Colo.-based CH2M Hill, says that in 2010 the United Nations declared sanitation is a basic human right. Moreover, according to the
