Vetrotech Saint-Gobain has worked on projects like the Opera House in Dubai and the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi
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Month: September 2016
Arcadis: Doha 'not' environmentally sustainable
The Middle East has ranked poorly in Sustainable Cities Index, compiled for Arcadis by UK-based economic consultancy Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR)
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After Teresa May Review, UK Clears Path To Finish Hinkley Nuclear Plant
The deal opens the door to China to own and build the Bradwell B plant using its own reactor design.
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Water Resources Bill Sails Through the Senate
Attention shifts to the House, which could take up a bill next week that focuses just on Corps projects and policies.
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U.S. Building Owners Will Help Drive the Construction Industry to Create Healthier Buildings
Building owners, developers, managers and investors in the U.S. are increasingly interested in creating healthier buildings, a new SmartMarket Report by Dodge Data & Analytics, in partnership with Delos, reveals.
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Best Green Project – Stanford Energy Systems Innovations at Stanford University
The team for Stanford University’s $438-million central plant replacement, designed to be 70% more energy-efficient, tiptoed around the 25,000 people who use the 8,000-acre campus daily.
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Award of Merit Sports/Entertainment – Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre
Built on the University of Toronto Scarborough campus in time for the 2015 Pan American Games, the CA$158-million ($122 million) sports complex represents Canada’s largest investment in an amateur sports facility to date.
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Award of Merit Residential/Hospitality – 399 Fremont
Despite a force majeure port slowdown hampering the procurement of a Chinese curtain wall, German cabinets and Italian window-washing equipment, San Francisco’s 399 Fremont finished nearly two months early.
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Best Retail/Mixed-Use Development – Shanghai Tower
Shanghai Construction Group ranks protecting the crews working 300 meters above grade and higher—especially while erecting the cantilevered steel structure and the curtain-wall bracing system—as the most challenging aspect faced during construction of the 632-m-tall Shanghai Tower.
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Rate of nationalisation at UAE's Imdaad revealed
Walk-in applications by UAE nationals increased by 31% year-on-year in 2015, a senior official has told ConstructionWeekOnline
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