Earlier this year, I blogged about the excitement in China generated by the news that its Dalian Wanda Group planned to invest $1.09 billion to build and operate a luxury hotel in London. At the time of their announcement (made in the ...
The world’s tallest building is getting rebuilt with some of the worlds best lighting. One World Trade Center is currently getting fitted with hundreds of red, white and blue LED modules. Washington Post states that, “The Port ...
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Wuyang Steel, a subsidiary of Hebei Iron and Steel Group has contracted to supply 3000 tons of steel plate for construction of Guangzhou East Tower as tallest building in Southern China along with landmark building West Tower at 100,000 ...
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Major Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group announced that its subsidiary Hebei-based Wuyang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd (Wuyang Steel) will supply 3,000 mt of steel plate for the construction of the Guangzhou East Tower. The ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
On October 9, major Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group announced that its Hebei-based subsidiary Wuyang Iron and Steel Co. (Wuyang Steel) recently delivered 1,215 mt of 80 mm thick Q354GJB-Z25 steel plate to Shanghai for use in ...
Following the success of its bespoke façade solutions, Wicona has launched a range of technically advanced and high performance aluminium curtain walling, window and door systems in the UK for a comprehensive range of applications. ...
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Dubai has its famed Burj Khalifa, but the world’s tallest building is getting a lot of company these days with the business of building skyscrapers suddenly booming as the global economy recovers. The Shanghai Skyline (photo by ...
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On the morning of August 3rd, a steel girder marking "Baosteel Steel Structure, Dedicating With Honor" reached the 580-metre platform on125th floor of Shanghai Tower, Chinese tallest building under construction. The steel girder's accurate ...
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Google today launched Street View Special Collect for the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, marking the first skyscraper to join the collection as well as the first time the technology has been deployed in the Arab ...
When One World Trade Center got its crowning spire recently, Slingmax roundslings were a critical part of the process. And those slings depended in large part on Dyneema fiber from DSM Dyneema LLC. DSM Dyneema, a leader in life ...
Mandylights lighting designers Richard Neville and Alex Grierson spent a month in Dubai as lighting designers for Dubai's New Year's Eve celebrations. The 25- minute show took place around the centre of Dubai in front of the Burj Khalifa - ...
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Emaar Properties, Dubai’s largest developer, has secured USD 500 million in financing from a consortium of banks to be used to fund an upcoming project in Turkey. The facility signed with lenders including Standard Chartered, ...
Tags: Emaar Square project, leisure facilities, shopping mall, infrastructure
In fiscal 2012, revenue from Siemens' Environmental Portfolio climbed ten percent to EUR 33 billion. The company's ecofriendly products and solutions are now generating faster revenue growth than its other businesses. Green technologies, ...
Tags: Green Energy, Environmental Portfolio, ecofriendly products, Siemens
Sulzer is relocating its head office within Winterthur, Switzerland. The company will rent the upper 14 floors of the Wintower, which is Switzerland's third tallest building. The move, which will involve around 360 employees, is scheduled ...
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(China Glass Network) The famous Shanghai Tower with design height of 632 meters, which starts pile and foundation construction in November, 2008, is planned to be open for use by 2015. Height of the main tower is up to 380 meters by now ...