Industry News
Design of US embassy in Berlin triggers debate - 5/11/2008
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Dubai adopts first Project Partnering Contract model - 5/11/2008
In line with international best practice in the construction industry, the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) announced that it has adopted a Project Partnering Contract (PPC) model for its forthcoming DMCC Business Park development in Dubai. The project consultants for the DMCC Business Park include Norr Group Consultants International Ltd. as the lead designer/architect, K Home International Ltd. as the client representative, Hanscomb Consultants Inc. as the consultant and Al Futtaim Carillion LLC as the constructor.
New York City Hudson Yards deal collapses - 5/11/2008
DPA FINANCE US Business Architecture Titanic New York property deal collapses New York The multi-billion dollar deal for one ofManhattan's most underused tracts of lands collapsed as the developerand the public operator of the subway system failed to agree on alast-minute hitch, media reports said Friday.
AIA honors Miami's first LEED high rise office - 5/11/2008
The Miami Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) will honor Holly Real Estate/TCN Worldwide with a President's Award at an upcoming meeting on May 13th, at the site of the company's Miami Green office condominium development. The award recognizes Holly Real Estate's leadership and efforts on behalf of architecture in developing Miami Green. The event provides an opportunity for AIA members and others to learn about Miami Green and the innovators behind Miami's first LEED certified green office building.
Murphy/Jahn to design Jordan's tallest towers - 5/11/2008
(MENAFN Press) Limitless has named Murphy/Jahn Architects as the lead designer for Limitless Towers, its $300US million, residential twin towers that are set to become the tallest buildings in Jordan. Limitless Towers will soar more than 200 metres above Amman, reshaping the city's skyline and marking the beginning of the capital's urban development plan, led by the Greater Amman Municipality. The project - the first of several planned by Limitless in Jordan - is due to break ground in August 2008. "Limitless Towers will set new standards in design, sustainability and lifestyle, and, with Murphy/Jahn's proven track record in iconic and high-rise buildings, we can turn the project from a concept to a reality," said Bahaa Abouhatab, Country Manager for Limitless in Jordan, speaking at PropertyLink 2008, Jordan's largest annual real estate event.
NAHB awards Mixed-Use Development of the Year - 5/10/2008
WASHINGTON, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today awarded its prestigious "National Green Building" award to Del Sur, naming it "Mixed Use Development of the Year." Nationally recognized as a model for sustainability and environmental preservation, the Del Sur "green" community features nearly 3,000 eco-friendly homes in San Diego, Calif.
Report: Big homebuilders fall short on sustainability - 5/10/2008
Robin Bravender, E&ENews PM reporter None of the nation's biggest publicly traded home building companies are as green as they should be, according to a report released today.
AstroTurf: Experts say synthetic turf is safe - 5/10/2008
GeneralSports Venue, LLC (GSV), exclusive U.S. licensee of AstroTurf branded products, in collaboration with a panel of highly respected toxicologists, epidemiologists and chemical fiber engineers from across the country, presented scientific data and test results on Monday that confirm the safety of synthetic sports turf. At a press conference held at the Science, Industry & Business Library in Manhattan, GSV Chairman Michael Dennis asserted that "synthetic turf sports fields, including the nylon version recently brought into question in New Jersey, present no health risk to athletes or to our children." The presentation, comprised of seven separate scientific conclusions, countered recent concerns raised by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services related to lead chromate, a compound in the pigment particles used in some synthetic turf systems. The expert panel included polymer and fiber engineering specialist Dr. Davis Lee, Ph.D., of InnovaNet Consulting; clinical and forensic toxicologist Dr. David Black, Ph.D., of Aegis Sciences Corporation, food and environmental toxicologist Dr. James R. Coughlin, Ph.D. of Coughlin & Associates and, via telephone, Dr. C. Ralph Buncher, Sc.D., Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Each concurred with the summation that synthetic turf sports fields present no health risk.
Empire State Building may get a $660mil facelift - 5/7/2008
Developer Peter Malkin is seeking to finance a $660US million ($839 million) renovation of the Empire State Building to lure large firms to New York City's tallest skyscraper, a haven for small businesses for decades. Wien & Malkin, a New York-based real estate company, is asking investors in Empire State Building Associates to approve borrowing to pay for modernising the iconic 1930s office tower.
An airport that mirrors China's grand ambitions - 5/6/2008
The new Terminal 3 at the airport in Beijing is twice the size of the Pentagon. Adorned in the colors of imperial China, with a roof that evokes the scales of a dragon, the massive glass- and steel-sheathed structure, designed by the British architect Norman Foster, cost $3.8 billion and is designed to handle more than 50 million passengers a year. The developers call it the ''most advanced airport building in the world,'' and say it was completed in less than four years, a timetable some believed impossible. It opened in late February with little fanfare, but also without the kind of glitches that plagued Heathrow's new $8.7 billion terminal near London, which took six years to complete. This is the image China would like to project as it plays host to the Olympic Games this summer - a confident rising power constructing dazzling new monuments that exemplify its rapid progress and its audacious ambition.
