Transbay Joint Powers Authority Closes on $171 Million TIFIA Loan for Transbay Transit Center Project
The Transbay Transit Center Project reached another important milestone as the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) closed on the $171 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan for the project. The loan was made possible based on the TJPA’s sound finance plans, favorable audits and positive credit reviews—requiring an investment grade credit rating. The loan will fund 14 percent of the project’s $1.2 billion...
New Caterpillar 973D Track Loader
Completing the Cat® D-Series Track Loader lineup is the new 973D, featuring load-sensing hydraulics, joystick steering, new operator’s station (with tilting cab) and 10 percent more power than its 973C predecessor. The new loader carries on the 973C’s “all-purpose performer” reputation and retains much of its solid design, including the Cat C9 engine, hydrostatic drive, single-fabrication mainframe, Z-bar loader linkage and...
Texas Stadium Implosion Set for April 11, 2010
The City of Irving announced today that Texas Stadium, the iconic facility that served as home of the Dallas Cowboys for 37 years, will be imploded at daybreak on Sunday, April 11, 2010. “City officials are currently determining logistics such as staging and viewing areas, parking, and how to manage traffic around the stadium.” Interest is building and outlets are being developed so the public can be involved in the demolition progression from...
Architectural Resource Wins Multiple Design Awards
Architectural Resource, LLC, a leading Ann Arbor architectural design firm, was honored at the national Remodeling Show 2009 Qualified Remodeler Master Design Awards, receiving design awards in seven different categories. This marks the second year in a row that Architectural Resource was the single most recognized firm at this prestigious design competition. The awards included two Gold awards; one for Michigan’s first USGBC LEED for Homes Platinum...
GTK1100 for difficult demolition in Germany
Rental company and lifting specialist Scholl looked at mobile and crawler crane options to dismantle a 45 t chimney top from a 100 m tall chimney in the city of Ludwigshafen, before choosing the GTK1100. Jürgen Jensen, the project manager at Scholl in charge of the Ludwigshafen job, said there were prohibiting factors that ruled out other alternatives. The first choice for Scholl was to use a large all-terrain crane, with full luffing jib and a man...
New NLB Roto-Reel Automates Pipe Cleaning
NLB Corp. has introduced two Roto-Reel® units that automatically feed high-pressure water jet hose for industrial pipe and sewer cleaning, relieving operators of the strain of manual hose feeding. They also improve efficiency by rotating the hose as it feeds, helping it get through tight bends and maximizing cleaning coverage and water jet force. Two models are available. The Roto-Reel 200 has a hose capacity of 200 feet (61m) and is intended for...
Contemporary Italian Architecture Cadorago Civic Center by Marco Castelletti
The project involves a close relationship between direct and open space el’edificio suggests that the main facade of the new building becomes the centerpiece of the square and remains symmetric relation to the design of the space center. The new pavement design is dictated by the idea of the pedestrian area close to the two-way vehicular crossing side in order to foster a better facing the curtain of buildings that challenges you to the south...
BIP Computers Offices Building Design by Albert Mozó
This office building rises between two old houses (1936), and spare parts that were not protected by any laws of historical preservation. The set occupies a site that allows a building of 12 storeys and this sets a high value of land, in turn despises the value of any construction that does not bear that height. With these assumptions and with the aim of giving a value of real estate to a new building for only three floors. Was chosen to lift a laminated...
Alcoa Announces Winner of “Count the Can” Contest Held at GreenBuild
When Michael Schwartz, an Eco-Solutionist for Waste Management, Inc.’s Green Squad unit, attended the Greenbuild Conference and Expo in Boston a couple of weeks ago, his goal was to see if aluminum could help the movie industry go greener. He didn’t expect to also win an Apple iMac encased in recyclable aluminum. But he did. Schwartz was one of hundreds of visitors who stopped at the Alcoa booth to discuss aluminum as a green building material....
Pearl Dubai Awards AED8.85 Billion Construction Contract to Al Habtoor Leighton Group
Pearl Dubai FZ LLC, one of the UAE’s leading real estate developers, has awarded an AED8.85 billion (US $2.4 billion) main contract for the construction of its iconic Dubai Pearl project, to the Al Habtoor Leighton Group, the UAE’s largest construction group. The deal is the largest single contract of its kind in the region and arguably one of the largest in the world for a real estate project. Construction is due to begin in January 2009. “While...
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