Solar Innovations, Inc. Completes Several Sports Venue Folding Glass Wall Projects Across the Country
Solar Innovations, Inc., a custom manufacturer of residential and commercial folding glass walls; greenhouses; conservatories; sunrooms; tilting, sliding, and stacking glass doors, walls, windows, and screens; completes several sports venue folding glass wall projects across the country. Solar Innovations® folding glass wall systems are commonly incorporated into retail, restaurant, and hospitality projects, creating flexible commercial space. The...
Filadelfie Administration Building, Prague, Czech Republic
The structural work for the Filadelfie building complex in Prague with its interesting ground plan is very close to completion. With the help of the PERI formwork solution, the 17-floor multi-storey building – constructed in the form of a four-blade propeller – will shortly be finished. The MULTIFLEX slab formwork system, in particular, showed itself to be extremely flexible and adaptable for forming the curved upper and massive basement slabs. Comprehensive...
Cornell TranZform Fire Found Compliant for Means of Egress Openings
Cornell announces that TranZform Accordion Folding Fire Doors have been evaluated by the International Code Council Evaluation Service to be compliant for use in means of egress openings per the International Building Code®. Now, as per Evaluation Report ESR-2300, TranZform Fire provides an alternative equal for rated side-hinge swinging doors in means of egress openings such as elevator lobbies, horizontal exits and as opening protectives in fire...
NanaWall Systems Launches First Folding Glass Wall System with Triple Glazing
NanaWall Systems, the industry leader in opening glass walls, announces its newest product for architects and builders: NanaWall® SL70 with Triple Glazing, providing exceptional thermal performance for the harshest weather conditions. The NanaWall triple glazed SL70 system provides flexible solutions to architectural openings from three to thirty six feet wide using one to twelve panels. The SL70 system was chosen for the glass pavilion at the Bavarian...
Czajka sewage plant, Warsaw, Poland. Short construction period and high level of safety
The large-scale sewage treatment plant Czajka, situated to the north-east of Warsaw, is scheduled to be finished in December 2010 – and this after only a two-year construction period. With a cleaning capacity of almost 450, 000 cubic metres per day, designed for the equivalent of two million inhabitants, it will be the largest waste-water facility in Poland. Together with the Warbud construction company, PERI´s Polish engineers developed a cost-effective...
Self-climbing technology and large slabtables minimise crane times
The South-East Asian city-state of Singapore – an internationally renowned financial centre and, with its very busy port, one of the largest and most modern freight handling centres in the world – is now also striving to become a top tourist destination. With its ambitious Marina Bay Sands™ project, the U.S.-based Las Vegas Sands Corporation, is currently developing a gigantic complex complete with convention facilities, casino, theatres, museum...
Manitowoc to exhibit Potain Igo 30 at Intermat 2009
The Igo 30 has a total weight of less than 26 t, meaning it can travel with just one truck in most of its markets, lowering transportation costs. Manitowoc will exhibit its Potain Igo 30 self-erecting crane at Intermat 2009. The crane is built at the Manitowoc factory in Niella Tanaro, Italy. Vincent Milan, Manitowoc’s senior product manager for self-erecting cranes, said customers benefit from having all aspects of the Igo range engineered as a...
Solarlux Folding doors
The system is from Solarlux’s standard range, although the sizes and door operation were tailored to suit site measurements Timber folding and sliding doors were supplied by Solarlux to separate the main church from the adjacent Hub entrance building. Website: www.solarlux.com
Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City
With the building´s structure elegantly wrapped in a cloak-like glass facade, the Al Hamra Tower on the Persian Gulf creates the vision of a highly visible sculpture, rising to an impressive height of 412 metres. As construction progress steadily continues, it becomes clear that the Al Hamra Tower is not only a multi-storey building with a remarkable height but also that a new landmark is being developed through its very distinctive design. After...
Xtralis VESDA Aspirating Smoke Detection System Selected for New Heathrow Terminal 5
Xtralis, a leading provider of intelligent fire detection and security solutions, announced that its VESDA Very Early Warning Aspirating Smoke Detection (ASD) system has been chosen by BAA to help ensure the safe transit of passengers through the baggage halls of the recently opened Heathrow Terminal 5. BAA’s Heathrow Terminal 5 is the largest single-span structure in the UK and is designed to accommodate 30 million passengers annually. T5 houses...
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Pac-Van Takes Top Honor in Modular Building Institute Awards of Distinction
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