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12/10/14 Canal Lockmaster's House To Be Restored on National Mall By Tim Grogan and ENR Staff A project to rescue a dilapidated, 178-year-old house on the edge of Washington, D.C.'s National Mall won a $1-million grant on Dec. 9 from American Express. 11/25/14 Pedestrian Bridge Collapses, Fatally, Followed by Another By Scott Judy Teams of forensic engineers are investigating two separate bridge collapses at the same Raleigh community-college construction project. 11/25/14 Gehry's Planned 305-Meter Toronto Tower On Course to Become Canada's Tallest By Nadine M. Post Towers twists and folds, reminiscent of the New York by Gehry high-rise, are helping with wind design. 11/05/14 Construction Week: 1,776-ft-tall One World Trade Center Opens; Rental Group Lowers Forecast By Tim Grogan and ENR Staff One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. 10/06/14 Shake-Table Tests Pave Path Toward Economical Quake Resilience in Single-Family Houses By Nadine M. Post Researchers new design methodology calls for stronger and stiffer wood framing with or without base isolation 09/24/14 Corvette Museum To Plug Sinkhole, After All By Candy McCampbell Bowling Green, Ky., museums board cites extra costs and safety as reasons to permanently fill opening that swallowed eight sports cars in February. 09/15/14 Progress Slow but Steady at World Trade Center Development By Nadine M. Post Developer Silverstein Properties announces it is moving forward with the tower portion of the 80-story Three World Trade Centerthe third high-rise of four within the original 16-acre footprint of the WTC. 09/09/14 Contractor Extracts a Profit From SubTropolis Underground Business By Alan Rider in Kansas City, Mo. SubTropolis first opened in 1964 to house tenants such as Pillsbury, Russell Stover and Ford and continues to add floor space. 08/27/14 Northern California Earthquake Causes an Estimated $1 Billion in Damage By Tim Grogan and ENR Staff Northern California earthquake causes an estimated $1-billion in damage. 08/11/14 Tesla Inches Closer To Selecting Site for 'Gigafactory' By John Guzzon Tesla inched closer to selecting a site outside of Reno, Nev., for its $4 to $5 billion factory to produce lithium batteries for electric vehicles on Thursday, confirming a 600-acre site has undergone some pre-construction work, but fell short of committing to the site over unidentified candidates in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. 08/05/14 Beleaguered $4.9B Atlantic Yards Sports Village Renamed 'Pacific Park Brooklyn' By Nadine M. Post 22-Acre Atlantic Yards Renamed Pacific Park Brooklyn 07/23/14 Levi's Stadium in California's Silicon Valley Ready for First Game By Nadine M. Post Levi's Stadium completed on time and within the $1.3-billion budget. 07/15/14 Brooklyn's $4.9-Billion Atlantic Yards Development Gets a Jump Start By Nadine M. Post New York state announces plan to expedite construction of affordable housing units at Brooklyn's $4.9-billion Atlantic Yards development. 06/24/14 Demand From Tech Sector Helps to Reboot Office Market By Esther D'Amico Tech demand for data centers and administrative functions is giving a boost to office construction activity. 06/23/14 Christchurch Post-Quake Rebuild Picks Up Steam By Chris Webb Christchurch rebuilds on all fronts after devastating 2011 earthquake. 06/23/14 KONE's Lightweight Hoists To Be Installed in Planned 1-Kilometer-Tall Tower By Nadine M. Post KONE wins contract for future 1-kilometer-tall Kingdom Tower, based on elevator maker's lightweight carbon-fiber hoisting technology. 06/04/14 Construction Week: Starts Increase 3% in April; Rebuild By Design Competition Winners Announced By Tim Grogan and ENR Staff Hurricane Sandy recovery plan names six winners to seek to bolster storm defenses. 05/28/14 Elizabeth River Tunnel Tubes Take Shape and Prepare To Ship Out By Bruce Buckley Elizabeth River tunnel tubes take shape and head out to sea. 04/30/14 Golden State Warriors Switches Site For Planned San Francisco Arena By Tony Illia Opposition to site on Piers 30-32 plus rising costs prompted the basketball team to relocate 1.7 miles south to dry land 04/21/14 Restoration Key to Giant London Powerplant's Redevelopment By Peter Reina The enormous Battersea Powerplant has been a fixture of the London skyline for almost a century, even after shutting down decades ago. Redevelopment aims to restore it to a different life. 04/21/14 The 10 Largest Hotels in the World By Scott Lewis The 10 largest hotels-resorts in the world. 04/16/14 Construction Week: World Trade Center's Steel Bird; EPA Proposes $17B Superfund Cleanup Project By Tim Grogan and ENR Staff The structural steel shape of transit hall at World Trade Center is challenging to build, and the EPA proposes its largest ever Superfund cleanup project. 03/20/14 Engineers and Architects Implore Putin: Save Shukhov Tower By Peter Reina Dismantling and rebuilding the iconic structure later, even if it were possible to do so, would be extremely hazardous, defenders warn. 03/10/14 Hospitals Eye Team Flexibility, Building Resiliency By C.J. Hughes and Esther D'Amico Two separate conferences explore major themes in the hospital and health care sector. 02/26/14 Construction Week: Colo.'s U.S. 6 Closed for Bridge Demolitions; Big Auction Sets Online Record By Tim Grogan and ENR Staff Colorados U.S. 6 closed for bridge demolitions. 02/17/14 Best of the Best, Higher Education/Research: John and Frances Angelos Law Center By ENR Editors Extensive in-slab and out-of-slab utilities with the concrete structure requires significant coordiation effort. 02/17/14 California Memorial Stadium By ENR Staff A poor seismic safety rating and general deterioration prompted UC-Berkeley to undertake $300 million in renovations. 02/17/14 Cultural & Specialty Contracting: Bing Concert Hall By Scott Blair Designers, contractors and trades collaborated to install a complex acoustic sail system. 02/17/14 Interiors, Tenant Improvement: Arent Fox Tenant Fit-Out By ENR Staff The Washington, D.C., interior fit-out project created offices, workspaces, conference rooms, a 150-seat auditorium and galleys. 02/17/14 University of Virginia Medical Center Patient Tower Expansion and Helipad By ENR Staff Using existing structural capacity, the University of Virginia added 127,000-sq-ft of new space to its teaching hospital, the University of Virginia Medical Center. 02/12/14 Residential, Hospitality: 8500 Burton Way By Tudor Van Hampton The 253,000-square-foot modern apartment development sits on a triangular infill site that greets Beverly Hills. 01/28/14 Court Clears the Way for Minnesota Vikings Stadium Bond Sale By Nicholas Zeman Court dismisses a motion to derail Vikings stadium's $468-million bond sale, opening the way for project financing to move forward. 01/15/14 New Hollywood Map Shows Two Projects Atop Active Fault By Nicholas Zeman Proposed Millennium Hollywood and BLVD 6200, under construction, sit atop splays of an active fault that could produce a magnitude-7 earthquake. 01/15/14 Building Team Pledges to Pay for Fix at Spains Valencia Opera House By Peter Reina Work to fix falling facade tiles is due to start this week on the Valencia, Spain, opera house, designed by Santiago Calatrava. 01/06/14 Saga of Building Orlando Arts Center Heads for Dramatic Conclusion By Jim Parsons After funding problems stalled the project, builders had to adopt an alternate construction strategy to keep the city facility viable. 12/30/13 AECOM and Other Firms Return to Libya as Rebuilding Gains Momentum By Shem Oirere Initial housingn work worth $100 billion, government says. 12/30/13 Government Plans To Tackle Illegal Building Construction in Mumbai By Mridu Khullar Relph Maharashtra state government in India rolls out cluster development program to tackle problem of illegal building construction in Mumbai. 12/23/13 No Victory Yet Over Dallas 'Death Ray' Tower's Sun Glare Invasion of Nasher Sculpture Center By James S. Russell in Dallas Nasher Sculpture Centers sun-glare problem, triggered by 42-story Museum Tower, remains unresolved more than two years after completion of the tower 12/20/13 London Theater Ceiling Failure Remains a Mystery By Peter Reina Cause of the failure of a section of the ornate plaster ceiling of a London theater remains a mystery. 12/17/13 India's Tallest Control Tower Stands as a Symbol of the Future By Construction World India's tallest air traffic control tower, at 274.9 ft, ranks as the fourth tallest in the world. 12/16/13 Construction Markets Gain Strength By Tim Grogan Dodge momentum index increases 2.8% in November. 11/27/13 Construction Week: Roof Collapse Kills 54 in Latvia; ASHRAE Seeks Comments on Data-Center Standard By Tim Grogan and ENR Staff Inspectors focus on construction of a roof garden in deadly collapse, and ASHRAE is seeking public comments on a draft standard for data-center energy performance. 11/06/13 High-Rise Modular Construction Forces Major Adjustments By Nadine M. Post Forest City Ratners venture into modular for a 32-story residential tower demands big shifts in traditional design and construction practices. 10/22/13 Shapoorji To Build Affordable Homes Across India By Source: InfraNews The 147-year-old Shapoorji Pallonji Group, which has built Mumbai's high-end buildings like that of RBI, is now planning to expand its affordable housing arena across India. 10/16/13 Minnesota Stadium Amenities Likely Getting Trimmed to Meet $975M Budget Estimate By Nicholas Zeman Bids are coming in high for the Vikings football stadium, thanks mostly to a stronger market. 10/09/13 Novel Pivoting Concrete Core Saves San Francisco Developer $4 Million By Nadine M. Post in San Francisco Seismic retrofit of a steel moment-resisting frame is inspired by ancient Japanese pagoda. 10/09/13 Big Data Tools Will Help Shape Future of Chicago Minicity By Nadine M. Post Computer scientists are using big data to help the development community plan the infrastructure for the 600-acre minicity along Lake Michigan. 10/02/13 Suit Against Los Angeles Triggers Debate Over Building on Hollywood Fault By Nicholas Zeman in Los Angeles Lawsuit claims environmental impact review for $650-million Millennium Hollywood complex was inadequate. 09/17/13 Design Team Changes for San Francisco Arena By Nadine M. Post San Francisco's Golden State Warrior's have added Manica Architecture to the design team. AECOM remains as an advisor. 08/14/13 San Jose Stadium Team Tackles Tough Site By Greg Aragon Conditions at the $60-million San Jose Earthquakes new stadium site are creating headaches for the project team. 07/30/13 China Firm Plans To Erect World's Tallest Building in Seven Months By Jeff Rubenstone The world's next tallest building might be a modular tower erected in seven months, if the Chinese government allows it. 07/10/13 CityCenterDC Approaches Finish Line Despite Myriad Obstacles By Nadine M. Post The six-building replacement for the old Washington Convention Center was delayed by city politics and the recession. 07/10/13 Bridge Spans Linking CityCenterDC's Office Buildings Were Five 'Uneasy' Pieces By Nadine M. Post Erector devised a daring scheme to site-preassemble each pedestrian bridge and lift it into place. 06/25/13 London 'Cheesegrater' Building Joins Skyline of Wacky Nicknames By Peter Reina Topped out on June 18, the building joins a growing cluster of eccentrically shaped skyscrapers including the Gherkin and still-emerging Walkie Talkie. 06/17/13 Prefab Gives $1-Billion Hospital Job a Big Schedule Boost By Craig Guillot Skanska USA Building and MAPP Construction use the approach extensively at the 2-million-sq-ft hospital campus in New Orleans. 05/07/13 Ethiopia Aims To Host Africa's Tallest Building By Shem Oirere Africa's tallest building planned for 99 floors 05/07/13 Tragic Bangladesh Collapse Reveals Rampant Substandard, Illegal Construction By Neelam Matthews Substandard construction practices, lack of code enforcement and an illegal addition caused an eight-story building near Dhaka to collapse, killing more than 700 people. An ongoing investigation of garment factories in Bangladesh has revealed that 70% of the 30 surveyed thus far are substandard. 04/24/13 MGM Plans Major Facelift for Two Aging Vegas Properties By Tony Illia in Las Vegas New York-New York and Monte Carlo will be linked by a new promenade as part of more than $500 million of new construction for MGM Resorts in Las Vegas 03/27/13 Onondaga College Music Hall Spans a Gorge, Complicating Design and Construction By Judith Stock Up-in-the-air site for Ferrante Hall Academic II, which spans 200 ft to link two sides of a divided campus, presented issues of access and balance. 03/20/13 $2.1B United Nations Renovation Complicated by Working Within Operational Campus By Nadine M. Post Though the project is 12% over budget, the team has managed to avoid major disruption to regular UN activities, including 8,000 conferences and 1-million visitors annually since 2008. 03/20/13 Enhancing Performance of UN Secretariat Building Curtain Wall Was No Easy Task By Nadine M. Post Building team had to faithfully replicate the original look of the facade while adding energy performance, blast resistance and more. 03/11/13 Rio's Olympic Park Construction Nears Starting Line By Augusto Diniz Odebrecht Infrastructure is the consortiums lead contractor; other member firms include Andrade Gutierrez and Carvalho Hosken. 02/06/13 Meet the Judges: Best of the Best Projects 2012 By ENR Editors These 20 independent industry individuals distinguished the best in teamwork, safety, innovation, quality and success in overcoming challenges. 02/06/13 Higher Education/Research: University of Washington Molecular Engineering & Sciences Building By ENR Staff This complex laboratory and office building is targeting LEED-Gold certification. 02/06/13 Green Project: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation New Headquarters By ENR Staff The 50,000-sq-ft building is designed to achieve LEED-Platinum certification and net-zero energy use. 02/06/13 Government/Public Building: Natural History Museum of Utah Blends With Its Rugged Landscape By ENR Staff The new museum sits on a 17-acre foothills site with sweeping views of the Salt Lake Valley. 02/06/13 Health Care: Palomar Medical Center By ENR Staff This North San Diego hospital provides patients with a bright, sustainable healing environment. 02/06/13 Cultural/Worship: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art By Nadine Post Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, a 200,000-sq-ft museum and cultural center, features complex geometric forms, inspired by the local Arkansas landscape as well as suspension bridges of Bhutan. 02/06/13 Landscape/Urban Planning: National September 11 Memorial By Esther D'Amico The simple, elegant design of the eight-acre memorial belies the complicated history of the redevelopment. 02/06/13 Small Project: University of Texas at Dallas Visitor Center and University Bookstore By ENR Editors The construction team brought in the project in less than seven months and under budget. 02/06/13 Safety: Miami International Airport Automated People Mover By ENR Editors A 1.27-mile-long elevated rail system project at Miami International Airport demonstrated industry benchmarks for safe practices and achieved world-class results 02/06/13 Sports/Entertainment: Marlins Park By ENR Editors Marlins Park is the nations first retractable roof stadium engineered to withstand 146-mph winds 02/06/13 Specialty Contracting: Perot Museum of Nature and Science By ENR Editors The Perot Museum of Nature and Science is a new 180,000-sq-ft space, 170-ft tall building that features a precast concrete faade with more than 700 unique panels. 02/06/13 Interior Design/Tenant Improvement: El Paso Corp. Tower Renovation By ENR Editors Renovations to more than 1 million-sq-ft of El Paso Corp.s state-of-the-art, LEED Gold high-rise were completed in 2011. 02/06/13 Industrial/Manufacturing: Boeing Company 787 Building Program By ENR Editors Design-builders had just 24 months to construct 11 separate structures that collectively measured more than 1 million sq ft. 02/06/13 Civil Works/Infrastructure: Yellow River Water Reclamation Facility By ENR Editors Serving the Yellow River basin in Georgia, this $245-million upgrade allows Gwinnett County to divert, consolidate and treat the flow from six aging wastewater treatment plants. 02/06/13 K-12 Education: James M. Bennett High School By ENR Editors This nautically themed school was completed a year ahead of schedule. 02/06/13 Retail/Mixed-Use: Pearl Brewery Development By ENR Editors Originally built in 1883, the Pearl Brewery is one of San Antonios most visited landmarks. Brewery owners Silver Ventures turned to Joeris General Contractors to update the property and its aging structures 02/06/13 Renovation/Restoration: Freedom Tower By ENR Editors Eighty-five years after it was built, Miamis Freedom Tower received its first-ever top-to-bottom exterior restoration. 02/06/13 Office: Delta Dental of Michigan Headquarters Expansion and Renovation By ENR Editors This renovation and addition harmonizes with existing buildings and the surrounding environment. 02/06/13 Multifamily Residential/Hospitality: Omni Dallas Hotel By ENR Editors With a tight time frame of just 28 months, the Balfour | Russell | Pegasus joint venture completed the $331.6 million Omni Dallas Convention Center in November 2011. 02/06/13 Transportation: John James Audubon Bridge Sets New Standards for Lower Mississippi Crossings By Louise Poirer New span in stretch between Natchez and Baton Rouge is North Americas longest cable-stayed span. 12/31/12 Coping in the Wake of Superstorm Sandy By Nadine M. Post After pumping out 30 million gal of water from 80,000 sq ft of flooded basements, one commercial building owner rebuilds with the next flood in mind. 12/11/12 GSA Picks Clark-SOM Team for $318M L.A. Courthouse By Tom Ichniowski Construction to start in third quarter 2013 for long-delayed project, now revised to 550,000 sq ft. 11/13/12 New York City Rapid Repair Program Seeks Contractors By Janice L. Tuchman Contractors can now register online for New York Citys rapid repairs program that will help homeowners rebuild after Superstorm Sandy. 11/13/12 Showcase Soccer Stadium in Brazilian Capital Goes for Stylish Sustainability By Augusto Diniz, O Empreiteiro magazine Looking to the past and the future, the arenas architects seek to conform with the Brazilian capitals surrounding landmark architecture and also meet standards for sustainability. 11/07/12 Structural Damage Assessors Decide Whether Storm-Damaged Houses Can Be Entered By Nadine M. Post Engineers, using standard forms, rate houses as unsafe, restricted or lawful to occupy based on observations about structural integrity. 10/31/12 49ers Use 'Integrated Bridging Design-Build' To Speed Stadium Construction By Nadine M. Post in Santa Clara Football's 49ers are using a new collaborative delivery model for the team's new home in Santa Clara that is helping them to accelerate the opening of the facility by one year. 10/31/12 At 49ers Stadium, Buckling-Restrained Braces Are a Big Plus By Nadine Post Stadiums buckling-restrained braces beat out concrete shear-wall lateral system. 10/31/12 Cities Stuggle with Sports Villages, But Keep Building By James S. Russell Even in today's corporatized-sports era of millionaire players, billionaire owners and billion-dollar stadiums, sports is deeply embedded in a city's identity. Planners and city boosters inevitably want to harness that emotional connection as an engine of urban development. They have found it is not all that easy to do. 10/19/12 GC Vows Thorough Probe in Miami Garage Fatalities By Scott Judy A section of a $22.5-million parking garage project near Miami collapsed without warning on Oct. 10, killing four construction workers. While refusing to speculate on a possible cause, the projects general contractor vowed to assist OSHA investigators in a thorough, transparent finding of fact. 10/17/12 Engineer's Reliance on Visual Inspection Questioned By Richard Korman The engineer who declared beams structurally sound prior to a collapse may have strayed from recommended cautions when basing his report on visual evidence alone. 10/03/12 Tall-Building Experts: No Easy Path to Truly Sustainable Supertowers By Nadine M. Post in Shanghai Concepts for elevator systems that resemble vertical subways and other ways to green skyscrapers offered at Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat conference in Shanghai. 09/26/12 Contract Drops 2,000-Ft Tower, Sells Scrap Metal To Benefit Green Berets By Luke Abaffy At 2,000-ft, an old communications tower in Elizabethtown, NC becomes tallest structure to be felled by explosives. The operation was done at no cost and proceeds of the scrap metal go to the Green Beret Foundation. 09/25/12 China Grapples With Supertall Building Boom By Nadine M. Post in Shanghai Skyscraper builders in China, which has become the world center of supertall building construction, still have many technical issues to deal with though they have made much progress relating to design and construction practices since the first high-rise was built in the 1980s. 09/12/12 Pact Opens Door to Restart Construction of 9/11 Museum at World Trade Center By Nadine M. Post National September 11 Memorial & Museum and Port Authority of New York & New Jersey release a memo of understanding that outlines the resolution of a dispute over finances and oversight that has delayed the completion of the underground museum. 08/22/12 Two Years to World Cup Kickoff for Brazilian Stadiums By Andrew G. Wright Despite misgivings by Fdration International de Football Association officials earlier this year, Brazil will have all 12 stadiums ready for the 2014 World Cup, claim organizers in the host country. 08/08/12 TELUS Data Center Triggers a Green Cooling Revolution By Nadine M. Post in Danbury, Conn. Data centers are notorious for their energy gluttony. That reputation will begin to change on Aug. 15, when TELUS flips the switch on the world's smartest and most energy-efficient data center. 08/06/12 Quake-Damaged Building Implosion One for the Books By Nadine M. Post Difficult implosion of 14-story building in New Zealand went off like a charm, despite heavy reinforcement in the structure and poor soil conditions. 07/25/12 Amtrak Plans $6.5B Redevelopment of D.C.'s Union Station By Tom Ichniowski Funding is not in place yet for the program, which would include a new train shed, tracks and concourses, but preserve the historic station's architecture. 07/16/12 Developer Gambles on Modular High-Rise for Atlantic Yards Sports Village By Nadine M. Post The developer of Atlantic Yards is pushing a plan to build the worlds tallest modular high-rise. If the 32-story tower is built, it will take modular construction to its highest level of technology. In any event, Forest City Ratner Cos. is going into the modular-building business. 07/16/12 Fancy Footwork To Steady the Course of Brooklyn's Controversial Atlantic Yards Sports Village By Nadine M. Post The developer of Brooklyns highly criticized Atlantic Yards sports villageanchored by a 675,000-sq-ft arena set to open in Septemberis weathering many storms, thanks in large part to a revamped plan with a longer build-out period, a redesigned arena and team-wide collaboration bolstered by the use of virtual design and construction tools. 07/16/12 Reshaping of Barclays Center Arena Made Possible By Collaboration, Digital Tools By Nadine M. Post Under public pressure, developer Bruce Ratner brings in a facade architect, well into design development, to enhance the architecture of its controversial Atlantic Yards Arena. 07/02/12 Arizona Tribe at Odds with U.S. House Over Casino By Scott Blair A bill to prevent construction of a $184-million resort/casino in Arizona passed the House. 05/28/12 King Faisal Hospital Keeps Its Cool By Judith A. Stock One of the top medical institutions in the Middle East is keeping cool with modular air-conditioning equipment. 05/28/12 As Challenges Go, Iraq Stadium Geometry Is Iceberg's Tip By Nadine M. Post The complex geometry of the Al-Menaa stadium in war-torn Iraq is the least of the difficulties encountered by the design-build team. 05/28/12 Secrecy Shrouds Fate of Finished $1-Billion Residential Tower in India By Mridu Khullar Relph A lavishly decked-out, 27-story residence in the heart of South Mumbaibuilt for India's richest man and the ninth wealthiest person in the worldwas constructed with a flaw that is keeping the family of Mukesh Ambani from taking up full-time residence. 04/16/12 Steel Work Completed on Britains Tallest Building By Peter Reina With the last few sections of structural steel recently erected, the U.K.s tallest building, Londons Shard, stands at its 310-meter height. 03/23/12 Algeria Enlists German Designer, Chinese Contractor To Build Huge Mosque By Shem Oiere Three years ago the World bank debarred the contractor for six years by the World Bank for corruption. 03/19/12 Urban Revival in Salt Lake City: Infinite Complexity in Retractable Skylight and Creek Replica By Nadine M. Post High seismic zone complicated the design and construction of the worlds most intricate retractable skylight and a 1,225-ft-long constructed creek. 03/05/12 U.S., U.K., Indian JV Aims for $25 Billion in High-End Development in India By Neelam Mathews Global unit of New York City-based Turner Construction has linked with Indian developer and London-based hedge fund to build "integrated" new communities 03/05/12 Progress Report on Brazil's Stadium Work for the 2014 World Cup By Augusto Diniz/Magazine O Empreiteiro At least six of the 12 arenas under remodeling or new construction are on track to complete construction within the coming year. 03/05/12 Designers Apply Lessons From World's Tallest Tower To Improve Future 'Megatallest' By Nadine M. Post Designers say lessons learned from Burj Khalifa will boost constructibility of planned one-kilometer-plus Kingdom Tower, near Jeddah. 01/30/12 Rio Officials Probe Cause of Fatal Building Collapse By C.J. Schexnayder The 20-story Liberty Building collapsed, crushing a 10-story building as well as a small 4-story building that separated the two larger structures. 01/27/12 Study Claims Correlation Between Supertower Construction and Economic Busts By Peter Reina Global cravings for ever-taller buildings may also be harbingers of economic doom, says study. 01/27/12 Joint Venture Begins Work on Egypt's Grand Museum By Shem Oirere Cairo-based Orascom Construction Industries, in a joint venture with the Belgian BESIX Group, has beat 39 other bidders. 01/09/12 Hyundai Expands North American Footprint With New Headquarters By Elaine Silver Hyundai is driving towards a LEED-certified building with a gold rating. 01/02/12 India's Quake Hazard Called a Catastrophe Waiting to Happen By Mridu Khullar Relph An India vulnerable to earthquakes is still unprepared 01/02/12 India Chips Away at Massive Urbanization Needs By Neelam Matthews India grapples with mass urbanization. 12/08/11 'Megatall' Joins Dictionary of Tall Buildings Council By Nadine M. Post Tall buildings group coins a noun for skyscrapers 600 m or taller: A megatall. And the group projects the 20 tallest towers in 2020. 12/07/11 Korea's Songdo IBD is Model for Sustainable, High-Tech Living By Nadine M. Post in Incheon The $35-billion Songdo International Business District is emerging as a high-tech eco-city. 12/07/11 Lotte, Korea's First Supertower, is an All-in-the-Family Affair By Nadine M. Post in Seoul Following the master-builder model, owner-developer Lotte Group, a family-run conglomerate, is keeping project management, construction management and general contracting under its own roof for its 555-m-tall supertower, under way in Seoul. 11/21/11 Facebook Builds First European Data Center in Sweden By Robert Carlsen Facebook awards $121-million construction contract for a Lulea, Sweden-based data center project to a DPR joint venture. 11/15/11 Challenging Museum in a Ravine Opens on Time By Nadine M. Post The tough-to-build Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened to the public on time on Nov. 11. 11/07/11 Offices and Apartments Are Dry-Market Oases By Tom Nicholson But retail still lagging 11/07/11 Offices and Apartments Are Dry-Market Oases By Tom Nicholson But retail still lagging 10/17/11 Eiffel Tower Makeover To Modernize Landmark By Peter Reina Eiffel Tower tourist attraction getting new visitor facilities. 10/10/11 Washington Monument Survey Team Assesses Repairs Needed After Quake Damage By Jim Parsons Forensic team uses rappelling techniques to determine the extent of damage, and repairs needed, on the 555-ft-tall Washington Monument damaged by Aug. 25 earthquake. 10/03/11 Islamic Group in Tennessee Finds Contractor for New Mosque By Candy McCampbell After a rough start, an Islamic group in Tennessee finds a contractor to build a mosque. 08/29/11 Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Pulls Strings For Kansas City Music-Goers By Tudor Van Hampton in Kansas City The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City creates musically-inspired tension with a giant cable-supported glass atrium. 08/16/11 Architect-Contractor Team Converts Joplin Structures to Schools in Time for Aug. 17 Opening By John Gregerson On Aug. 17, classroom sessions resumed on schedule in Joplin, even as construction crews continued cleaning up from the May 22 tornado. 08/15/11 Martin Luther King Memorial Dream Becomes Reality By Bruce Buckley The decades-long dream to create the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial in Washington, D.C., becomes a reality on Aug. 28. 08/08/11 Saudis Planning To Build World's Tallest Skyscraper By Nadine M. Post If a Middle East prince has his way, Saudi Arabia will someday be home to the world's tallest building. 07/25/11 Dueling Las Vegas Hotel Engineering Reports Cloud Conflict Between Perini and MGM By Tony Illia in Las Vegas The structural soundness of the Harmon Hotel remains a big issue in the battle between the prime contractor and the owner. 07/18/11 Wood-Frame Promoters Suffer Defeat in Oregon but Vow to Regroup By Nadine M. Post A controversial initiative loses momentum that would have required, with some exceptions, wood framing for some publicly funded buildings in Oregon. 07/04/11 $824M Gaylord Hotel and the National Western Stock Show Move Create Friction in Denver By Mark Shaw A resort hotel companys plan to build an $824-million hotel and conference center northeast of Denver has tourism and city officials worried that it could draw convention business away from the mile-high city. 06/15/11 Indonesia Aims To Boost Tourism With $812M Lagoi Bay Resort By Neelam Mathews in New Delhi Work is now under way on Lagoi Bay, a resort community encompassing over 1300 ha on Bintan Island, one of Indonesias largest islands. Valued at approximately $812 million, the project is slated to be finished by 2014. 06/01/11 San Francisco Museum Growing by 225,000 sq ft 05/25/11 Orlando Backs Financing for Performing Arts Center By Debra Wood If tourist tax financing falls short the city will guarantee a $16-million letter of credit. 05/12/11 Earthquakes Rock Spanish City By Peter Reina On May 11, a 5.1 temblor kills eight in Lorca and destroys several buildings. 05/11/11 Tallest Man-Made Structure To Be Imploded Falls in Africa A 1,410-ft-tall signal tower in Liberia, formerly used by the U.S. Coast Guard for ship navigation and the tallest structure in Africa, was imploded on May 10. Mark Loizeaux, president of Controlled Demolition Inc., the project's Phoenix, Md.-based subcontractor, says it is the world's tallest man-made structure to be felled by explosives.

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