Even as discussion continues on whether the Chinese government will repeat its 2008 economic stimulus plan to revive the slowing economy (it had spent a massive 4 trillion yuan as stimulus), National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), a government body, has approved the setting up of three new mega steel plants with some conditions. The [...]
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Terri Meyer-Boake, a Canadian architect, working in association with the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) has compiled a detailed set of specifications and guidelines for architects, engineers and fabricators working on projects that extensively use architecturally exposed structural steel (AESS). The “CISC Guide for Specifying Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel” fills a gap that has [...]
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The Library of Birmingham Project being undertaken by Carillion, one of the UK’s leading building companies, has been selected winner in the Social Impact category at the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards 2012 held recently. The £188m project has won accolades for its role in generating employment for the homeless, the young and the unemployed, many [...]
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Eversendai Corp Berhad, a Malaysian structural steel turnkey and power plant contractor with operations across 11 countries, has secured a RM37.1 mn contract for carrying out the steel fabrication and erection works at the Tokuyama Malaysia Polycrystalline-Silicon Project being set up by the Japanese chemicals and cement giant in Samalaju Industrial Park at Bintulu, Sarawak. [...]
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The state government of Odisha has convened a high level meeting to be chaired by steel and mines minister Raghunath Mohanty to review the progress, or lack of it, in the 50 odd MoUs signed for the steel sector in the last five years. A government task force report suggests that out of 50 proposed [...]
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Are high-rise skyscrapers that seem to be getting taller and taller sustainable in the long run? This is a key question raised by Steve Mouzon, a new ‘urbanist’ architect in a recent report, ‘Uninhabitable High-Rises.’ While there is a growing school of thought that traditional hi-rises are certainly not ‘green’, there are also a number [...]
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The Shard, a 310m (1,016ft) mixed use skyscraper will open in the historic London Bridge Quarter of the city on July 5 to coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations as well as the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics that will be held in London subsequently. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Qatar [...]
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Korean steel major Posco opened its first steel mill in India earlier this week, at a special function attended by chairman and managing director Yong-Won Yoon yesterday and senior state government officials. The $240 mn, 0.45 mtpa capacity plant, is still awaiting one minor final clearance from the government and is expected to be fully [...]
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A unique, vaulted metal ceiling constructed by the architect firm FWA group and Chicago Metallic Corporation at Winthrop University’s Vivian Moore Carroll Hall in South Carolina, USA, has won the Construction Excellence Silver Award in the ceilings category for the South Region at the prestigious Ceilings & Interior Systems Construction Association (CISCA) awards held recently. [...]
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Delays in the execution of projects in India, particularly in the public sector, should come to an end if the country has to meet the planned capacity expansion targets in the steel sector, said CEO of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies Werner Auer, at a recent global summit in Mexico. India, which currently accounts for about [...]
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