First 3D-Printed Multi-Story Building Erected in North America

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The completion of a two-story building in Ontario, Canada marks the building as the first multi-story 3D-printed building in North America. While the U.S. and Canada have seen several 3D-printed buildings in recent years, until now all of these have been single-story buildings. Now, Canadian 3D construction printing company nidus3D, is proving there is much more to 3D construction printing than just smaller, one-story homes. Nidus3D used the BOD2 printer from COBOD, a 3D construction printing solutions company whose technology has been utilized in several countries, as well as used to 3D print the first two- and three-story buildings in … Read more

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Consortium to Lead €928 Million Genoa Breakwater Project

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Webuild will lead the consortium that will build a breakwater for the Port of Genoa with partners Fincantieri Infrastructure Opere Marittime, Fincosit and Sidra in a project valued at €928 million. Webuild will have a 40% stake in the consortium. The breakwater — known in Italian as “Nuova Diga Foranea” — will be a unique project worldwide due to its scale and engineering complexity. It will be built offshore, leaving port activities uninterrupted. It will rest on an underwater foundation, whose varying depth will be up to 50 meters, making it one of the deepest in the world. It will … Read more

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Symbolic Topping Out Signifies Milestone for Nowy Rynek Complex

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The symbolic topping out of building E., as part of the Nowy Rynek complex in Poznań, Poland, signifies the end of construction works, which began in April 2021. The office building, designed by the JEMS Architekci studio and built by Skanska, will provide 28,500 square meters of sustainable, innovative office space to the Poznań market. The commissioning is scheduled for the second quarter of 2023. Nowy Rynek is a project that will ultimately consist of five buildings, with a total usable area of more than 100,000 square meters. It’s the largest investment by the Swedish developer in Poland. The complex … Read more

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Mall of Oman Awarded LEED Platinum Certification

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The joint venture of Consolidated Contractors Company and Shapoorji Pallonji Middle East’s Mall of Oman Project — located in Dubai, U.A.E. — was awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum certification this spring. The Mall of Oman project achieved a Platinum certification under the LEED 2009 Core and Shell Development rating system with a total of 81 points. The Mall of Oman was built using low-environmental impact construction materials; approximately 22.95% of the materials used in the construction were recycled-content products (the product was manufactured with recycled materials either collected from a recycling program or from waste recovered … Read more

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Founders District in Dublin Upgraded, Redeveloped

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It’s a rarity to find an office environment that brings suburban amenities like parking, outdoor space and an onsite restaurant together in one complex anywhere near an urban downtown, but that is just what Spear Street Capital has created in the Founders District, just three miles from Dublin’s city center in Ireland. Structure Tone Dublin is serving as general contractor on the project. Spear Street recognized this potential when they set out on a master planning effort to upgrade and redevelop the 10-block, 20-year-old campus into a modern, amenity-rich workplace that brings the best of both worlds — suburban and … Read more

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