Uptown Tower in Dubai Wins Big at 2024 Awards of Excellence

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DMCC’s Uptown Tower in Dubai, UAE has earned three prestigious accolades at this year’s Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Awards of Excellence led by Design-Builder BESIX. Uptown Tower, an integral part of Dubai’s skyline, reflects DMCC’s strategic vision to enhance the architectural landscape of Dubai and set new standards in smart, sustainable urban planning. For BESIX, the tower marks a significant milestone in its ongoing effort to transform the construction landscape, ensuring the integration of aesthetic appeal with environmental responsibility. Awards received Best Tall Building by Height (300 meters and above) Best Tall Building by Region (Middle East … Read more

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NREL Selects Design-Build Contractor for Newest Laboratory

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The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has chosen JE Dunn Construction with its design partner SmithGroup to design and build a new research facility on the east side of its South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colorado. The 127,000-square-foot Energy Materials and Processing at Scale laboratory will be a signature facility that will enable collaboration with industry partners, universities and other DOE laboratories to accelerate laboratory-scale innovations in energy materials to market-ready products and processes. JE Dunn and SmithGroup previously partnered with NREL 10 years ago to complete the Energy Systems Integration Facility, a 180,000-square-foot research building … Read more

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Milestone Achieved on Luxury High-Rise in Utah

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Construction crews have placed the final beam atop the 41-floor Astra Tower luxury high-rise, marking the completion of structural steel work on Utah’s new tallest building. The downtown Salt Lake City tower has been steadily rising since the first above-grade concrete was poured in early 2023, rising a full level every seven days, on average. Astra Tower now stands over 450 feet tall and re-defines Salt Lake’s urban skyline. Now that the structural steel work is done, the focus of the Astra Tower project has turned to utilities systems and interior and exterior finishes. When the tower is fully completed … Read more

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Plans in Place to Build Tallest Tower in Greece

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Bouygues Bâtiment International, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, and its Greek partner Intrakat, have been chosen to build The Riviera Tower, a 200-meter-high residential tower on the Athens waterfront. Designed by Foster+Partners, The Riviera Tower is part of Europe’s largest urban regeneration program, known as “The Ellenikon” and developed by Lamda Development. This program aims to transform the former Athens International Airport site and several adjacent areas used during the 2004 Olympic Games into a showcase for 21st-century Greece, combining environmental friendliness and economic attractiveness. The Riviera Tower will be the tallest tower in Greece at a cost of €334 … Read more

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Bay Meadows Station 5 Achieves Temporary Certificate of Occupancy Ahead of Schedule

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After nearly three years of tackling unexpected project challenges including substantial design-related change orders, long lead times for permanent power and COVID-19, the Bay Meadows Station 5 team celebrated achieving temporary certificate of occupancy 45 days ahead of schedule. Bay Meadows Stations 1 and 5 were One Webcor projects delivered by Webcor Builders, Concrete, Drywall and Carpentry in partnership with architecture firm HOK. Station 5 is a ground up, multi-story office building. It is one of the five Station Block buildings, all of which were delivered by Webcor and are a part of the commercial component of the Bay Meadows … Read more

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