First Zero-Energy Consumption Demonstration Building in Xiong’an New Area Unveiled

The newly constructed CSCEC-built green-building display center is located at Rongdong District, Xiong’an New Area, a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, China, and consists of seven single buildings with the total construction area of 75,000 square meters. The project team built Building No.5 into the first zero-energy and low-carbon consumption demonstration facility in Xiong’an New Area. The energy consumed by Building No.5 is renewable and supplied by large photovoltaic power generation panels of Building No.7. Through its own structural design, Building No.5’s functions include heat preservation and heat insulation, as well as the improvement of gas … Read more

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Transport, Installation of Saudi Arabia Red Sea Project Assigned to Mammoet

During a recent signing ceremony in Umluj, Saudi Arabia, The Red Sea Development Company, the developer behind a regenerative tourism project, and Mammoet, have signed the contract for Sheybarah Island Resort, a key part of the Red Sea Project in Saudi Arabia. Sheybarah hotel is a 73-key hyper-luxury resort on Sheybarah island, located in the south east of the archipelago on the Red Sea. The island is home to a highly diverse environment with mangroves, white sand dune beaches and some of the most beautiful and pristine coral reefs in the world hosting many species of fish and other marine … Read more

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American Society of Concrete Contractors to Hold Virtual Annual Conference

The American Society of Concrete Contractors will be replacing its 2020 Annual Conference with a virtual conference the same week, Sept. 21-25. The conference will feature seminars, roundtable (breakout) sessions on a variety of timely topics, a sponsor show case and two award receptions, one to recognize safety achievements and a second to recognize outstanding decorative concrete projects. Speakers will include ASCC technical director Bruce Suprenant, P.E., PhD., FACI; ASCC decorative concrete specialist Chris Sullivan; Jeffrey Coleman, The Coleman Law Firm and ACI president; Kevin MacDonald, Beton Consulting Engineers; Chris Plue, Webcor and Sherry Perdue, Safety Performance Solutions and Philip Donovan, Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, who … Read more

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