Gensler Designs Pair of Skyscrapers on Sri Lankan Coast
The Gensler-designed Sapphire Residences in Colombo, Sri Lanka, will be connected by a sky bridge topped with a swimming pool, and have interiors by Philippe Starck. Global architectural firm Gensler designed the skyscrapers for developer ITC Hotels. The shorter tower will be a 140-metre-tall hotel, while the taller one will reach 224 metres and will be filled with 132 luxury homes. Between the 19th and 21st floors the parallel towers will be connected by a 54-metre-long sky bridge. A bar...
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Outpatient Center, Designed by HDR and Taylor Design, Opens to Patients
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland unveiled its new Outpatient Center, designed in partnership by HDR and Taylor Design. The new six-story, state-of-the-art facility adds 89,000 square feet of exam rooms, treatment facilities, and family support services, making UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland the East Bay’s largest specialty care center for kids. Designed as a LEED for Healthcare Silver facility, the project embodies the visions and ideas of its neighbors and community, i...
MCI® Technology Preserves War ‐ Destructed Monument
Management of Cortec® Corporation along with Cortec’s CEO Boris Miksic met with the Mayor of Vukovar and visited Vukovar’s water‐tower renovation site to follow on the progress of preservation process. Cortec® donated it’s world renowned MCI® corrosion protection technology for renovation of water‐tower monument that was destructed during the Croatian War of Independence. Cortec® Corporation donated funds for reconstruction of Vukovar water tower that was almost destroyed in 90’s during Croat...
Siemens Improves Signature Healthcare Operations with Multi-Facility Energy Savings Plan
Infrastructure upgrades improve 122-year-old Greater Boston hospital’s energy efficiency and comfort Healthcare network to reduce CO2 emissions by 7.6 million pounds annually Comprehensive solution includes project design, construction, equipment, and financing Siemens has begun working on the first phase of a 12-year energy savings performance contract with Signature Healthcare that covers seven locations in Bridgewater and Brockton, Mass., including Brockton Hospital. The contract...
Newtecnic Appointed in US to Oversee Istanbul City Museum Construction
Picture shows: The outer envelope of Istanbul City Museum undergoing routine maintenance in 2038. A Newtecnic Construction Lab generates replacement façade components that are installed by robots and cobots Following its involvement since the early design stage, international building engineers Newtecnic have been appointed by Salon Architects to coordinate the design of structure, façade and MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing) engineering for Turkey’s new Istanbul City Museum. The...
Two Stantec Projects Shortlisted for the 2018 World Architecture Festival
Cambridge Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation The shortlist of projects for the 2018 World Architecture Festival (WAF) were recently announced and two Stantec Architecture projects—Cambridge Memorial Hospital Redevelopment and the University of Lethbridge Science and Academic Building (designed with KPMB Architects) have been selected for presentation from more than 1,100 entries representing 81 countries. The Stantec team will present both projects at the world’s largest...
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Held at Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s HOPE Tower
The Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC) held a ribbon cutting ceremony in June for its new ten-story HOPE Tower on the center's east campus. The tower provides a healing outpatient experience for the community, a cancer center, advanced imaging technologies, research services and medical education programs, faculty physician offices, an amphitheater, and a high-tech simulation laboratory. Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, provided surveying; site/civil, geotech...
Stantec Awarded Comprehensive Water Treatment Replacement Project
Stantec, a global engineering, consulting, and construction firm, is proud to announce that it is serving as Owner Representative for a comprehensive design and construction project to assist the City of Grants Pass, Ore., in delivering high-quality drinking water. Stantec’s role will be to assist the City over the next four to five years in determining the capacity, technology, location and delivery method for a new water treatment plant to serve the community’s 38,000 plus people. The...
McCain Inc. Celebrates Contract with Los Angeles DOT for Largest ATC Cabinet Deployment in History
VISTA, California, June 27, 2018 – McCain Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the SWARCO Group and a leader in the supply of advanced intelligent transportation solutions for safety and mobility, won a one-year contract with a renewal option for four additional years with the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) to replace existing traffic control cabinets with new, Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) cabinets. Over the duration of the agreement, McCain expects to deliver...
Hawaii’s Groundbreaking $375 Million Wastewater Project Officially Unveiled
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — The completion of Hawaii’s largest ever wastewater system upgrade was formally announced last week by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell. Following a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Consent Decree to improve Windward Oahu’s sewage collection and treatment system by June 2018, Brown and Caldwell, a leading environmental engineering and construction firm, worked with the City and County of Honolulu and its team of construction partners to deliver the Kaneohe-Kailua Wastewa...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
