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GCR - News - Two floating cranes collapse on houses in the Netherlands
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Website of the Chartered Institute of Building. GCR global construction review. Two floating cranes collapse on houses in the Netherlands. 4 August 2015 By Joe Quirke. Two cranes located on a pontoon on the River Rhine have collapsed into houses and shops. It is unclear how many people have been injured but at least one person. Has been taken to hospital. The cranes were lifting a steel section of the Juliana bridge in the central Dutch town of Alphen aan den Rijn when the accident happened.
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GCR - Trends - Sculpture captures violence of urban construction (or does it?)
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Website of the Chartered Institute of Building. GCR global construction review. Sculpture captures violence of urban construction (or does it? 30 July 2015 By GCR Staff. The experience of urban building work as distressing and disruptive finds unique expression this summer in Karlsruhe, Germany, where the city centre has been given over to art exhibits on the theme of construction. Ldquo;Many inhabitants experience construction sites as a strain, if not a catastrophe,” continues ZKM. Ldquo;The building p...
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GCR - News - Vinci and Parsons consortium wins $1.4bn Canadian bypass scheme
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Website of the Chartered Institute of Building. GCR global construction review. Vinci and Parsons consortium wins $1.4bn Canadian bypass scheme. 7 August 2015 By GCR Staff. Regina Bypass Partners has been awarded a PPP contract worth US$1.4bn for the completion and operation of a 61km highway around Regina, the capital of the province of Saskatchewan in Canada. Construction work will last about four years. Your chance to pick Scotland’s best building. Desalinating pipe and giant beach balloon proposed fo...
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GCR - - Heard the one about the man who delivered a piano to the Himalayas?
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Website of the Chartered Institute of Building. GCR global construction review. Heard the one about the man who delivered a piano to the Himalayas? 19 August 2016 By David Rogers. This led to a small-scale yet epic project to port the piano to its destination in the village of Lingshed: a settlement of 250 people who are isolated from the rest of the world by a circle of 5,800m-high mountains. It also led to the invention of a way of turning the Himalayas’ vast dumps of plastic waste into an ef...It was ...
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GCR - Innovation - Australia spends millions in quest for manufactured multi-storey housing
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Website of the Chartered Institute of Building. GCR global construction review. Australia spends millions in quest for manufactured multi-storey housing. 25 August 2016 By GCR Staff. The University of Sydney and Australian property group Lendlease have been awarded a A$3m (US$2.3m) grant by the Australian government to work on prefabricated multi-storey housing solutions. Ldquo;Despite major advances in other manufacturing sectors, innovation in residential construction is lagging”. Ldquo;Despite major a...
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GCR - News - Your chance to pick Scotland’s best building
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Website of the Chartered Institute of Building. GCR global construction review. Your chance to pick Scotland’s best building. 25 August 2016 By Joe Quirke. Public voting is invited on a shortlist of Scotland’s top 10 buildings completed over the last century, published online by Scotstyle. The 10 were chosen from a list of 100 by the Scottish public. You can vote now. For your favourite from the list even if you have previously voted. St Conan’s Kirk (Wikimedia Commons/Diane Snider). St Conan’s Kirk.
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GCR - Innovation - Blimps are back: Giant airship goes on sale
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Website of the Chartered Institute of Building. GCR global construction review. Blimps are back: Giant airship goes on sale. 3 July 2015 By David Rogers. Technical breakthroughs are bringing back the airship, and remote construction projects could benefit. In a revival of a technology that fell spectacularly from grace after the explosion of the Hindenburg in 1937, US aerospace firm Lockheed Martin is now taking orders for a giant airship that can carry heavy loads to remote areas. That it is just as man...
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GCR - Trends - Multibillion dollar “mega-disputes” send value of claims soaring
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Website of the Chartered Institute of Building. GCR global construction review. Multibillion dollar mega-disputes send value of claims soaring. 17 July 2015 By David Rogers. The value of the average construction dispute rose almost 60% last year, reaching $51m compared with $32m in 2013, according to research by Dutch consulting engineer Arcadis. Ldquo;Our insights suggest that where a programme experiences difficulties, arising disputes very often escalate into multi-billion dollar ‘mega’ disputes”.
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