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Building Hong Kong's Airport

The Constructor

The two former islands that were levelled comprise about 25% of the surface area of the airport’s 12.55 Land reclamation for the airport added nearly 1% to the entirety of Hong Kong’s surface area. The project is the most expensive airport project ever, according to Guinness World Records. km² platform.

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Job Order Contracting – The Legal Side

Building Information Management

A highway, road, street, bridge, utility, water supply project, water plant, wastewater plant, water and wastewater distribution or conveyance facility, wharf, dock, airport runway or taxiway, drainage project, or related type of project associated with civil engineering construction; or 2. This policy does not apply to: 1.

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Consensus-based standards are Required across the architecture, engineering, construction, owner and operator (A/E/C/O/O) industry

Building Information Management

Collaboration and integrated, efficient project delivery methods are needed to achieve productivity gains within the architecture, engineering, construction, owner and operator (A/E/C/O/O) industry. federal departments/agencies, as well as state/county/local governments, colleges/universities, healthcare, and airports/transportation.

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Design and specification considerations: Stand-alone canopy structure systems

Construction Specifier

They are commonly seen in transit applications, such as bus and train stations, valet and parking kiosks, and shuttle stops for airports, convention centers, hotels, shopping centers, and health care, educational, and corporate campuses. Specify a finish that meets the current Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) documents: ?

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Expanding the exterior footprint

Construction Specifier

While cities occupy just three percent of global land area, by 2050 they will be home to two-thirds of the world’s inhabitants according to Gensler’s, 75 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, according to Gensler’s Aleksander Sasha Zeljic in a June 2018 interview with Architectural Products magazine.

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Subways in America

The Constructor

RECOMMENDED FOR YOU Building Hong Kong’s Airport Close Advertisement Hot Topics Recent Topics Most Viewed Most Discussed FOUR PHASES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT WHAT IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT? All rights reserved.

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The future of specifiers: The way forward

Construction Specifier

Cam Featherstonhaugh, AIA, CDT, associate, truexcullins Architecture + Interior Design; and Michael Chambers, FAIA, FCSI, CCS, associate vice-president, HGA Architects & Engineers were on the panel that was chaired by Mark Dorsey, CAE, FASAE, CEO of CSI. Lungershausen views information management tools as teaching and honing their users.

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