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Building Hong Kong's Airport

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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. kmĀ² platform.

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

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Locally researched labor, material, equipment, and productivity data is essential in the devlopement of a credible construction cost estimate. GAO, 2009 The associated processes for developing a credible construction cost estimate are equally well documented. ENR economic index, etc.)

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Construction Equipments

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The duration of a construction project is very much reduced by the application of these equipments. BULLDOZER A bulldozer is a crawler (caterpillar tracked tractor), equipped with a substantial metal plate (known as a blade), used to push large quantities of soil, sand, rubble, etc., play an important role in construction technology.

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Subways in America

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Monorail Train In India

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The transportation system is often referred to as a railway. Differentiation from other transport systems Monorail systems have found shared applications in the transportation market in airport transfer and some medium capacity metro systems.

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PUMPED CONCRETE PUMP TYPES & SELECTION

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This method is used where large quantity of concrete work is involved at greater height, where other means of transporting is not easy to do. There are basically two types of concrete pumps used for transporting , they are: 1. Concrete pumps have been known for more than 50 years. Direct acting concrete pumps 2.

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FOUR PHASES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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Closing down the project: Once the execution of the project is completed, the project team evaluates the team’s performance, documents related to the project are achieved, lessons learned form the experiences in the project is captured and celebrate the project’s completion.