When Indonesian energy company Pertamina decided to build a new headquarters, it went big: Not only is the design 99 stories high, but it will be the first supertall tower in the world to generate its own power. At the top of the building, a funnel captures wind, sucks it inside, and speeds it up … Continued
Construction crews have removed hundreds of tons of dirt and debris as they prepare the site for the ultra-modern $40 million complex where the Air Force Academy’s Center for Character and Leadership Development will be housed starting in late 2014. The project is a fiscal year 2011 appropriation and is not impacted by the sequester. … Continued
Construction crews at the World Trade Center hoisted a flag-bedecked spire to the top of the site’s signature One World Trade Center building Thursday. Workers raised the spire to a temporary work platform, where ironworkers can permanently attach it to the roof in coming weeks, said Steven Plate, head of construction at the site. “It’s … Continued
As an active college in the City University of New York (CUNY), John Jay College is a liberal arts-based institution dedicated to education, research, and service in the fields of criminal justice, science, and public safety. After decades of growth, John Jay has increasingly become a research-focused institution, especially in the area of criminal justice. … Continued
A skyscraper to be built on top of Tanjong Pagar MRT station will be Singapore’s tallest building by the time it is finished in 2016. The 64-story Tanjong Pagar Centre will stand at 290m, said Singapore-listed GuocoLand yesterday. This means the mixed-use development will narrowly edge out One Raffles Place, Republic Plaza and United Overseas … Continued
A plan to create a sleek campus for a high-tech, high-powered New York graduate school has gotten city lawmakers’ approval. The City Council voted Wednesday on the plan to build Cornell NYC Tech on Roosevelt Island. It’s in the East River between Manhattan and Queens. The school is meant to help bring academic research to … Continued
Cornell’s new tech campus on Roosevelt Island got the official go-ahead from the City Council Wednesday, paving the way for the school to break ground in 2014. The 2 million-square-foot applied science and engineering school, first announced by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in Dec. 2011, will occupy the site of the old Goldwater Hospital on the … Continued
Slowly but steadily, the redeveloped World Trade Center site’s signature 104-story tower is looking less like a construction project and more like the tallest skyscraper on Manhattan’s skyline. New York and New Jersey officials Tuesday unveiled the latest milestone for One World Trade Center: plans for an observation facility on the 100th, 101st and 102nd … Continued
Construction workers bolted the last pieces of a 408-foot spire into place atop One World Trade Center on Friday, symbolically capping New York’s comeback after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. The spire brings the iconic building to a height of 1,776 feet — an allusion to the year the United States declared its independence. … Continued
The World Trade Center’s rebirth has long revolved around creating a centerpiece of unsparing symbolism: a skyscraper 1,776 feet tall, its height an homage and a bold statement about looking forward. The new 1 World Trade Center reached that height with the lowering of a silvery spire from a crane on Friday, officially taking its … Continued