Biotech firms can validate buildings even before completion, and equipment; VMP suggested.(Equipment validation)Lipow, ValerieValidation Times
Completion:2011 35. Princess Tower, Dubai Princess Tower set a precedent for all-residential towers, both in Dubai and worldwide. Its prime location puts it near a number of amenities, including several malls, entertainment venues, and cultural attractions. An adjacent tram connects the Tower to ...
Shandong Province will comprehensively implement the system of inspecting houses before acceptance. It will establish a house delivery follow-up system and vigorously promote potential defects insurance for housing quality. Within six months prior to the expiration of the quality warranty period, a compre...
The Pin An tower is located within the business district of Shenzhen, China. Pin An is possibly the largest insurance company in the world, and translates as 'safe and well'. Originally, there were plans for an extra 60m antenna to be added to the top of the structure which would have ...
Some were purchased directly by Arndale (deploying loans from insurance companies like Clerical Medical), others by councils wielding compulsory purchase powers at Arndale’s behest. Before schemes left the drawing board, multiples were persuaded to sign up for the largest units – Chippindale ...
Adaptive reuse preserves historic places and transforms vacant buildings into new homes, offices, and hotels while making financial and sustainable sense.A rendering of the transformation planned for Michigan Central Station, part of Ford’s new Corktown Campus in Detroit. Image courtesy of Ford ...
The Ping An International Finance Center also broke the record for the highest observation deck in any skyscraper. It’s the headquarters to its namesake, Ping An Insurance and contains other offices, retail spaces, conference centres, a hotel and a high-end shopping mall. ...
Insurance companies in Japan offer lower premiums for buildings that meet or exceed the latest seismic safety standards. This can result in significant cost savings over the life of the building. Incentives for Building Safer Structures The Japanese government also provides various incentives for cons...
Home Insurance Building, 1885 - 138 ft. The Home Insurance Building had the honor of being the world's first skyscraper. Completed in 1885, it was designed with a fireproof steel frame, a revolutionary architectural feat at the time. It was demolished in 1931, by which time it...
Quite frankly, the matter was moot in less than two years anyway after the completion of the Masonic Temple, for the 348’ high Manhattan Life Insurance Building in New York designed by Kimball & Thompson with its own cupola, ended the argument (with the aid of Chicago’s self-imposed ...