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Sydney Harbour bridge
This project was ended on 19 march 1932. Took approximately 8 years to construct the bridge.
This project was constructed under the supervision of John Bradfield (Dr J.J.C) also known as the “father” of the bridge.
This Bridge is one of Australia best photographed landmarks that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney CBD and the North Shore.
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The Empire State Building, New York, USA - Project from 1930 to 1931
The Empire State Building was a one of a kind building in NY. Planning began in 1929 construction in 1930 & completed within a year opening in 1931. This building was commissioned by wealthy investors who had a fixed budget, it had to be the tallest in NY & to be built as quickly as possible (raising 4.5 stories a week). The project to complete this building was short and with a fixed budget and to be as high quality as possible it was not easy to complete, but was as the investors envisaged. -
Monument to the People's Heroes in Beijing in China - project from 1952 to 1958
Liang Sicheng was the person who executed the project and some of the work was designed by his wife Lin Huiyin. The monument to the people's heroes is a monument to the Chinese nation. It records the honour and humiliation to let people remember the people’s heroes who died in the people’s liberation war and let them have a sense of feeling which people’s revolution will never die. Quality are definitely the top priority and optimised time & accepted cost as government has paid. -
Confederation Bridge; Northumberland Straight in Canada connecting Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick by road. Project from 1992 to 1997
Project awarded in 1992 to Stantec. Construction began October 1993 & handed over May 1997 at a cost of over 1 billion Canadian. This was the longest bridge at 13 km over ice waters and it needed to be of high quality to last 100 years, normal bridges are 50 years. It was constructed using high performance concrete & military precision GPS, another first for large scale construction projects in Canada. The project team optimised the cost, fixed the quality & accepted the time. -
The Øresund
It is a bridge which connects Sweden and Denmark. The Øresund Bridge has a run of 8 kilometres from the Swedish coast to the artificial island of Peberholm, which lies in the middle of the Øresund strait. Then the strait is crossed by a 4 km underwater tunnel, called the Drogden Tunnel, from Peberholm to the Danish island of Amager. It is the longest combined rail and road bridge in Europe. -
Bailong Elevator , Yuanjiajie Scenic Area of Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area in China. Project from 1999 to 2002
This is a 326 metre glass elevator built on the face of the cliff and is also known as the hundred dragon elevator. Project began in 1999 and opened to the public in 2002 and cost 120 million yuan (26 million NZD) It is the worlds tallest full exposure outdoor lift according to Guinness world records. This project was unique, it is the highest & heaviest in the world. They fixed the cost, there were issues with safety after build so they accepted the quality and optimised the time to build. -
The Gotthard Base Tunnel – Switzerland- The project started on 1999 and finished on 2016
The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) is a railway tunnel through the Alps of Switzerland.The GBT is the world's longest and deepest traffic tunnel With a route length of 57.09 km.The final cost is CHF 9.5 billion. Switzerland Govt provides the fund,and the construction is carried out by SBB Infrastructure.The purpose of the project is to increase local transport capacity through the Alpine barrier,especially for freight.project team fixed the quality, optimised the time & accepted the cost. -
Burj Al Arab, Dubai
The hotel opened in December 1999. The Burj Al Arab is the first seven-star luxury hotel in the world. Burj Al Arab was planned by multidisciplinary consultancy Atkins drove by planner Tom Wright. The design and construction were overseen by Canadian engineer Rick Gregory additionally of WS Atkins. Burj Al Arab holds only 28 double-story floors which accommodate 202-bedroom suites. The project team accepted the cost, optimised time and fixed quality. -
Bandra-Worli Sea link
The most complicated civil engineering project in India was constructed by HCC and the China Harbour Engineering Corporation for the MSRDC. This bridge connected the two parts of Mumbai city and shorten the time travel. This projected costed around INR 16.3 billion. This bridge has a span of 4.7 km and about 37,600 km of steel wire is used during the construction. Because of this bridge daily 140000 vehicles travel from Bandra to Worli in six minutes which earlier used to take 1 to 2 hrs. -
The Millau Viaduct,South France- Project from 2001 to 2004
The Millau Viaduct is the tallest bridge in the world. The Project started in October 2001 and ended on December 2004. Dr Michel Virlogeux does the structural design, and the architect is Sir Norman Foster, and the construction is undertaken by CEVM. The purpose of this project is to provides AutoRoute axis from Paris to Montpellier The quality is fixed because it is the world tallest bridge and the cost is optimised and time is accepted. -
CCTV Headquarters in Beijing in China - project from 2004 to 2012
Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA executed the project which was started from 2004 and ended by 2012. The purpose of the new CCTV headquarters building is to challenge the structure especially because Beijing is in a seismic zone. The building was also required to have more capacity and space to run CCTV.
the project is unique and had planned to build. The building must in high quality to present and hold the unique shape (fixed quality) and optimised cost & accepted time. -
Burj Khalifa, Dubai The United Arab Emirates- Project from 2004 to 2009
The Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest building since 2008 with a total height of 829.8 m. The architects of this building are Adrian Smith at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. And the Main contractor is Samsung C&T Corporation. The project cost USD$1.5 billion. The EMAAR Properties support the finance. The purpose of this project is to get international recognition and also for the attraction of tourism. The Project team fixed the quality, accepted the cost & optimised the time. -
Canton Tower in Guangzhou in China - Project from 2005 to 2009
Project was executed by Guangzhou Construction group co. Ltd and Shanghai construction group co. Ltd in November 2005 and was ended by November 2009. Guangzhou government aims to let people know Canton tower as a free-form with a highly identical landmark building that shows Guangzhou as an extraordinary city around the world. The project team managed to fix quality in high quality to present and hold a unique shape and optimised cost as financial groups controlled investment & accepted time. -
Shanghai Tower, China
The Shanghai Tower is Asia’s tallest and world’s 2nd tallest building. The height of the building is 632 m and it is designed and developed by Shanghai Tower Construction & Development. More than a landmark, the towers offer a way to live in a vertical city. The tower is providing a sustainable way to adjust the increasing population. The project cost for Shanghai Tower is CN¥ 15.6 billion. -
The Louvre Abu Dhabi
The project was established on November 8 2017.
The project was executed by the French parliament on October 9 2007 and Designed by Pritzker, architect Jean Nouvel.
the purpose was to develop new type of cultural collaboration of unparalleled scope between two countries, centered on the creation of a national institute showing different artworks from various countries with more focused on the bridging gap between eastern and western art. -
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
The project opened in 2010. It is the most expensive standalone casino property in the world. The resort is designed by Moshe Safdie and the resort's architecture and major design changes along the way were also approved by its feng shui consultants. The project cost is 8 billion US dollar. The resort includes a 2,561-room hotel and the world's largest atrium casino with 500 tables and 1,600 slot machines. The project team fixed quality, optimised cost and accepted time. -
International Space Station(ISS)
Its first segment propelled into space in 1998, the last pressurized module was fitted in 2011. The International Space Station (ISS) is a well-known liveable artificial satellite orbiting low Earth Orbit. All components of ISS have been launched by Russian Proton, Soyuz rockets, and American Space Shuttles. The ISS situated in microgravity and explores in, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology, and other fields. The project team accepted the cost, fixed quality and optimised time. -
Russky Bridge
This project was ended on July 2012. It took 43 months to complete the project.It was executed by the Russian contractor USK got most of the contract and a Russian designer Mostovik. It's purpose was to serve the 2012 Asia-pacific economic cooperation conference hosted at the Far Eastern Federal University campus on Russky island.This bridge connects to the Russky Island and the Muravyoy-Amursky Peninsula sections of the city across the Eastern Bosphorus.
