Tag: Tower
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McAlpine to revamp England’s largest Victorian water tower
The specialist heritage arm of Sir Robert McAlpine has been appointed for a £6m restoration of the largest surviving Victorian municipal water tower in England. The Balkerne Water Tower in Colchester, known locally as ‘Jumbo’, was built in 1882 using around 1.25 million bricks and 142 tonnes of cast iron. It was decommissioned in 1984.…
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EFCO Products Featured on LEED Tower at South End
The Square at South End in Charlotte, North Carolina, reflects its name as a rectilinear geometric shape accentuated with a contemporary curtain wall and storefront by EFCO. The building offers a sustainable LEED Silver-certified example for modern, mixed-use office buildings. The 10-story, 153,000-square-foot tower welcomes more than 750 employees of USAA, a large financial services…
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Memorial Regional Plans $670M Surgical, Bed Tower Project
Memorial Regional Hospital is embarking on a transformative $670 million expansion with the launch of its new Surgical and Patient Bed Tower, one of the most significant projects in the hospital’s history. Approved unanimously by the South Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners during last night’s board meeting, the project represents a landmark investment in…
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Skyline Cockpit’s tower crane remote control system changes the game
Skyline Cockpit’s remote control system for tower cranes won the Digital Innovation in Productivity category at the Digital Construction Awards 2025. Skyline Cockpit collects Meital Sharon (second right) of Skyline Cockpit collects the trophy from Karolina Orecchini at Digital Construction Week (far left), Melissa Zanocco at Accenture (second left) and Sally Phillips (far right) (Photo…
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Video | Footage shows two of the world’s biggest tower cranes at HS2
Heavy lift contractor Marr and the Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra joint venture (BBVS JV) are using three cranes, comprising two of Marr’s 330-tonne capacity M2480D heavy lift luffing cranes, supported by a 96-tonne capacity M860DX, to declutter the site. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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McCarthy, Jacobs finish construction on $373M hospital tower
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A team of McCarthy Building Cos. and Jacobs completed construction on the Children’s Hospital of Orange County’s Southwest Tower in Orange, California, according to a June 16 news release from CannonDesign, the New York City-based engineer on…
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AdventHealth taps Brasfield & Gorrie for $660M medical tower
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Award: Hospital towerValue: $660 millionLocation: Orlando, FloridaClient: AdventHealth Orlando AdventHealth Orlando has tapped Birmingham, Alabama-based contractor Brasfield & Gorrie to build a 14-story medical tower as the centerpiece of a $1 billion investment from the health system,…
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Grenfell Tower: government appoints demolition contractor
Deconstruct has been the Grenfell Tower site’s principal contractor, responsible for its structural propping, security and maintenance, site clearance, and weekly monitoring of the building’s condition since 2017. This, MHCLG added, gives the company “unique site knowledge”. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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In pictures | How Mace’s retrofit of Euston Tower will look
Mace has revealed new designs of the Euston Tower redevelopment it is delivering for client British Land. The project involves refurbishment of the 1960s 31-storey building, retaining “considerable amounts” of the original structure, including the foundations and core. Mace said the new 372 sq m office development will be all-electric in construction and operation. The…
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Grenfell Tower to be taken down, government confirms
“Taking the engineering advice into account, the deputy prime minister concluded that it would not be fair to keep some floors of the building that are significant to some families, whilst not being able to do so for others and knowing that, for some, this would be deeply upsetting,” said the government in its update…