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Making a Multiple Award-Winning Development Waterproof Background Mount Anvil and One Housing Group partnered to build a new luxury development, featuring studio apartments as well as one -, two-, three-, and four-bedroom apartments. These living spaces were designed to be surrounded by private gardens and water features in the heart of fashionable Clerkenwell, England. The … Read More
Background The Blessed Church Kuching had grand plans for a mega church designed to seat up to 5,000 people. The church plans included two levels of parking, a chapel with baptism pool, three stories to house offices, a cafeteria and various other activity spaces all on three and half acres of land. In order to … Read More
Background The design for this high-end home in Barnsley, England included an indoor swimming pool with balance tank and deck-level channel in the basement. The homeowner’s design called for a fair face finish for the concrete. The client also asked that the below grade concrete be poured in three pours to reduce joints and speed … Read More
Background Recent population and demographic changes in the City of Burnaby along with the decommissioning of the old existing CG Brown Pool created the need for a new full service community center. Much public consultation led the City to create a plan for an 7900 square meter (85,000 square foot) center featuring a leisure pool … Read More
Background Clos de la Tech was founded in 1994 by T.J. Rodgers and Valeta Massey. Clos de la Tech focuses on producing highly limited Pinot Noirs at their three California vineyards. T.J. is from the semiconductor business and places one of his silicon chips on every bottle to represent the ‘Tech’ in Clos de la … Read More
Background London’s increasing density is forcing homeowners to build down, rather than up or out, to create more space. With subterranean extensions, they can sometimes triple the size of the street-level home without needing to build above grade. Despite the benefit to such expansions, it can be challenging to manage construction down in tight quarters … Read More
Background Sports schools are being built around the world with a common goal in mind: produce world-class athletes to represent their countries. In order to train the future athletes of Malaysia, integrated academic and sport schools are being built at an increasing rate. Upon completion in 2012, Sekolah Sukan Sabah will be the third sports … Read More
Background When the owner of a multimillion pound luxury home in London’s exclusive Belgravia district wanted to renovate and add a basement, they went to well-known contractor Abbey Pynford for a solution. However, there were a few obstacles in the way of the owner’s desired construction. Not least of which was that the owner was … Read More
Developing Cost-Effective Flooring for Gibraltar Mine Background Taseko Mines Ltd.’s Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine is located in south-central British Columbia, approximately 60 km (37 mi) north of the City of Williams Lake. Built in 1972, the Gibraltar Mine is the second largest open-pit copper-molybdenum mine in Canada. As part of the mine’s multi-phase expansion and modernization … Read More
Background Part of northern London, the village of Hampstead is known for some of the most expensive housing in the UK, holding more millionaires within its boundaries than any other area. With that in mind, a homeowner in Hampstead knew that constructing a new home with a basement in the already dense neighborhood would be … Read More