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Brave face

Agnes has appeared in Construction Week's interview on facades, issue 511, page 52-53. Agnes also speaks about Burj Vista, a high end residential and hotel development by Emaar, just next to Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The facade of this projec...

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TABH on the way

So a quick update on our 370 meters tall The Address Boulevard Hotel project, which was our second Dubai contract in 2013 February, just over a year ago. And here it is, over 17 floors of concrete already! Soon there will be some glass on it too, the majo...

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Sky View

Above is a progress shot on The Address Residences Sky View towers, site is busy! And this is right in between our other two projects, in Downtown Dubai... While substructure works progress, we are working towards the design phase deadline that is approac...

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In pictures

So much has happened that I need to arrange them to chapters! First of all, it is winter, so we have a few clouds, resulting in stunning sunsets. Al Forsan in Abu Dhabi and Kapsarc in KSA are nearing handover dates, few months to go. Al Forsan has most of the ...

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September

We had 3 (yes, three!) new colleagues starting this September, welcome Kiran, Geoff and Sahar. That is the main news in the life of our office. Accordingly, we bought 4 new desks and computers. We also bought some exciting new software, and hopefully mast...

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Coordination with main structures

A brief summary of the coordination requirements between the facade engineer and the structural engineer in design phase, for any project, as a minimum: - Cladding zones. Definition: From outside of the glass to the edge of concrete. We will need some...

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