Institute of Technology on Construction

9th International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition

Rear Admiral Kevin McCoy of the US Navy, and Rear Admiral Bob Love, CVF Team Leader, Ministry of Defence head the international line up of speakers from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden, UK and USA at the 9th International Naval Engineering Conference (INEC 2008) being held in Hamburg, Germany 1-3 [...]

Thursday, March 27th, 2008 In General News

Welcome to Expo Build China 2008

From 1 to 4 April 2008 in Shanghai, BolognaFiere Spa and Shanghai CMP Sinoexpo International Exhibition Co., Ltd will be staging the largest and most important ceramics exhibition in Asia – CERAMICS, TILES & SANITARY WARE CHINA 2008. Taking place simultaneously with Expo Build China 2008, the leading trade fair dedicated to the building [...]

Monday, February 25th, 2008 In Architecture, Building Construction, General News

Z – Subcontracting Fair

Leipzig’s duo event comprising the Z – Subcontracting Fair and the intec is once again expecting more than 1,000 exhibitors from all over Europe from February 26 to 29, 2008. Both trade fairs are closely connected with the industrial development taking place in Central Germany, where the most prominent industrial segments are automobile and [...]

Monday, February 25th, 2008 In General News

ThyssenKrupp Presta honored in “Excellence in Production” contest

The Tooling Technology Center of ThyssenKrupp Presta AG, Eschen (Liechtenstein), is located in the Swiss municipality of Oberegg. In this year’s “Excellence in Production” contest, the company came first in the category “In-house tool shops with over 100 employees”.

Thursday, December 20th, 2007 In Construction Loan, Construction Machinery, General News

Quality Certificate for Energy Efficient Building Automation

The European energy efficiency guideline, Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD) demands a European-wide obligatory energy certification of buildings. To verify energy efficiency eu.bac, the European Building Automation and Controls association, has developed the first Europe wide test and certification program for the range of electronic single room controllers. The test, based on the adherence to [...]

Thursday, November 1st, 2007 In Building Construction, General News

Former Micromuse Chief Software Architect Duke Tantiprasut Brings a new Level of Technical Leadership to generationE Technologies

Tantiprasut will be focusing his initial efforts on developing a systematic approach to packaging generationE solutions around IBM Service Management products. “Dr. Tantiprasut adds an important new element to our leadership team at generationE. With his deep expertise both in our target industries and with the IBM Service Management portfolio, we expect to bring our [...]

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 In Architecture, General News

Faulty constructions go on as building code not enforced

Despite widespread anomalies in the construction sector in the capital and elsewhere, Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) has been lying ineffective for months because of the government’s indifference to it, said sources.
The BNBC is a complete set of codes to ensure safe construction, accountability of the professionals and protection of urban environment. It addresses all [...]

Sunday, August 19th, 2007 In Building Construction, General News

Dzhalal Kadiyev: architect behind Grozny’s rise from the ashes

The Kadiyev family have long been builders in Chechnya, but no one has had a job quite like that facing architect Dzhalal Kadiyev: reconstructing the entire city of Grozny from the ashes of war.
Kadiyev, a small, bird-like man sporting large spectacles, is unfazed by the task ahead of him and often draws inspiration from [...]

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 In Architecture, Building Construction, General News

Tehran University to host seminar on Japanese architecture

Iran will host a seminar on Japanese architecture on June 13 concurrent with the ongoing exhibition of “Parallel Nippon-Contemporary Japanese Architecture 1996-2006,”.
The University of Tehran will host the seminar, which will be held at Shahid Avini Hall located at Fine Arts Campus of the university.
The aforementioned exhibition is being held at the Tehran Gallery until [...]

Sunday, June 10th, 2007 In Architecture, General News

Tehran to host Japanese architecture seminar

The University of Tehran’s Fine Arts Faculty is to host a Japanese architecture seminar on the sidelines of the “Parallel Nippon–Contemporary Japanese Architecture 1996-2006 exhibition” on June 13.
Two eminent Japanese architects, Kazuhiro Kojima associate professor at Tokyo’s Science University and Kazuko Akamatsu, a lecturer at Kanto Gakuin University and Nippon Institute of Technology, will give [...]

Sunday, June 10th, 2007 In Architecture

Alternative Construction Company Forms the Future of Building Institute

Alternative Construction Company, Inc. announced the formation of the Future of Building Institute, Inc. (FBII), a non-profit organization currently being formed for the purposes of attracting and combining
Mr. A.J. Francel, President of FBII, stated, “We are interested in achieving total housing solutions. For years, the economics of housing have looked at mortgage costs, maintenance costs, [...]

Thursday, May 10th, 2007 In Building Construction, General News

Arquitectonica Renowned for Developing Elite Resort Destinations

Speaking at this week’s 11th Annual East Coast Gaming Congress, Kevin DeSanctis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Revel Entertainment Group, announced that Arquitectonica has been named the design architect, BLT Architects has been named Executive Architect and Architect of Record and SOSH Architects has been named Associate Architect for the Company’s Atlantic City resort [...]

Saturday, May 5th, 2007 In Architecture