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The second award added in 2007 was the Best Sustainable Building Award, which was awarded to Hearst Tower, completed in 2006 in New York City. [ 12 ] In 2008, the second year of CTBUH Awards for structures, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat added four geographical categories for the best tall building, the regions were Americas ...
architect, building: BCS Awards: 1960: Japan Federation of Construction Contractors: annual: building: Building of the Year Award: 1994–2002: Royal Institute of British Architects: annual: building: preceded the Sterling Prize: Building of the Year Award: 2015: Honare Memari Institute: annual: building: Croatian Architects Association Award
The Whole Building Design Guide or WBDG is guidance in the United States, described by the Federal Energy Management Program as "a complete internet resource to a wide range of building-related design guidance, criteria and technology", and meets the requirements in guidance documents for Executive Order 13123. [1]
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings, including skyscrapers, and sustainable urban design.A non-profit organization [5] based at the Monroe Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States, the CTBUH announces the title of "The World's Tallest Building" and is widely considered to be an authority on the official height of ...
The Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award: New Stobhill Hospital for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde: Small Building Project Award: Lowther Children's Centre, London Borough of Richmond: Small Civil Engineering Project Award: Construction of the Temporary Crossing of the River Derwent at Workington (Barker Crossing) Building Award
A general contractor is a construction manager employed by a client, usually upon the advice of the project's architect or engineer. [7] General Contractors are mainly responsible for the overall coordination of a project and may also act as building designer and construction foreman (a tradesman in charge of a crew).
Entries were formally assessed against the 20 Building for Life criteria and all those achieving 14 or more received either a silver or gold standard. Schemes achieving a Building for Life standard were shortlisted for the awards. An independent judging panel then selected outstanding schemes to receive a Building for Life award.
According to the U.S. General Services Administration, site selection considerations should begin early in the capital development process and play a significant role in pre-planning discussions. [9] The process includes the following steps: Define project criteria; Evaluate communities; Create short list of communities based upon project criteria