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'Shanghai Construction Group', 'Company Limited by Shares'), was ranked at 1,096th on Forbes Global 2000 List, with a market cap of US$5.5 billion (as of May 2017). [ 2 ] The listed company was a constituent of SSE 180 Index [ 3 ] and its sub-index SSE MidCap Index.
Edmonton's first true skyscraper, and the tallest building in Western Canada for five years, was the CN Tower, built in 1966. A building boom did not really begin until the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979 , which prompted construction of many of the city's current tall buildings (17 of the top 20, as of 2019).
Oxford Leaseholds was established in 1960 in Edmonton by Don Love, and John and George Poole, founders of PCL Construction. Don Love had arrived in Edmonton in 1955 as a stockbroker working for a national securities firm. A physician client approached him about building a medical clinic in Edmonton, asking if he knew of any potential investors.
Alberta's history of skyscrapers began with the Grain Exchange Building (1910) in Calgary, and the Tegler Building (1911) in Edmonton. Until late 2013, the presence of aircraft taking off and landing at the Edmonton City Centre Airport restricted any building from reaching an elevation higher than 815.34 metres (2,675.0 ft) above mean sea level ...
The Icon Towers are a complex of two residential towers in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The north tower, with 35 floors, has a height of 112 metres (367 ft) and the south tower, with 30 floors, has a height of 92 metres (302 ft). [2] Tower I was completed in 2009, and II was completed in 2010.
As a teenager, beginning in 1966, Roger’s summers were spent learning about construction as a labourer, on the business end of a shovel, graduating to tractors and bulldozers. In 1971, he began a career with his father's company, [ 3 ] North American Road, later becoming North American Construction Group (NACG).
The City of Edmonton had an elevation restriction, approximately 150 m (492 ft) above downtown, due to the proximity of the city centre airport, until it closed in November 2013. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] This list does not include towers, including the CN Tower in Toronto , as they are not technically considered to be buildings.
Stantec Tower is a 66-story building and 4 underground, 250.8 m (823 ft) [8] mixed-use skyscraper in Ice District in the downtown core of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.On May 23, 2018, it reached a construction height of 197 m (646.3 ft) and surpassed the JW Marriott Edmonton Ice District & Residences, becoming the tallest building in Edmonton and one of the largest mixed-use projects in Canada. [9]