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SOURCE: Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 – Man killed in building collapse Chinese News Report Technorati Tags: building, collapse, shanghai, river, bank, soft soil, AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM), a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today that a joint venture of which it is a part has been awarded a design-services contract worth US$82 million for the Mass Transit Railway Corporation Limited’s Hong Kong High-Speed Rail Terminus project, which will connect to the high-speed rail network in Mainland China. Technorati Tags: aecom, hong kong, china, high-speed rail terminus, joint venture, People’s Daily Online reports Gavin Jon Mowat, People’s Daily Online Interview with Hu Leike at Prince Gongs Palace about Ancient Chinese design and its influence on modern Chinese architecture “THE design of the Shanghai World Expo’s main ceremonial square and catering center was unveiled at an architectural exhibition that opened yesterday. Building Design & Construction reports “RMJM today unveiled the design for a unique campus in Suzhou, China, which is designed to provide the most sophisticated facilities in the country for nurturing a future generation of entrepreneurs. The project is being designed through international architecture firm RMJM’s new Global Education Studio, which is headquartered in Princeton with an office in Cambridge, U.K.” “The Highways Department’s drive to integrate the Kong Sham Western Highway into the surrounding countryside got a seal of approval when it won two top landscape awards”  Shanghai Daily reports “THE new Vanke Center in Shenzhen, Guandong Province, is a “horizontal skyscraper” designed by maverick architect Steven Holl. Technorati Tags: steven holl, Shenzhen, Vanke, Vanke Center, Vanke Centre, Horizontal Skyscaper,  Construction on HK Pavilion for Shanghai Expo starts_English_Xinhua Construction started Friday on the Hong Kong Pavilion for the World Exposition 2010 Shanghai China, according to the Hong Kong government website on Friday.  “On the morning of March 18, 2009, Zhang Chunxian, secretary of Hunan Provincial CPC Committee and director of the Standing Committee of People’s Congress of Hunan Province and other leaders from Hunan Provincial CPC Committee, People’s Congress of Hunan Province, Hunan Provincial Government, Hunan Provincial People’s Political Consultative Conference and Hunan Provincial Military Area Command all came to Hunan Forest Botanical Garden to join in voluntary tree-planting. Zhang said,” The forest coverage percentage in Hunan Province must be raised to at least 57 % in 2012, and all the people can enjoy the fruits of greening!” Some other provincial leaders also took part in voluntary tree-planting the same morning.” Technorati Tags: tree planting, china, hunan,  “SHANGHAI is undertaking its biggest facelift ever on the 50 kilometers of its elevated roads in preparation for the 2010 World Expo.”  |
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