Construction Focus
Zaha Hadid Unveil Sleuk Rith Institute Design
World renowned, award-winning UK architect Zaha Hadid has unveiled her company’s design for the Sleuk Rith Institute which will house the archive of the Documentation Center of Cambodia and function as a centre for the research of genocide.
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Kingdom’s First Neuroscience Center Opens
Cambodia’s first ever neuroscience center, located inside Calmette Hospital, was inaugurated in early October by His Majesty the King Norodom Sihamoni and Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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A Story of Opportunistic Architecture
Architects are known to create buildings and spaces inside them. Providing a story behind the design concept is an opportunity to explore constraints and tactics for an architectural intervention. Examples of constraints are the restriction of the site and operational requirements as unavoidable limitations, whereas, the site movement, environmental factors, local context and economic use of space can be viewed as a catalyst for an opportunistic architecture. Directing an architectural story can bring the unexpected discovery of the architect’s role in shaping the built environment.
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Lighthouse Club to Expand Impacts
Launched in early 2011, the Cambodian chapter of the Lighthouse Club, part of a global network for construction professionals with branches in over 50 countries, is planning bigger contributions to society.
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Construction Start on China’s 4th Tallest Building
The Chinese property developer, Greenland, has begun construction on what will be the tallest skyscraper in south-western China in the city of Chengdu and the fourth tallest in China.
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US$300m Gov’t Bond to be Issued in September 2022
Samsung C&T, the construction division of South Korea’s largest conglomerate, is to build the US$310m Star Development in the center of Kuala Lumpur.
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Singapore Wins Myanmar Airport Contract
A US$1.5bn contract for Hanthawaddy International Airport, outside the Myanmar capital of Yangon (formerly Rangoon), has been awarded to a Singapore-led consortium.
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Aac Lightens Load in Cambodia
Bricks are a standard material on virtually all building sites. But with lighter and longer Autoclaved Aerate Concrete (AAC) blocks, building walls and other sections of buildings where bricks are conventionally applied, becomes easier, faster and cheaper.
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3d Printed Concrete on Sites Within 18 Months
Skanska, a world-leading construction group from Sweden, has signed a collaboration agreement with Loughborough University in the UK to accelerate the development of 3D printing in construction.
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New Infrastructure Bank for Asia
At the end of October, China and 20 other Asian countries met to create an international infrastructure bank similar in structure to institutions like the World Bank.
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