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Engineers Australia Queensland Centenary Finale Celebration | Monday 16 December 2019
Held at the brand new facilities on Adelaide Street, Brisbane, the Queensland engineering community farewelled the year with an evening of celebration and reflection. Here, we recognised the State's newest Engineering Executives, Fellows, the President's Medal recipient (Doug Harland) and the newest Hall of Fame inductees (Zimi Meka, William L'Estrange).
Engineers Australia Queensland, Level 9, 340 Adelaide Street, Brisbane.
Mar. 14, 2020, in Orlando, Fla.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Maria Henderson, 204th Public Affairs Detachment)
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Mar. 14, 2020, in Orlando, Fla.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Maria Henderson, 204th Public Affairs Detachment)
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More of an engineer come stoker as this man was doing all the jobs required to keep the Puffing Billy railway under way.
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt, Germany / 2003-2014
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Wolf D. Prix, Helmut Swiczinsky, Wolfdieter Dreibholz ZT GmbH
Local Partner: AS&P Albert Speer & Partner GmbH, Frankfurt, Deutschland, Architektur Consult ZT GmbH, Structural Engineer: B+G Ingenieure, Bollinger und Grohmann GmbH, Frankfurt/M., Germany
At a height of around 185 meters, the double tower, with its polygonal shape and east-west orientation, has a striking profile that is visible from all important reference points in Frankfurt’s city center, as well as from the river Main. Thanks to its form and presence, the double tower will become a characteristic feature of the Frankfurt skyline. The imposing form of the Grossmarkthalle (wholesale market), which so strongly characterizes Frankfurt’s skyline and the north bank of the river Main, unites with the vertical profile of the towers to form a significant ensemble that considers both the local urban design environment and the general urban spatial context, thus creating a tension between Frankfurt’s banking district and the Ostend area. By concentrating the ECB’s functions in the Grossmarkthalle, the south side of the premises, facing the Main, can be largely kept free of construction. The prominent view of the south side of the hall from the Main embankment with the clearly visible profile of the high-rise emphasizes its special position.
The tower ensemble is the result of a design process inspired by the urban links with the city of Frankfurt. Owing to its clear orientation towards the important urban perspectives, the ensemble enters into a dialogue with the important urban reference points in Frankfurt. Starting with the economical typology of a double-slab high-rise, a second design step combines the urban planning specifications with the geometric transformation of the towers, in order to generate a multi-faceted building structure while preserving its urban significance. The atrium between the office towers becomes a “vertical city”. Through platforms we are creating spaces, plazas and pathways between the towers, just as they exist in a city. The connecting and transferring levels divide the atrium horizontally into three sections of different sizes, with heights ranging from around 45 to 60 meters.
These connecting platforms, bridges, ramps and stairs form a network of links between the office towers. They create short paths between the individual office floors in each tower and thus enable larger, interconnected usable office spaces on one or more floors in both towers, thereby also promoting informal communication. This new typology supports a dynamic development of form and enables differentiated office spaces with different panoramic perspectives.
The design reinforces the Grossmarkthalle’s existing potential as an “urban foyer” housing a conference and visitor center, as well as a library and restaurant, through the incorporation of a building for the press center which traverses the structure of the Grossmarkthalle. This so-called entrance building, in which ECB press conferences will be held, occupies a special position in content, form and space and thereby marks the entrance to the ECB. Since the western parts of the Grossmarkthalle were reconstructed after being destroyed during the Second World War and do not, therefore, represent part of the substance of the original building – even in the way they are constructed – we propose, as agreed with the historic preservation authority, that the incision for the new entrance to the ECB be in this part of the hall. We continued to develop the concept of integrating the extensive functional areas into the Grossmarkthalle, as suggested during the Optimisation Phase. As before, the required new facilities are being placed in the spacious interior of the hall as independent building structures (the “house within a house” concept). The building structures, which are at diagonal angles to the Grossmarkthalle, allow the hall to be experienced along dynamic spatial sequences – and this not only in the public areas of the hall’s ground floor, but also on the upper levels, which, with their conference and restaurant facilities, are largely reserved for employees of the ECB. The restaurant structure, as a visible sign of the new functional areas in the hall, generously orients the employee restaurant and terrace towards the Main in the south.
Project Data: Site area: 120,000 m², Gross floor area: 185,000 m²
Data high-rise
Height of high-rise: 185 m - North tower ( 45 floors incl. technical floors)
165 m - South tower (43 floors), 220 meters high incl. the communication mast
The question arises: do you punch the spy in the face with a robot hand, or break the guitar over his head? Choices, choices.
The 368th Engineer Battalion of the U.S. Army Reserve out of Manchester had their farewell ceremony on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 15, 2011, on the grounds of the Southern New Hampshire University campus as they prepare to be deployed to Afghanistan. Prior to their year-long deployment, the reservists will spend two months at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.
(John Tully/Monitor Staff)
This past January, Maryland Environmental Service Senior Engineer Duane Wilding traveled to Kenya with the UMBC chapter of Engineers Without Borders for a water restoration project in Kenya, specifically for Simiyu House, an orphanage in the village of Isongo, and the people living in the village. To read more about his trip and the work that he and the students are doing in Kenya and here at home for the people of Isongo, visit the new MES blog at bit.ly/162Qb4a.
Virginia National Guard Soldiers from the 276th Engineer Battalion, 91st Troop Command train on a variety of engineer skills and warrior tasks at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. The battalion focused on weapons qualification ranges and equipment operator licensing along with other engineer-specific tasks. A majority of the 276th Engineers are at Fort A.P. Hill for their two-week annual training period. The 180th Horizontal Construction Co. and 1033rd Engineer Support Co. are conducting innovative readiness training in Henry County. (Photo by Capt. Andrew J. Czaplicki, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
Student Soldiers discuss mission plans during a training scenario March 6 near Devils Lake, N.D. The Soldiers, who came from across the country, are taking part in Combat Engineer Advanced Leaders Course at Camp Grafton Training Center. An all-night situational training exercise (STX) culminates the training the students receive at the North Dakota National Guard's 164th Regional Training Institute. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)