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Haiti - Engineering : Haiti Winner at the International Structural Awards 2019 20/11/2019 08:59:01
Haiti was competing in two categories: the Award for Structures in Extreme Conditions and the Sustainability Award with its project "La Référence" www.istructe.org/structuralawards/the-shortlist/sustainability/la-reference a charitable engineering project to build a new high school. Located in Ganthier in a highly seismic and hurricane-prone area and a hurricane-prone area, the resilience of the school was paramount. This school was built with limited access to building materials and its design required a lot of creativity. A lot of time was spent educating and training workers, artisans and the local community during the construction process. The jury, made up of a group of eminent experts from the sector, awarded the Haiti Sustainability Award for its project "La Référence" Chair of the judges, Professor Tim Ibell, comments "Many congratulations to all the winners [...] Each year the quality of the projects keeps getting better [...] Now in its 52nd year, these prestigious awards celebrate the world’s most outstanding achievements and demonstrate the diversity of structural engineering, recognising excellence, creativity and innovation, as well as sustainability, economic viability and value for money." List of 12 winners 2019 : Structural Awards 2019 – Winning Projects The Award for Tall or Slender Structures: Project: CITIC Tower, Beijing, China Engineer: Arup The Award for Long Span Structures Project: New Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, United Kingdom Engineer: BuroHappold Engineering and Schlaich Bergermann Partner The Award for Vehicle Bridges Project: Kienlesberg Bridge, Ulm, Germany Engineer: KREBS + KIEFER The Award for Pedestrian Bridges Project: Tanxishan Glass Landscape Pedestrian Bridge, Zibo, China Engineer: Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co. Ltd The Award for Small Projects (of under £3 million) Project: Millet Vinegar Museum, Zibo, China Engineer: Light Earth Designs The Award for Structures in Extreme Conditions Project: Tūranga, Christchurch, New Zealand Engineer: Lewis Bradford Consulting Engineers The Award for Structural Heritage Project: Newquay Harper Bridge, Newquay, United Kingdom Engineer: Free4m The Award for Structural Transformation Project: Coal Drops Yard, London, United Kingdom Engineer: Arup The Award for Construction Innovation Project: Morpheus Hotel, Macau, China Engineer: BuroHappold Engineering The Award for Structural Artistry (Building structures) Project: Qingdao World Expo City, Qingdao, China Engineer: China Architecture Design & Research Group The Award for Structural Artistry (Non-building structures) Project: Vessel, New York, USA Engineer: AK II The Award for Sustainability Project: La Référence, Ganthier, Haiti Engineer: Eckersley O'Callaghan The Supreme Award for Structural Engineering Excellence Project: New Tottenham Hotspur stadium Engineer: BuroHappold Engineering and Schlaich Bergermann Partners See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28479-haiti-flash-a-school-of-haiti-pre-selected-for-the-structural-awards-2019.html www.istructe.org/structuralawards/the-shortlist/sustainability/la-reference HL/ HaitiLibre
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