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april 2015
international
construction
Exclusive photos
More images from thismonth’s site report are
available online atwww.khl.com
A
s reported in this month’s site report, The Olympic complex in
Ashgabat,Turkmenistanmight be the biggest building construction
project underway anywhere in the world today. The three-phase
project covers a 1.57 km
2
site in the southern part of the capital city and
comprises sevenmajor indoor sporting venues with capacities from 5,000
to 45,000 spectators.
Also included in the project are outdoor facilities, hotels, restaurants,
car parks, an Olympic Village with capacity for 12,000 competitors and
a 5 kmmonorail to connect them all together. In all there are 52 major
construction schemes within the overall project.
With a contract value of more thanUS$ 5 billion, all three phases of the
project are being undertaken byTurkish contractor Polimeks on a turnkey
basis, withArup also contributing design services.
Additional pictures from
iC’s
site visit in February are available online at
Search on ‘Ashgabat’ to see them.
Book
competition
Go towww.khl.com for a
chance towin a copy of
thenew
CaterpillarModern
EarthmovingMarvels
book.
Written by
Frank Raczon
and
Keith
Haddock
, this beautifully produced
224-page hard-back book charts
the development of some of the
most widely used and successful
construction machines in the
world. Although it focuses on the
machines, the book also provides a
historic perspective on Caterpillar
the company, in the sense that it
highlights how the corporation has
developedover thedecades,bringing
newmachines to its range.
After the foreword by Caterpillar
chairman
&
CEO,
Doug
Oberhelman, there are no surprises
that the book dives straight in with
dozers, the machines developed by
Caterpillar’s fore-runner companies,
Holt Manufacturing and Best
Manufacturing, at the turn of the
century. Subsequent models under
the Caterpillar brand included the
‘Sixty’ in the inter-war period, and
thesectionroundsoutwithmachines
like theD11T and ground-breaking
diesel/electricD7E.
There is certainly a focus on the
‘bigboys’ toys’ endof theCaterpillar
range, with about three quarters of
the book dedicated tomachines like
dozers, scrapers, loaders, excavators
and trucks. But there is also space
for backhoe loaders, skid-steer
and compact tracked loaders.
Again, these are approached from
a historical perspective, discussing
how earlymodels have evovled.
The competition closes on April
30.To enter and read the full review,
searchon ‘Raczon’ onwww.khl.com
Monthlypodcast
Every issue of
iC
is accompanied by a podcast, which can be downloaded
from iTunes for free. Alternatively you can listen to it on the Podcast page
of
or click on the image below in the iPad edition of the
magazine.
Eachpodcast sees
iC
editorChris Sleight anddeputy editorNeill Barston
discuss key stories, including the newsmaking the headlines at the front of
themagazine tomore in-depth discussions stemming from features.
Go to ‘Podcasts’ under the ‘Audio&Video’ tab of
or scan
theQR code to access the
latest edition.
