Beyond engineering
Modern Underground Cemetery – When Creativity, Sustainability and Efficiency Meet Tradition
Enabling the re-use of the space beneath an existing cemetery, the underground cemetery is a first-of-its-kind, designed, excavated, and constructed in compliance with the strict requirements of an ultra-Orthodox community. Using state-of-the-art design and construction methods while working within the constraints of the existing urban zoning and regulations, the underground cemetery revives Jewish burial traditions that were prevalent more than 2,000 years ago. Planning and construction of the project solves an acute shortage in burial space while avoiding encroachment on sensitive open space, providing an environmentally friendly, uncomplicated, sustainable, accessible, cost-effective solution for this highly regimented community.
City Rail Link goes beyond in Tāmaki Makaurau
The new City Rail Link for Auckland, New Zealand, will transform rail services in the city. Comprising 3.45km of new twin tunnels connecting four train stations, the new link will double rail capacity and create exciting new public spaces. Working beyond engineering, City Rail Link referenced local history and indigenous Māori culture prioritised a strong partnership with the indigenous Māori mana whenua tribes, working together on design, environment and social outcomes. Two new underground stations are named Karanga-a-Hape and Te Waihorotiu, and two existing stations with Māori names Maungawhau and Waitematā are redesigned to accommodate new nine-car electric trains are renamed. The EPBM that excavated twin 1.6km bored tunnels was named in recognition of the Māori rights activist Dame Whina Cooper.
Eco-friendly Metro Construction Technology for Challenging Coastal Geological Environments
The Qingdao Metro Line 6 (Phase I) Project is a demonstration Project approved by the National Development and Reform Commission that spans 30.8km with 21 underground stations and about 25km of connecting running tunnels. The project has successfully developed and promoted a series of prefabrication and assembly construction technologies for urban mass transit, making it the metro line with the largest application scale of such technologies in China. The stations employ a simple decoration process using fair-faced concrete, and the decoration design in public areas effectively combines functionality with artistry. This has vigorously advanced the eco-friendly and low-carbon transformation and upgrading of Qingdao Metro construction. Furthermore, all production and installation processes have been localized, stimulating an industrial scale worth RMB 1.3 billion.