2012 Tall Buildings SOQ

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Tall BuildingsStatement of Qualifications


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Happold

Table of Contents

1. About Buro Happold

2. Technical Capabilities

3. Relevant Project Experience


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About Buro Happold

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Buro Happold is a global, integrated, multidisciplinaryengineering firm able to offer a complete range ofservices dealing with the built environment. Originallyestablished as a building engineering consultancy,it continues to offer the full range of engineeringservices; structural engineering, MEP engineering,environmental engineering, sustainability consulting,energy engineering, computation & simulation analysis,master planning, geotechnical engineering, faadeengineering, fire and life safety engineering, lightingdesign, and project management services. Buro Happoldpractices from a world wide network of 28 offices located

in 12 countries. In addition to our office in New York, weare located in Abu Dhabi, Bath, Beijing, Belfast, Berlin,Birmingham, Boston, Cairo, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dubai,Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Kuwait City,Los Angeles, Leeds, London, Manchester, Milan, Moscow,Munich, Pune, Riyadh, San Francisco and Warsaw.

We provide focused engineering input to projectsthrough an in-depth understanding of complex buildingform and a breadth of experience amassed within ourfirm and shared in our global web based intranet system.Through consultation and industry collaboration we can

introduce sustainable, appropriate, innovative and value-added solutions at all stages in the design process.

Our practice is a privately owned partnership and isorganized around multidisciplinary groups of no morethan 20 engineers in size. Our organization is horizontaland flexible, allowing our individuals and companyto quickly and effectively respond to the demands ofcomplex, global projects. Our staff numbers for 2012 are:

North America Other Offices TotalTechnical 130 990 1120Support 30 285 315Total 160 1275 1435

Buro Happold is a Partnership, which was originallyestablished by Professor Sir Ted Happold on 1 May, 1976and today comprises 52 partners. Since establishing theNorth American office in New York in 2000, Buro Happoldhas grown to five offices in the region. Since its inception,the New York office has worked on over 200 projectsworldwide.

Company Information

New YorkBuro Happold Consulting Engineers, PC.100 BroadwayNew York, NY 10005USATel: 212 334 2025Fax: 212 334 5528

Los AngelesBuro Happold Consulting Engineering, Inc.

9601 Jefferson Blvd, Suite BCulver City, CA 90232USATel: 310 945 4800

BostonBuro Happold Consulting Engineers, PC319 A Street, Suite 5EBoston, MA 02210USATel: 617 419 2284

ChicagoBuro Happold Consulting Engineers, PC801 West Adams Street, Suite 800Chicago, IL 60607Tel: 646 785 3261

San FranciscoBuro Happold Consulting Engineers, Inc.228 Grant Avenue, 4th FloorSan Francisco, CA 94108Tel: 415 778 2797

www.burohappold.com

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Technical Capabilities

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Technical Capabilities:

Structural Engineering

Engineering for Successful Building

Our role as engineers is to match the opportunities and

constraints of the site with construction methods which

give best value so that the clients needs are realized.

Buro Happolds engineers focus on the client and end user to

ensure that we provide buildings of lasting value and service.

Using Knowledge

We have the depth of knowledge needed to generate the best

solutions and work with the construction industry to ensure

they are buildable and cost effective. We work as part of a

team using workshops to bring to bear the wide knowledge

base of the whole practice. Our clients are guaranteed the

strength and experience of Buro Happold channeled through

specific project teams and communication.

Our engineers keep in contact with clients, fellow designers

and contractors on a day to day basis, listening, advising on

new challenges and contributing to advancing the project

at all times. When helpful we set up project teams on site

to facilitate communication. We invest in state-of-the-art

facilities for computer aided design, 3-D modeling andobject orientated design. These are key tools to enable us

to communicate with the client, the design team and the

constructors.

And Construction Expertise

We have hands-on experience of a broad spectrum of

structural engineering which enables us to resolve complex

construction issues and find the best value approach to

projects:

new build

conservation

high-rise

seismic conditions

sustainable construction

hazardous site development

widespan halls and stadia

temporary structures with specialized engineering

knowledge

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Happold

United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC

Curtis R. Priem EMPAC

The High Line, New York, NY


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MEP Engineering

Mechanical Engineering for successful buildings

Our aim is to realize our Clients needs by providing the very

best value across the wide range of factors that affect the

environmental behavior of the built form. As engineers we

seek to place the needs of the occupants and function of each

space as an essential goal which must be achieved. As building

physicists we work with the whole design team to inform the

design solution. This will ensure that the building form, orien-

tation and materials satisfy the external and internal design

criteria.

As MEP engineers we seek to provide integrated, efficient and

elegant systems to fine tune the internal environment, while

providing the appropriate degree of flexibility and future

adaptability. As environmental engineers we seek to incorpo-

rate a global view of energy consumption, embodied energy

and sustainability into the design. The whole of this process is

an iterative one where we aim to achieve a total solution that

illustrates care, value and elegance.

Using Knowledge

Our spectrum of knowledge encompasses: mechanical and electrical systems

public health

lighting design

environmental studies

building transport systems

site supervision of M & E installations

energy reports and advice

mechanical and electrical systems survey reports

facilities management

Communications

Our MEP engineers keep in contact with clients, architects

and other designers on a day to day basis, listening, advising

on challenges and contributing to problem solving techni-

cally and efficiently. We define client expectations early in the

design process, and by establishing the level of performance

required of the end product, we can provide advice on the ap-

propriate procurement route.

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Garden Street Lofts, N

King Abdullah Financial Center, Riyadh, KSA


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Sustainable Building Design

Buro Happold has considerable experience in designing low-energy buildings and we are recognized as one of the worlds

leading consultants in the field of sustainability thinking. It was

through this commitment that we were awarded the Queens

Award for Sustainable Development in 2001.

Environmental and Sustainable Design Facilitation

Buro Happold has been participating as a sustainable design

specialist on a number of projects in the US recently. As an

external member of the design team, Buro Happold has been

brought in to facilitate a sustainable design ideas generation

process to green buildings.

The elements of this service include:

organizing and running design workshops to

generate sustainable design ideas by all members of

the design team

diagramming environmental concepts for ecological

planning and systems

encouraging clients and designers to consider

alternative ways of achieving appropriate levels of

environmental comfort with minimum use of energyand water

ensuring low maintenance costs

designing buildings that allow exibility of use and

can be easy to adapt to new uses

encouraging renewable energy sources

providing buildings that will maintain their value as

governments legislate in favour of green buildings

reducing the energy embodied in materials in the

construction process

use of recycled materials and materials from renew

able sources

reducing waste to minimize the need for landll sites reducing water use

specifying locally sourced materials to minimize

greenhouse gas emissions (CO2) and pollution arising

from transportation

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Happold

Brandeis University Shapiro Science Center, MA

Genzyme Headquarters, MA


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LEED Consultancy

LEED Advisor to Design Team

Buro Happold has the experience and capability to lead design

teams through the LEED certification process from early

conceptual advice through the calculation and documentation

process. Intimate knowledge of the rating system has been

gained through our involvement in a number of LEED certified

projects as primary LEED advisor.

Buro Happold has knowledge of all the arenas of sustainable

design which allows our staff to advise the many types

members of the design team on LEED related issues.

Sustainable design encompasses the disciplines of landscape

design, building technology, architectural specifications,

mechanical engineering, urban planning, project

management, construction technology, and many more.

Being the primary LEED advisor to a design team includes:

running LEED workshops, assisting team members with LEED

calculations, interpreting requirements and rulings, collecting

LEED Letter Templates, liasing with the US Green Building

Council and coordinating the project submission for LEED

certification.

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Happold

Le Varesine, Milan, Italy

CSOB, Prague, Czech Republic


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Simulation Analysis

Sustainable Engineering for Successful Buildings

Buro Happold is a world leader in consultancy for the built

environment. With an international network of offices and a

multi-disciplinary approach to problem solving, we provide

appropriate, economic and environmentally sensitive solu-

tions that are applied across all the physical realms - air, land

and water - for all types of building and infrastructure projects.

Simulation is a tool for innovation. MEP engineering requires

advanced simulation and analysis tools to understand how

high performance MEP designs will perform. Simulation allows

informed collaboration between architect and engineer. Simu-

lation allows clients to better understand the benefits of green

buildings, particularly annual energy savings, daylight levels,

comfort levels, and air quality.

Various high performance MEP design strategies require

simulation too fully understand their performance and annual

energy savings:

natural ventilation (atria, cross-ventilation,

single-sided ventilation, vent stacks)

radiant heating and cooling underground labyrinth air intake tubes

thermal mass

displacement ventilation

daylight enhancement (light shelves, heliostats,

advanced comfort analysis

Our services for simulation and analysis include:

Energy modeling (DOE2, IES)

Dynamic thermal modeling (TAS, IES)

Computational uid dynamics (Flovent)

Solar shading analysis (IES) Daylighting analysis (Radiance)

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Simulation Analysis

Sustainable Development

Growing concern for the environment has resulted in the

phrase sustainable development entering our everyday lan-

guage. Urban regeneration is now at the top of environmental

and social agendas, and taking environmental issues into ac-

count then planning any project is vital to:

minimize the projects impact on the environment

assess and demonstrate its viability

comply with environmental legislation and local

policies

meet the aims of regional and urban development

plans

manage the risks associated with the development of

brownfield sites

meet commitments made in environmental or sustain

ability policy statements

improve public image, locally, nationally, and

internationally

enhance the quality and value of land, property, and

assets

Buro Happold can provide expertise in energy conservationand sustainability design. One of the pioneers in sustainable

and passive engineering, the firm starts by understanding

the environmental issues in their broadest sense and then

develops a program that will take a building through its life

cycle with the least impact on the environment. It often means

using static components of a building to optimum effect, care-

fully considering building orientation, window design, shading

and thermal mass, in many respects, seeking to emulate what

happens in the natural world.

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BIM Modeling

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Happold

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA

United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC

Buro Happold takes full advantage of the benefits of BIMmodeling in order to improve the design process for all

members of the design team and the owner. Buro Happolds

expert use of BIM translates into superior contract documents,

better visualization, decreased production time, and

downstream benefits including less schedule risk and reduced

field problems. We are at the forefront of BIM technologies,

lecturing at conferences on BIM, working directly with

software manufacturers and writing our own in-house scripts

and routines to fill interoperability gaps. Buro Happolds

strength in BIM lies in its many years of experience on a wide

range of projects. That experience translates into an improved

design and delivery process for our clients.

Software

From the very first days of a project Buro Happold is constantly

working with a variety of softwares, from structural analysis to

clash avoidance, in order to produce the best design possible.

While REVIT is our preferred BIM modeling software, we are

also experts in other modeling softwares such as Tekla, Digital

Project, Autocad ADT, Rhino, and Inventor to name a few. In

addition, Navisworks and Solibri are used for external clash

checking and visualization tools when appropriate for the

job. Structural analysis software includes: Robot, SAP, ETABS,

SAFE, RAM, RISA and STAAD. We are committed to using our

technology tools efficiently and keeping up to date with the

most current versions. Our custom interoperability translators

have increased our productivity and work flow allowing us to

provide a better coordinated design.

Fabrication Modeling

Buro Happold has the ability to create tools and write scripts

for any task on any project if there is a need. There are a

number of shortcomings with the industry standard formatsand Buro Happold has the skills to bypass those issues and

easily transfer information between all BIM softwares. For

internal work, Buro Happold has established automation

processes to enable sharing of REVIT models with analysis

programs and vice versa, reducing the amount of time

necessary for design and drafting. 3-D models, including REVIT

models, can be exported directly into TEKLA, allowing our

expert modelers to expedite the preparation of a mill order

model and connection modeling.


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Faade Engineering

Buro Happold faades engineering progresses the perfor-mance of building faades both for the varied activities of the

occupants and also for environmental gain. To do this, we have

gathered a select group of faade experts. Their talents span

knowledge of materials and technologies through to practical

design skills which provide workable, cost effective and lasting

solutions. By understanding the key structural and functional

features our pragmatic solution for the faades enhances the

total building environment.

Team Performers

We place great emphasis on working collaboratively withclients and other professionals engaged on the project to

achieve a superb result, either by providing stand-alone

consultancy or contributing to the project as a team mem-

ber. Sharing knowledge and exchanging ideas, we work with

contractors and specialist suppliers to provide faades design

solutions, and to monitor installation and performance.

We offer professional consultancy services in:

Full faades design and engineering

Faades upgrade strategies

Faades audit and value engineering

Cost/benet analysis

Life cycle assessment

Feasibility studies and procurement strategies

Preliminary and schematic design

System design

Thermal performance and condensation risk

appraisal

Product design and development

Stress analysis

Testing and management

Structural faades components

Diagnostics, inspection and remedial analysis Comprehensive materials science

Commercial Acumen

Buro Happold faades engineering oers highly customized

services, combining strong technical skills with a firm grasp

of the commercial factors surrounding a projects execution.

The group provides cost-effective design solutions for building

envelopes, making efficient use of materials and energy.

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Happold

Abu Dhabi Louvre, Abu Dhabi, UA

King Abdulaziz Centre for Knowledge and Culture , East Province, Dharan

Middle Eas

Columbia University Medical College, New York, NY


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Lighting

Lighting for People

Lighting is part of the ergonomic fabric of the built environ-

ment. As lighting designers, we respond to the visual needs of

people in their environments. We invest time to interpret how

space will be moved through and inhabited, and how lighting

can enhance this experience.

Quality and Effectiveness

As a member of the design team from the early programming

stages, we can inform and rationalize building geometry,massing and orientation, creating a lighting strategy truly inte-

gral to the architecture. Through later design stages we refine

fundamental lighting drivers and cement them through solid

specification. At project commissioning we ensure these driv-

ers are materialized and that each lighting detail eectively

contributes to the buildings ultimate persona.

Holistic Design

Our backgrounds in both architecture and engineering give

us the opportunity to provide a complete, integrated day-

light and electric lighting service for complex projects where

creative design is balanced with technical acumen. As part of

a multidisciplinary office, we collaborate closely with the me-

chanical, electrical, faade, security, A/V, IT and sustainability

teams to create ecient harmonized building systems.

Happold Lighting offers a full range of lighting design services

including:

Interior Lighting Design

Exterior Lighting Design

Lighting Masterplanning Custom Luminaire Design

Dynamic Lighting Installations

Daylight Consulting for Building Massing

Daylight Consulting for Interiors

Lighting for Art Conservation

Integrated Lighting Controls Design

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Happold

Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, NY

The Louvre Museum Daylighting Study, Abu Dhabi, UAE


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Relevant Project Experience

PNC Bank Headquarters, Pittsbu


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Happold

World One

Mumbai, India

World One is a world-class mixed-use urban development

in central Mumbai. The site is approximately on a 17 acre

lot and is currently planned to contain up to 3 million

square feet of residential, 1 million square feet of parking

as well as retail and office space.

The World One site is located in the Lower Parel in an

area of reclaimed land between the original islands of

Worli and Parel. The development site straddles Senapati

Bapat Marg in the area of former textile mills east of the

Worli neighborhood and west of the Western Railway.

This central location affords views to the Arabian Sea andeasy access north and south to other business and cultural

districts of Mumbai.

Key project information

Client Lodha

Architect Pei Cobb Freed and Partners

Project Value $450M

Dates Completion expected in 2014

Services provided by Buro Happold

MEP engineering


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The Chicago Spire

Chicago, IL

This 2,000 ft-high tower consisting of 150 floors in a spiral

design, will be the tallest building in the United States when

completed and the tallest residential building in the world.


Client Shelbourne Development Ltd

Architect Santiago Calatrava

Project value $1.3B



Peer review

Services provided by Happold Consulting

Client Advisor and Project Manager

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1400 Howe Street

Vancouver, Canada

Buro Happold, with BIG, is currently working on a mixed-

use development in Vancouver at 1400 Howe. The

development is comprised of a 49-story residential tower

with a 9-story podium that will include market rental

housing, commerical uses, and a childcare facility. The

iconic tower will include 600 residential units with retail at

the base.


Client Westbank Properties Corp.

Architect BIG

Project value Confidential

Dates Ongoing


Structural engineering


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Happold

150 Eleventh Avenue

New York, NY USA

150 Eleventh Avenue is a modern, innovative, mixed-use

building in the Chelsea Pier District of New York City.

Bordering the gallery district and the recently completed

High Line, the new building will comprise of high end

condominiums, of approximate 177,000 square feet at a

height of 250 feet.

The building program also includes an amenity package

for residents, full basement for parking, mechanical

equipment and storage, and a purpose built art gallery

retail space at ground level.

The project also includes the temporary relocation of

an existing gallery owner to a dedicated purpose built

facility on 24th Street. This is required to allow the

redevelopment of the current site to take place. Balancing

design complexity with an aggressive demolition and

construction schedule, along with meeting the business

needs of a third party gallery owner pose the largest

challenges to this project.


Client SR Capital

Architect Beyer Blinder Belle Architects

Foster + Partners


Dates Ongoing


MEP engineering, lighting design, daylight studies, energy

modeling, LEED consulting, faade engineering, low

voltage systems, and acoustic design.


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PNC Bank Headquarters

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Buro Happold is working with a client who has mandated

that their new headquarters building be the greenest

highrise building in the world. The building will be an

800,000 square foot tower on a three story podium,

with an additional 150,000 square feet of below-grade

parking. Buro Happold is working closely with Gensler to

optimize the use of natural ventilation and daylighting

in conjunction with high efficiency mechanical systems

to target the lowest possible PEUI. Systems currently

being investigated for potential use in the building are

chilled beams, double facade systems, radiant cooling

and heating systems, geothermal systems for cooling and

cogeneration systems.


Client PNC Financial Group

Architect Gensler

Project value $400M



Structural engineering, MEP engineering, sustainability,

energy modeling, daylight modeling


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Happold

Tong Shan

Pudong, Shanghai, China

Tong Shan Street is a prestigious project within the

Pudong Huangpu River Complex Development Area

which comprises a series of highrise buildings for

commercial, hotel, residential and retail use. It is a new

build, 1.8 million square foot development close to

the center of Shanghai including 8 residential towers

providing 700 luxury apartments, and 1 iconic hotel and

serviced apartments tower. The project is being designed

to achieve a LEED Platinum rating.


Client Vanke Real Estate Company

Architect Pelli Clarke Pelli

Project value RMB 1.2B

Dates Ongoing


MEP engineering, sustainability consultancy / LEED, facade

engineering, traffic engineering, structural engineering

PCPA

PCPA


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Happold

King Abdullah Financial District, Parcels 4.07 - 4.08

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The King Abdullah Financial District is a new development

being undertaken by the Rayadah Investment Corporation

on behalf of the Pension Authority of the Kingdom of

Saudi Arabia and involves the construction of a new

nancial center for the City of Riyadh. The district includes

over one hundred parcels, a new monorail system as well

as numerous civic and infrastructure projects.

Buro Happold was responsible for the master plan of

the district in collaboration with Henning Larsen, out

of Copenhagen. Buro Happold is now involved in the

further development of several of the initial parcelsbeing developed, including over two million square feet

of mixed use, spread over three parcels with residential

/ offi ce towers, ranging from ve to thirty stories. Buro

Happold is acting as the lead consultant, along with

FXFowle Architects and consultants spread across several

countries.

Each parcel includes four levels of below grade parking,

a podium with retail and offi ce and mixed use towers

and is bordered along one edge by a continuous,

Wadi greenway. All parcels being undertaken by Buro

Happold are fast track from Concept Design to completedConstruction Documents in ten months.


Client SBG

Architect FXFowle Architects

Project value Condential

Dates 2008 - Present


Structural engineering, MEP engineering, project

management, re engineering, civil engineering, faade

engineering, sustainability consulting, security / IT,

architectural lighting, computation of simulation analysis

(CoSA), ground engineering


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King Abdullah Financial District, Parcel 1.11


The King Abdullah Financial District is a new development

being undertaken by the Rayadah Investment Corporation

on behalf of the Pension Authority of the Kingdom of

Saudi Arabia and involves the construction of a new

nancial center for the City of Riyadh. The district includes

over one hundred parcels, a new monorail system as well

as numerous civic and infrastructure projects.

Buro Happold provided full engineering and sustainability

services for the 500,000 square foot commercial and

retail development. The 1.11 parcel includes two towers

situated on a four story retail podium. The project is ontarget to achieve LEED Gold. An external shading system

customized for the site conditions minimizes solar heat

gains, while preserving views and daylight, resulting in

aggressive cooling load reductions.

The parcel includes four levels of below grade parking, a

podium with retail and offi ce and is bordered along one

edge by a continuous, Wadi greenway. All KAFD parcels

being undertaken by Buro Happold are fast track from

Concept Design to completed Construction Documents in

ten months.


Client SBG

Architect Behnisch Architekten

Project value Condential

Dates 2009 - Present


Structural engineering, MEP engineering, project

management, re engineering, civil engineering,

sustainability / LEED consulting, security / IT, computation

of simulation analysis (CoSA), ground engineering


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Happold

Landmark Tower

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The Landmark Tower is a major high-rise development

located at the intersection of the Corniche Road and

Khaled bin Al Waleed Street in Abu Dhabi. The design

proposals represent an iconic and yet highly effective and

economic design befitting the prominence of the site.

The tower will have an approximate height of 1,000 ft,

over 61 stories, and a total gross internal floor area will

be approximately 2M sf, with 1M sf of leasable space.

The residential accommodation will comprise a blend of

one- to four-bedroom apartments and four penthouse

apartments, designed to reflect the quality of the buildingand its architecture.

In addition there will be a health club with swimming

pool, 32,000 sf of restaurants, 53,000 sf of offices, 21,000

sf of retail space and parking for 600 cars. The office space

will provide maximum flexibility to meet the demands of

the market.


Client ConfidentialArchitect Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects


Dates Ongoing


Structural engineering, civil engineering, geotechnical

engineering, MEP engineering, fire engineering, security

building management systems, security consulting, IT

consulting


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Happold

Tameer Towers


Located on Reem Island, the Tameer Towers development

consists of six high-rise towers located above a 10-story

podium. The tallest of these is a 1,000 ft high commercial

tower housing the largest commercial entrance atrium in

the world (15 stories in height). The commercial tower will

provide world-class office accommodation for the region and

forms the central focal point for the Shams development.

Residential accommodation within the development is

provided in the form of two 60-story and two 40-story

towers as well as luxury elevated town houses on a

stepped terrace overlooking the canal and central park.

A seven-star luxury business hotel is also included within

the scheme combining a full height atrium with large

restaurants at the top and bottom. These open onto the

atrium, offering spectacular views over Reem Island and the

coast of Abu Dhabi. The overall intent is for the commercial

tower to provide a unique signature building as the focal

point of the whole development. The predominant feature

is the diamond module of the exterior structure in the form

of a gridshell. The gridshell extends to the level of the top of

the plant room. The base of the building is divided into two

sections that land on the ground either side of the canal,creating an Atrium space approximately 15 stories high.

Buro Happold is providing fire engineering on the entire

development. Work involved complex smoke modeling of

both the commercial and hotel atria, people flow modeling

in the high-rise commercial tower and the development of a

bespoke fire fighting strategy. The unique design of the tower

legs that fall either side of the canal will mean the fire service

must transfer between lift groups to reach the topmost levels

of the buildings. This is undertaken on a dedicated transfer

floor, one of the first of this type in the region.


Client Tameer Holdings

Architect Gensler

Project Value $992M



Structural engineering, fire engineering design and risk

assessment (FEDRA), facade engineering


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Torre Iberdrola

Bilbao, Spain

The commercial office tower in Bilbao, Spain is

approximately 430,000 square feet. The upper floors will

be the headquarters for Iberdrola energy company, and

the middle floors will be speculative office development.

The lower floors will contain a hotel, restaurant and

conference facilities. There are 3 stories of underground

parking.

The project has integrated many sustainable design

strategies including a double-skin faade with high

performance glazing and dynamic blinds integrated

with the BMS for solar control, an energy loop with heatrecovery and a comprehensive grey water and rainwater

reuse system resulting in 45% water savings. In addition

the design allows for retaining and filtering the majority

of stormwater runoff , there will be extensive metering of

energy systems and the building will be powered by 100%

green electricity.

Torre Iberdrola is pursuing LEED CS certification and

was awarded Platinum Pre-certification by the USGBC in

October, 2007.


Client Iberdrola

Architect Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects / Ortiz Leon




Structural engineering, MEP engineering, sustainability,

LEED consulting, facade engineering consulting


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Lotte Super Tower

Seoul, South Korea

Buro Happold provided environmental design consulting

services for the Lotte Super Tower project since the

earliest stages of conceptual design through detail design

documents The project was won through an international

design competition by the SOM and Buro Happold design

team, and the project has evolved to a 550 meter tower in

the center of Seoul, Korea.

Environmental strategies for the project include

displacement ventilation in the office floors, radiant

heating and cooling, mixed-mode natural ventilation

in the lobby areas, and ice storage chillers. Greenmaterials and finishes also add a feeling of environmental

design while maintaining the elegance of a world-

class skyscraper. The project team is considering LEED

certification and is on track for a Silver level rating.


Client Lotte Corp.

Architect SOM

Project Value $500M

Dates Ongoing


Sustainability consulting, advanced simulation


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GWQ Tower

Brentford, UK

Buro

Happold

The GWQ Tower project comprises the design development

of a 27-storey residential tower incorporating a complex and

sophisticated double skin facade. The tower is the signature

building on a very large development comprising new build

and refurbishment, known as the Great Western Quarter

(GWQ), which is situated adjacent to the M4 motorway.

Buro Happolds Services group has been involved in the tower

project since the concept design phase (RIBA Stage C), where

we bid competitively to provide strategic advice and design

input in the evolving phases of the design progress. We were

not the cheapest bid but were awarded the work on the

recommendation of the architects Assael, because of our good

performance on a previous project with them.

The cavity of the double skin facade on the tower (described as

the winter garden) is not defined as habitable space and will

comprise a mediating space between the external and internal

environment, providing optimum ventilation and acoustic

separation, creating comfortable and high quality apartments

in a noisy environment.

The plan of the tower is egg-shaped, with faceted units that

create the curvature. This shape has been specially designedto offer maximum shading from the sun in the areas where it

is most needed, as well as provide the biggest winter gardens

where the views are best.

Buro Happold was able to bring its broad knowledge of

cladding systems, modelling abilities and M&E to support the

architect in developing their sophisticated concept and enable

the client to feel comfortable in taking forward a scheme

whose aspirations go far beyond their usual remit.

Key Project Information

Client Barratt West London

Architect Assael Architects

Services Provided by Buro Happold

Building Services Engineering, Facade Engineering, CoSA


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Kingdom Trade Center


The Kingdom Center is a 296m high, distinctively sculptural

tower with associated 3-level Podium buildings. once

completed, this project is expected to be the tallest building

in Saudi Arabia. The Tower accommodates a 220 room hotel,

22 residential apartment suites, 44 residential apartments

and 15,000sq-m of office space. An additional 57,000sq-m of

retail space and a 4,400sq-m wedding and banquet hall are

incorporated into the Podium buildings.

The building envelope is separated into three main cladding

zones: The Podium buildings (0 - 25.2m), the Tower (25.2

- 179m) and the Sculpture (179 - 296m). This concrete

construction Tower has an oval floor plate, with a height

of 179m. Above this level, the Sculpture is steel framed,

and supports an observation bridge on top. The Podium

incorporates stone cladding and 10 different types of glass

cladding systems. The Tower portion is a unitised glazed

curtain wall, and the Sculpture is clad with an open jointed

aluminium rainscreen system.

The total surface area of the cladding is approximately

70,000sq-m.


Client Kingdom Holding Company

Architect Ellerbe Becket / Omrania & Associates

Project value $300M

Dates Completed in 2001


Facade engineering

Buro

Happold


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Happold

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Headquarters


The construction of this prestigious 37-story high-

rise headquarters office tower in Abu Dhabi, built for

a large Middle East-based company, provided a high

profile showcase for Buro Happolds integrated, multi-

disciplinary skills. The stunning design, incorporating a

stylish twin wall glass facade and dual curved office wings,

complete with central atrium, was immediately hailed

as an engineering and design success. After originally

constructing a 33-floor tower we added a further four

more floors to the office and increased the building

services capabilities. Careful attention was given to

modifying the external landscape to accommodate the

additional people and car parking - ADIA can now cater

for a population of 2,000 with 800 parking spaces. The 656

foot-high structure is in a premier city center location and

includes restaurant, gym and swimming pool facilities for

employees. Infrastructure innovations include a link from

the car park to the underground train system. Notable

features include a 600 foot high atrium wall and a 98 foot

cantilevered steel grillage canopy.


Client Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Architect Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates



MEP engineering, structural engineering, cost consultancy,

project management, ground engineering, civil

engineering, fire engineering


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Buro

Happold

Al Faisaliah


The massive 2.6 million square foot mixed-use Al Faisaliah

development in Riyadh is one of the most striking

buildings in the Middle East. Its landmark office tower rises

885 feet over the city, soaring to a tapered point in one

smooth giant arc. At its pinnacle the tower narrows to a

brightly lit lantern topped with a decorative stainless steel

finial.

The complex contains 30 floors of office space, a five-star

hotel with 224 bedrooms, residential accommodation, a

shopping center with 120 stores, a banqueting/exhibition

hall for 4,000 guests, two levels of underground carparking for 1,700 cars and a restaurant.

The focus on energy conservation presented a major

challenge for Buro Happold due to the harsh climate in

Riyadh. The design makes extensive use of passive energy

control methods: a combination of carefully chosen glass

in the facade, various external shading systems and an air-

conditioning plant which uses ice in the cooling process

serves to minimize the amount of energy drawn from the

supply grid.

A Building Management System (BMS) controls all

engineering processes, monitoring and adjusting

individual elements to enhance operating efficiency

and living conditions. All these design elements have

meant that the building has a high level of performance

and is considerably cheaper to run than similar large

developments in the Kingdom.


Client King Faisal Foundation

Architect Foster + PartnersProject Value Confidential



Structural engineering, MEP/FP engineering, civil

engineering, quantity surveying, project management.


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RWE Tower

Essen, Germany

The RWE Building in Essen is a 162m tall tower,

comprising a 120m tall main building of 29 storeys and

an additional 35m aerial. The building was designed

with a cylindrical plan, to allow the maximisation of

natural ventilation and light to all internal spaces, while

minimising the outer surface to consume the least

energy. A double-skin facade concept was adopted

primarily for building physics considerations to work

with a mixed-mode environmental strategy, as well as togive a look of transparency.

The construction of the double-skin wall comprises

an inner double-glazed facade, consisting of oor-to-

ceiling height aluminium framed windows which are

openable.

The ventilation concept for the wall relies on

mechanically controlling the passage of external air

through air inlets, which are located on each oor level

and exhausted through air outlets, which are similarly

located on the oor zone above. These inlets/outletstake the form of what the designers termed sh mouths.

These were designed to prevent the passage of driven

rain into the cavity, while at the same time providing

suffi cient ventilation. Additionally, these had to restrict

the passage of sound in a vertical direction. The energy

consumed by the building is estimated to be some 30-

35% less than for an equivalent conventional building

which utilises a double-glazed single-skin facade.

With such a highly transparent facade, acrophobia

problems were predicted. But it has been reported that

despite the absence of a handrail in the design, thedepth of the facade eliminates the risk of such problems

for occupants.


Client RWE AG & Ruhr Kohl AG

Architect Ingenhoven Overdiek Kahlen &

Partner

Project value $60M

Dates 1991 - 1996


Structural engineering, building services engineering,

environmental engineering facade engineering


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West India Quay

London, UK

West India Quay is a 33 storey fully glazed tower directly opposite

Canary Wharf in London. The building has a dual usage, with a 6

storey rear podium block and the lower 11 stories of the tower being

a hotel, and the upper storeys of the tower being premium residential

space, with double height penthouses at the top. The feature curved

glazed facade faces due south, so there are considerable thermal

control issues. In addition the Docklands light railway passes very

close, and wraps around two sides of the building, so there are also

demanding acoustic control issues to be addressed in the glazing,

and room-to-room acoustic insulation, resulting in the use of double

glazed units with both skins of 66.2 Acoustic laminate glass in the

worst affected areas.

The design solution was for an externally capped, unitised glazed

curtain wall, with large feature stainless steel bull-nose pressings to

provide a strong horizontal emphasis and a degree of shading. The

upper penthouses have double height units spanning two floor

levels.

The lower hotel elevations are treated differently and solid panels

have terracotta infill, though still in the same unitised curtain wall

construction.


Client Gleeds Management Services

Architect HOK Architects

Project Value $100M



Faade Engineering

Buro

Happold


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