Shanghai Central Building
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Shanghai Central Building is a 1996 project.
9,000 square meters of Rosa Porriño and Mahogany Brown granite as exterior cladding for a central office of a bank and several commercial offices. Designed by architect Mitchell Minquan Gao of G&S International of Minneapolis, in partnership with the Jiangsu Zhongda Architectural Engineering Co of Nanjing and built by Shanghai New Era Real Estate of Shanghai.
China National Building Materials and Equipment Import & Export (C.B.M.I.E.) of Beijing, suppliers for materials, contacted me, to request a complete consultation for the cladding. As first I had a meeting with the architect to study the project for the execution of drawings and the installation solution, also giving some technical advice to simplify the production. Then I made all the executive drawings, cut sheets and I controlled the production and installation. This project is a turning point in my professional life: this was the first project that I managed in whole parts and in complete autonomy.
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Location: Shanghai - China
Date: 1996
Architect: Mitchel Minquan Gao
Services: Material and project Consultation; Executive drawings; Production tickets; Production management; Quality control
Size: 9000 sqmt (around 97,000sf) - Exterior Cladding
Material: Rosa Porriño & Mahogany Brown Granite