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Steel-Framed Modular Construction For High-Rise Hotels: What You Need To Know
Dale Stern | November 29, 2017
By Dale Stern I've spent more than three decades designing and managing the development of high-rise commercial buildings across the U.S., but only recently have I encountered steel-framed modular construction being used to build these types of structures. Although the use of wood-framed modular construction on low-rise buildings has become increasingly common in North America, the modular industry here is still in its infancy. More sophisticated modular products, like steel-framed modular units for high-rises - and the processes behind utilizing them – are still a rarity and have only recently begun to reach our shores from place...
Hilton Bringing First Modular Hotel to Africa with Development of Hilton Garden Inn Accra Liberation Road in Ghana
Hilton | October 7, 2016
KIGALI, Rwanda, October 7, 2016 -- Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) (www.Hilton.com) has marked this year's African Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) with the announcement of new properties and extensions in three African countries. It continues the company's commitment to expansion across the continent as it seeks to double its footprint from its existing 39 hotels to more than 80 hotels in the next 3-5 years. Among the new hotels agreed is Africa's first modular build hotel, the 280 guest-room Hilton Garden Inn in the Ghanaian capital of Accra, a concept that Hilton first premiered in 2014 through a partnership with CIMC Modular Building Syst...
Container Hotel and Prefab Bungalow: Modular Building Construction in China
Wayne Wei | July 15, 2016
By Wayne Wei and Daniel J Voellm With a fast changing economic environment and society coming to terms with the 'new normal' in China, hotel developers are seeking for more carefully planned and executed projects, based on a sound economic footing to ensure sustainable operations. Under such circumstances the modular building system might become one possible remedy to bring momentum to hotel development in China, particularly in remote areas. This publication provides a brief introduction of China's modular building construction for the hotel industry. Why modular building? Modular building is a process in which a building is construc...
Hilton Worldwide Partners with CIMC to Develop its First Modular Hotel at Bristol Airport in the UK
Hampton Hotels | February 3, 2015
Construction Model to Facilitate Growth in Mature and Emerging Markets February 03, 2015 - Bristol, UK and MCLEAN, Va. - Hilton Worldwide has reached an agreement with modular building provider CIMC to develop the first hotel at Bristol Airport under its economy Hampton by Hilton brand. Financed and owned by CIMC, the hotel will be managed by Hilton Worldwide, drawing on its extensive experience of operating airport hotels at many of the world's top transport hubs. Today's announcement marks a strategic partnership between Hilton Worldwide and CIMC. CIMC's innovative modular technique significantly reduces the time taken for constructio...
