"Participating in the construction of World Expo Center has fulfilled our desire as ordinary Shanghainese and as a local enterprise to play an active role in the Expo Shanghai. "Our team feels incomparably proud and honored." stated Lu Huiquan, president of Shanghai Gelogical Construction Co., Ltd,. He felt a great responsibility was awarded him by becoming a leader for the pile foundation construction of the World Expo Center.
The pile foundation construction is the first basic construction project in the Expo Center. It is greatly concerned with the quality of the whole building. Therefore, Shanghai's Gelogical Construction Co., Ltd has set up a project headquarter and has convened a "decisive battle" conference so that everyone in the company is fully prepared and the curtain for "a hundred day battle" has been withdrawn!
The Shanghai Gelogical Construction Co., Ltd has taken part in the construction of such well-known buildings as the Nanpu and Lupu Bridge, Shanghai's Library and Times Square. The Shanghai Gelogical Construction Co.,Ltd has lay a basic foundation of construction in Shanghai as well as in it's neighbor egions of Jiangsu and Zhejiang province. Mr. Lu Huiquan said that compared with the past projects, the World Expo has particular differences.
"Firstly, the single building project scale is greater." The Expo Center, which is located at Section B's Bingjiang Greenland of the planning fencing zone of the Shanghai Park of World Expo, boasts a total construction area of around 140,000 square meters.
"Secondly, the requirement for the construction of the center is higher." Here "high" means high starting point, high quality and high efficiency. The location of the construction area is relatively unusual and the Huangpu River has experienced the vicissitudes of river-flow and sea-tide. In addition, there are many river courses around the area and loss of stratum. Due to this, it is hard to avoid touching the underwater barrier in the process of constructing the pile foundation and pile bracing. The terrain near the rivers is characterized by thicker sandy stratum. Problems such as collapsing walls or holes are likely to emerge. All these call for better adaptation, good coordination and high technology on the part of the constructing team. Furthermore, while guaranteeing the quality of the Shanghai Gelogical Construction Cobase foundation and main structure, one needs to pay more attention to energy, land, water, and material savings as well as environmental protection.
"Thirdly, the time constraints of the project are pressing." Of course, Mr. Lu Huiquan and his team have already made full preparations for any conditions they might encounter.
When considering the scale, the category of technology and the degree of difficulty in building Expo Center, Shanghai Gelogical Construction Co., Ltd has mustered its strength to form an experienced and innovative team. The team will carry on the spirit of "career devotion, cooperation, integrity and innovation". The team will keep its promise of "genuine service and a cooperative win-win approach". While taking up the challenge, the team has also honed its technical accomplishments and administration levels.
"The construction work will continuously encounter problems, but we will continue to carry out large amount of work and accumulate rich theoretical and practical experience. It is my deep belief that all the measures taken and all the effort done will surely amass energy for the future municipal construction." said Mr. Lu Huiquan with great confidence.
Indeed, the strenuous effort made by the construction workers will result in the completion of a high quality project at a high speed and will sure turn our dream into reality. We believe that the striking appearance of World Expo Center during the coming event, its after-use and persistent upkeep of the center will become a spectacular scene and a renown model for "green" buildings.
