The Swissbau is the most important meeting point for the building and real-estate industry in Switzerland and also its neighbours. With 140 000 m² of exhibition space, over 100,000 expected visitors and more than 200 accredited journalists covering the event, it is undoubtedly, one of the largest specialist fairs in Europe. Architects, planners, suppliers, service providers and investors in the sector gather here to exchange information and find out about latest trends and innovations in the construction industry.  As the[...]

  The five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth represent Hong Kong’s core strengths of shopping, architecture, natural beauty, delicious cuisine and fascinating culture. No matter how many times people come from all over the world to visit the city, they marvel at one of Hong Kong's greatest assets, Victoria Harbour. Set in a near-harbourfront location in the heart of the city of Hong Kong, with some units able to enjoy the mesmerizing “Symphony of Lights”, featuring more than 40[...]

Recommendations by the panel tasked to look into solving Singapore’s flooding woes, include legislating that building owners build green roofs to improve storm water attenuation. Andy Chew, our Director for Landscape Engineering, said in a Channel News Asia interview: "For existing buildings, definitely they will need to look at the structure of the building, because the roof does not provide for the kind of loading required by a roof garden. So we will recommend an extensive roof garden, which will maximise[...]

ELMICH is pleased to announce that it is now a strategic partner in the Femox group of companies through the acquisition of an equity stake in Swiss company, Femox GmbH. Femox companies currently manufactures and distributes building and landscape products in Western Europe. With this new partnership, Elmich and Femox are poised to expand their market presence in Europe to provide cost-effective and sustainable solutions to designers, builders and property owners. “Despite the poor short-term economic outlook for Europe,[...]