{"id":2544,"date":"2009-09-17T09:39:43","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T09:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betoon.org\/2009\/09\/17\/the-best-estonian-concrete-building-in-the-year-2009\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T10:13:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T10:13:48","slug":"the-best-estonian-concrete-building-in-the-year-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betoon.org\/en\/2009\/09\/17\/the-best-estonian-concrete-building-in-the-year-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"The best Estonian concrete building in the year 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press release
\n17.09.2009<\/p>\n

The Concrete Association of Estonia and the Association of Construction Material Producers of\u00a0 Estonia\u00a0announce the contest \u201cConcrete Building of the Year 2009\u201d. The contest is being held already the 10th<\/sup>time.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe situation in the field of construction and construction material production is complicated,\u201d said\u00a0Mati Laurson<\/strong>, Chairman of Board of the Concrete Association of Estonia. \u201cDespite of the situation, this\u00a0year there will still be a number of new outstanding concrete buildings that we wish to complement and\u00a0recognize within our tenth contest,\u201d Laurson added.<\/p>\n

The aim of the contest is discovering and confering distinction on sightly buildings that are implemented effectively and economically, revealing the advantages that concrete as a material is able to offer.\u00a0\u201eOur goal is to contribute to the development of concrete architecture, technology and construction and\u00a0promote concrete as a domestic construction material,\u201c said Aadu Kana<\/strong>, Member of Board of the Concrete Association of Estonia and Senior Adviser of AS Kunda Nordic Tsement.<\/p>\n

Kana accentuates that due to the durability and the quality of being easily sculptured, architects and\u00a0engineers have unlimited field of operation.\u00a0\u201cWe are expecting high participation rate of the owners, architects, constructors, material suppliers, engineers\u00a0and other parties involved in completed decorous concrete establishments,\u201d Kana added.<\/p>\n

The buildings have to be assigned to the owner in 2009 and can be submitted only once. Designs and\u00a0proceedings can be submitted to the contest as well.\u00a0The winner of the contest is a proceeding or object, that invests in the work of the entrepreneurs registered in Estonia and concrete material purveyed locally. Professional engineering and construction is also an important aspect of the selection process, also exactingness, quality and innovation of the contestant.<\/p>\n

The grand prix goes to the author of the winning idea \u2013 the architect. The owner, engineer, constructor and concrete producer will be denoted.<\/p>\n

The jury comprises of representatives of the Union of Estonian Architects, the Concrete Association of Estonia, The Estonian Association of Civil Engineers, the Estonian Association of Construction Entrepreneurs, the Association of Construction Material Producers of Estonia, Estonian Association of Architectural and\u00a0Consulting Engineering Companies, and also representatives of AS Kunda Nordic Tsement and constructional media.<\/p>\n

The deadline of submission is the 1st of December 2009.<\/p>\n

The winner will be announced on the tenth Concrete Day in March 2010.<\/p>\n

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The Concrete Association of Estonia and the Association of Construction Material Producers of Estonia have organized\u00a0the annual contest for nine years.<\/p>\n