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| Atkins installs turbine blades onto Bahrain WTC towers  Atkins has celebrated a world first, with the installation of the turbine blades onto Manama's Bahrain World Trade Center towers. The installation of the 29 metre diameter turbine blades represents a culmination of over three years of intensive research and development by Atkins architects and engineers in association with Danish partners Ramboll and Norwin. The Bahrain World Trade Center (BWTC) is the first building in the world to incorporate large scale integrated wind turbines which comprehensive ground tests indicate will generate 11-15% of the energy requirements of the two towers.On schedule to open this year, the 50 storey, 240m high office complex, which also features a major shopping mall with sky lit courts providing centrepieces of relaxation, is currently going through completion stages with office and retail tenants poised to undertake their own fit-outs. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |