Arup in Vietnam and surrounding countriesA glimpse into our global expertise and local insight

We shape a better world

Arup is the creative force at the heart of many of the world’s most prominent projects in the built environment and across industry.

We offer a broad range of professional services that combine to make a real difference to our clients and the communities in which we work.

We are truly global. We have over 13,000 planners, designers, engineers and consultants based in more than 90 offices across 40 countries delivering innovative projects around the world with creativity and passion.

Founded in 1946 with an enduring set of values, our unique trust ownership fosters a distinctive culture and an intellectual independence that

encourages collaborative working. This is reflected in everything we do, allowing us to develop meaningful ideas, help shape agendas and deliver results that frequently surpass the expectations of our clients.

The people at Arup are driven to find a better way and to deliver better solutions for our clients.

We shape a better world.

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Decades of local experience

Our Ho Chi Minh City office works closely with the other offices in Asia and worldwide, giving clients access to a full range of our global skills and best practices.

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With our regional headquarters in Hong Kong, Arup has been working in Vietnam and surrounding countries for 40 years. Now our regional network covers Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines.

We provide total design services in response to increasing demand for high quality, international standard projects for the region’s growing economy. We also collaborate with selected local consultants, offering a full range of multidisciplinary skills that deliver project requirements.

Our portfolio includes some of the most high-profile complexes such as the Marina Bay Sands® Integrated Resort in Singapore and the Times Square in Ho Chi Minh City. We are also the planning and urban design consultants to the local government to devise comprehensive development strategies such as the integrated planning for Ninh Thuan Province.

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Introduced by our founder, Sir Ove Arup, the integrated design concept requires the involvement of all professional design and engineering disciplines in the design process, in which all design aspects are considered thoroughly and integrated into a whole.

This concept defines not only the company structure but also our client relationships. Arup believes that successful projects result from engaging the client at the beginning of the assignment. Our teams form close relationships with our clients that continue to completion and beyond.

We are renowned for our multidisciplinary skills from planning and architecture to building design incorporating structural, civil, MEP engineering and other specialist skills.

We adopt a holistic approach to any project, which enables us to offer an integrated design service to our clients.

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Integrated design

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Creativity, innovation and technical excellence are, in our view, inherent to the design process.

Groundbreaking innovation

We use state-of-the-art computer modelling and material applications, which enables us to work within the parameters of any given project.

Arup is responsible for many firsts in Asia and around the world including masterplanning the world’s first eco-communities, installing viscous dampers to reinforce superstructures, adopting a rigorous fire-engineering approach to enhance safety of the building in use, and conducting advanced seismic analyses of super tall buildings in seismic zones.

Arup continuously explores new technologies and provides the best engineering solutions to challenging and complex technical problems, making possible what others think impossible.

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Sustainability is one of our cornerstones. We add value to clients through services which integrate sustainability into their business.

We have developed SPeAR™ (the Sustainable Project Appraisal Routine) as a design tool capable of illustrating and optimising sustainability issues. We are experienced in conducting sustainability assessment and certification by implementing universally accepted rating tools such as BREEAM™ (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) and LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).

Arup is one of the world’s leading sustainable engineers with an extensive list of forward-looking projects around the world — from Changxindian Low Carbon Community in China to HOTO FUDO in Japan, from Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED) in the UK to the California Academy of Sciences in the US.Top

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We always aim to deliver solutions based on the pillars of sustainability: environmental integrity, economic viability, social welfare and efficient resource utilisation.

Inherent sustainability

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Arup brings together professionals from diverse disciplines and with complementary skills, on a uniquely global scale.

The depth of expertise and the sheer numbers of specialists allow us to take on complex, strategic projects that no other firm could have delivered.

Our people are known for their desire to challenge themselves to push the boundaries of what is possible in order to innovate and bring about positive change. This leads us to find new answers for our clients, helping to create new ways of thinking.As a firm that positively

impacts the world, we attract people that strive to make a difference – people with a vision for innovation and progress.

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Acoustic & vibration control

Advanced geometry design

Advanced technology & research

Architecture

Asset management

Audiovisual system

Building physics

Building sustainability

Business consulting

Civil engineering

Communications & IT

Construction management

Controls

Design management

Due diligence

Energy strategy

Environmental consulting

Façade engineering

Facilities management

Feasibility study

Truly multidisciplinaryFire engineering

Geotechnical engineering

Industrial engineering

Interior design

Investigation & repair

Lighting design

MEP engineering

Planning, design & economics

Project management

Risk assessment

Security consulting

Seismic engineering

Site analysis

Structural engineering

Transport consulting

Vehicle design

Venue design

Water engineering

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Sir Ove Arup was an engineer and a philosopher, the founder of Arup and the source of our firm’s values. He believed wholeheartedly in total design and advocated the social usefulness of engineers. His lasting legacy is the positive impact Arup makes on the built environment and for us, this means to shape a better world.

Arup draws upon skills and capabilities from diverse disciplines to seek ever better ways to imagine, design and shape the built environment.

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Arup works across all building types – from super high-rises to street level and below, from luxury to modest settlements, and at all scales – from the tiniest detail to complex mutidisciplinary projects for entire cities.

With a range of skills that include structural, mechanical, electrical, public health engineering to building physics, façade design, and vertical transportation, our building designers also work closely with our specialists in acoustics, fire safety, wind engineering, seismic, computational fluid dynamics and programme and project management.

Alongside realising exciting forms, our designers are equally focused on the challenges of making tomorrow’s buildings greener, safer, more adaptable for future changes, and more comfortable for people to use.

Sustainable building design is the focus and approach of everyone engaged in building design at Arup. By working to improve the lifecycle performance of the built environment – from concept to construction, through operation, adaptation and retrofitting – Arup is enabling clients to achieve sustainable outcomes and best value throughout projects and across their portfolios.

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Arup has a longstanding reputation for engineering some of the world’s most ambitious buildings.

Building design

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Through creative collaborations with talented architects and designers, we have successfully delivered some of the most challenging and iconic structures in the region and around the world.

We are internationally renowned for realising unusual shapes and super skyscrapers. At the forefront of ambitious tall building design, we have pioneered numerous innovative solutions such as the use of high strength concrete and concrete filled tubes. Our engineers and designers are also fluent in cutting-edge geotechnical engineering and seismic technologies, which makes us best placed to realise the maximum development potential for tall buildings.

Arup leads the field in the design of foundations and deep basements, both in Asia and around the world. The need to minimise ground movements and the typically congested areas where tall buildings are constructed drives the design process. Ground conditions vary and Arup has the knowledge and expertise to provide innovative and practicable solutions to difficult geological and foundation conditions.

Arup has introduced many new technologies to this region such as the implementation of shaft-grouted barrettes and piles for tall buildings in Hong Kong and overseas.

Structural engineering Foundations and deep basements

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We work across earthquake-prone areas, from Japan to the Philippines, delivering responsible building design that demands the application of expertise in all aspects of earthquake engineering.

Our most notable designs include Nicolas G Hayek Center in Tokyo which adopts an innovative self-mass damper system to reduce seismic excitation and St Francis Shangri-La Place in Manila which uses our patented damped outrigger system to withstand earthquakes.

From GREEN TOMORROW in South Korea – Asia’s first LEED® Platinum certified building to CIC ZCB – Hong Kong’s first zero carbon building, Arup has a long track record of successful green building design and has pioneered many of the key ideas and strategies in this field.

A strong tradition of research and the desire to find innovative methods have led us to develop a number of unique design and assessment tools such as the Sustainable Project Appraisal Routine (SPeAR™), lifecycle-based carbon and resource modelling. We are familiar with a wide range of green building rating systems including LEED®, BREEAM™ and Green Star, and are experienced in helping clients gain the required regional accreditations for new and existing buildings.

Seismic design Building sustainability

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Landmark 81, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The 461m tall building is to be built on the bank of the Saigon River, situated in the high-class and multi-functional ecological urban area, Vinhomes Central Park. The Landmark 81 is expected to break a number of records such as the highest observatory centre and apartment building in Vietnam and the highest restaurant in Southeast Asia.

Project owner/client: Vingroup Joint Stock Company

Arup services: Structural engineering, geotechnics and fire engineering

Times Square, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The new 164m tall building houses a five-star hotel, top quality serviced apartments, office facilities and retail space. Arup designers and engineers enhanced its value and effectiveness by combining the two buildings originally proposed by the former architect into one L-shape building. This new design also helps to enhance the overall stiffness of the structure and reduces construction costs.

Project owner:Times Square (Vietnam) Investment Joint Stock Company

Arup services:Project management, civil engineering, structural engineering, geotechnics, MEP engineering, architecture, and façade engineering

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Eximbank Tower, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Standing at 163m high, Eximbank Tower will serve as the new headquarters of Vietnam Import Export Bank (Eximbank) and become an architectural highlight of Ho Chi Minh City. The 40-storey mixed-use development will consist of grade-A office, luxury apartments, a rooftop garden and parking space with five levels of basement, totalling 69,045m2 of construction floor area. The design maximises the use of natural ventilation and daylighting to minimise energy consumption.

Project owner: Vietnam Import Export Bank (Eximbank)

Key collaborator:Nikken Sekkei

Arup services:Architecture, structural engineering, MEP engineering, fire, environmental consulting, traffic study, façade design, interior design, acoustic, vertical transportation, lighting design, landscape design, security and information technology, wastewater treatment

Vincom Building, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The building comprises 26 floors of office and residential space. Within the podium levels are retail and commercial activities and the first three levels of the six-storey basement are dedicated for retail. The remaining basement levels are for car park. The building features the deepest basement construction in Vietnam, in what is some of the most challenging soil conditions throughout the country.

Project owner:Vincom Joint Stock Company

Arup services:Structural engineering and geotechnics

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Vietnam German University The National Exhibition Centre, Hanoi, Vietnam

The university in Binh Duong consists of a total land area of 505,004m2 with a total GFA of 372,320m2. The development consists of Administration Building, Alumni centre, Student dormitories, Library, Food Courts, Science and Exhibition Park, Laboratories, Academic Village, Academic Buildings and Sports facilities. The university aims to become a top training and research university centre reaching regional and international standards. We provided full design services throughout the stages, and proposed the use of multiple sustainable systems.

With a total GFA of 166,000m2, this new National Exhibition Centre in Hanoi will comprise nine single storey segments connected by a 2-storey inner circular foyer circulation building. Four of the segments will hold international events, whilst the other five will hold national and local exhibitions. The roof structure will be formed from architecturally expressed prismatic steelwork trusses, with up to 110m clear spans in the International Halls.

Project owner:Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam

Architect/client: Machado & Silvetti Associates Inc.

Arup services:Structural engineering, MEP engineering, acoustics, lighting and transport consulting

Project owner:Vingroup

Architect/client: GMP Architects

Arup services:Structural engineering and MEP engineering

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Hotel Des Arts Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

With a total GFA of 50,000m2, this mixed-use development consists of a five-star luxury hotel with related facilities including restaurant, bar, fitness centre and spa as well as 10 levels of office accommodation. Arup was responsible for the structural and geotechnical engineering design.

The 23-storey luxury boutique hotel includes three levels of basement which are connected to an existing basement belonging to the adjacent building as well as a new link bridge connecting the top floor of the existing and new building. Connection of the basements and Link Bridge presented a number of technical challenges not common in the Vietnamese market.

Architect: SAA Architects Pte Ltd

Client: Tien Phuoc & 990 Co Ltd

Arup services:Civil engineering, structural engineering, and geotechnics

Client: International Diplomat Corporation

Arup services:Civil and structural engineering

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Sunrise City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nokia Operation Factory, Hanoi, Vietnam

Sunrise City is one of the largest residential and commercial mixed-use developments in Vietnam. It consists of 14 residential towers over a four-level retail podium and two-level basement car park, spreading over 400,000m2. The whole development will be divided into three plots, interconnected by link bridges.

The 80,000m2 Nokia Loong project comprises a production plant with assembly halls, shipping and warehouses, office space, meeting rooms and supporting facilities for leisure and catering. Arup’s design was delivered to meet the very tight project schedule, and incorporates high levels of resilience and redundancy to support a 24-hour operation in conjunction with unreliable utilities supplies.

Client:Novaland Joint Stock Company

Key collaborators:Archetype Vietnam Ong & Ong Architect

Arup services: Civil engineering, structural engineering and geotechnics

Client:Nokia Vietnam

Arup services: Architecture, MEP engineering, building control systems, process co-ordination, waste water specialist and fire engineering

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At Arup, we provide clients with a complete picture by merging strategic commercial thinking with precise, hands-on experience of processes, assets and people. We advise from strategic level to technical implementation.

Our management and project consultancy expertise makes us ideally placed to act for clients as a trusted agent and project advisor. Our cost managers guide confident investment with capital planning and whole-life cost analysis and our transaction advice teams give specialist advice in public–private partnerships (PPP) and private-finance initiatives (PFI).

We are global leaders in technical due diligence and our due diligence offers far more than a technical health-check. We help buyers to make better informed investments, and investors to transform the performance of existing assets.

Future uncertainties, from economic shifts to climate change, are complicating the business landscape. Arup’s economics and planning consultants break down traditional silos of thinking to help organisations consider their future drivers of change and plan ahead with greater confidence.

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Arup’s management consultants combine unrivalled technical expertise to offer creative, practical and sustainable advice.

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Key services

Arup believes economic analysis and planning is at the heart of positive development. Our planners provide joined-up services to support development and regeneration in cities, towns and rural areas, driving long-term social, economic and environmental sustainability.

Our economics and planning skills offer three key responses to the challenges of the future:

• strategic planning at a broad regional or area level, masterplanning and framework preparation, policy advice and advising on climate change mitigation and adaptation policy.

• consent to development for a wide range of major and complicated projects and advising government on emerging policy.

• advice on economic policy and strategies, impact assessments, socio-economic profiling and evaluation of programmes.

Arup guides investors in negotiating the best deals, advises lenders in managing risks and supports borrowers in attracting the best terms.

Our due diligence services include lenders technical advice and technical and environmental due diligence.

For public sector clients, we can be advisors on PPP project and PFI projects, throughout the procurement process.

Structural review, seismic assessment, energy audit and material consulting are our key services to enhance the yield from assets of developers or investors and reduce risks from asset management and ownership.

Economics and planning Technical advisory

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Integrated planning for Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam

Arup is working as the planning and urban design consultant to the government of Ninh Thuan, Vietnam, to develop a strategic development and masterplan proposal. True to Arup’s total design reputation, our offices in Ho Chi Minh City, London and Hong Kong are providing services on urban design, sustainability, planning, infrastructure, transportation, environmental and energy consulting.

Project owner:Government of Ninh Thuan

Arup services:Urban design and planning, sustainability, infrastructure, transport consulting, environmental and energy consultancy

Arup C40 UrbanLife Workshop: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

As part of our partnership with the C40, Arup held a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City to assist the city to build water resilience against climate change. Using analytical tools, Arup’s multidisciplinary experts addressed the city’s current difficulties in flood and water resource management. Subsequently, we proposed ways for the city to build resilience, which will contribute to its water masterplan. We delivered a report containing research analyses and recommendations for next steps that could be replicated in other cities around the world. An advance animation was created to showcase flood management strategies the city could adopt.

Clients:C40 and the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI)

Arup services:Water resource management, flood management, masterplanning and urban design, climate change resilience and environmental policy consulting

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Urban transport improvement project for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Arup was commissioned to make road improvement measures in the capital city. We carried out improvement works along three strategic road corridors with a total length of 22km, and improved 200 junctions with a new traffic circulation arrangement for a central city area covering 5km2. We were also responsible for the design, specification and preparation of documentation for international tender in accordance with World Bank procedures for the Area Traffic Control system which comprises 105 junctions operated under adaptive control.

Project owner:Project management unit of Investment in Urban TransportPeople’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City

Arup services:Transport consulting and economics and policy

Vattanac Capital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Located in the heart of Phnom Penh, Vattanac Capital is a grade-A office development that houses Vattanac Bank’s headquarters and a stock exchange building. Shaped like the mythical dragon symbolising progress, health and prosperity, the development is poised to become Cambodia’s new finance centre and a landmark for the city.

Project owner:Vattanac Properties Ltd

Key collaborator:TFP Farrells Ltd

Arup services:Construction management, IT and communication systems, security and risk, geotechnics, structural engineering, façade engineering and fire engineering

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These clients rely on Arup’s breadth of skills, experience and excellence in major project delivery. The firm pushes the boundaries of thinking in design to create increasingly innovative project solutions, thereby increasing client outcomes.

Infrastructure design brings together many of the skills and services available across Arup, from geotechnics, water engineering, bridge design and tunnels, to site development, rail, mining, waste and highway design. It also brings together truly capable and influential people with wide project experience and interesting and inspirational stories to tell.

Major infrastructure projects by their very nature involve significant investment. Arup has solutions that are cost-effective, efficient, sustainable and delivered in an environment in which risks are managed.

Arup has worked with a range of clients to deliver innovative solutions to world-leading infrastructure projects across the globe.

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Infrastructure design

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Rail designArup is experienced in all modes of rail including high speed, metros, light, mono, and heavy haul, and multi-modal transport hubs. Our multidisciplinary teams address whole-life issues that include safety, reliability, operability and maintenance, and the critical interfaces between the engineered solution and the human element for operators of the system, users and third parties.

In Asia, Arup has decades of experience designing topside developments for profitable rail companies. Our portfolio includes residential, retail and office developments. Arup’s experience reflects the utmost vigilance in noise and vibration assessments, and leading edge structural and geotechnical engineering to ensure the safety and comfort of occupants above an operating train station.

Rail is an environmentally friendly mode of travel. However, rail stations and the auxiliary services required to run rail are traditionally energy-intensive facilities. Arup tackles these challenging issues with great success, embedding energy saving strategies such as natural ventilation and light, in station design.

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Ho Chi Minh City Urban Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line 2, Vietnam

MRT Line 2 ‘Tham Luong – Ben Thanh’ will be approximately 10.6km long, with 11 stations and a 1.1km link to a new depot with 12 three-car trains to operate the line. The line will facilitate public transport connectivity and access in six central districts of Ho Chi Minh City, as well as being an integral part of the public urban transport system to support the Urban Transport Masterplan. Arup is providing assistance to Management Authority of Urban Railways to ensure there is sufficient management and technical expertise in the procurement of consultancy services.

Client:European Investment Bank

Arup services:Project management support and tender management services

Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit System, Indonesia

Jakarta MRT is a 108.7km rail project that will consist of six elevated and five underground stations – all of which will run through Jakarta’s central business district. Arup is the project’s special advisor for the engineering and railway aspects of the project. The team is also responsible for reviewing the project’s geotechnics, tunnelling, architecture, system integration, system assurance, rail systems and alignment.

Project owner:PT Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta

Key collaborator:Nucleus

Arup services:Geotechnics, tunnelling engineering, architecture, system integration, system assurance and rail systems and alignment

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Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) Blue Line Extension, Bangkok, Thailand

Arup is the lead consultant for the MRTA Blue Line Extension Contract 1 which is a design-and-build contract. The project comprises approximately 3km of twin TBM running tunnels, a short section of cut-and-cover tunnel, a few shafts and ventilation buildings and two underground stacked platform stations to be built using a combination of cut-and-cover and mined excavation methods. As the line will run through highly dense developments with cultural heritages, analysis and protection of existing buildings are key issues.

Project owner:Bangkok Mass Rapid Transit Authority

Key collaborator:Italian-Thai Development Public Co, Ltd

Arup services:Alignment, architecture, preservation of heritage, civil engineering, structural engineering, tunnelling, MEP engineering, fire engineering, tunnel ventilation and transport consulting

South Island Line (East) Wong Chuk Hang Depot, Hong Kong, China

The depot adopts the parallel track layout to provide the stabling and maintenance services for the South Island Line fleet as well as to support the future property development above. This layout not only saves construction time and cost, but also makes minimum impact on the environment during construction. Some of the freed up area is used to accommodate public transport facilities. The framing of the depot structures provides continuous column support to future property development without using the transfer plate.

Project owner:MTR Corporation Ltd Key collaborators:Davis Langdon & Seah Hong Kong & ChinaKenneth Ng & Associates Limited

Arup services:Structural engineering, civil engineering, architecture, MEP engineering, fire engineering, geotechnics and transport consulting

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Our teams include leading thinkers in acoustics, advanced technology and research, audio visual technology, building information modelling, façade engineering, fire engineering, IT and communications, lighting design, maritime engineering, material science, product design, resilience, security and risk and theatre consulting.

These specialist technical services complement our existing suite of skills and services to deliver unparalleled consultancy packages for our clients in Vietnam and surrounding countries.

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Arup has developed an unparalleled range of specialist technical services to help meet business objectives and to support corporate responsibility and sustainability agendas.

Specialist technical services

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Arup has worked with developers and architects on waterside sites, applying creative designs at the water’s edge to minimise cost and risk and maximise returns.

As the population continues to grow, there is an increasing need and recognition of the value of designing quality urban places of habitation. Achieving this requires an approach that encompasses urban design, planning, transport, landscape, infrastructure, sociology and economics.

The location of a waterfront site provides major opportunities for generating added value for a developer. There are a number of associated issues often overlooked or underestimated, such as flood defences, ground conditions and statutory controls which can have a major effect on a scheme. This requires careful integration of development levels and infrastructure with flood defences and accommodating water users to optimise interaction and benefits from the location.

Arup has been at the forefront of design review in Vietnam and surrounding countries for the last decades. Our design review projects have ensured that the latest generation high-rise buildings and mega infrastructure projects comply with local design codes. This in turn has provided a high degree of safety for project users.

Because of our extensive experience in design reviews, our senior staff have contributed their expertise in formulating the local codes of practice for peer reviews.

As reviewers we provide guidance as necessary, and challenge the design team to demonstrate that they have the appropriate resources and processes to implement best practice.

Waterfront development Design review

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Cao Lanh Bridge, Vietnam

Cao Lanh Bridge is 2.0km long and includes a 350m main span concrete cable-stayed bridge as well as super-T girder approach spans. The bridge is part of the Central Mekong Delta Connectivity Project which traverses the Mekong Delta region to the west of Ho Chi Minh City. Arup has been selected by ADB/AusAid and engaged by Cuu Long CIPM as the independent proof check consultant to provide independent check of the detailed design and contract documentation of the bridge and its river bank protection and river training works. Arup will also provide ongoing specialist advice and support throughout the construction of the bridge.

Clients:Cuu Long CIPM, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid)

Key collaborator:Royal Haskoning

Arup services: Bridge engineering, geotechnics and river training works

Mipec Riverside Development, Hanoi, Vietnam

Located close to the Song Hong River, the mixed-use development comprises two 35-storey apartment towers, a 7-storey podium for office, retail, cinema and other recreational facilities with two levels of basement. Due to the curved geometry of the towers, we developed a non-standard structural core with a long-span post tensioned floor, providing an excitingand flexible space.

Project owner/client:Military Petrochemical Joint Stock Company

Architect:DA Group

Arup services:Civil and structural engineering and geotechnics

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Hong Kong East Asia Region Headquarters Level 5, Festival Walk 80 Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon Tong, Kowloon Hong Kongt +852 2528 3031hongkong@arup.com

London Global Headquarters 13 Fitzroy Street London W1T 4BQ, UKt +44 (0) 20 7636 1531london@arup.com

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