Doka nominated for Oscars 2015.
Whereas during the "Oscars" films receive awards, the "Business Oscars" (“WirtschaftsOskar”) recognise special business achievements in the US market.
This year Doka is nominated in the "Spectacular" category.
Educational mission in the desert: Doka is forming University in Kuwait.
Education is a society's greatest asset. Kuwait signalling intent for investment beyond oil reserves: With its new university campus, desert emirate population to gain access to top-quality education. Doka developed the formwork solution for the architecturally challenging structure.
Crescent Moon in Baku: Doka to form new Harbour Skyline.
The Crescent project in Baku is a construction project marked by many superlatives. Upon completion, it will be a distinctive feature in the mega-city's skyline around the harbour. This new landmark is scheduled to be erected using Doka's automatic climbing formwork that meets tough requirements in terms of efficiency and safety.
30,000 Euro award: 2014 Josef Umdasch Research Prize to be shared by two winners
The international Josef Umdasch Research Prize awarded by the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences for outstanding achievements in the field of forestry and timber science is endowed with 30,000 Euro prize money. As a result of the high quality of entries submitted, the award was split between two winners. The recipients were honoured during an academic ceremony.
The New ECB Premises – From Vision to Reality
The construction of the new European Central Bank (ECB) is finished.
Tradition meets highrise – Doka is forming new landmark in Singapore
Singapore to add another landmark: "South Beach" combines historic structures with modern, environmentally sustainable highrise architecture. City Developments Ltd. and IOS Group are the builders who initiated the project. As a supplier with decades of international highrise expertise, Doka was commissioned to supply the formwork.
Doka is forming new district of İstanbul.
Currently, there is a major project ongoing in İstanbul. This new district, which is located on a land of 325.000 square meter and contains its own office buildings, residences, a hotel, a contemporary shopping mall and a city entertainment center in it, is called Ağaoğlu Maslak 1453. Doka has been creating formwork solutions for 5 skyscrapers with unique architectural features.
High Above the Clouds: Doka is forming tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere.
New skyscraper currently under construction in the heart of New York. 432 Park Avenue to become tallest residential building in the western hemisphere. Two thirds of the overall building height of 426 m reached thus far. Construction is precisely on schedule, not least thanks to the high-performing Doka formwork systems.
First Doka OneGo project successfully ongoing in Brazil
500 m² of the new monolithic formwork Doka OneGo are in use for the construction of 264 twin-houses in Jaboticabal (Brazil).
Major construction site in the Alps
With sophisticated formwork solutions Doka Switzerland was able win the formwork contract for increasing the dam wall height and creating the caverns for the pumped-storage power plant Nant de Drance.
Easier planning with the new Tipos 8
With Tipos, Doka provides an easy-to-use planning system for formwork planning at its best for your job-site. Tipos offers tailored solutions for the economic planning of projects in several cycles and is available in 9 languages.
Fair-faced concrete to highlight a diamond
Soon the Antwerp cityscape will be enriched by an architectural jewel. With its light reflections, the new head office of the port authority, the “New Port House” designed by Zaha Hadid Architects pays homage to Antwerp as the centre of the diamond trade. The steel structure is supported by a column with the most beautiful fair-faced concrete look - a special challenge for the Doka Competence Center Fair-Faced Concrete.
Doka delivers formwork expertise for rail programs
Current urban development presents numerous new challenges calling for lasting infrastructure solutions. Especially in the area of public transportation construction companies are confronted with demanding tasks. With its many years of experience and high-performing systems Doka serves as a reliable partner when it comes to formwork solutions for infrastructure projects.
Concentrated expertise in Fair-farced concrete
Fair-faced concrete is up to date – it enables architects and construction companies to realize even unusual ideas and shapes. Fair-faced concrete projects are a premium segment and require high quality products and extensive expertise regarding planning and implementation so they achieve the required findings.
Doka to expand in Australia
The next round of Doka Group's business strategy is under way: With the acquisition of the formwork technology department of the Australian construction company Grocon, Doka establishes a new subsidiary under the name Lubeca Pty Ltd. In doing so Doka is developing a stronger presence as well as entry into emerging markets in the Middle East and East Asia.
Doka-Power for mega-hydropower station
Increased energy demand in Canada to be met with comprehensive investments into power station expansions. One of the major projects is "Muskrat Falls" with nominal generating capacity of 824 MW electricity from hydraulic energy. With decades of know-how in power station construction Doka will supply the integrated formwork solution for this undertaking.
Muskrat Falls – Doka chosen for largest Construction Project in Canada
Doka Canada is proud to have been selected as the formwork supplier for the Muskrat Falls Project in Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada.
Premiere in the Baltics
The bypass round the city of Tartu is a large-scale infrastructure project now under construction. In terms of formwork engineering, bridging the Emajõgi River is one of the project's biggest challenges. It was formworking expertise amassed over decades that brought this contract to Doka.
Lotte World Tower: the height of elegance
Thrusting skyward in the South Korean capital Seoul is what will soon be the tallest building in East Asia – the 555 m Lotte World Tower. The Doka formwork solution fielded here uses SKE100 and SKE50 plus automatic climbers and the Protection screen Xclimb 60, and is ensuring swift, safe construction progress.
Doka to form Torre Isozaki – one of Italy’s tallest buildings
Redevelopment of the historic Fiera Campionaria district created an entirely new appearance for the former premises of the Milan Trade Fair. It brings a new landmark to the capitol of the Lombard region: Torre Isozaki. With a height of 202 m, it ranks among the tallest buildings in Italy.
