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tallest structures in the world for a living. He started to climb at a very young age, as he learned the basics of climbing in boy scouts. He was asked to consider climbing skyscrapers in a documentary. He first climbed the 108 story (442 meters) Sears tower in Chicago, Illinois. Alain has had to overcome some obstacles to make his dreams come true. Alain Robert has a fear of heights. This is very ironic, because he climbs some of the tallest buildings in the world. However, he does this to overcome that

2.2 Braced Frame and Shear-Walled Frame System Rigid frame systems are not efficient for buildings taller than 30 stories, because lateral defection due to the bending of columns causes the drift to be too large. On the other hand, steel bracing or shear walls with or without rigid frame (brace systems and shear wall systems), increases the total rigidity of the building and the resulting system is named as braced frame or shear-walled frame system. These systems are

people. The company has been associated with some of the most prestigious projects in the USA and even beyond that. The company is known to handle some of the most challenging projects in the world over, the likes of which included the Sears Tower, Jin Mao Building in China, Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Center in China, besides many other names, and the latest accomplishment of the company has been in the form of Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which is the world's tallest building. A

Introduction In the past few years, international hospitality industry has been affected by globalisation, revolution of information technology, fragmentation of customer demand, and the emergence of economic integration of supplier in the networks. Globalisation means a process to reduce the barriers between one country to another (Brotherthon, 2003). Hence, it is a critical issue in the industry where the essence of the product is international and the encounter with the customer is intercultural

MAJESTICA HOTEL IN SHANGHAI? On March 20, 2005, Richard Roy, executive vicepresident of Majestica Hotels Inc., was in China, for negotiations with Commercial Properties of Shanghai Limited (CPS). They were discussing a possible management contract under which Majestica would be the operator of a new luxury hotel there owned by Shanghai Industrial Holdings. Majestica Hotels Inc. was one of the world’s leading operators of luxury hotels. The expansion into mainland China had been on management’s

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