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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) Tishman Construction Corporation of Washington, DC, research director of the Center for Education Wall, announced Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president of VVMF.

Education Centre on the wall is a learning facility under construction on the National Mall near the Vietnam Veterans and Lincoln memories that embodies faces to names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and to celebrate the values of America? ? s service members.

â? In search of a site manager, wanted VVMF to a company that can find the difficult challenges of working on a building in an area historically important, â understand? Scruggs said. â? Tishman is the construction manager of the new A building on the World Trade Center in New York, we feel the company is particularly well suited to build on national Mall.â ???? p

Tishman also has a long history of work on projects in Washington, DC, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the American Pharmacists Association headquarters and Ronald Reagan Building.

Education Centre on the wall is already well advanced in the approval process for the approval of federal commissions and local agencies, the new additions to the National Mall must and will continue this cooperation work Tishman what the design development moves forward.

â? At a time Wea? again reminded daily of the sacrifices that Americans in uniform you will need to take daily, can be selected for the work of this magnitude is an honor and a source of pride for everyone at Tishman, â? said Daniel R. Tishman, chairman and CEO of Tishman and vice president of AECOM. â? We look forward to a project that provides visitors with a sense of history available and serve as a suitable place to so many memories of the memory that have been millions of visitors to the memorial works left display. Vietnam veterans ???? p

Education Centre at The Wall was designed to minimize the visual impact on the site and the historic landscapes of the National Mall will comply with strict design standards by the owners and operators, the National Park Service. The center has a courtyard that is open to is the use of natural light in the middle. Given the importance of the aid? Greena? Technology, the project team consider the features of sustainable design and construction techniques to pursue LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) silver.

The centerpiece of the exhibition is a wall of photos larger than life for those whose names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, on her birthday. Other ads leave presents some of the more than 100,000 articles have been dedicated to the wall, a timeline of key military events of the Vietnam War and the history of memory. The center celebrates the values embodied by All America? Membersâ s service? Loyalty, duty, respect, service, honor, integrity and courage? And one of the exhibits feature photographs of those who was in America? s conflict, of revolutionary war in Iraq.

Architects, LLP, formerly known as Polshek Partnership Architects is known, the design of the Education Center on the wall. Some New York City-based company? S Other prominent projects, the William J. Clinton Presidential Center, the Newseum and the Museum of Natural History in Utah.

, which was currently the largest firm in the implementation of design museums around the world, selected to create exhibitions in the Education Center on the wall. RAAA? S previous projects include the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Newseum and the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.

, USA (ret.) is the honorary chairman of the campaign fund-raising dollars for the training to build. VVMF has raised a million for the project, including the lead gift to fit millions of Time Warner and a recent million Matching Grant from the San Antonio Spurs owner Peter Holt, all donations to his home state of Texas instead of dollars.

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founded in 1898 and is Tishman Construction Corporation (www.tishmanconstruction.com) one of the world? S leading manufacturer and currently manages the construction of the 1776 high for yards One World Trade Center in New York and the new headquarters of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Washington, DC Tishman recently AECOM Technology Corp., a global provider of joined Professional technical support and management a wide range of markets including transportation, facilities, environment, energy, water and government. A Fortune 500 company, AECOM? S 48,000 employees serve customers in more than 100 countries, the company achieved a turnover of 0, 3 billion in the 12 months to 30 June 2010. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at www.aecom.com.

founded in 1979 and is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (www.vvmf.org) dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, promoting healing and education on the effects of the Vietnam War. Authorized by Congress with the most recent initiative is the construction of the training center on the wall, an underground facility near the memorial, which will help visitors discover the stories of those on the wall and celebrate the values are embodied by all members, the service across America served? s wars. Other initiatives include Memorial Fund educational programs for students and teachers, a traveling Wall replica that honors veterans of our country and a program of humanitarian assistance and mine action in Vietnam. To learn more about the education center on the wall, visit www.buildthecenter.org.

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John Gallagher
Tishman Construction Corporation

(212) 708-6882

Gallagher (at) Tishman (dot) com

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Suzanne Halpin

Rubenstein Associates

(212) 843-8283

Shalpin (at) Rubenstein (dot) com

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