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Standing beneath the smoke-drenched skies outside the Francis Drake Hotel on Christmas morning, Dominique Howell began to feel overwhelmed with fear and uncertainty.

Two days earlier, Howell, 32, learned that she was pregnant, and now the apartment that took her months to find was ablaze with flames shooting out the windows. No one could tell her when or if she could return to the building to grab her few belongings; or how she would find a new place with a poor credit score amid a severe shortage of affordable rental units.

I feel like a refugee, said Howell, who was busy sweeping the floors of a crowded room at Bethlehem Baptist Church in downtown Minneapolis on Thursday. She and more than 100 others evacuated from the hotel slept there Christmas night. Its hard to wrap my head around the fact that Ive lost everything and there is no plan for a better living situation.

Even before the flames ignited the Drake Hotel in a Christmas Day blaze, there was a state of crisis for people struggling to find affordable housing.

The countys population of homeless adults has surged 40% in the past year, and the housing crisis had grown so dire that Gov. Tim Walz had just announced a new public-private sector partnership to secure millions of dollars to expand the states emergency shelter capacity.

And then came the fire, destroying an aging building that served as the countys only overflow shelter for families with children experiencing homelessness.

Fire crews finally vanquished the blaze at 416 S. 10th St. midday Thursday, but not before the city of Minneapolis used its emergency authority to order the demolition of part of the hotel, which opened in 1926.

Overnight, a crisis worsens

Overnight, a vital piece of the emergency shelter system a facility that, at its peak, housed 133 families who might otherwise be sleeping in the streets was gone, and city and county officials were scrambling to find new transitional housing within an already overstretched system.

The 111 people who evacuated from the Drake spent the night on cots in the assembly hall at Bethlehem Baptist Church. Half were children.

The Red Cross spoke with two other facilities that offered to help people in the longer-term and was working Thursday to determine which one would be the best fit, said regional CEO Phil Hansen.

It is still unclear, however, how the county will find new transitional housing to replace the Drake, which was considered the shelter of last resort for parents with children experiencing homelessness.

Most of the large shelters in the Twin Cities metro area, such as the Higher Ground Shelter and Salvation Armys Harbor Light Center, accommodate single adults and do not accept families.

About noon Thursday, children at the shelter were still running around in their pajamas, filled with nervous energy.

This persistent homelessness and the issue of housing becomes starkly real here, Walz said after walking amid the cots and talking to displaced residents at the church. We knew it was out there. Its always around us. But a lot of times, without these tragedies, it may not come home to people the same way.

Mike Herzing, who oversees safety and stability issues for Hennepin County Human Services, said staff had already begun assessing peoples needs.

In the short term, theyll try to work within the countys family shelter system.

The Drake served as the overflow, he said. As our family shelters filled up, the Drake was there to accept people who had no other places to go.

People at the church have been asking when they can return to the Drake Hotel to get their belongings.

But the eastern half is too dangerous to leave standing, according to the city.

Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development Director David Frank said he was on the site with others from the city and made the determination for a partial demolition based on what they could see from the outside.

The eastern roof of the three-story building collapsed during the fire, and then the third floor collapsed onto the second.

The second floor filled with water and debris, causing the walls to bow out with bricks being pushed loose from the wall.

Given the danger to the public who will soon be walking and driving past the right thing is to take down that portion of the building, Frank said.

After contractors begin their work, he said, theyll know more about whether the remainder of it should be demolished.

The Drake Hotel is owned by Leamington Co. Brian Short, the companys CEO, said Thursday afternoon that he hadnt yet been allowed inside but thought it looks like the correct decisions are being made.

Im very grateful that there was apparently no loss of life, but incredibly sad that people who live in the margins of society lost everything, Short said.

Its unclear what caused the fire. Investigators from the city and the State Fire Marshals office finished their on-scene work just before 1 p.m. Thursday. Minneapolis Fire Chief John Frue- tel said he expects investigators to release a formal report in a few days.

Inspection history

Under state law, the State Fire Marshal Division is required to inspect the hotel every three years.

The most recent inspection, on Nov. 9, 2018, found eight code violations, state records show.

The inspector ordered the building owner to remove obstructions blocking exits, display evacuation diagrams in guest rooms, ensure sprinkler systems were installed correctly in required areas and repair electrical hazards.

When the inspector returned for a follow-up in June, all of those violations had been fixed, said Jen Long-aecker, spokeswoman for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.

Many people displaced by the fire expressed their frustration and bitterness over conditions at the Drake Hotel.

Howell said she and her boyfriend moved into the Drake a year and a half ago because they were told it was affordable and safe.

She said there were cockroaches in the bedroom, mice that scratched and scurried in the walls at night, and water that ran brown from the faucets. The roof of the lobby leaked.

Even so, Howell said, she paid a monthly rent of $860, which is most of what she earns as a cook at a local restaurant.

That place was so rundown it should have been condemned years ago, she said. It was not fit for human habitation.

Short said that his company has leased the building to Drake Hotel Properties for roughly 20 years and that upkeep is really their responsibility, though his company does inspect the building periodically.

David Anderson, an attorney for Drake Hotel Properties, said he did not have information about any complaints like what Howell reported, but that the CEO, Tim Treiber, worked diligently to fix anything that was flagged during inspections by the required dates. In September, a city inspector noted mouse droppings.

Anderson described the fire as a triple tragedy. Many of the employees also lived on-site and are now homeless, too, he said.

Moving into the future, hopefully there will be a home for them, he said.

Staff writer Andy Mannix contributed to this report.

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CANTON The planned rebuild of the Canton Dairy Queen is moving forward with the stage being set to raze the ruins of the restaurant gutted by fire a year and a half ago to make way for new construction.

The owners, Gail Crabtree and John Putman (Audrey Guthrie, Inc. d/b/a Dairy Queen), filed a notice to demolish the burned out restaurant at 51 Gouverneur St. with the states Asbestos Control Bureau on Dec. 12.

Murray said the owners have just started the process of obtaining a demolition permit with his office.

According to the notice received by the state, the project start date is listed as Dec. 31, 2019 with a completion date of Dec. 31, 2020.

The demolition work will be done by Burke Excavation Demolition Inc. of Massena.

Atlantic Testing Laboratories of Canton is to monitor the air for asbestos during the work. JEDA Environmental of Massena will be hauling the demolition waste from the site to the Franklin County Landfill in Constable, the notice said.

The restaurant at 51 Gouverneur St., built in 1950, was destroyed following a break-in and arson in August 2018. The structure was declared a total loss. The owners plan to rebuild the restaurant and reopen. The total project is estimated to cost $972,964.

The village has secured a $195,000 Community Development Block Grant from the state Office of Community Renewal for the project. The money is dedicated to reimburse the owners for new equipment costs for the rebuild.

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The city has been razing the annex behind city hall for about two weeks. But during these last few days of the year, the demolition has become more visible to drivers and passersby.

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Questions are being raised about demolition applications filed with the city of New Orleans as part of the plan to tear down the partially collapsed Hard Rock construction site. The 18-story structure, which still holds two bodies of the three construction workers killed in the collapse, has had an uncertain future since it caved in Oct. 12. The city announced recently that the site cannot be safely imploded and must be demolished piece by piece. Mayor LaToya Cantrell said engineers want to bring in large cranes to pluck apart the debris and recover the bodies. She said the heavy equipment needs clear lines of sight to safely operate, which is why three buildings near the Hard Rock could be demolished.The Hard Rock site sits on the corner of Rampart and Canal Streets, with no buildings on the street-facing sides.We have our people that need to get out of that building, Cantrell said Monday. Public safety has always led us. It will continue to, but as it relates to the adjacent buildings, I would say Im absolutely in favor of the demolition should it come down to a line of sight making it safer to deal with the demolition of the Hard Rock.1031 Canal Development owns the Hard Rock site and the three buildings that could also be torn down, located at 1019 and 1027 Canal St. and 1022 Iberville St. New Orleans City Council member Kristen Gisleson Palmer said she has not been briefed on the newly filed permits but the interest of the owners is concerning.We need to do our due diligence, because basically it could become a much larger development and I think you have to be thoughtful about that, Palmer said. We have to make sure that this isnt a potential land grab.An attorney for 1031 Canal Development, Steven Dwyer, said the owners only objective is public safety. In a statement to WDSU, Dwyer said: The plan for demolition is not being developed by the owner. It is being developed by professional engineers who are working for the owner and who are working for the city. The professionals are developing from a scientific point of view the safest method for demolition. The owners are in no way influencing the work of the engineers. They are following the professional opinion of the engineers to develop the safest possible plan.WDSU requested copies of the demolition permit applications from the city of New Orleans on Monday. The city cited the recent cyberattack on city government, which has left the permitting office offline, for denying that public records request.

Questions are being raised about demolition applications filed with the city of New Orleans as part of the plan to tear down the partially collapsed Hard Rock construction site. The 18-story structure, which still holds two bodies of the three construction workers killed in the collapse, has had an uncertain future since it caved in Oct. 12. The city announced recently that the site cannot be safely imploded and must be demolished piece by piece.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell said engineers want to bring in large cranes to pluck apart the debris and recover the bodies. She said the heavy equipment needs clear lines of sight to safely operate, which is why three buildings near the Hard Rock could be demolished.

The Hard Rock site sits on the corner of Rampart and Canal Streets, with no buildings on the street-facing sides.

We have our people that need to get out of that building, Cantrell said Monday. Public safety has always led us. It will continue to, but as it relates to the adjacent buildings, I would say Im absolutely in favor of the demolition should it come down to a line of sight making it safer to deal with the demolition of the Hard Rock.

1031 Canal Development owns the Hard Rock site and the three buildings that could also be torn down, located at 1019 and 1027 Canal St. and 1022 Iberville St. New Orleans City Council member Kristen Gisleson Palmer said she has not been briefed on the newly filed permits but the interest of the owners is concerning.

We need to do our due diligence, because basically it could become a much larger development and I think you have to be thoughtful about that, Palmer said. We have to make sure that this isnt a potential land grab.

An attorney for 1031 Canal Development, Steven Dwyer, said the owners only objective is public safety. In a statement to WDSU, Dwyer said: The plan for demolition is not being developed by the owner. It is being developed by professional engineers who are working for the owner and who are working for the city. The professionals are developing from a scientific point of view the safest method for demolition. The owners are in no way influencing the work of the engineers. They are following the professional opinion of the engineers to develop the safest possible plan.

WDSU requested copies of the demolition permit applications from the city of New Orleans on Monday. The city cited the recent cyberattack on city government, which has left the permitting office offline, for denying that public records request.

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IT wasn't always an intentional battle, but within hours of the quake a pendulum began swinging between the competing interests of demolition and heritage. The first casualty was the multi-storey Newcastle RSL on the corner of King Street and Perkins Street, its walls knocked in by a pair of crane jibs that afternoon. Its roof had caved in and engineers quickly declared it unsafe, but the speed with which it disappeared helped spark fears that the tremor would become a developers' dream to remodel the ageing city centre. Fashion designer Lindsay Otto - mother of actress Miranda - had shops on the ground floor. She said that even with the problematic upper floors gone, and the ground floor intact, she was refused entry and lost $60,000 in stock, bulldozed into rubble. But it was the George Hotel opposite Newcastle railway station - now the site of the Metro apartment block - that really got temperatures rising. Days after the quake, Newcastle council ordered it and the adjacent Carrington Chambers in Watt Street demolished. Lord mayor John McNaughton was in the Herald saying an aftershock could "happen like that" - clicking his fingers - and "those two buildings will tumble to the street". Conservationists including the National Trust disagreed. Their engineers said the buildings could be saved. Peter Evans, then chairman of the City Centre Committee and an owner of the George and its Scott Street neighbour Royal Court, was adamant they needed to come down. Still active in public life and president of the Newcastle show association, Evans is now fighting his own heritage battle over historic Broadmeadow showgrounds buildings threatened by redevelopment. Today Evans says he "likes old buildings" but that the demolitions were "necessary". He says he had just spent $100,000 on the George, including fire protection, and would go on to repair another quake-damaged building - a Menkens-designed Masonic temple in Beaumont Street that is now the Depot restaurant. Demolition of the George continued despite a Land and Environment Court injunction obtained by Maitland conservationist Dion Ackland and delivered by his solicitor, Richard Anicich - another still playing a leading role in public life, most recently as chairman of the Committee for the Hunter. Work stopped for a while on the Sunday morning, but the wrecking ball had moved from the George to the Carrington, leaving both buildings with major damage to their exteriors. Ackland, realising it was too late, withdrew the injunction and demolition resumed in front of a crowd of onlookers and protesters. In many ways, the earthquake acted as a turning point for heritage in Newcastle. While the city lost some prominent buildings that might have been saved with money and willpower, the debate brought a new focus on the city's remaining 19th century streetscapes. Leading activists included the indomitable Margaret Henry, who formed the Citizens Earthquake Action Group, and Keith Parsons, chair of the National Trust's Hunter committee. Today, Iris Capital's East End project retains its historic Hunter Street mall facades, an example of a once-reluctant city valuing its heritage.

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IT wasn't always an intentional battle, but within hours of the quake a pendulum began swinging between the competing interests of demolition and heritage.

The first casualty was the multi-storey Newcastle RSL on the corner of King Street and Perkins Street, its walls knocked in by a pair of crane jibs that afternoon.

Its roof had caved in and engineers quickly declared it unsafe, but the speed with which it disappeared helped spark fears that the tremor would become a developers' dream to remodel the ageing city centre.

Fashion designer Lindsay Otto - mother of actress Miranda - had shops on the ground floor. She said that even with the problematic upper floors gone, and the ground floor intact, she was refused entry and lost $60,000 in stock, bulldozed into rubble.

But it was the George Hotel opposite Newcastle railway station - now the site of the Metro apartment block - that really got temperatures rising.

Days after the quake, Newcastle council ordered it and the adjacent Carrington Chambers in Watt Street demolished.

Lord mayor John McNaughton was in the Herald saying an aftershock could "happen like that" - clicking his fingers - and "those two buildings will tumble to the street".

Conservationists including the National Trust disagreed. Their engineers said the buildings could be saved.

Peter Evans, then chairman of the City Centre Committee and an owner of the George and its Scott Street neighbour Royal Court, was adamant they needed to come down.

Still active in public life and president of the Newcastle show association, Evans is now fighting his own heritage battle over historic Broadmeadow showgrounds buildings threatened by redevelopment.

DAMAGED INSIDE BUT INTACT: The George Hotel and Carrington Chambers, after the quake but before their demolition began on the weekend of January 6 and 7.

Today Evans says he "likes old buildings" but that the demolitions were "necessary".

He says he had just spent $100,000 on the George, including fire protection, and would go on to repair another quake-damaged building - a Menkens-designed Masonic temple in Beaumont Street that is now the Depot restaurant.

Demolition of the George continued despite a Land and Environment Court injunction obtained by Maitland conservationist Dion Ackland and delivered by his solicitor, Richard Anicich - another still playing a leading role in public life, most recently as chairman of the Committee for the Hunter.

Work stopped for a while on the Sunday morning, but the wrecking ball had moved from the George to the Carrington, leaving both buildings with major damage to their exteriors.

NOT QUITE RIGHT: This Australian Financial Review article from August 1, 1991, shows how quickly the narrative changed. The George Hotel, as we have reminded people this week, was smashed to pieces by demolition, not the earthquake.

Ackland, realising it was too late, withdrew the injunction and demolition resumed in front of a crowd of onlookers and protesters.

In many ways, the earthquake acted as a turning point for heritage in Newcastle.

While the city lost some prominent buildings that might have been saved with money and willpower, the debate brought a new focus on the city's remaining 19th century streetscapes.

Leading activists included the indomitable Margaret Henry, who formed the Citizens Earthquake Action Group, and Keith Parsons, chair of the National Trust's Hunter committee.

Today, Iris Capital's East End project retains its historic Hunter Street mall facades, an example of a once-reluctant city valuing its heritage.

Protesters in front of the site of the demolished George and Carrington buildings, with Newcastle railway station in the background. Picture: David Wicks

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Newcastle Earthquake 30 years later, Part VI: Opposing forces of demolition and preservation - Newcastle Herald

KARACHI - The Sindh government has decided to build eight more prisons in the province, as the existing prisons are overcrowded with 17,239 inmates against a total capacity of 13,038.

Sindh Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah and Federal Ombudsman Syed Tahir Shahbaz on Thursday in a joint meeting reviewed the prevailing situation of prisons in Sindh, said a statement. They were informed that prisoners from other districts of province are confined in existing jails as many districts have no jails.

The Sindh Chief Secretary opined that each district should have its own jail. The meeting was informed that new barracks are being built at existing prisons in Malir to increase the capacity. The chief secretary informed that government plans construction of new prisons in Thatta, Nawabshah, Qambar-Shahdadkot, Mithi, Kandhkot, Jamshoro, Malir and District West. He directed Home Secretary to prepare summary for allocating 100 and 200 hundred acres of land for proposed jails in Malir and District West respectively. Reviewing the facilities being provided to inmates in prisons as per recommendations of Federal Ombudsman, the meeting was informed that several projects are underway for welfare of the inmates.

These projects include vocational training to 4623 inmates in computer, beautician, carpenter, motor-winding, electrician, handicrafts, embroidery and other trades besides English language courses. Moreover, 6886 inmates are imparted education from primary to masters.

As many as 200 policemen have also completed training. The provincial government has also paid the amount of Dayat, Daman and Arsh for 33 prisoners.

Federal Ombudsman Syed Tahir Shahbaz informed that his office has so far submitted four reports on implementation of jail reforms at Supreme Court while another report would be submitted in first week of January 2020. Syed Tahir Shahbaz also appreciated the provincial government for bringing reforms in jails of the Sindh province.

Inspector General of Sindh Police (IGP) Dr Syed Kaleem Imam on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting on law and order situation and strategy of the Sindh Police here.

All the officials concerned are directed with regard to security arrangements in connection with the programs on the martyrdom of Benazir Bhutto and on the eve of New Year celebrations, said a statement on Thursday.

All Additional IGs, DIGs, district SSPs and other officials concerned participated in the meeting via video link while senior police officials posted at the Central Police Office joined the meeting themselves.

Speaking at the meeting, the Sindh police chief said that foolproof security and traffic arrangements should be made on December 27 across Sindh, to facilitate the participants of the program which would be organised to observe the martyrdom of Benazir Bhutto. The meeting also directed to make overall strict security arrangements at the beach, public places in different areas on the occasion of new years celebrations.

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With this tumultuous year finally coming to an end, let's take a look back and dig through some of the most exciting and stand-out news and feature stories on Archinect during the month of February.

Tiny homes are fitting symbols of economic precarity

We didn't expect "tiny-houser millennials" to be a thing one day either, but in 2019, they just seemed to be everywhere. The scope of motivations behind the movement is anything but tiny though.

Architect Julia Koerner blends design, technology, and fashion to help Black Panther win an Oscar in best costume design

Black Panther, released in 2018 and Oscar-awarded in the following year, moved the cultural needle in so many regards. Contributing to the Academy Award-winning costume design by Ruth E. Carter was Austrian-born and LA-based architectural educator and designer Julia Koerner. Archinect's Katherine Guimapang had the chance to sit down with Koerner and chat about Wakanda, Zulu attire, parametric design, and 3D printing.

Fuhgeddaboudit: Amazon drops NYC Headquarters plans

While the breaking news announcement of Amazon's New York rejection seems like an eternity ago, the online retailer has meanwhile reversed, or at least adjusted, course and made its intent to lease NYC office spaces for more than 1,500 employees public earlier this month.

AIA issues statement of support for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal

Ah yes, the Green New Deal. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey introduced the ambitious proposal in early February because, well, you gotta start somewhere, right? As expected, the comment section flared up fervidly, just like our planet has been doing since the beginning of the industrial age.

Why is Florida's coastal real estate still booming despite rising levels?

Optimism: good. Optimism paired with lots of investor money and climate-change denial in flood-prone coastal regions: less than good. So what's driving South Florida's condominium-building boom?

Is it a Museum? An Up Close and Personal Review of Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Broad Museum

In the second installment of Archinect's Under the Skin series on significant buildings in Los Angeles, writer Patrick Geske visits and reviews the DS+R/Gensler-designed The Broad...art gallery? Public art storage? Art museum even? All things considered, the building earns, in Geske's critical view, a solid meh.

Does the future of the Los Angeles Rams go beyond football? The new $5 billion dollar stadium impacts more than just fans

Another LA structure made the headlines that month: the nation's second largest city is finally getting a state-of-the-art NFL stadium (haven't you heard?). At a budget of $5,000,000,000, those hot dog stands better be good.

Moshe Safdie's Chongqing megadevelopmentfeaturing the world's highest, tower-spanning sky bridgereaches structural completion

If you thought Singapore's Marina Bay Sands connected triple towers were cool, check out the eight-tower ensemble Raffles City Chongqing with its record-setting 300-meter sky bridge, also designed by Safdie Architects. After announcing structural completion in February, the behemoth development in China's heartland already celebrated the soft opening of its first phase, an enormous five-story shopping mall, in September, reportedly attracting a crowd of 900,000 shoppers in one weekend.

What will be the fate of Jon Jerde's iconic Horton Plaza?

While PoMo chic is enjoying some sort of a revival among the younger crowds who may have missed its original rise, the future of Jon Jerde's spectacular Horton Plaza in San Diego looks rather bleak. While a recent law suit may or may not have any impact on the planned redevelopment of the iconic shopping mall canyon, interior demolition is reportedly already underway.

First photos of Kengo Kuma-designed Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Tokyo

Ever sipped on your venti decaf soy frappuccino blended caramel crme eight-pump mo' whip and thought: "This would be so much better if the place was designed by a Japanese star architect?" Enter Kengo Kuma's new Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Tokyo.

An Interview with Frank Gehry, Who Turns 90 Today, Upon Receiving the Neutra Award for Professional Excellence

"For me and for my colleagues, you were responsible for liberating us, liberating architectureAs if architecture was rock n roll, you were the Woodstock for us." OrhanAyyce in conversation with the man himself, Frank Owen Gehry.

A Conversation with Theaster Gates; Archinect Sessions Episode #136

Chicago's Renaissance man Theaster Gates joined us for a delightful conversation on the Archinect Sessions podcast. Topics covered span from the reuse of the city's diseased ash trees for the new University of Chicago Keller Center, to hand skills, black labor, neighborhood communities, all the way to socio-cultural readings of beauty.

London's third Design Biennial to be directed by Es Devlin and will explore the theme of 'Resonance'

Award-winning British artist and stage designer Es Devlin has been making a splash for years now with her unique blend of technology, light, sound, and poetry. (Take a look at her country's Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai here.)

Throughout his legendary career, Karl Lagerfeld fused fashion and architecture

In February, we said adieu and auf Wiedersehen to a multifaceted and larger-than-life icon: fashion designer, photographer, director, curator, interior decorator, and furniture designer Karl Lagerfeld died at age 85.

Robots will be in charge of the design, manufacturing, and construction of the upcoming Seoul Robot Science Museum

Robots envisioning and building their own home. What could possibly go wrong. Human responses in the comment section are 0 and 1 on this one.

Introducing Archinect Jobs Visualizer; Browse the Best Architecture Job Board in a New, More Visual Format

Ah snap, did the best architecture job board just get better? February saw the arrival of our Archinect Jobs Visualizer, allowing job seekers to discover new career opportunities with a special focus on the work of firms currently hiring on Archinect Jobs.

Render vs Reality: Mecanoo nails it. Take a look.

The good folks at Mecanoo were showing off their sense of humorand commitment to qualitywith their"Render vs Reality" Pinterest board. Yeah, that's gonna be a yes from us dawg.

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Global Automotive Wiring Harness Market: About this marketThis automotive wiring harness market analysis considers sales from chassis, sensors, and HVAC. Our study also finds the sales of automotive wiring harness in APAC, Europe, MEA, North America, and South America. In 2019, the chassis segment had a significant market share, and this trend is expected to continue over the forecast period. Factors such as the high installation rate of complex and advanced electronics in chassis control systems will play a significant role in the chassis segment to maintain its market position. Also, our global automotive wiring harness market report looks at factors such as increasing penetration of automotive electronics, increasing demand for battery electric vehicles, and increasing the use of advanced materials for wire harness. However, declining sales of automobiles, reliability issues leading to a product recall, and stringent regulatory norms and standards for automotive wiring may hamper the growth of the automotive wiring harness industry over the forecast period.

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Global Automotive Wiring Harness Market: OverviewIncreasing the use of advanced materials for wire harnessThe global automotive wiring harness market is witnessing the increasing use of newer and advanced materials, which are improving the overall performance of the harnesses. Prominent vendors in the automotive wiring harness market have started to use advanced electrical materials to manufacture the harnesses as they are often subjected to extreme temperature and pressure. Materials such as advanced radiation cross-linked fluoropolymer insulation are used to provide robustness, high-temperature resistance, and protection against any damages. Vendors are using advanced grade insulators, conductors, and sheath for wires and cables to enable high mechanical performance. Thus, the rising use of advanced materials is expected to make the wiring harnesses durable, which will lead to the expansion of the global automotive wiring harness market at a CAGR of almost 4% during the forecast period.Advances in autonomous vehiclesR&D initiatives pertaining to the development of autonomous vehicles have increased significantly in the last five years. Advanced wiring harnesses are increasingly being used in autonomous vehicles due to the deployment of electronic systems in these automobiles. Autonomous vehicles use high-level automation systems that generate high volumes of data. Therefore, they require advanced high-voltage wiring harnesses to ensure optimum performance. Furthermore, growing initiatives and funding among the several stakeholders of the automotive sector for developing autonomous vehicles will have a positive impact on the overall market growth.

Competitive LandscapeWith the presence of several major players, the global automotive wiring harness market is highly fragmented. This robust vendor analysis is designed to help clients improve their market position, and in line with this, this report provides a detailed analysis of several leading automotive wiring harness manufacturers, that include Aptiv Plc, Fujikura Ltd., Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd., Kyungshin Co. Ltd., Lear Corp., LEONI AG, Nexans SA, Samvardhana Motherson Group, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd., and Yazaki Corp.Also, the automotive wiring harness market analysis report includes information on upcoming trends and challenges that will influence market growth. This is to help companies strategize and leverage on all forthcoming growth opportunities.

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