RFA Wave Knight Conducting RAS Operations. Replenishment at sea (RAS) (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation/Commonwealth of Nations) or Underway replenishment (UNREP) (US Navy) is a method of transferring fuel, munitions, and stores from one ship to another while under way. 1 History 1.1 Concept.
The international non-profit organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) was formed in 1969 and announces the title of The World's Tallest Building and sets the standards by which buildings are measured. It maintains a list of the 100 tallest completed buildings in the world. The organization currently ranks Burj Khalifa in Dubai as the tallest at 828 m (2,717 ft).
'World's largest building' opens in China. The New Century Global Centre building opens to the public in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province on June 28, 2013, the latest symbol of China's economic boom. The New Century Global Centre is claimed by Chinese officials to be the world's largest standalone structure.. Though Dubai boasts the tallest building in the world, Chengdu in southwest China is now home to what Chinese officials are calling the largest building in the world..