Buoyed by sustained demand for apartments and condominiums, coupled with state and local governments moving ahead with delayed public projects, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) has been positive for seven consecutive months. As a ...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that Beazer East has finished soil cleanup at 103 residential structures at the Cabot Koppers site in Gainesville, Fla. The cleanup was accomplished with 100% participation from property ...
Tags: soil cleanup, Construction
Equip’Hotel is: A direct contact with the final user Equip’Hotel welcomes 24 000 Decision-makers, 22 000 Contract Catering, 27 000 Restaurant owners, Cafes/Bars, 26 000 Hoteliers. In 2008, Equip’Hotel will be ...
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The Multifamily Production Index (MPI), an indicator for the multifamily market released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), posted a gain of five points to a reading of 58 for the second quarter. It is the 10th straight ...
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According to the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the number of buildings authorized by building permits from municipalities in Turkey in the first half of the current year increased to 74,214, up 24.6 percent from ...
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing a $331,000 low-interest loan to the City of Rochester, New York to clean up abandoned and contaminated properties. The funding is being awarded under the EPA’s ...
Tags: EPA, Contaminated Soil, Protection
Property developer Weston Homes will unveil the new developments featuring tiles from RAK Ceramics in August and September. Bathrooms and en suites at show apartments in Morello Quarter, Basildon; Aura at Edgware; and Evron Wharf, ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Ceramic
You've probably seen our Facebook posts for Throwback Thursday. And while we often poke a little fun at the colorful, busy designs depicted in those vintage ads, we have a lot of respect for the designer responsible for those creations. ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, designer, furniture designer, furniture
Recently power supply bureau of Jiangdu District in Yangzhou finished the JAC Motors 100,000 pickups project new lines and secondary generator to make sure smooth production of the project in Yangzhou. Yangzhou 100,000 Pickups Project is ...
Residents in Tangshan are very familiar with the concept of oversupply. A severe glut in the steel industry has put many jobs at risk in the northeastern Chinese city that counts the metal as one of its primary exports. But the oversupply ...
Tags: Housing Market, Crashing Down
Kincaid Furniture's build-your-own custom upholstery program, available at authorized retail locations across the country, offers more than 13,000 ways to build a custom sofa. "When someone comes into a retail store looking for a sofa, ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Sofa
A growing economy, pent-up demand, competitive mortgage rates and affordable home prices will keep housing on an upward trajectory through 2015. However, several obstacles including tight consumer credit, shortages of lots and labor and ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Lowe's Home Centers, one of the nation's largest home improvement retailers, has agreed to implement a comprehensive, corporate-wide compliance program at its over 1,700 stores nationwide to ensure that the contractors it hires to perform ...
Tags: EPA, certification, Construction
The increase brought spending to an annual $930.5 billion annual rate, after a revised 0.8% rise the prior month. Spending on private residential construction increased 2.6% in December to an annual pace of $325.6 billion, the highest ...
Tags: Construction Spending, private residential, commercial projects
The Italian Trade Commission and Confindustria Ceramica are searching for the most original and imaginative spaces by North American architects and designers using Italian ceramic tile for the chance to win $4,000 and a five-day trip to ...