Production of apartments and condominiums gained momentum in the second quarter of 2013, according to the latest Multifamily Production Index (MPI), released recently by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The index increased ...
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So, you are rooting for information about cork flooring, because of the faded carpets or the non-functional hardwood flooring in your house. For home owners like you, there are a variety of options such as natural or floating cork flooring ...
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) honored the top 10 "green" building projects for 2013 at the AIA National Convention and Design Exposition, June 20-22 in Denver, and at least five of the ...
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The scaffold platform is recognized as a structure that is specially designed to support the construction or renovation work at the construction site. The scaffold structure is an arrangement of the planks and the metal poles that are made ...
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Simplicity Sofas is a young company that was established in 2007 and makes ready to assemble sofas. The timing at the beginning of a stubborn recession could have put it in trouble, but the company has flourished and grown steadily year ...
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) honored the top 10 "green" building projects for 2013 at the AIA National Convention and Design Exposition, June 20-22 in Denver, and at least five of the ...
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The National Development and Reform Commission is pestering and probing 60 foreign drug makers regarding the prices at which they sell their wares in China. Scrutiny of the foreign drug sector in China made headlines in June when ...
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The sauna was first invented in Greece by the proto-archaeic tribe of Myceanes. King Alexander of Itheon, according to scripture found in the Mycen palace by the Finnish archaeologist Hermanni Mustajärvi in 1916, is considered as the ...
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Africa In Africa, on the whole, saunas are kept at a much lower temperature than in Europe. Asia In Iran, most gyms, hotels and almost all public swimming pools have indoor saunas. It is very common for swimming pools to have two ...
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Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today that it has been awarded a £121 million contract for an 18-storey hotel, leisure and apartment complex in North Greenwich Peninsula, London for Grove Developments ...
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In US housing construction the building starts in the twelve months up to and including May increased by 6.8% by comparison with the twelve month period up to and including April to 914,000. Building starts of multiple dwelling buildings, ...
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Fancy window dressing doesn't matter if beyond the curtains lies an atrocity masked by colorful draperies. Over the years, Griffith learned this lesson with the massive 900-plus-unit, 3,000-resident Mansards Apartments complex. "Learned" ...
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China has built glittering metropolises in the span of roughly three decades of reform and opening. But in an equal span of time, shiny urban centers risk losing their shining façades or even descending into slums thanks to poor ...
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Are you bugged by frequent power shut down, low voltage and poor supply of fuel in your state? You need not worry about this anymore. Thanks to technological advancement that has helped us innovate alternate sources of energy like solar, ...
Nationwide housing starts rose 6.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 914,000 units in May due primarily to increased production on the multifamily side, according to newly released data from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. ...