California American Water’s Folsom Pump Station has received a Project of the Year Award from the American Public Works Association Sacramento Chapter (APWA). The award, which was given in the Large Agency Division - Environmental ...
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Some of these privileges are linked to inspiring and intimate places and locations that are open only to artists. In the Dutch city of Zundert, however, there is a new house that is open to everyone. Art-admirers and artists can be ...
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Chinese telco equipment and smartphone maker ZTE is struggling to sell its wares in a sluggish market, and in face of EU and US government investigations. Chinese telco equipment and smartphone maker ZTE is struggling to sell its wares in ...
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With the first half of 2012 experiencing favorable weather conditions, gains in residential and nonresidential construction activity and robust gains in cement intensities, the new forecast from the Portland Cement Association (PCA) nearly ...
With the first half of 2012 experiencing favorable weather conditions, gains in residential and nonresidential construction activity and robust gains in cement intensities, the new forecast from the Portland Cement Association (PCA) nearly ...
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Canadian retailer Metro Inc has broken ground on a produce and dairy products warehouse in Quebec. The Laval-based facility, set to open in March 2013, will replace the firm's warehouse located in Montreal's east end, it said. Built at ...
From January to May 2012, the investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) reached 10,892.4 billion yuan, up by 20.1 percent year-on-year, dropped 0.1 percentage points over the first four months. In May, the investment in fixed ...
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A US$136 million contract that FLSmidth has won from a US customer to upgrade a cement production facility includes three new fabric filters. The EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) project will convert one of the plant’s ...
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In the first four months of 2012, the investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) reached 7,559.2 billion yuan, up by 20.2 percent year-on-year, dropped 0.7 percentage points over the first three months. In April, the investment ...
Tags: Investment, Fixed Assets, rural households, China
Usually the articles I write feature change of some sort. Most often it’s a statistical series that has moved up or down. Sideways is the exception. A series that is well-known for its volatility is construction costs. That’s ...
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Connecticut construction officials are urging the industry to renew a building technique hundreds of years old as a way to save money and increase productivity today. The renewed push in prefabrication — or modular construction ...
April 2,2012--Portland,OR,02 April 2012:BlueSteel Services LLC,a reputed steel supplier,is offering ERW,DSAW and Spiral weld pipe pile that follow international quality standards and can be delivered directly to the client's job site.The ...
Blueberry Beeton’s late mother, Patsy Hennin, was fond of saying, “I may not be able to bash that beam into place, but I’m going to get it in there somehow.” Hennin, who founded the Shelter Institute in 1974 with her ...
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Bamboo is an important element of the balance of atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide storage capacity of bamboo is four times than hardwood, 35% of oxygen release than trees. Bamboo mesh roots can prevent soil erosion. Its ...
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Espoo will become a showcase for wood construction and know-how, utilising the latest research from Aalto University. Finland’s Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Aalto University and the City of Espoo have signed a cooperation ...
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