Iraqi forces develop engineering capabilities
8th Division ILAV Badger with claw on October 20, 2008. Photo courtesy of DVIDS ... . There are two major groupings of engineering units. Construction engineers build things, like bridges ... on construction, although they do build obstacles and minefields. Their primary focus is on clearing enemy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 16:25:48
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The Best Looking Building
by David I think we all know that today’s economy is a big mess! Individuals and businesses alike are doing their best to survive ... in construction as it is generally cheaper than most other means of building construction. Also ... ? By expanding into another building. I’m not talking about renting out someone else’s space. Rather [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 01:13:58
Counstruction industry builds on strength
The construction industry is building on the strength of the South East as low interest rates and increased government grants provide a welcome ... deciding to begin construction of their dream homes. Mr Thompson’s franchise currently has 25 ... housing venture, but recent drops in interest rates has seen renewed activity. Hotondo Homes [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 23:20:11
Grading Your Landscape
by Kent Higgins Not every home on the block has an ideal environment, ... a clean, dry basement that will not flood. The first step in lawn or garden construction is rough ... and build any type of construction. The most common type of landscaping issue is the grading. Ideally [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:37:50
Promise of Stimulus Lifts PowerShares Building & Construction ETF
After dipping to a 52-week low in late November, PowerShares Dynamic Building and Construction (PKB) rallied quickly in December, proffering a 36 ... and engineering services for the building and remodeling of residential, commercial and industrial [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 11:23:29
Revamped LEED ratings emphasize climate, energy conservation
By Michael Burnham Greenwire: BOSTON — The U.S. Green Building Council is remodeling its LEED rating system for buildings, ... construction materials, optimizing indoor air quality and reducing water consumption. However, a full ... that is 12 percent more efficient than the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 17:54:22
What Are You Watching on TV? What Good Movies Have You Seen?
I started today off with a rather unwholesome breakfast, but it was yummy and I’ve felt a bit sick recently, so therefore I forgive myself ... of it, huh? Oh well! I can’t worry about that while I’m trying to construct plans to build my own ... - especially when they see the very normal room covered in dirty laundry and action figures… Ahem, anyway [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 15:26:17
How To Build A House, Construction Check Off List
2565422169_b230d1ab69.jpg Ok, here we are. We have a building lot that has been cleared and pilings are set for our new “ocean style” house on pilings in Holden Beach, NC but how did we get our construction to this point? As a builder, it’ ... House plans must be submitted to county for approval and permit. Costs are around $800 If you [more...]
Date: 2008-06-10 00:40:14
The Essentials of E-commerce
You may have been proficient at getting customers to buy products from your store in town, but online business is an entirely different game ... than paying the architecture and construction company to build the facility for a traditional ... software tend to look very similar to one another. Commercial solutions are generally easier [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 02:08:57
EaterWire: Molly's Doomed, To Make Way for Office Space
Molly's on Vine, Hollywood HOLLYWOOD—Via the tipline, we get word of very dangerous times for Molly's, ... shot/locksmith and hamburger stand, and the construction of an eight-story office building ... building at the end of February. Per a Community Redevelopment Agency notice:The development [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 20:46:43
Build Green Building
Green building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings use resources energy, water, ... the building’s lifecycle, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal ... placements, stone floors, roof overhangs, reflective barriers and other techniques to control natural [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 14:54:15
Upcoming Phoenix Architecture Events
I received notice of these three upcoming architecture events in Phoenix via email. Reprinted below with permission ( ... an exhibit at the College of Architecture and Design which showcased Beadle’s work. Constructions: Buildings ... ://www.sunnyslopehistoricalsociety.org Highlights include five historic and contemporary homes with diverse architecture [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 03:33:28
Review: Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Xbox 360)
What do playing with Legos, racing, and cartoons have in common? Throw what makes each one of these fun into a blender, and you’ll get Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. When I was growing up, I used to spend hours on end building things with Legos. Whenever I got a new set, I would dutifully construct the building or vehicle to the proper plans, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 15:30:18
Green Building Standards Under Construction
The world's leading certification system for sustainable architecture is set to undergo its most sweeping changes in 2009 ... efficiency, water conservation, and indoor air quality has surged in popularity in the past two years ... a maximum of 69 points for various environmental quality improvements. A building that receives 26 [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 22:52:24
Green Building Standards Under Construction
The world's leading certification system for sustainable architecture is set to undergo its most sweeping changes in 2009 ... efficiency, water conservation, and indoor air quality has surged in popularity in the past two years ... a maximum of 69 points for various environmental quality improvements. A building that receives 26 [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 10:00:00
The View from Abu Dhabi
I've spent the last couple of days in Abu Dhabi at the World Future Energy Summit ... in the US and internationally--building our pipeline while prudently managing our construction schedule based ... construction starts on new wind and solar projects. However, there is very strong optimism about the long [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 05:29:55
Buffett Buys More Burlington Northern
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Corp (NYSE: BRK-A) disclosed today that it had increased his Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (NYSE: BNI) ... . The company also offers transportation services for industrial products, including construction ... ; building products comprising lumber, plywood, oriented strand board, particleboard, paper products [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 00:19:01
Cal-a-Vie: French Romance in Southern California
Remember this house designed by Cote de Texas Top Designer #7 Gerrie Bremermann? The house is owned by Terri and John Havens, of New Orleans ... on a massive restoration and remodeling, turning the picturesque property into a French dream. California ... trek to France each year to collect furniture, construction materials and even buildings to bring [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 07:30:00
Slump hits architects, billings at 13-year low
... click to enlarge! • Click to enlarge A survey of architects shows that construction of commercial buildings likely will drop in the next nine ... was 38.3, also a historic low, the statement said. Scores by region: Northeast: 39.5 South ... sector — schools, hospitals and public buildings — is also beginning to react to tighter credit [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 02:00:28
Remodeling Tricks For Your Old Bedroom
by Alix Montoya There are literally hundreds of ideas for simple remodeling jobs for an old bedroom available in the market nowadays ... , your bedroom is your refuge during troubling times. Keep in mind that you need to keep it as cozy ... Tags: bedroom, building, construction, contractor, design, fabric, Home & Garden, home improvement [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 08:41:07
Microsoft Delays Expansion Plans; Job Cuts Next?
When Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings after the close on Thursday, ... , including a freeze on new building construction on its headquarters campus in Redmond, according ... would provide an obvious forum for discussing and explaining the plan.” MSFT this morning is down [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:36:46
One Year Old/ Obama-rama
January 20, 2009 in change, friendship | Tags: Barack Obama, change, inauguration, life, work | by Jane Moneypenny As of January 13, ... s Facebook comments. The air condition was broken (yes, it’s that warm in Austin), the building was shaking from construction, but it still a once-in-a-lifetime experience. And while I have a large group [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 03:43:12
Three Things Every Contractor Should Know Before Signing That Construction Contract for Building Remediation
by G. Trippe Hawthorne and Mark D. Mese In a perfect world, Contractors would only do business with owners, designers, subcontractors, ... , if you are doing remediation, are you going to be paid by the property owner, the building tenant ... you are working? Are those asbestos tiles? Is that mold in the corner? The last thing you need [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 13:20:04
QUEENS PIER, RAMSEY- WHY SAVE NOW? - MY WORLD
Queens Pier Ramsey - To save or not to save?I was going to The Grand Island Hotel and it's close next month but today we had breaking news ... building materials during construction, ran along the centre and retained for baggage transport ... , the Manx government on saving or not saving. This means provide a £5million restoration plan [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 00:01:00
Microsoft cuts back on campus expansion plans
Microsoft cuts back on campus expansion plans Posted by Sumeeth Evans about 11 hours ago with no comments Filed under: ... postponing most of its plans to further expand its facilities across the Puget Sound region. Much ... to delay the construction of all new buildings in Redmond, except one, for at least three years. Here [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 21:15:00
Build your favorite home
New Yorkers are always being introduced to the new concept of house made since New York City become one consideration for people to build what type ... , the site offers construction of New York log homes. And customer can choose up to 100 floor plans which ... of house would be best home in this place. Usually there is a certain mode booming in that place [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 03:29:22
Fed sees West’s housing slump as ’severe’
Vegas The Fed’s San Francisco unit had little good this to say about the West’s real estate markets in the “Beige Book, ... , rose noticeably in Utah and Idaho. Widespread availability of foreclosed homes at bargain basement ... . Contacts noted that the strongest construction activity by far was for public buildings [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 21:14:53
Sen. T.W. Palmer Residence
In reply to DOJ: 1915: This attractive building saw many uses over its short 41 year lifetime ... in January 1926 to make way for the construction of a "modern office building" to house the real estate ... was purchased by George Washington University to house their Law School. After 5 years, the law school moved [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 05:09:57
“…IF YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL, TELL THEM YOU HURT YOUR FOOT PLAYING SOCCER”….New York City scab contractors brutally neglect the health and safety of their underpaid non union immigrant workers
from AL JAZEERA:Workers pay price of NYC boom By Kristen Saloomey in New York Activists are concerned that many construction workers in New York do not know their rightsNew Yorkers who live next to construction sites – and there are thousands ... tipped over, crushing a nearby building and killing seven people.Four of them were construction [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 04:11:50
Simple plans desk
Simple plans desk By mellovox After making a children's desk i figured i had better make a full size version. created on: 01/07/09 ... This a a simple plan review desk, meant to embody the architectural form of a modern building. created on: 01/07/09 Constructed out of Stainless Steel and Makore, with a urethane finish. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 16:28:58
The Rule of Regulations
... and zoning regulations might have if retroactively applied to an historic structure ... -performance criteria for the construction, maintenance, and use of buildings in the 21st century [more...]
Date: 2008-09-13 23:38:35
DS3 Speed Challenged By EoC
Once a company has outgrown its T1 lines, the standard upgrade has been to move to DS3 for more bandwidth ... construction costs unless your building is already lit for fiber optic services. But now a new service ... the wires running to your building from the local phone company. Only the wires are leased [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 06:36:00
Stewart Alexander declares for 2010 gubanatorial race
Stewart Alexander, the 2008 presidential nominee of the Socialist Party, ... to bring automobile manufacturing back to California building electric cars. Must recently, Alexander introduced a plan that would create good paying jobs in the building and construction industry [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 03:34:11
Microsoft Cuts Construction, Yahoo Cuts Jobs
It looks like Microsoft will be halting construction of new buildings around its Redmond headquarters. According to SeattlePI.com, an internal powerpoint presentation outlines plans. Joseph Tartakoff reports: read more [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 16:28:58
When the Truth Finally Hits Home
I am finally stressed out about the economy.I found myself awake at 1: ... . The construction companies are slowing down, nobody is building houses or remodeling like they were two years ... the day away. I could search for cheap do-it-yourself projects and put on my tool belt.What I can't [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 23:40:00
Quick Take: Emcor Group Inc.
EMCOR Group is a construction contractor that handles installation and maintenance of several building systems, including electrical, HVAC, plumbing, ... from the heavily cyclical commercial construction market. By focusing on growing maintenance contracts, EMCOR ... here. Last year, about half of EMCOR's revenues were from new construction projects, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 10:55:07
ProgeCAD 2009 Professional 9.0.14.7
ProgeCAD Professional is general-purpose 2D and 3D design software useful for CAD field & concept sketch, electrical schematics, building construction, AEC architectural, civil, structural, mechanical and industrial engineering, carpentry RFI & "as con" drawings, MCAD mechanical layout, home kitchen & bath floor plan [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 12:31:59
Hollywood's Madrone Project Hits The Skids
Click the image above to view the full photogallery ... ," Mark T. Ebner, principal at construction company Arbor Building Group, which had been working on the Madrone, told us this morning. Since about November, construction on the project, which is being [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 19:15:12
Salman has to build a five storied building
All plans of Salman Khan to build a lavish bungalow were shattered when the construction rules forced him to change his plans ... price. But amongst them all those staying on the ground floor were not ready to move creating problems for quite a few months now.It is said that Salman also had plans to gift a flat to Katrina in the new [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 06:48:00
GFCI Locations in Residential Buildings based on 2008 NEC
Before installing GFCI outlets, always check with your local code enforcement division, there may be some regulations applied, ... , single phase, 15 & 20 amp receptacles in residential building basements, garages and accessory ... residential construction, new additions and alterations - 2008 NEC Residential Changes [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 05:15:31
CurbedWire: New Robertson Apartments, Metro Student Pass
2009.01.foot.jpg ROBERTSON: The latest construction shot of a new apartment building at the corner of Robertson and Olympic, not an intersection where we spot a lot of new multi-unit residential construction. Not a lot to tell you about this project, but it's being managed by Califico, which also has a lot of commercial [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 01:35:52
The Classic Group's Philip Bates Elected President for Eastern Massachusetts National Association of the Remodeling Industry
LEXINGTON, Mass., Jan. 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Classic Group, Inc ... residences, practicing a collaborative approach to architecture and building and a clear, deliberate ... construction, major and minor renovations, and historic restoration. The firm is the recipient of many [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 13:17:31
Six Key Points of a Domestic Building Energy Management Plan
Nearly one third of GHG emissions come from heating, cooling and lighting our homes and places or work – much more than it could be ... Management Plan: *A National Energy Building Code for new construction and major retrofits [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 10:39:19
Libertarian Mike Munger in historic WUNC-TV gubernatorial debate
RALEIGH (Sept. 26) — For the first time in modern North Carolina history, a gubernatorial debate included a third party candidate ... construction of large, new buildings for schools and other public facilities, Munger said “I’ [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 17:03:19
Five Things You May Not Know About Dallas, Texas
The city of Dallas, Texas is the ninth largest city in the United States and a popular location for many reasons ... its construction, the tallest building in Dallas was the Renaissance Tower which measures in at 886 feet tall [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 17:00:47
TV Tonight: Rum Ration
(TV Tonight, Friday, January 16th, 2009) A new episode of Colossal Construction builds a container ship, and we also get a new How It’s Made. All times are central. This Old House (DIY, 5:30 pm) How It’s Made: Springs, Pavers, Pianos [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:00:19
Rising Ideas in Office Trailers
by Ada Denis Modern standard buildings have come along way from the construction site office trailer that many of us are habituated to ... , a big group discussion and training room as well as large open areas. This space was created [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 05:44:26
Rising Ideas in Office Trailers
by Ada Denis Modern standard buildings have come along way from the construction site office trailer that many of us are habituated to ... , a big group discussion and training room as well as large open areas. This space was created [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 05:43:28
Rising Ideas in Office Trailers
by Ada Denis Modern standard buildings have come along way from the construction site office trailer that many of us are habituated to ... , a big group discussion and training room as well as large open areas. This space was created [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 20:12:05
Rising Ideas in Office Trailers
by Ada Denis Modern standard buildings have come along way from the construction site office trailer that many of us are habituated to ... , a big group discussion and training room as well as large open areas. This space was created [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 19:21:05
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