Wednesday Linklube: Twin Cities Builders Pull Back, Radioactive Granite, Citi Death Watch
The Charles W. Schneider house is on the market for $219,000. Project anyone? Image via St. Paul Pioneer Press ... Cities New Construction: "2008 new construction permit activity is down 69.4 percent from the peak year ... the stuff I measured in '88." And if you think that's bad, test your basement. Utilities See [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 22:00:15
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Ninth Circuit Holds Assertion of Jurisdiction By USACE Not a Reviewable Agency Decision
By Nathan Jones and Cory Badgley In Fairbanks North Star Borough v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2008) 543 F ... . The City of Fairbanks, Alaska (“City”) began construction plans to develop 2.1 acres of property [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 17:26:14
THE CONTRACTING OUT CRISIS AT THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY…replacing unionized civil servant architects and engineers with non union consultants causes serious problems with public housing project construction and renovation work
from CITY LIMITS: AUDIT: NYCHA CAPITAL PROGRAM IN TROUBLEAn internal report by the inspector general over the Housing Authority says management lapses and cost overruns will severely curtail plans to repair the city’s aging stock of public ... s in-house construction management team that normally oversees jobs. NYCHA was attempting to improve [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 04:04:00
Architecture Watch: Chinatown for All!
Join us for Architecture Watch, wherein Curbed SF steps out into the blue yonder, collecting the best, worst, and wonkiest of projects. Nominate! ... , it includes everything necessary to house, entertain, and memorialize (via a "digital cemetery") a city ... construction and nostalgia, the Superstar is a fully integrated, coherent, and above all modern up [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 17:50:10
Green Church Bulletin
There was activity at the Green Church site today, perhaps related to the recent announcement by CB 10 that the city's School Construction Authority ... , was also at the site. His crew told the Kimballs they would be adding water and fire proofing ... next door to the demolished parsonage, are considering legal action based on the damage the demolition [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 20:27:00
Hurricane Ike: One month later
A month ago, we were just starting to see the damage left behind by Hurricane Ike ... of the cars have logos on the sides advertising insurance, mold remediation and construction companies ... . The city is busy removing debris which continues to pile up along almost every residential street [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 04:13:46
What will Obama administration mean for cities?
by Susan Phillips, WHYY News Today’s Inauguration of Barack Obama has Philadelphians hoping for better economic times ... s promised financial aid to cities. Construction worker Jallah Kroma: “Let us keep working. Let the recession start somewhere else. We don’t want it down here.” Kroma is a construction worker helping [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 22:51:04
The SimCity Box Now in Stores
EA has announced that The SimCity Box collection is now in stores throughout North America ... SimCity Societies: Players construct not only the cities they desire, but mold their cultures, societal tendencies and environments as well. With more than 500 buildings and decorative objects to place [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 01:55:43
Fort Bonifacio Commercial Development
Philippine Stock Exchange to move headquarters to Fort Bonifacio in 2010 A new headquarters office in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, ... embassy started construction last year and is targeted to finish by 2008 as well. -sourced ... medium-rise towers with a four (4)-level basement [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 11:09:27
'One more sad cry in a horrible storm'
From the Sacramento Bee:Sacramento's economy stands to lose around $1 billion over the next 18 months because of layoffs and unpaid furloughs imposed ... center just a few miles from the Elk Grove shopping center where construction has stalled. City [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 21:25:00
This Land is Your Land: A better way to spend $1 trillion
By Rich Rodgers of Portland, Oregon. For 11 years, Rich was a policy advisor to a Portland city commissioner on housing policy, school funding, ... to construct major public infrastructure in historic African-American neighborhoods in Atlanta. He now works ... money to bail out failing financial institutions. There is no talk of bailing out struggling hom [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 17:52:50
Current Park Update
At my most recent trip to the park, both sides seemed to be covered with construction walls ... on the new DCA remodel; the City of Anaheim will be watching this closely [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 11:05:00
Dubai: Vertical City, 2.4 km (1.5 miles) Tall
If you think you have seen it all, think again and watch this. The following article was published on Khaleej Times, 10th Sept ... ): But neither an architect nor a developer detailed on the plans for the Dubai City Tower ... Dubai.” The time frame from drawing board to construction and completion for such developments [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 16:21:34
Shikshantar E-Patrika: Winter 2008-09
Shikshantar E-Patrika: Winter 2008-09 January 16th, 2009 by Peter There’s always energy and interest in the work of Shikshantar. http://www.swaraj ... as a Learning City - It’s wide, colorful and inviting… and built for many! We recently constructed a sofa ... health tonic with over 50 different kinds of herbs. We will also be making a natural cleaning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 14:54:51
Planning commission bans wind towers in city limits
At Monday’s meeting of the Hays Area Planning Commission, ... construction of commercial turbines about 400 feet tall already have been proposed in conjunction [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 19:27:44
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
And miles to go after 100 days
And miles to go after 100 daysWe’ll develop city even if we have to take a loan: CMTIMES NEWS NETWORK Bangalore: ... construction of bridges, repair of storm water drains, construction of roads, repair of existing ones ... B S Yeddyurappa spent the day also inaugurating a slew of infrastructure projects and laying foundation [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 10:00:00
Planning commission bans wind towers in city limits
At Monday's meeting of the Hays Area Planning Commission, ... construction of commercial turbines about 400 feet tall already have been proposed in conjunction [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 19:59:03
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
Good organizational skills
by Daniel Massey NYC Central Labor Council head will work to protect jobs, bring federal stimulus to city ... , the union’s top position, in 1996. He has successfully negotiated hundreds of contracts ... -profile construction accidents. “He knows people sometimes start from different points [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 16:00:21
Enerkem Commercial-Scale Biomass and Waste to Biofuels and Biochemicals Plant Entering Start-up Phase
Enerkem Inc., the developer of a thermochemical (gasification and catalytic synthesis) process to produce synthetic fuels from biomass and waste ( ... to produce 360 liters (95 gallons) of ethanol. Construction on the plant began in October ... and the Company’s management. In June 2008, the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, signed a 25-year [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 08:34:17
A ‘tail’ of two cities
Date: 2009-01-03 16:31:16
No. 205 - Los Angeles Stock Exchange Building
Los Angeles Stock Exchange Building1931 – Samuel E. Lunden618 South Spring Street – mapDeclared: 1/3/79Quick! ... War, the L.A. City Council voted to give the land to Ozra W. Childs as payment for the construction [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 07:38:00
City to approve Stuart St. mid-rise
In the midst of the biggest economic downturn in decades, construction is set to begin on a 10-story office building in Boston's Theater District. Hera Development... [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 06:36:46
Groundwater Flow in Basalts, Caught on Video
The volcanic rock basalt underlies the city of Pune and much of the state of Maharashtra ... that serve to store and transmit water.I came across a construction site near my house the other day ... . Take a look.Groundwater flow in BasaltThis narrow flow zone which is a few feet thick is really [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 14:49:00
Groundwater Flow in Basalts, Caught on Video
This entry has been cross posted at Reporting on a Revolution The volcanic rock basalt underlies the city of Pune and much of the state of ... and joints that serve to store and transmit water. I came across a construction site near my house ... at a fair pace. Take a look. Groundwater flow in Basalt This narrow flow zone which is a few feet thick [more...]
Date: 2008-12-06 08:21:14
Deconstructing the Lincoln Memorial Reflection Pool
What a concert yesterday. I don't ever remember watching an outside concert for the inauguration. I guess we have had them before ... . When Pierre L'Enfant drew up a plan for a city 10-miles square and centered on the Congress House ... was sited by the McMillan Commission and designed by architect Henry Bacon. Construction [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 13:48:00
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
Trams and History
One impediment to streetcar construction in DC is that our local lords of historic preservation have decreed that there can be no overhead wires in ... of the offices and so forth. It’s worth pointing out that historic central cities in Europe seem ... And of course downtown Berne actually is historic, whereas the bulk of the L’Enfant City is composed [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 20:14:34
“…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
Colorado Chautauqua Aims to Become the “Greenest National Historic Landmark in the U.S.”
When I think of sustainability principles in buildings, shiny and futuristic images come to mind of the new California Academy of Sciences, ... or the Helena in New York City where I used to work, or many of these LEED Platinum buildings of 2008. But green building practices are not only a part of new construction; ... [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 18:59:48
Mister Stanley Wouldn't Be Happy, As Couple Attempts to Tear Down the Historic Marcus House
The Marcus House, as it looked during construction in 1938 Much of what you should know about Stanley Marcus' former house on Nonesuch Road can ... for a demolition permit with the Texas Historic Commission (and not the city, as originally mentioned ... -designated historic structure, the city won't be able to stand in front of the bulldozers [more...]
Date: 2008-08-11 03:07:52
Upcoming Events in the Twin Cities
Green Building? Healthy Living? Foreclosure Classes? It’s all real estate related ... , by the National Building Museum, is billed as “the first to explore the field of green residential ... . There isn’t much information available, but a four-part home remodeling and construction class called [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 13:00:48
NEW YORK CITY CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENT - Jack Ahern, the business manager of Operating Engineers local 30
from CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS:Jack Ahern: Organizing his worldNYC Central Labor Council head will work to protect jobs, ... has successfully negotiated hundreds of contracts for the 4,000-member Queens-based local, including ... officials together last year following several high-profile construction accidents.“He knows people [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 23:32:41
Lorain: The Half-Assed, Ghetto City (part 2)
Lorain: The Half-Assed, Ghetto City (part 2) “It was a gradual process of letting our expectations get too low, ... that we never got to see. As soon as the construction crew left the premises, the “For Rent” sign ... . Honestly, this neighborhood needs another rental like we need another episode of basement flooding. Owner [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:45:13
Construction Watch: East Los Angeles High School #1
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Following last week's passage of Prop ... Restore, a non-profit organization dedicated to the historic restoration and revitalization of City of Los Angeles-owned historic facilities, to make First Street more pedestrian friendly by broadening [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 00:28:13
Singapore role in Emirates eco-city?
Talks under way for firms to be involved in futuristic Masdar CityJessica Cheam, Straits Times 20 jan 09;ABU DHABI: ... recently.'Singapore has a lot of knowledge in water and waste management. It is at the forefront ... and zero carbon footprint.Under construction 17km from Abu Dhabi, it was planned by renowned British [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 00:51:00
The future’s green
It’s the economy, stupid ... . But what does this mean for our built environment? Certainly, construction of low carbon homes [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 15:43:00
Coney land use review process to start
The Department of City Planning will begin the seven-month Uniform Land Use Review Procedure for the redevelopment of Coney Island tomorrow ... more than 4,500 housing units will be created, resulting in thousands of permanent and construction jobs. TRD [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 20:50:00
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