Gray Bulldogs Fenty on School Renos

You may have read about the problems with school construction this summer in the Washington Post yesterday morning, but rest assured that D.C ... . The contractors apparently had them on their work list, and they insisted on doing [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 21:22:23

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Gray Bulldogs Fenty on School Renos

You may have read about the problems with school construction this summer in the Washington Post yesterday morning, but rest assured that D.C ... . The contractors apparently had them on their work list, and they insisted on doing [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 12:22:23

Daily Dose: 08/25/08

» AsianWeek Market Report » D.C. School Construction Chief Fires Back » Indictment in Death of VA Chinese Food Delivery Driver » Kamala ... for the beginning of the academic year Monday. He attributed problems in completing other key repairs ... students. In all, 60 buildings underwent repairs and fixes. Privately, officials [more...]

Date: 2008-08-25 06:46:27

“Scandalous”

“Scandalous” January 21st, 2009 McHugh slams Inishowen’s exclusion from school funding   The exclusion of Inishowen schools from €2 ... primary schools across the country, in which major construction was completed last year,  are receive €5,000 per classroom to buy computer hardware, software and digital equipment. However, only two schools from [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 06:07:24

Ship Happens

Wouldn’t you love to get to your office someday and say, “Please, step into my shipping box”? I sure would ... have been reused in the construction of apartments, luxury homes, schools and offices. We’ve seen this trend begin to develop particularly in modular construction and pre-fab homes, but we love to witness the new [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 22:00:27

Fiscal Stimulus II

Obama says today in his weekly Youtube message: I have already directed my economic team to come up with an Economic Recovery Plan that will mean 2 ... schools. Los Angeles has spent something like $24 billion on school construction and remodeling [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 23:05:58

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

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

It begins

The school’s starting to be remodeled. The construction crews took over the elevator, ... and no one cares. Weird. The remodeling wasn’t occurring on the floor where we teach classes yet. That’ll ... t just the view from the windows being covered up by the giant “Remodeling!” sign either. Because of the heating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:00:54

Sidwell Friends School: A green education for Malia and Sasha Obama

By Harriet Blake Green Right Now Barack Obama has been getting an earful from environmental leaders wanting changes for the nation ... are being reborn as models of green construction. The Sidwell Friends Middle School, renovated in 2006 ... s sustainable designs suggested the green remodeling. “He insisted that we look at this green building [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:50:58

Industrial metals: Strong plays on Obama’s rebuilding plans

Filed under: Newsletters, Alcoa Inc (AA), U.S. Steel (X), Commodities, Stocks to Buy, Obama Picks "President Obama's proposed rebuilding plans are great ... . "Besides spending on road, bridge, school improvements and construction, the plan is likely to include [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:30:00

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

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

The Failing U.S. Economy is Not a Financial Problem, It’s a Health Problem

The following article by Mike Adams does not paint a pretty picture of where we are headed but is offered to readers to help provide balanced ... /2008/12/18/us/18…), meaning that the construction and maintenance of bridges, roads and schools [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 07:13:56

Dirt work at Brazos High School

Dirt work at Brazos High School Posted on January 20th, 2009 Equipment operators from Collier Construction, Inc ... and administration facilities as well as remodeling restrooms and hallways in the existing facility. Print [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 01:53:53

Pakistan: Seeking Donation For A Private School

Kashif Aziz at Chowrangi shares an interesting ‘Pledge Form' distributed by one private school in Karachi, asking parents to donate money for construction of its main campus. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:13:36

Thanks, But I'll Just Do It Myself

A word about Steamboat Springs & Stagecoach, CO. In the poetic words of husband: "we're gonna die here ... such as an upholstery shop (handy!) and a dance school...we're well rounded in Oak Creek ... . Walmart's faux plants look like green construction paper leaves glued to brown pipe cleaners. E could [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:47:00

U.S. Infrastructure Overwhelmed by Influx of Immigrants

On January 13, 2009, at the National Press Club, Washington, DC, ... s Hospitals, Schools, Parks, Water Supply, Bridges, and Basic Infrastructures.” “Immigration policies need ... waste removal, hospitals, mass transit, parks and recreation facilities, ports and navigable waterways [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 12:20:04

LEED-NC vs. LEED for Schools: What's Different?

If you're like me, you grew up with LEED for New Construction and have a penchant for sapphire martinis ... Assessment" complying with ASTM E1527-05 be performed on ALL sites.  Essentially this means testing [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 22:10:00

Mini-RoadTrip, Up Without Alarm, PhotoBlogging Again, New Office Construction

This past weekend my Dad and I went on a mini road trip to Indiana ... from Grad school to real work was tougher than I had thought) and I have a nice setup at home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 12:06:00

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

Six Figure Jobs with No 4-year Degree

Logging years in school, not to mention shelling out thousands of dollars, can be a long and expensive way to increase your potential salary ... Construction Superintendent/Manager $97,400 $116,000 Radiation Therapist $95,100 $116,000 Police [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:38:23

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

Skyrocketing Interest in Careers in Social Entrepreneurship and Start-ups Evidenced by MIT Sloan School “Tech Trek”

We are currently witnessing a shift in the job market away from the more traditional MBA path, ... at MIT’s Sloan School of Management embark on a “Tech Trek,” visiting companies of interest in San ... The students visited us in our San Francisco office, which was under construction at the time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:39:17

The Ross Global charter school graduates from Tweed

... elementary schools are starting off with kindergarten classes in the basement of Tweed next year. They are eventually scheduled to move into larger spaces now under construction. Downtown Express [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:04:24

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