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August 11,2010Real Estate Opportunities Limited, a London-based property company, has launched its vision and master plan for Battersea Power Station. For the first time in a quarter century, the station will be used to generate electricity, but from renewable sources rather than coal. The master plan seeks to regenerate an area of London that will provide approximately 8 million sf of residential, office, a...
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August 11,2010General contractors can purchase concrete online. A request for quote or purchase order with attached project specifications is sent to a number of suppliers, and terms and price can be negotiated quickly. Delivery can be scheduled and confirmed. If an order needs to be changed, the buyer edits the line items and the seller confirms the order. www.buildpoint.com
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August 11,2010Industrial construction spending for manufacturing plants and warehouses has plunged in the U.S. during the last year. That's no surprise, given that manufacturing sector employment has declined in every month over the past two years, and industrial production declined for 15 consecutive months through the end of 2001.
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August 11,2010An acrylic admixture for gypsum- or cement-based products increases bond strength and water resistance while minimizing shrinkage cracking. Designed for use with gypsum-based products, the admixture is useful for thin-section applications and heavily trafficked areas.USG Corp.Circle 369
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August 11,2010Chicago-based architecture firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates is designing the Broward County Supervisor of Elections' new 72,000-sf office complex, which will occupy 12 acres within the new Riverbend mixed-use transit oriented development in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The $22.8 million Supervisor of Elections' (SOE) offices will include a 30,000-sf green building, which will pursue LEED ce...
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August 11,2010Retail vacancy rates nationwide have risen slowly but steadily during the past two years, and there is evidence of overbuilding in several large metropolitan markets. But continued healthy levels of big-box and grocery-store-anchored strip mall development have tempered the overall losses in construction activity in the retail subsector, keeping it well out of range of the double-digit declines...
