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August 11,2010Of the 5.8 million elevators in the world, 760,000, or 13 percent, are in North America, according to the industry publication Elevator World. The majority of the world's elevators are traction-type, which are usually found in taller buildings. Traction elevators traditionally use steel cables that wrap around a sheave and connect both to counterweights and to the elevator car.
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August 11,2010The final beam has been placed atop the 292-foot-tall Texas Capital Bank Building, built by The Beck Group, Dallas, in the Dallas Uptown district. The $120 million project will include a five-story residential and retail building as well as a 20-story office tower sitting on 2.9 acres. Businesses had already claimed 40% of the high-rise's 445,000 sf at the time construction began.
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August 11,2010One of the nation’s largest government construction projects is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Consolidation Project in the White Oak section of Silver Spring, Md. The $1.4 billion project, which is being overseen by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), includes renovation of two historic buildings and construction of 17 new buildings, including laboratories and office ...
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August 11,2010Available in pine in one-, five-, 10- and 15-lite configurations, the Marquis is offered in heights up to 8 feet. Low-emissivity glass is inserted directly into the wood stile and rail frame through compression glazing, creating an extremely tight seal. Jeld-Wen. Circle 223
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August 11,2010Smith Consulting Architects of San Diego has designed a $10 million development called Bressi Spectrum, a 119,000-sf office/R&D project on a 9.6-acre campus within the Bressi Ranch Business Park in Carlsbad, Calif. Bressi Spectrum LLC of San Diego is the developer and Smith Consulting Architects is also the construction manager.
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August 11,2010Plans to transform a former factory into a new correctional facility in Wagner, S.D., will begin to take shape next month, as the unusual project breaks ground. Working with the Yankton Sioux Tribe, Minneapolis-based KKE Architects decided to reuse the existing structure, whose history was sentimental to the tribe.
