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August 11,2010Calculation of section properties for custom and assembled shapes is allegedly faster and more accurate with Sectionwhizard design software. Users can calculate section properties such as area and center of gravity, create custom shapes from built-in sections and plates, compute stresses at any point of a cross section and create free-form sections. www.reiworld.com
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August 11,2010Hoping to attract science and technology start-ups to its Flint, Mich., campus, Kettering University has broken ground on a 9,000-sf incubator building in the school’s new technology park. The LEED-registered facility is expected to play a key role in the economic redevelopment of mid-Michigan by drawing high-tech entrepreneurs to the area.
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August 11,2010In BD&C's annual Giants report in July, the editors incorrectly ranked Detroit-based Albert Kahn Associates as an engineer/architect. The firm is an architect/engineer, with 57% of revenue stemming from architecture; 30% from engineering. The firm's $31.56 million in design billings would have ranked #30 on the A/E list.
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August 11,2010A national shortage of experienced consultants, suppliers and subcontractors has left building owners scrambling to meet schedules and ribbon-cuttings. The issue has been especially acute for large-scale, fast-track projects where teams are booking large specialty contracts and material orders. To rise to the occasion, project teams are focusing on ways to compress project schedules in the co...
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August 11,2010The price index for materials used in nonresidential construction inched up 0.2% in December after declining for three months, but remains 3% below the peak index value last July. Pricing trends will remain favorable to buyers at least through winter until the 2006 buildup of excess inventory is substantially reduced and homebuilders stop cutting their materials purchases—at that point, ...
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August 11,2010The last year that overall capital spending declined was in 1991, but the market may very well be headed for the first business-investment contraction in 10 years during 2001. Capital spending for nonresidential building construction work remained strong through the first three months of this year. But spending for new machinery and equipment — about 80 percent of the business investment...
