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August 11,2010Hurricane Katrina abruptly changed construction materials price trends. Before the hurricane, most material prices were steady to slightly lower during the summer months, except for concrete, gypsum products, and aggregates (production capacity was insufficient to accommodate the normal seasonal rise in demand for these products).
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August 11,2010The new Gensler-designed prototype store for outdoor and adventure sports clothing and equipment retailer Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) was designed to serve as a working laboratory to analyze the performance of green building features and new retail concepts. The 42,000-sf store is a renovation and expansion of REI's existing Boulder, Colo.
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August 11,2010T8 lamps are designed to pass the federal Toxic Characteristic Leaching Procedure test with less than 0.2 mg mercury per liter. The linear 4-ft. lamps are compatible with several of the company's high-frequency electronic ballasts, and are available in 3,000K, 3,500K and 4,100K.
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August 11,2010Flotex flocked flooring is designed for use in the toughest traffic areas: health-care facilities, schools and airports.Bonar Floors. Circle 240
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August 11,2010Frederick Kramer has been named president of architect ADD Inc., Cambridge, Mass. David Hughes is the new CEO of Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, New York City. Canada-based consulting engineering firm UMA Group has merged with AECOM Technology Corp., Los Angeles. John Rochford has been named president of general contractor Snyder Langston, Irvine, Calif.
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August 11,2010• Best Buy pledges to build green for all its new stores. Beginning in early- to mid-2008, Minnesota-based retailer Best Buy intends to build only LEED-certified stores under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standard. Of all 800 projects certified by LEED to date, only 50 are retail.
