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August 11,2010Except for a few short weather-related deviations, construction spending for educational facilities has been stuck at a $75 billion annual rate for a year. Now a new period of expansion is expected to begin at the end of the year and extend at least into 2006. The two-year spending pause began when the recession reduced the amount of construction funds available from taxes, donations, and inves...
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August 11,2010When the people of Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana wanted to turn a defunct canning factory into the Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum, they received a helping hand from distributor Bourgeois & Associates Inc., which donated and installed the five-zone PXL life-safety system.
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August 11,2010Private commercial construction spending fell 6.0% from the initial recovery surge it experienced last summer to the opening months of 2004. However the mix of changes by sector suggests that the decline will soon be reversed. Grocery stores, drug stores, and parking accounted for 80% of the decline.
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August 11,2010Manufacturing remains a conflicted industry in the U.S. It's growing faster than the rest of the country's economy—and is expected to continue doing so through 2007—with the usual cyclical boost from strong capital goods investment plus an export boost from rapid foreign economic growth and a relatively cheap dollar that's spurring U.
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August 11,2010A 36-foot-high domed rotunda is the centerpiece and front door of Auburn, Calif.'s newly opened, $27 million justice center. Designed by San Francisco-based Beverly Prior Architects, with Allen L. Bender Inc. of West Sacramento, Calif., as the contractor, the 97,900-sf facility houses the county's police department, probation department, and district attorney's office.
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August 11,2010A manufacturer of intercom systems has released a technical CD with expanded product and company literature as well as special-order product information. Aiphone's products range from simple audio-only door answering systems to sophisticated video and microprocessor-based systems.Aiphone Corp.Circle 308
