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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
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August 11,2010Performance-based The performance-based building specifications database service, PerSpective, offered by CSI and Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) will now be marketed with this software company's SpecLink specification and CostLink estimating programs. www.bsdsoftlink.com Calculating curtain wall New Web-based tool can help A/E/C professionals calculate thermal stress and wind lo...
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August 11,2010The John Cooper School in Woodlands, Texas, is getting a new performing arts center designed by Houston firm Morris Architects on its 43-acre campus. The 38,000-sf Performing Arts Center, estimated at $12-14 million, will feature a 500-seat main stage theater, a 125-seat black box theater, a fully appointed dance classroom, choir, drama and band classrooms, a scene construction shop, and a foyer.
