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August 11,2010Mr. Peanut, Tony the Tiger, the Aflac duck, the Jolly Green Giant, and hundreds of other advertising icons will soon be housed in a Kansas City, Mo., museum honoring their contributions to American culture. Construction began last week on the Moshe Safdie-designed Advertising Icon Museum, which is scheduled to open in September 2007 as part of a $100 million mixed-use development.
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August 11,2010Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington, Texas, began construction on a $76 million addition. The six-story surgical tower will increase the hospital's size by more than 200,000 sf, adding 16 operating rooms for inpatient and day surgery. Completion is expected in September 2007. According to Jeff Stouffer, AIA, principal with Dallas-based HKS, design architect for the tower, the creation of f...
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August 11,2010
General contractors can purchase concrete online. A request for quote or purchase order with attached project specifications is sent to a number of suppliers, and terms and price can be negotiated quickly. Delivery can be scheduled and confirmed. If an order needs to be changed, the buyer edits the line items and the seller confirms the order. www.buildpoint.com
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August 11,2010Providence Town Center, a 550,000-sf shopping and dining center in Collegeville, Pa., just west of Philadelphia, has been designed by Bernardon Haber Holloway Designs of Downington, Pa. Urban Retail Properties of Chicago is consulting with local owner/developer Audubon Land Development to create a "lifestyle" shopping center with a Main Street, street signs along the sidewalks, sculptures, and ...
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August 11,2010A new trend in urban entertainment projects emphasizes quality over quantity, with developments offering a variety of uses and designs that reflect the character of the community, according to participants at Urban Land Institute's recent Urban Entertainment Development conference, held in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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August 11,2010As more and more A/E/C firms discover the benefits of using the Internet to facilitate and manage projects, more and more of the industry's veteran software companies-many that have patiently waited for much of the Internet hype to die down and for profit potential to show-are now jumping into the Internet software market head first.
