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August 11,2010Inflation in the plumbing fixtures and brass fittings market reached its highest level in four years during the late summer of 2000, but was easing as the market moved into the final third of the year. Average prices received by U.S. manufacturers of plumbing products during November 2000 were up 1.5 percent from the level of August 1999.
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August 11,2010The $72 million Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall opened last month at New York's 112-year-old Carnegie Hall, reviving Andrew Carnegie's original vision of three performance venues of different sizes under one roof. When Carnegie Hall was constructed in 1891, the space had a nearly flat floor and a balcony.
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August 11,2010EnCana Oil's 59-story headquarters in Calgary, will be the tallest Canadian building west of Toronto upon completion in 2010. Nicknamed the Bow after the river that runs near its site, the 1.7 million-sf, $185 million tower was designed by London's Foster + Partners in cooperation with the Calgary office of Zeidler Partnership Architects.
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August 11,2010For the launch of its new bank branch in Mineola, N.Y., management at Madison National Bank desired a warm and inviting environment that would stand out on the dense commercial landscape of a suburban Long Island highway. Local firm JRS Architect responded with a 3,700-sf facility that features a towering brick chimney, high sloping roof, and turreted vestibule.
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August 11,2010A complete guide to slip-resistant surface and grating products is now available from IKG Industries. Applications for the coatings and gratings range from ladder rungs, stair treads and nosings to industrial floors and schools.IKG Industries.Circle 305
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August 11,2010Behind an exterior highlighted by floors that project outward at different angles, the new headquarters of Norddeutsche Landesbank in Hanover, Germany, boasts an unusual combination of energy-conservation features. They include a heat-exchange system connected to 120 foundation piles that have embedded plastic tubing — one of the first such applications in Germany.
