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August 11,2010
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August 11,2010The experimental store, which opens later this month in McKinney, Texas, will feature wind and solar power generation, wetlands, and a drip irrigation system to reduce the building's impact on the local environment. Wal-Mart is working on a similar store in Aurora, Colo.
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August 11,2010This cost-estimating tool includes a project case-study library that is complete with pictures, floor plans, costs, locations and construction time of 784 actual building projects. D4Cost 2001 costs models in square feet or metric, averages multiple cost models quickly and allows users to add their own projects to the case study library. www.dcd.com
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August 11,2010Healthcare construction spending increased 3.3% in June ending a four-month period of no growth when the economy was weaker and investors more cautious earlier this year. An 8-9% annual growth pace is expected through the end of next year. This is sharply lower than the 25-30% pace from late 2001 through the end of 2002.
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August 11,2010Inspired by Chinatrust's corporate philosophy, which emphasizes a family-like relationship between the bank and its clients, the design for the company's new headquarters in Taiwan incorporates a series of vertical courtyards that will help break the typical horizontal orientation of the high-rise office tower and add a vertical dimension.
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August 11,2010Healthcare construction spending dipped in the first quarter of 2003 after five quarters of expanding at a double-digit annual rate. Spending growth is expected to bounce back to a 10% annual pace through the end of 2004. The brief dip was caused by sudden, sharp construction budget cuts. State and local governments are struggling to balance June 2003 FY budgets, while tax revenues are plunging...
