American homes are getting bigger — at least when measured by the number of bedrooms they have — according to a new analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. In 2005, one in five occupied homes (20 percent) had four or more bedrooms, compared to 17.7 percent in 2000.
In 2005, Utah [...]
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said corruption in road construction projects is spreading like cancer in the country.
Describing corruption as the chief reason behind the poor quality of roads during his inaugural speech at the two-day National Conference on Rural Roads, here, Dr Singh said: “Corruption in road construction projects has spread like cancer [...]
Richmond, B.C. – Four 16-storey condominium towers proposed for Minoru Boulevard should soon be enjoying a view of Richmond’s famous Minoru Park. The developer is currently seeking final rezoning approval with the City of Richmond. WT Leung Architects, Vancouver will design the $60 million CDN, 464,000-square-foot complex. The project will consist of 448 units, including [...]
When the New York State Association of Minority Contractors (NYMSAMC) starts its third round of construction management workshops in Brooklyn on Tuesday, it will have a record 70 participants. The agency, a signatory in the Atlantic Yards Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) with Forest City Ratner Companies and charged with providing technical assistance and education for [...]
For Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS), the world leader in innovative precise positioning products and technologies, 2007 will be a benchmark year, according to Ray O’Connor, company president and CEO.
Topcon, in conjunction with TSD Integrated Controls, the Topcon and Sauer-Danfoss joint venture company, will announce a combined 13 new products this week at Bauma, the world’s [...]
Lodging Econometrics (LE), the Global Authority for Hotel Real Estate, reported there are 962 hotels having 259,588 rooms in the Asia Pacific Pipeline at the end of 1Q ’07. Projects average 270 rooms in size.
Patrick Ford, President said, “Developers across the region are constructing new hotels at a torrid pace.†LE’s forecast for New [...]
State-owned Eskom said that there was a possiblity of load shedding in parts of Johannesburg over the coming month as a number of transmission lines have to be lifted during Gautrain construction work.
The utility said on Tuesday that the construction work entailed phyiscally lifting the transmission lines in order to allow adequate clearance for the [...]
Beneath its dark netting and scaffold-covered exterior, the historic Sears building at 400 E. Fordham Rd. is undergoing drastic restructuring. The shopping center will re-emerge in the next 16 to 18 months as Fordham Place, the Bronx’s first mixed-use development in more than 15 years.
Last Thursday, real estate developers Acadia Realty Trust and P/A [...]
Green building as a cause has united disparate parties from environmental groups to big business to policymakers, but one key industry has struggled to react to the change in public sentiment.
The major home builders, who account for 80 percent of all home-building activity in the nation, face a unique challenge in implementing green building on [...]
In its half yearly survey of public opinion on Dubai’s real estate sector, DSL Exhibitions – organizers of the Resale & Rental (R&R) Property Show, due to be held in Dubai on 13th and 14th April 2007 at Crowne Plaza Dubai – have found residents of the city uniformly concerned with the drastic drop in [...]
Construction is a high-hazard occupation, accounting for the third-highest rate of death by injury, according to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. By law, employers are bound to mitigate the dangers inherent to the job wherever possible. This includes ensuring that the surrounding areas to the work site are safe for the construction [...]
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle has awarded over $300,000 in Affordable Housing Program grants for two projects being developed by the YWCA of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County and Habitat for Humanity of Seattle/South King County. The winning grant applications were sponsored by Seattle-based HomeStreet Bank, one of the largest privately owned banks in the [...]