As part of SABIC Innovative Plastics’ accelerating investments in new application and market development, the company announced the creation of a new Energy Center of Excellence at the company’s European headquarters in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands. The new facility, an expansion of SABIC Innovative Plastics’ existing Fluid Engineering Center of Excellence and part of [...]
Thousands of South Asian construction workers went on strike Sunday over harsh working conditions in the latest threat to a spectacular building boom already endangered by a falling currency and labor shortage.
While laborers have long complained about working conditions in this Gulf city known for its avant-garde skyscrapers, luxury dwellings and archipelagoes of artificial islands, [...]
Accelerated Building Concepts Corporation , a provider in the design, manufacturing, and construction services for modular and component building facilities utilizing concrete and steel and structural insulated panels (SIPs) structures, today announced the completion of the construction of an operations support building at the Orlando site of SeaWorld(r) Adventure Park owned by Busch Entertainment [...]
Four people were hurt when a building under construction in De Pere collapsed shortly before nine o’clock Tuesday morning.
Eight workers were inside and outside the Snap Fitness building, just north of the Wal-Mart on Scheuring Road. Four people were on the roof and four were inside at the time of the collapse.
Three of the men [...]
The renovation of the Kitsap County Public Works building is only slightly behind schedule, with move-in scheduled for late December rather than in October as planned.
“We’ve found lots of misalignments and other issues with the existing structure,†said Capital Projects Manager Brian Lyman. “But the project is proceeding nicely and the quality control is very [...]
San Fernando City, La Union (5 June) — Today, there are a lot of indicators showing that the economy is on the verge of the much-vaunted takeoff.
First is the building construction and property market which is actually booming with a lot of interest in this sector especially in prime development areas, compared to almost zero [...]
More could come as the county discusses budget cuts.
County layoffs:
Building Construction Services: 9
Community Development: 5
Staff will recommend to the County Commission today that they lay off 20 more employees and leave dozens more vacant.
Research from global environmental consultancy, WSP Environmental, shows that companies hoping to cut their carbon emissions should encourage home-working, but only in summer when home heating is off – over the year as a whole, it’s more carbon efficient at present to work from an office rather than at home.
WSP Environmental’s research shows that a [...]
The most recent Carolinas AGC Construction Barometer(TM) again posted a gain, showing continuing positive momentum on rising construction activity. The 0.7% rise is attributable to strengthening economic indicators released in March for 4th quarter 2006; business impressions provided by the Barometer’s contractor panelists during 1st quarter 2007 maintained their positive values.
In the Barometer(TM)’s Quantitative series, [...]
the community of Tracy passed a $51 million school bond, Measure E, for new and improved facilities at Tracy Unified School District’s two comprehensive high schools. An update to the community from the Citizen’s Oversight Committee is on its way, but as superintendent, I would like to give voters a review of the exciting things [...]
This report will look at the cyclical categories of non-residential building construction in Canada — commercial and industrial work. Institutional construction is more a trend phenomenon, driven by demographic factors and dependent on government financing. Engineering/civil construction can fluctuate dramatically as a result of individual large projects. There will also be comments on some key [...]
San Fernando City, La Union (5 June) — Today, there are a lot of indicators showing that the economy is on the verge of the much-vaunted takeoff.
First is the building construction and property market which is actually booming with a lot of interest in this sector especially in prime development areas, compared to almost zero [...]