Apr 05, 2017
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Brief: Homeowners are using landscaping to personalize their yards, according to a recent Houzz survey of 1,000 U.S. homeowners using the website who are currently working on, planning or recently finished an outdoor project. Just 6% of front yards look almost exactly like others nearby after such projects, compared to 36% before. Reasons for owners to […]
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Mar 30, 2017
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With total attendance topping out at 128,000 and near endless lineups of parked heavy equipment across four behemoth lots and five conference halls in Las Vegas, ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017 lived up to its reputation as one of the world’s largest gatherings of contractor professionals and the equipment that powers global heavy construction. A first to ConExpo […]
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Mar 09, 2017
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Credit: Studio McGee, original photo on Houzz Keeping up with kitchen trends isn’t quite like peeking over your neighbor’s fence, but it’s close. Houzz caught up with designers Jane Lockhart and Gail Drury for a preview of how homeowners will design their kitchens in 2017. They’re confident these trends will rule the cooking sphere this year. […]
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Mar 02, 2017
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Construction is underway on two bent apartment towers in New York by SHoP Architects that will be joined by a skybridge offering a pool, hot tub and bar. The 41- and 48-storey towers will be linked by a skybridge and clad in copper and glass Called the American Copper Buildings – and formerly known […]
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Feb 24, 2017
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Brief: A development group has revealed details of its plan for a $2.5 billion complex on the current site of Qualcomm stadium in San Diego, with a $200 million, 30,000-seat MLS soccer stadium at the development’s core, according to ESPN FC. The entire SoccerCity project — which would include a trolley system, a 55-acre park and […]
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Feb 16, 2017
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Start with “Anything is possible” and proceed from there. Your beliefs determine a significant portion of your life. They inform your decisions, they dictate how you react to different circumstances and they even affect how you interact with the people around you. This goes for any kind of belief, whether it’s political, religious or philosophical, and it’s important […]
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Feb 09, 2017
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At some point this year, Apple will move roughly 14,000 employees into its brand new spaceship-shaped headquarters in Cupertino, California. The campus, which reportedly took 13,000 contractors and $5 billion to build, was one of the last major projects that Apple founder Steve Jobs worked on, and its construction has apparently has been held to […]
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Feb 03, 2017
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It’s nearly time. 71,795 screaming fans. 110-million plus global TV viewers. $5 million 30-second ads. The chance for the New England Patriots to claim their fifth Super Bowl championship, or the Atlanta Falcons their first. Lady Gaga. And yet one question remains for the structural engineering team at Houston-based Walter P Moore, which helped to build […]
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Jan 19, 2017
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There’s no denying that the available skilled labor pool is shrinking. The Associated General Contractors found in its annual survey that even more employers anticipate difficulty in finding qualified help this year than they did in 2016. It’s not just field workers and supervisors who are in short supply. Project managers are hard to come by, and […]
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Jan 06, 2017
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To say it’s been an exciting year in politics would be an understatement. While most of the nation’s attention was focused on the presidential election, state legislatures, including California’s, were busy at work. The California State Legislature introduced 3099 bills during the second session of the 2015-2016 session of which 808 bills were signed into law. 2016 […]
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