Construction downturn may put Spain's central budget in the red Irish Times In this section » | Digital TV licences won by O'Brien consortiumBCI concludes 25% stake in IN&M is not an issueAnother good day for Irish bank sharesProduction at Tara Mines slipsIran fears drive oil above €130 a barrelCity of Hamburg supports German bid for shipping lineMANUEL MARIA RUIZ | S...
Iraq: car bomb kills 2 contractors in Mosul Fresno Bee | BAGHDAD (AP) The U.S. military in Iraq says two private security contractors have died in a car bombing in the northern city of Mosul. | The military says eight Iraqis were injured in the blast, which occurred Sunday when an assailant drove into the middle of a convoy and detonated explosives. | T...
Lebanon's contractors set to go on strike Daily Star Lebanon | Industry workers angry over 'price disruptions' | By Daniel Phillips | Special to The Daily Star | Friday, July 25, 2008 | Tags: Beirut, War | ...
Town Center fountain construction under way Houston Chronicle TOOLS | After more than two years of planning and a series of setbacks, construction of the Town Center fountain has started at the corner of Kingwood Drive and West Lake Houston Parkway. | The site consisted of a hole in the ground, and Kingwood Art...
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California sets down standards for green construction San Fransisco Chronicle | (07-17) 16:45 PDT SACRAMENTO -- California became the first state in the nation to approve green building standards under a plan approved today that would cut energy and water us...
LI builders weather slump in home construction Newsday | Construction of new, single-family homes slid in June to the lowest level since 1991, the Commerce Department reported yesterday. | June's 647,000 housing starts fell 5.3 percent...
Daewoo and Hyundai construction arms post strong gains Gulf News | Seoul: Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co., South Korea's largest builder, led advances in Korean builders in Seoul trading on expectations the government will announce measures to boost the nation's property market. | Daewoo Engineering climbe...
Okla. crane fall kills man watching construction San Diego OKLAHOMA CITY - Church members watching the steeple being raised on their new building looked on in horror Thursday as a crane holding the structure toppled, crushing a car and killing an 80-year-old man who had been watching from inside the vehicle,...
Iraq: car bomb kills 2 contractors in Mosul Fresno Bee | BAGHDAD (AP) The U.S. military in Iraq says two private security contractors have died in a car bombing in the northern city of Mosul. | The military says eight Iraqis were injured in the blast, which occurred Sunday when an assailant drove into the middle of a convoy and detonated explosives. | The statement, which was released Monday, did not s...
Engineer: Builders need to shape up to beat hurricanes Canada Dot Com | If you don't want to see your home gone with the wind, a square, hexagonal or even octagonal floor plan is best, according to a civil engineer at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. | Rima Taher is recommending homes and other buildings conform to particular shapes and have certain features to help protect them from high wind damage, includin...
Akron Art Museum wins Royal Institute of British Architects International Award Ohio | The Akron Art Museum just keeps on winning praise and prizes. | The museum won one of the Royal Institute of British Architects 2008 International Awards for its new John S. and James L. Knight Building, designed by the Viennese architectural firm Coop Himmelb(l)au. | It gets better. The museum was also chosen as one of three finalists for the in...
