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Commercial Construction Highs and Lows of 2011

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As 2011 comes to a close, it’s time for us to look back on the commercial construction building trends , news and projects of this past year and share our thoughts on the highs and lows in the industry. In fact, our commercial construction budget work was back to 2008 levels. HIGH – Everyone was submitting drawings in 2011.

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Meet Canvas, the Drywall Finishing Robot Offering Level 5 Quality

Construction Junkie

Canvas is currently focused on large commercial and new construction projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company is currently partnering with owners, developers, and general contractors to offer the bot’s services in a subcontractor role, as opposed to leasing or selling the robot outside of the company.

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

The European Union has gone in another direction with the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation , applicable as of May 2018, updating and modernizing the principles enshrined in the 1995 Data Protection Directive which guarantee individual privacy rights in one’s personal data including “the right to be forgotten.”

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Secret Formula—Office Vacancy Rates—Prompts Roger Staubach To Bet On The Broncos

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Commercial real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and its Americas Executive Chairman, Roger Staubach, are once again making a bold prognostication for the Big Game, picking the Denver Broncos to outshine the Seattle Seahawks in New Jersey this Sunday evening. Posted by Heidi Schwartz. percent vacancy) edged San Francisco (11.8

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The benefits and drawbacks of mixed-use development

The Korte Company

That’s aided by the longer-term leases developers can secure from commercial tenants. Union Station in St. The Korte Company has partnered with Union Station on many occasions since the space—once one of the busiest train terminals in the world—was converted to a multi-level festival mall in the mid-1980s.

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INTERNATIONAL REPORT: Mexico’s Export Economy Adds Emerson

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Its reach even extends further afield to the European Union, Japan and Israel. The site will produce a wide range of polymer storage and technology products designed for the food service, commercial and healthcare markets. The multi-million dollar lease and construction project will occupy 57,000 square feet.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

Business Facilities

After leasing the U.S. Furthermore, Arizona is a right-to-work state with a very low unionization rate, one of the lowest unemployment insurance tax rates in the nation, and workers compensations rates that are much lower than the national average. Vistancia Commercial Core: 320-acres in the affluent, growing community of Vistancia.

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