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Top 5 Landscaping Features that Increase Home Value

Pro Builder

A well-designed and maintained landscape that includes the right turfgrass can increase property values by 9 to 20%. Shade trees will also improve the value of a home, keeping the house cooler in the summer, and providing a windbreak in the winter and lowering utility bills. Stacked stone adds more value than railroad ties.

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Four years!!! What happened?

Do

More recently you can read my Design Technology focused thoughts as part of the Design Technology Summit blog posts here. Among them I've always had a passion for model railroads, and now that my nearly two year old son seems just as excited (I should add my 6.5 yr old daughter also likes trains, but that rascal.)

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Top Ten Construction Projects in World

Construction Cost Estimating

These construction projects can range from small residential houses to giant skyscrapers or miles-long bridges. The grounds of this project will be crisscrossed with miles and miles of highways, railroads, and streets to connect it with the rest of the country.

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Auto Truck Group Expanding Indiana Operations

Business Facilities

Auto Truck Group, a work truck upfitter specializing in the design, manufacture and installation of truck and van equipment, will build an all-new production facility in southwest Allen County. The new facility, which is expected to be complete by May 2020, will house the company’s manufacturing operations as well as new office space.

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Repower off-highway diesel equipment with EPA-compliant replacement engines

CK Power

Early-tier engines relied on in-engine design improvements to achieve emissions reductions. In many cases, for example, a Tier 2 engine could fit in engine compartments originally housing a Tier 1 engine. T4F engines aren’t always backward compatible. The value we provide during the engine replacement process.

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How to plan your warehouse layout

The Korte Company

Not surprisingly, the price tag to build a warehouse has a major impact on how its floorplan is designed. What additional statutory requirements or standards will the facility be required to meet if it houses food processing operations? This layout and design tool adds the cost component to drawings.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Managing Risk in Public Works

PSMJ Resources

Railroads are particularly problematic. Across all of North America railroad permitting is a common challenge. If a project requires coordination with a railroad, allow substantial extra time and budget. Sullivan Kreiss Building Design Executive Search Blog. Building Design & Construction. • Rights of way.