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Boston’s Plan to “Be Blue”

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Urban farming, which is one example of “being blue”—along with genetically engineered architecture—is set to expand in almost every part of Boston under a new zoning law.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

Business Facilities

Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) Program was created in 1934 with the goal of helping businesses in the U.S. According to the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ), in 2014, goods exported directly from U.S. The value of shipments into zones totaled nearly $660 billion, compared with $798 billion the previous year.

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How to Draw a House Plan Step by Step

CivilJungle

For the people who are beginners in the field or if the homeowner himself wants to draw the design without a civil engineer, it is advised that you keep a graph below the tracing paper. Draw floor plans to scale to help draft an accurate representation of how the finished design will look. Research zoning laws. Draw to scale.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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According to LED’s website, a certified site “is a development-ready industrial site that has completed a rigorous review process by Louisiana Economic Development and URS, an independent, third-party engineering firm. To say Southwest Louisiana is an economic hot zone would be an understatement. A BOUNTY OF INCENTIVES.

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Can We Make Home Building a Little Less ‘Interesting?’

Pro Builder

Now toss in zoning and inspection entities for each unit, plus interfaces with support firms such as surveying, architecture, and engineering. Beyond Value Engineering. The typical builder employs between 30 and 50 suppliers and trade contractors to ready a home for sale. Process Perils and Profit for Home Builders.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Puerto Vallarta.

Natural Building

Puerto Vallarta is on the Pacific coast in the tropical zone of central Mexico, where the climate is generally quite hot and humid. Basically what this has created is a design for a reinforced two-story earthbag building that might pass code standards for most seismic zones around the world, although I cannot guarantee this.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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This means ports must have both a 50-foot channel depth with sufficient channel width and turning basin size, cranes capable of loading and unloading Post Panamax ships, and terminal docks engineered to handle the new, bigger cranes required for such vessels. Army Corps of Engineers Artificial Island disposal site in New Jersey.