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LandSec gives full go-ahead to two London office jobs

Construction Enquirer

Mark Allan, chief executive of Landsec, confirmed the decision saying that the developer was now forecasting a shortage of Cat A office in 2025, giving it the confidence to press the schemes despite industry-wide cost inflation raising original building cost estimates.

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Factors to Know About Crane and Rigging Insurance

Construction Marketing

Contractors need this cover, regardless of whether they own or lease their cranes. Commercial auto policy – This policy covers cranes when driving on public roads. Physical damage – This policy compensates for the value of a physically damaged crane. They insure the crane against severe damage or total loss.

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What Is Building Valuation | Purposes of Building Valuation | Building Valuation Methods

CivilJungle

Before one buys a building or sells a building he should estimate the present value of the property. And this estimation process should be done correctly. Many people make some common mistakes while estimating the value of a building or in other words calculating the worth of a building. For buildings, the same goes.

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5 Current Construction Industry Challenges and How Technology Can Help

Fieldwire

Fieldwire’s platform saves all versions by default, making it easier to compare and/or use all versions at any time down the road. Although exact figures are hard to nail down, construction equipment and material theft from job sites is estimated to be between 300 million and 1 billion annually.

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BUSINESS REPORT: EC Railway, Port Everglades Join Forces on Intermodal

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As a result, traffic congestion on State Road 84 is to be reduced. FEC signed a lease agreement with Broward County in March 2012 to build and operate the intermodal facility for 30 years. It is estimated that the facility will remove 180,000 truck trips from roads by the year 2027, reducing both highway congestion and air emissions.

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NYSERDA Offers $36M To Cut Energy Costs

Business Facilities

Combined, the energy efficiency initiatives are estimated to cut energy bills of participating buildings by more than $200 million over eight years. . The programs are expected to save as much energy as it takes to power and heat 64,000 homes, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of taking 51,000 cars off the road every year.

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Study Finds New Natural Gas Development Could Create More Than 45,000 Jobs And $9 Billion In Economic Development In Illinois

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The economic impact could be even greater: The study’s estimates are conservative in part because they do not include the economic impact of land leases that would be given to local landowners, nor does it look at what could happen if exploration discovers extractable oil deposits, such as what was found in western North Dakota.