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Seattle Tunnel Boring Machine Underperforms After One Month

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Bertha, the tunnel boring machine excavating Seattleā€™s Highway 99 tunnel, has traveled only 24 feet in its one month of operation, according to the Seattle Times. mile tunnel, as the machine was originally estimated to move 6 feet per day at the beginning, and 35 feet per day under the downtown area.'

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Open Borders

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Seattle and Vancouver, both burgeoning high-tech hubs, are engaged in an intense competition for the expansion dollars now being spent by tech giants like Microsoft who have long called the region home. Alleviating congested traffic between Vancouver and Seattle also is on the to-do list for CIC proponents. Canada border).

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Losing Your Shirt.

Rory Woolsey

Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail: Imagine a trip from Seattle to San Diego using a road map to Dallas, Texas. Hasty plans make for troubling travel. A cost estimate then is very important to cost control. Enough said!

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Industry Focus: Global Aerospace Production Soars To New Heights

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Overall, global passenger travel also continues to increase, with most of the growth recorded in the Middle East and the Asia Pacific region. percent in 2001 to an estimated 31 percent in 2013. Next-generation fuel-efficient aircraft, like Boeingā€™s 787 Dreamliner, promise to deliver an estimated 15 percent better fuel burn rate.

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Home Stretch

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The expanded Canal will permit super-sized Post-Panamax container vessels to travel directly to the East and Gulf Coasts of the U.S. The estimated completion date for the Bayonne Bridge project recently was pushed back by more than a year, until late 2017. for the first time.

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Exciting products and fresh directions

Cassell Construction Estimating

After fifteen years as an Independent Timberline-certified Estimating consultant & trainer, we declined to renew. Itā€™s a very powerful and intuitive tool for conceptual budgeting, and historical estimate tracking. Please donā€™t hesitate to ask us to introduce you to these exciting new estimating solutions.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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However, recent developments have made it difficult to get an accurate fix on the metro pecking order in this critical employment sector, as jobs continue to shift between aerospace hubs in Wichita, Charleston, Seattle and Oklahoma City. Deloitte estimates that the U.S. as well as contributing an estimated $37.8 billion to U.S.

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