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Expanding the exterior footprint

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In fact, officials of New York City are beginning to re-examine its zoning to ensure green spaces and parks are accessible and equitably distributed throughout the urban landscape. It also creates a new building zone called the ‘mid-doors,’ a term coined recently by Transsolar’s Erik Olsen, in his series “What is Indoors?”

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Construction Cost Estimating - Untitled Article

Construction Cost Estimating

We must ensure the concrete establishments, beams, segments, and so forth are fabricated the manner in which they were structured. Stirrups will be required at zones of high shear, for example, bearing focuses and beneath huge point loads.

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What Is Raft Foundation | Types of Foundation | Detail of Raft Footing

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What is a Raft Foundation? A raft foundation , also called a raft foundation , is essentially a continuous slab resting on the soil that extends over the entire footprint of the building, thereby supporting the building and transferring its weight to the ground. . Types of Foundation. Shallow foundations.

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Danos Selects Port Of Iberia, LA For New Manufacturing Facility

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The Port Commission and I are excited Danos has chosen the Port of Iberia for their new fabrication facility,” port Executive Director Roy Pontiff said. “We Southeast Utilities Workforce Training/Skilled Workforce BERG Blog-Feb-2014 Danos Iberia Industrial Development Foundation Iberia Paris LED LED FastStart manufacturing Oil and Gas'

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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A central element of the public-private partnership involved in securing the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF).

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Home Stretch

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Work on the bridge raising is almost 50 percent complete and the northbound roadway foundations are finished; bridge abutments on both ends are about 95 percent complete; and the installation of pier segments is 50 percent complete, the Port Authority said.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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Culpeper’s five strategically located Tech Zones provide incentives to qualified technology zone businesses. In addition, businesses that qualify for technology zone grants will receive reimbursements up to 100 percent of the cost for building permits and site plan review permits for the property subject to technology zone grants.