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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Boston , New York , and San Francisco , are considering ways to improve the financial incentives, change zoning policies and expedite plan reviews, but developers should get a full-service team assembled to take a hard look at a conversion before they get started. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds… with Dennis Davin, Secretary, PA DCED

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In other parts of the state, we are encouraging the implementation of natural gas “virtual pipeline” delivery systems, which can provide natural gas to users that are too far from existing pipelines and where extensions are not economically feasible. THE OCULUS. As delays mounted, the estimated cost for Calatrava’s masterpiece skyrocketed.

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

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“Out of sight, out of mind,” says Principal Eric Fang, who leads the firm’s PE Strategies group in New York. Fang leads a seminar on affordable housing at New York University with Principal Theodore Liebman, a veteran in the field. He found the most successful ones had a sense of community that went beyond the buildings.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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SGICC will use the bulk of the D2PA funds to provide grants to PA-based small companies to demonstrate the feasibility of emerging technologies, or seed funds to test and help launch ideas, and to assist in market acceptance and growth of shale energy focused products or services. Glauco Pensini, CEO of SIEL’s new U.S.

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

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Serving over two thirds of the eastern seaboard, it is second only to New York in gross tonnage. The deepening project is the first-in-the-nation utilizing new streamlining measures and was selected as one of the Obama Administration’s We Can’t Wait projects. The Port of Baltimore is one of the largest ports in the U.S.

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When office-to-residential conversion works

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“If there’s a market for it” is the operative term, however, because office districts in major cities are under stress as they’ve emptied out in the wake of the pandemic, and many building owners are defaulting on loans, according to The New York Times. Such spaces could generate more revenue than basic storage rooms, he says.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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According to USA Today , Texas has moved past New York as the nation’s second largest economy and it is the 15th largest in the world based on GDP figures (nominal). Texas also is home to six of the top 50 companies on the Fortune 500 list, third only after New York and California. And the U.S. billion.

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