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How One Nonprofit Housing Developer in Roanoke, Va., Is Restoring the Vacant Middle

Pro Builder

How One Nonprofit Housing Developer in Roanoke, Va., All too often, the discussion centers around building ourselves out of the housing crisis through new construction. But there are countless vacant and blighted properties in communities that need reinvestment and affordable housing options.

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Repeatable, supportive housing for the unhoused

BD+C

Repeatable, supportive housing for the unhoused 0 qpurcell Thu, 07/27/2023 - 13:33 Affordable Housing KTGY’s R+D concept, The Essential, rethinks supportive housing to support the individual and community with a standardized and easily repeatable design.

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How to plan your warehouse layout

The Korte Company

As we discuss the multitude of factors influencing the layout of a warehouse, we’ll share stories from past warehouse construction projects and actual drawings made during the early stages of projects to illustrate how discussions about these important assets turn into plans on paper. Racking is an important warehouse floor plan factor.

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Construction Delays, but expansion proceeds!

Do

So, good weather finally showed up which means construction has come to a stand-still (ironic for a railroad, right). Taking a page from the company I work for the Railroad has decided to expand further via M&A activity! Small fuel dealer/rail customer.

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Top 5 Landscaping Features that Increase Home Value

Pro Builder

Shade trees will also improve the value of a home, keeping the house cooler in the summer, and providing a windbreak in the winter and lowering utility bills. Stacked stone adds more value than railroad ties. The top trending hardscape feature today is the walkway to the house. Shade Trees. Hardscaping.

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Four years!!! What happened?

Do

Among them I've always had a passion for model railroads, and now that my nearly two year old son seems just as excited (I should add my 6.5 That all said I'm getting out of my armchair of having read Model Railroader for the past two decades and I'm actually going to do something about it! I'm diving back in! The end result?

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Construction Sectors Explained

cnstrctr

Some of the main challenges of this work are scope and size, location and overall complexity, planning a construction project is key to success. If people are buying houses it means the economy is doing well. Civil construction includes things like roadways, damns, railroads, bridges and anything that can be defined as infrastructure.