Canadian Construction Material Cost Changes Diverge Widely (Part 1)
Blog | www.reedconstructiondata.com | Jul 22, 2009
Based on the Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) series published by Statistics Canada, this report sets out what has been happening, over the longer term and more recently, for some key materials used in the construction process. The information is current as of May 2009.
The World in a Grain of Sand
Blog | www.erosioncontrol.com | Jul 21, 2009
Size matters, it turns out, in all sorts of situations, not least in judging grains of sand. Beach nourishment projects need to match the size of the imported grains as closely as possible...
http://www.erosioncontrol.com/blogs/ec-editors-blog/the-world-in-a-grain-of-sand-57445.aspx
benjamin graindorge: floating garden fish tank
Blog | www.designboom.com | Jun 8, 2009
french designer benjamin graindorge brings an innovative solution to the daily maintenance constraints of freshwater aquariums with a filtering system that is 100% natural: a cushion of sand + plants that adapts to each and every model.
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/6636/benjamin-graindorge-floating-garden-fish-tank.html
Olympics highlight construction sustainability dilemma (CJ Construction Blog)
Blog | www.contractjournal.com | Jun 2, 2009
Green technology and sustainability will be the big driver for construction in the next decade of the 21st Century. Certainly there is a growing consensus of opinion that in the near future developers will have to parade their sustainability credentials...
A Mix of Sand, Gravel and Glue That Drives the City Ever Higher - New York Times
Blog | stevedumesnil.blogspot.com | Jun 21, 2008
In decades past, organized crime had a stranglehold on the companies that dominated the market for concrete in high-rise construction. ...
http://stevedumesnil.blogspot.com/2008/06/mix-of-sand-gravel-and-glue-that-drives.html
Florida Panhandle Surging Toward Boom?
Blog | www.housingzone.com | Mar 2, 2008
Being around as long as I have gives me the benefit of having a vast network of contacts across the housing industry – 30 years worth. I’ve spent a lot of that time with one ear to the ground and a telephone growing out of the other. Now I’ll have the ability to share with you what I hear faster
http://www.housingzone.com/blog/1360000536/post/1400022740.html?&year=2008
Portfolios Built On Sand | Margin of Safety
In many conversations I’ve had or heard lately about the financial malaise, a consistent theme has been the shaking of heads over Wall Street’s “stupidity” and “greed” in building its house on shaky subprime mortgages.
Developing News
I thought this was a good piece of true BBC reporting, exploring whether all is as rosy as it seems in the creation of the 'exemplar ecocity' at Dongtan.
recycled aggregate concrete street furniture by cilicon faytory
Blog | www.designboom.com | Mar 24, 2009
'reco' is a project by cilicon faytory / national university of singapore with an estimated 1.0 to 1.2 million tones of demolition waste produced annually and with the increased en-bloc activities, there is great potential in tapping on these recycled aggregates for non-structural application.
Dubai's refrigerated beach to cool your toes and warm the planet - World Construction
Blog | www.contractjournal.com | Dec 22, 2008
Sweltering under the summer sun will be sooo 2009 when Dubai's Palazzo Versace opens its own refrigerated beach in 2010. The luxury hotel is planning a refrigerated swimming pool and a beach with artificially cool sand to protect its guests...
