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'Mutually Assured Construction' - Multiple Nuclear Power Plant Ad...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:55:11 GMT

South African Nuclear Plant, 2005. Image credit:AFP, Gian Luigi Guercia There is so much planned nuclear power development in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, these days. In the Middle East, Iran is just the tip of nuclear 'iceberg'. Arab

Landscape as movement

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:02:48 GMT

Abitare recently posted an excerpt of a 2006 conversation between Anna Halprin, the choreographer, her husband, the late Lawrence Halprin and Hans Ulrich Obrist, who continues his wonderful work �against

Work to start soon on Nashville airport's new baggage-screening s...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:05:29 GMT

Nashville International Airport in a $31 million project to move the federally mandated explosive detection systems from the ticketing lobby to a space beneath the terminals

Salisbury £7.2m commercial

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:14:00 GMT

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Small hospital, healthcare facility design guide

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:03:33 GMT

Advanced energy design guidance is available for the design of small hospitals and healthcare facilities.

VA Selects Clark for $72 Million Syracuse VA Medical Center Proje...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:36:03 GMT

HEALTHCARE DESIGN intends specifically to fulfill the informational needs of architects, designers, administrators, facility managers, consultants, and key members of the construction community who are responsible for designing, building and renovating healthcare buildings. Articles, architectural

Dalmilling Primary School’s £3 million refurbishment completed

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:50:14 GMT

Dalmilling Primary School’s £3 million refurbishment completed. Pupils, staff and members of the local community are benefiting from the completion of a £3 million refurbishment programme at Dalmilling Primary School in Ayr.

Leadbitter scoops two sports centre contracts

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:03:00 GMT

Schemes worth £5.1m are to be built at educational institutions in Basingstoke and Brighton

BAM Construction takes Wolverhampton bus station

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:21:26 GMT

Neptune Developments, working in partnership with Wolverhampton City Council, have selected BAM Construction as preferred contractor to build Wolverhampton’s new £20m bus station. A series of preparatory works started in the city centre last week.

CMARK Expands Facility Services Into Renewable Energy Sector - Zi...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:06:00 GMT

CMARK International, Inc., (OTC Pink Sheets: CMIT) a global provider of facility and logistic support services for government and commercial institutions has expanded its core facility product and services into energy audits as well as design, production, and installation of solar energy systems

Construction complete on York University bus right-of-way in Toro...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:15:02 GMT

The first phase of a plan to improve transit service to York University in the north end of Toronto was inaugurated last week with a ceremony to mark the end of construction for a $38-million right-of-way for buses to the university from the Downsview subway station.

School Construction Critic Gets Prison Term in China

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMT

BEIJING -- A lengthy prison sentence for a rights activist shows the determination of Chinese officials to suppress any vestige of dissent related to shoddy construction and unnecessary deaths in last year's devastating earthquake in Sichuan Province, fellow activists said.

Work Starts On Manchester Retail Development

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Work Starts On Manchester Retail Development - A ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start on site of the first phase of the development of the new Openshaw district centre, to be anchored by an 80,000 sq ft Morrisons store, has taken place.

Primary School Refurb Complete

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Primary School Refurb Complete - Pupils, staff and members of the local community are benefiting from the completion of a £3 million refurbishment programme at Dalmilling Primary School in Ayr.

News Alert: Bentley’s 2010 Student Design Competition Call for No...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:52:18 GMT

Program Awards Technically Advanced Projects Created by University and Secondary Education Students and Recognizes Achievements of Educators and Mento

Robert A.M. Stern Unveils Design for Bush Library

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:29:02 GMT

Recent visitors to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. might have wondered if they accidentally stumbled upon a mobile-home park of the future

Depressed Confidence Restraining Economic Recovery

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:44:01 GMT

The new labor market data is from the detailed unemployment insurance program statistics gathered from every state. This permits separating the change in jobs between hiring and layoffs/quits. Layoffs are separated between business shutdowns and business cutbacks.

OBMI Selected as Lead Architecture Firm for The Ritz-Carlton Cair...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:50:42 GMT

SA+P’s growing role in MIT’s Energy Initiative

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:21:17 GMT

Nearly a third of 13 new projects recently funded by the MIT EnergyInitiative (MITEI) are being led by faculty in the School ofArchitecture + Planning. Established as a top priority by PresidentSusan Hockfield in September

Timeline: Ayodhya mosque crisis

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:36:43 GMT

BBC News looks at the troubled history of the disputed holy site of Ayodhya in northern India.

christopher payne - asylum : inside the closed world of state men...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:19:00 GMT

american architect and photographer christopher paine is documenting abandoned space within a functioning institution. asylum: inside the closed world of state mental hospitals' is a collection of large-format photographs of seventy institutions in thirty US states, s hot between 2002 and 2008.

Canadian tourism dips amid hotel construction slowdown – Journal ...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:15:02 GMT

It has been a tough year for the Canadian tourism industry and the construction sector that relies on it. The value of hotel and motel starts in October plummeted 83 per cent compared to the same period last year, representing a 78 per cent decline in construction square footage, according to

University of Arkansas Builds Nanoscale Science and Engineering B...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is building the $37 million Nanoscale Science and Engineering Building. The three-story facility will be constructed in phases with initial occupancy in fall of 2010. The interdisciplinary research building will h...

Economy steers Kansas City-area development to established retail...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

With continuing vacancy increases, rent decreases and capital constraints in store for the retail industry, developers and brokers are shifting their focus from new suburban-fringe projects to established shopping centers. Released Nov.

Saint-Gobain: Innovative Design And Environmentally-friendly Tech...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

November 23rd, 2009 - Saint-Gobain: Innovative Design And Environmentally-friendly Technologies For London College - The construction work has just started on a new building for Ravensbourne College, the well-known college for design and communication, loc ...