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Hopes for 2011 Construction Turnaround Pinned to Housing, Commercial Building | |
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With nonresidential building retreating from a  strong December and residential building losing some steam, the value of new construction starts retreated 6% in January, according to McGraw-Hill Construction. Construction starts last month proceeded at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $423.4 billion. Nonresidential building in January dropped 13% to $138.3 billion at an annual rate, following a 27% gain in December.
And residential building dropped 7% in January to a yearly pace of $118.8 billion, after showing modest improvement during the previous five months.
Reporting from Florida, Ken Ringe, vice chair of NAHB's Commercial Builders Council Board of Trustees and president of Bayview Construction Corp. in Stuart, said that commercial builders in the state saw a more auspicious start to the new year.
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Close the Loop
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Ceiling-2-Ceiling High Post-Consumer Recycled Content Ceilings
Armstrong Ceiling-2-Ceiling™ items deliver the industry's highest level of recycled content from a closed loop, post-consumer process.
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| GC Conflicts - Sources and Solutions | |
"The average construction site," 
suggests Charles Antone, a consultant with R.J. Kenney Associates, Inc. in Massachusetts, "reminds me of that old Warner Bros. cartoon with Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf, the best of friends at breakfast up until they clock in, after which it's flat-out war-Ralph trying to steal himself a sheep, Sam foiling him at every turn-until, at the end of the day the whistle blows and they clock out, again the best of friends, sauntering back into the setting sun for a shared dinner." (If you haven't seen that cartoon lately, or ever, search YouTube for "Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf.")
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NJ Anticipates Major Expansion For Stalled Xanadu Project
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Record, The; Bergen County, N.J.
A deal under which the operators of Mall of America would take over the stalled Xanadu project from a group of creditors has yet to be completed, nearly two months after a preliminary  letter of intent was signed and announced.
But Meadowlands Sports Complex officials and Governor Christie's chief negotiator said Thursday that the project is still expected to be revived soon -- and that its first phase could grow larger than the current 2.3 million square feet.
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