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January 20-24, 2014
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Construction Recovery Expected to
Accelerate through 2015
Despite the shadow of the federal government shutdown and plateaued growth in the housing market, construction economists predict 2013 will be a growth year for the industry and expect 2014 and 2015 results to be much stronger.
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State senator to lead probe of
Bay Bridge construction problems
SAN FRANCISCO -- The new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is open to traffic and motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians have expressed approval of the single-tower suspension span's elegant beauty.
Then there are these facts: The project was completed a decade later than promised and came in $5 billion over budget. It was also plagued by construction difficulties, including a batch of massive bolts that snapped, delaying the opening and requiring a costly retrofit.
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Contractor Education Seminar
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U.S. Construction Spending in August
is Highest in 4.5 Years
U.S. construction spending in August, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $915.1 billion, hit a near 4-1/2 year high according to the Commerce Department. Strong private and public activity drove spending to its highest level since April 2009.
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Construction Industry Unemployment Rate
Hits Six-Year Low
Construction employment rose by 20,000 in September, and the industry's unemployment rate fell to a six-year low of 8.5 percent while construction spending increased for the fifth consecutive month in August.
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Life and Death: Retrofitting LA Concrete Buildings
More than 1,000 old concrete buildings in Los Angeles and hundreds more throughout the county may be at risk of collapsing in a major earthquake, according to a Times analysis.
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Desalination Advocates are Pinning Hopes on
New Plant in Carlsbad
Many hopes are riding on the new $1-billion, 54-million-gallon-a-day seawater desalination plant and pipeline in Carlsbad, Calif. If successful, the project, made possible through one of the first public-private partnerships of its kind in the U.S., could serve as a model for other projects around the country.
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Caldecott Tunnel's new bore to open in November
The $417 million project constructing the Caldecott's fourth bore has taken four years. The heavily used tunnel through the East Bay hills opened with two bores in 1937; the third was completed in 1964.
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A Staff of Robots Can Clean & Install Solar Panels
A California company thinks robots that can install and clean thousands of solar panels may make solar energy competitive with fossil fuels. To read the entire article, please click"HERE" |
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Comedy Corner
The football-playing turkey
The pro football team had just finished their daily practice session when a large turkey came strutting onto the field. While the players gazed in amazement, the turkey walked up to the head coach and demanded a tryout.
Everyone stared in silence as the turkey caught pass after pass and ran right through the defensive line. When the turkey returned to the sidelines, the coach shouted, "You're terrific!!! Sign up for the season, and I'll see to it that you get a huge bonus."
"Forget the bonus," the turkey said, "All I want to know is, does the season go past Thanksgiving Day?"
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Historical Concrete
What famous inventor built concrete homes in the early 20th century and also provided the concrete used in the construction of Yankee Stadium?
And what cross-country highway currently celebrating its 100th birthday had 2436 precast concrete marker posts?
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Congratulations to the WINNERS of the
Fastest Trowel on the Block
Competition, held at
October 12, 2013.
3rd Place-
Mark Ferreira Jr.
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Steve Jobs, the late CEO of Apple Inc, told the city of Cupertino in June of 2011 that his company is "growing like a weed," and that he and his architecture team came up with a plan to construct a round, all-glass "spaceship" headquarters building that could hold upwards of 12,000 employees.
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"Out of the Mouths of Babes"
I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her.
I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me and was always correct.
It was fun for me, so I continued.
At last she headed for the door, saying sagely,
"Grandpa, I think you should try to figure out some of these colors by yourself!"
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